First vendor fair! Let’s gooooo!!! Crafted Edge Event - Lawrence MA #art #fineart #Lawrence #CraftedEdgeEvent

Love art shares! Here are a few recent works of mine in pastel or colored pencil (and one scratchbord piece). Thanks Oliver for hosting. #art #drawing #pencilart #nature #octopus #birds #hare #wildlife #bordercollie

finished up my little octopus ☺️ pastel pencil (Carbothello, Derwent, Farber Castell Pitt, Caran D’Ache) on Canson Mi-Teintes velvet paper. #derwent #carbothello #farbercastell #carandache #canson #pastel #art #octopus #nature #tentacles #artwork #drawing

RIP Diane Keaton My favourite picture of her where everyone else is giving it their best Blue Steel & she looks like she’s just wandered in off the street looking super cool. She was allowed to wear her own clothes & her wonderful personality shines out. What a unique talent & human being.

And now for something completely different… #pastel #art #wip #drawing #color #natureart #pencil

Latest commission is finished of this gorgeous old boy, Pilsner. Colored pencil on drafting film #grafix #Derwent #Polychromos #Luminance #art #petportrait #coloredpencil #dogs #golden #senior #retriever

Molting is hard work! Male House Finch 🪶 #birds #birdwatching #fall #molting #housefinch #photography #macro #red

Baguette anyone? #bordercollie #puppy #happy #baguette #cute

Issey Ampersand scratchbord with dyes #art #ampersand #petportrait #blueskyart #drawing #bordercollie #dog #portrait #memorial #scratchboard #scratchbord #dyes

My memorial piece to my Issey - I miss her every day. Ampersand scratchbord and Ampersand inks. #Ampersand #scratchbord #bordercollie #art #drawing #petportrait #red #dog #dogart #mybaby #memorial

Blue Dasher #dragonfly #blue #summer #photography #macro #nature #pondlife

Faie’s ears are going through some changes… #bordercollie #faie #fae #ears #puppy #dog #pointy #cute

A Whitefaced Meadowhawk dragonfly (I think) #dragonfly #red #summer #nature #insects #pondlife #photography #macro

Catch of the day... Snowy Egret #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

Finished (finally!) my pastel hare - this one was a lot of fun even though it took forever 😜. Ref photo with permission by Deanne Hope (Debbie Anne Photography) #pastel #art #pastelmat #derwent #carbothello #pittpastel #carandache #hare #drawing #wildlife

HOW COOL IS THIS? Researchers have developed a DENTAL FLOSS that can DELIVER vaccines THROUGH the gums, a method that could one day offer a NEEDLE-FREE alternative for vaccination. This approach effectively stimulated immunity AND provided FULL protection against a lethal strain of influenza. 🧪🧵⬇️

I just made fresh pesto sauce and now jarred pesto sauce is ruined for me forever 🥴

The only time I get anything done… 🥰 #puppies #art #drawing #bordercollie #pastel

Was I not supposed to feed her after midnight? #gremlin #puppy #bordercollie #trouble

Meet Faie - the cutest and smartest little puppy in the current universe #bordercollie #bc #puppy #faie #minimonster #notbiased

Guys… I has a puppy 🥹 #puppy #paw #toebeans

Hello #portfolioday ☺️ I’m a scientist and artist working in colored pencil and pastel pencil. I love drawing birds and animals the most, and often do pet portrait commissions. Here are some of my recent favorite pieces and my website. heather-kiefer.pixpa.com

Goldfinch bath time! #birds #birding #bath #summer #finch #goldfinch #cute #nature #wildlife

Seeing a lot of juvenile Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks around ❤️ #birding #birds #wildlife #photography #rosebreastedgrosbeak #nature #summer

Oh hi! - I call all of my indoor jumping spiders “Grendel” #macro #photography #macrophotography #arachnid #jumpingspider #spood #cute #spider

My daughter and I at our favorite place in the world. (I’m the short one). #treyarnonbay

