Annie Shao Art
@annieshaoart.bsky.social
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Artist, birder, and PhD cell biologist in Minnesota.
https://linktr.ee/annieshao
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I'm sticker-fying my Birdtober artwork again! Follow to stay updated on the BackerKit campaign launch on April 23. It will be part of the Beasts and Botanicals Group-collab, so it will run alongside other cool wildlife, nature and biology-themed projects!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#stickers
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Get Ready for Birdtober 2025 Stickers
From Annie Shao Art - Get Ready for Birdtober 2025 Stickers
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/8be37ad8-3c6f-4292-9a97-7996bcc19c5f/landing?ref=bsky
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Talenshi ✨🕊️ Birds & Magical Books 📚✨
about 8 hours ago
Chickadees are alarm birds, alerting other birds to threats. You'd do well to listen to them. Trans rights are human rights! (Art by me, Talenshi)
#art
#birdart
#birds
#transrights
#humanrights
#procreate
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This cutie will soon be a sticker in my Birdtober 2025 campaign, launching April 23! Follow the teaser page to stay updated and help the campaign get off to a good start:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#birdsticker
#AnimalArt
about 23 hours ago
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#WeeklySketch
Practicing xieyi on unsized xuan. It's a very absorbent paper, making it a very unforgiving technique. Some of these I like, some not so much, but that's the point of practicing!
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
#SciArt
#BirdArt
2 days ago
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A vibrant Common Yellowthroat to celebrate the Spring Equinox! Although it'll be a little while before things look this bright where I am, and our warbler friends come.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#AnimalArt
#FineArt
5 days ago
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A little Throwback Thursday to one of my first pieces on hot press paper, a cute Yellow Boxfish!
#SciArt
#AnimalArt
#MarineLife
#Watercolor
#FineArt
6 days ago
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Jean S. Kaiyou
7 days ago
These dapper little snowbirds will leave for the north soon. I will miss them.
#natureart
#wildlifeart
#birdart
#watercolor
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#WIPWednesday
Painting spring birds while I wait for the 12 inches of snow we got this past weekend to go away. Common Yellowthroats are so numerous in the spring and summer that I often overlook them. But I watched one being banded and oh, he was beautiful!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
7 days ago
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A Turkey Vulture companion portrait to my California Condor from Birdtober. The Turkey Vulture will be an Early Bird reward to my Birdtober Stickers campaign, which runs April 23 to May 14. Back in the first 48 hours to get a free vulture sticker!
#BirdArt
#BSNM
#SciArt
#Copic
#Birdstickers
8 days ago
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Rachel Hollis
9 days ago
I was commissioned to draw this Rose Robin couple as a gift from a husband to his wife, even the little green spider was specifically asked for 🤩
#birdart
#drawing
#birds
#australia
#robin
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2nd
#WeeklySketch
I decided to dip my toes in life drawing and was going to go to our local conservatory...but we're getting a blizzard so I decided practice by painting food at home 😆 I baked some whole-wheat asiago buns, so I thought I'd start there!
#Watercolor
#Lifepainting
#FineArt
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10 days ago
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KAITO
10 days ago
I just can't stop drawing, I guess..😅 This time I brought you some boobies. I hope you like him😅 He's performing his best for you!
#boobies
#birdart
#birds
#bird
#art
#drawing
#digitalart
#nature
#birdlover
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#WeeklySketch
There's a nesting pair of Red-tailed Hawks along the highway on my commute, so I can never get a good look at them. Some of my weekly sketches may be too finished to be sketches, but this one definitely is a rough sketch!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Sketch
#AnimalArt
11 days ago
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Mike Hendley 🎨 ✍️ 🇨🇦
11 days ago
Sketched an eastern spadefoot in my tiny sketchbook using Pentel GraphGear 1000 pencils (.2 HB, .3 2B, .5 4B). Weird little amphibian that isn't really a frog or a toad. They can stay buried underground for months or years, waiting for rain.
#sciart
#pencil
#art
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Returning to my roots, a Pink Lady's Slipper in the Chinese gongbi watercolor style on rice paper. I decided to show it with some of my tools: a stone seal and ink, bamboo brushes, and my Chinese inkwell.
#SciArt
#BotanicalArt
#nativeplant
#Chinesepainting
#FineArt
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11 days ago
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Today is the first
#NationalLoonDay
, marking the 65th anniversary that the MN Legislature made the Common Loon our State Bird! I love drawing and painting these beauties, especially now that they're one symbol of our community standing up each other.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Nature
#FineArt
12 days ago
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I'm sticker-fying my Birdtober artwork again! Follow to stay updated on the BackerKit campaign launch on April 23. It will be part of the Beasts and Botanicals Group-collab, so it will run alongside other cool wildlife, nature and biology-themed projects!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#stickers
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Get Ready for Birdtober 2025 Stickers
From Annie Shao Art - Get Ready for Birdtober 2025 Stickers
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/8be37ad8-3c6f-4292-9a97-7996bcc19c5f/landing?ref=bsky
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I'm sticker-fying my Birdtober artwork again! Follow to stay updated on the BackerKit campaign launch on April 23. It will be part of the Beasts and Botanicals Group-collab, so it will run alongside other cool wildlife, nature and biology-themed projects!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#BSNM
#stickers
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Get Ready for Birdtober 2025 Stickers
From Annie Shao Art - Get Ready for Birdtober 2025 Stickers
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/8be37ad8-3c6f-4292-9a97-7996bcc19c5f/landing?ref=bsky
13 days ago
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#WIPWednesday
I got some xuan (Chinese rice paper) samples and doing some traditional gongbi paintings. It's been more than 10 years since I've worked on xuan, so it's an adjustment! I'm starting with a Pink Lady's Slipper, a wild orchid species native to MN.
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#ChineseArt
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14 days ago
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Newest piece, I don't see a lot of American Coot artwork! I knew I'd want to paint their crazy-looking feet for my Life List Series, as they're not often seen but are a great indicator that they're rails and not ducks!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
#ArtSky
15 days ago
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#WeeklySketch
A Northern Flicker from one of my photos.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#PocketBrushPen
#FineArt
18 days ago
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#WIPWednesday
It's always satisfying to use Chinese ink! But I also want to bring in warm and cool tones in the coot's body feathers, which I've started mixing colors for. I may have lectured a non-birder about how coots aren't ducks multiple times in my life 😅
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#WIP
21 days ago
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My newest Life List painting, a Mourning Warbler on tamarack, since my lifer was at Sax-Zim Bog! The upper corner of the background was kind of spontaneous. I was just like "what if I just left it like that?" because I like how it looks.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#ArtSky
#AnimalArt
22 days ago
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Next week is the start of my first exhibit of the year! It features my watercolor paintings of native Minnesota water birds that can be found in the Twin Cities.
#BirdArt
#TwinCities
#ArtExhibit
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#UMN
#UniversityofMinnesota
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23 days ago
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CordycepsWitch
25 days ago
I got my protest art printed for my neighborhood mutual aid fundraiser, and it’s a mind fuck seeing it in real life…
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Dark-eyed Junco, the most borbtacular winter borb! Is this even still a sketch? I think so I was experimenting with style and it's much less intensive than my usual work. I used a very cute ref photo from Gordon Magee on iStockphoto for this.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
25 days ago
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My first time participating in the
#BirdWhisperer
project! I experimented with a looser watercolor style on rough grain paper with these adorable Black-cheeked Lovebirds.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
#ArtSky
28 days ago
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American Golden-plover, the fancy sweater bird!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#FineArt
#Copic
#Birdtober
#AnimalArt
29 days ago
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mushy
about 1 month ago
sparrows :3
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Dot 🪻
about 1 month ago
house finch!
#art
#birdart
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#WeeklySketch
Decided to do something silly 😅 I thought about painting a Canada Goose violently hissing for my Life List series, but it might not fit in well with the style.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Sketch
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
about 1 month ago
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When I first posted this, I had completely forgotten about the middle stalk and left off the seed head! I was so focused on the bird and snow shadows that it slipped my mind. So here it is, finished for real!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#AnimalArt
#FineArt
#ArtSky
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about 1 month ago
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#WIPWednesday
Two watercolor pieces I'm working on with very different styles. One is for my Life List series, and one is my first time participating in the
#BirdWhisperer
project! (Well, I did intend to once but didn't realize I was supposed to use the provided ref pic 😅)
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#WIP
about 1 month ago
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Happy Lunar New Year! I painted a Buckskin in honor of the Year of the Horse! I drew a snake last year, and decided to continue the tradition.