Little homage to my recent too short time in Sorrento 🍋- Eurasian Blue Tit ref pic from Pixabay (I saw many but didn’t have my good camera) and pair of lemons ref pic my own. #Luminance #Lightfast and #Polychromos on #Grafix drafting film. #art #birdart #birds #tits #lemons #drawing #coloredpencil

Steve Irwin's son is everything the world needs right now and more 😂

WIP Small piece inspired from my recent England/Sorrento trip. I really need to post some pics from that trip 🥴 but I’ve been away from drawing for too long sooo…. First things first #art #drawing #birds #birdart #coloredpencil #grafix #bluetit #sorrento #wip #luminance

When you discover a year-old potato in the back of the pantry cupboard:

And it’s finished! My little cockatiel with thanks to Caro Andrea for the cockatiel reference photo (his name is Cello). The book lettering is done in gold so it reflects and shimmers with movement. #grafix #derwent #luminance #polychromos #birds #birdart #art #drawing #coloredpencil #cockatiel

Just about finished - I just realized I still need to add a tiny bit to the gold lettering. But nearly there! #grafix #Derwent ##polychromos #luminance #birdart #cockatiel #art #drawing #birds

Aaah Sorrento #sorrento #italy #travels #summer #sophialoren

It’s a good day to be a snail 🌧️ #cornwall #Treyarnonbay #snail #wildlife #nature #rainyday #rain #rainraingoaway #gastropod

💯!!!

I had the most amazing night in the woods this evening. When I arrived, it unexpectedly starting pouring rain and I had to take cover in some trees. When I emerged, I walked almost straight into this beauty who, to my surprise, did not fly away. #wildlife #birds

I can share my latest commission - Cooper ☺️ #art #petportrait #draftingfilm #grafix #lightfast #derwent #luminance #polychromos #drawing #dogs #chuckit

Female Rose Breasted Grosbeak - not as flashy as the males but I love her 🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #grosbeak #girlpower #photography #macro

Californian Poppy and purple viper’s bugloss after a shower 🌧️ #bloomscrolling #gardeningfeed #bluesky #blueskygardeners #nature #floralphotography #macro

A little video of my drawing of Yue the cat, so you can see the gold shimmer along the book spine. #art #drawing #Grafix #draftingfilm #Derwentlightfast #polychromos #Luminance #cat #catart #petportrait #janeausten

Yue has been gifted, & I can share this drawing from last month ☺️ - I loved this piece; look for my video to see the gold shimmer. I definitely see more fun with books in my future. #coloredpencil #art #drawing #derwentlightfast #polychromos #luminance #grafix #draftingfilm #cat #janeausten

Done with my pastel piece “Break Time” Playing with mats as the paper is a little non-standard in size. I need to pay better attention to that 😜 Ref photos prov. by Vanessa Williams and Susan Roghair #art #pastel #drawing #canson #carbothello #pittpastels #derwent #bordercollie #sheep #animalart

Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak. I love the little sprinkle of feathers on his temple. Pretty friendly guy too 🪶 #birds #birding #birdwatching #Grosbeak #spring #photography #macro #nature #wildlife

Female Redwing Blackbird - you can see her less obvious red wings if you look closely 🪶 #birds #birdwatching #blackbird #nature #wildlife #photography #macro

The world needs more of this and less of most other things

I can share a commission I did last month as he has been safely gifted. This is Bear. A wonderfully floofy boi 🥰 #art #drawing #coloredpencil #grafix #draftingfilm #derwent #lightfast #farbercastell #polychromos #Luminance #pets #petportraits #portraits

Time for a quick fun pastel piece! And so we begin… #art #pastelpencil #beginnings

Hooded Merganser (female) 🪶 #birds #birdwatching #duck #nature #wildlife #photography

Writing on the back of this photo from my collection says “General Nuisance. Summer 1954”.

A quiet moment for this pair of ring-billed gulls #LaridaeSaturday