#Watercolor
#SciArt
#Mammals
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
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about 1 month ago
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I'm calling this a
#WeeklySketch
, I tried out Julia Barminova's dry-on-wet technique for painting water. I definitely want to keep practicing this! And adapt it to painting lake water, where there can be more contrasting greens, browns, and grays reflected.
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#ArtSky
#Ocean
about 1 month ago
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Some pairs of birds to celebrate Valentine's Day! 💕
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Watercolor
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
about 1 month ago
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ollie 🪱
about 1 month ago
bday gift for my grandpa 🦉
#birdart
#littleowl
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Sultan Tit from Birdtober 2025. High-contrast plumage is always nice!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Copic
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
#ArtSky
about 1 month ago
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Yellow-billed Magpie showing off its gorgeous iridescence! This was one of my favorite Monterey lifers.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#FineArt
#Watercolor
#AnimalArt
#ArtSky
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about 1 month ago
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Lauren
about 1 month ago
Little 1-hr Resplendent Quetzal portrait sketch, off
@kulindadromeus.bsky.social
's dinosaur prompt list
#DrawDinosDaily
(link to list in reply) Phew yay I will finally have time to do some of these! 🎨🪶
#BirdArt
#SciArt
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A horse for the upcoming Lunar New Year
#AnimalArt
#SciArt
#Sketch
about 1 month ago
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A Great Gray Owl for
#SuperbOwlSunday
!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#FineArt
#AnimalArt
about 1 month ago
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Vulpesartifex
about 2 months ago
Day 37! A Rosy-billed Pochard. c: I love this silly duck. The AI trend making it's rounds is making me mad so here, have a duck THAT I DREW WITH MY OWN DAMN HANDS, FROM MY OWN PHOTO REFERENCE.
#art
#dailyart
#rosybilledpochard
#birdart
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It's been hard to stay motivated to post art often these days. I've been working on some new pieces, but in the meantime, here's my African Penguin that I drew for Birdtober last year.
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#FineArt
#Copic
#AnimalArt
#ArtSky
about 2 months ago
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#WeeklySketch
Horses are weird, sorry! I'm planning to draw or paint one for Chinese New Year, so here's a quick 20 minute pen sketch as practice.
#ArtSky
#Mammals
#SciArt
#FineArt
about 2 months ago
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Elle Skinner
about 2 months ago
A red-breasted nuthatch in cozy winter gear, celebrating the first bird I saw in 2026! Painted for a member of my tiny painting club.
#birds
#birdart
#watercolor
#art
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One of my favorites from Birdtober, a Varied Bunting. I just love their unique coloration!
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#FineArt
#Copic
#AnimalArt
#ArtSky
about 2 months ago
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CordycepsWitch
about 2 months ago
I did a piece in honor of all the brave legal observers in Minnesota. Together we can drive out hate
#iceout
#iceoutmpls
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Georgina Kent
about 2 months ago
Just finished my first painting of 2026, I’ce titled it ‘Woodpecker & Shadows’ - painted in watercolours.
#watercolours
#birdart
#woodpecker
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keharts ☕
about 2 months ago
Here's something a little different from me - I've been wanting to do some nature based artwork for a while now, & I think I might have found my style for this with some artwork I made into family holiday greeting cards in December :)
#wildlife
#wildlifeart
#birdart
#markerart
#paintmarkers
#art
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I drew a Garnet-throated Hummingbird based on this photo taken by my friend Alex Sundvall! Thank you for letting me use your beautiful photo. This little stunner is so charming. It looks like he's flaunting a nice evening gown 😁
#BirdArt
#SciArt
#Copic
#FineArt
#ArtSky
#AnimalArt
about 2 months ago
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