🎉 Big news! 🎉 Starting at just €69😍 ✨ my Etsy shop is finally back online! ✨ my original watercolors are available 🖼️🪶 take a peek & maybe fall in love with your favorite one😉 #Etsy #EtsyShop #Birdtober #BirdArt #SciArt #Watercolor #WildlifeArt #ScientificIllustration #NatureArt #ArtistLife

The music I was listening to really carried me through the process… Do you also feel inspired by music when you create? 🎧💭 It was "Ballerina" by Yehezkel Raz #Birdtober #BirdArt #SciArt #WildlifeArt #Watercolor #ScientificIllustration #BirdIllustration #NatureArt #Inktober #ArtProcess #MusicAndArt

A tiny ball of feathers and nerves 😆! The Wren is pure energy ⚡ — I did band a few, they never stop moving! Such a challenge to handle without them flying off 😅 Birdtober 26 : Pacific #Wren 🐡 #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #BirdArt #Watercolor #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

My latest watercolor sparkles ✨! Perfect for the iridescent blue of this Acorn #Woodpecker . This species breeds in cooperative groups with several males, females, and nest helpers 👀! 🐡 #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #BirdArt #Watercolor #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

Trying to suggest the #bird ’s environment is always a challenge for me 🎨😅… That’s why I painted the background first, then the bird 🐦💚 Do you also struggle to paint dense vegetation? 😆 #Birdtober 24: #OliveWarbler #SetophagaPinus 🌲 🐡 #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #WildlifeArt #ScientificIllustration

Finished after nightfall 😅🌙… Luckily, I got my scanner back! The painting wasn’t even dry when I scanned it 💦😂 If I’d chosen the #warbler, I would’ve gone for a more colorful species… but I’m playing along! 😉 #sciart #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #WildlifeArt #ScientificIllustration

My delay is growing 😅! I’ve spent a lot of time on the road lately 🚗💨… and it’s getting hard to keep up with the pace! 🎨 Day 21: Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) 🐦 #sciart #bird #EurasianTreeSparrow #PasserMontanus #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #WildlifeArt #ScientificIllustration

Cryptic plumage is such a challenge 🎨😅! It’s a true artistic challenge! Still, I love #bird s with this kind of plumage — ptarmigans, owls, #shorebird… real masters of camouflage 👑🌿 #sciart #AmericanGoldenPlover #PluvialisDominica #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #WildlifeArt

Did you know that boobies don’t have nostrils? 😲 That helps them avoid swallowing water when they dive 🌊. They breathe through openings under the yellow plate, near the corner of the bill. Do you see?👀 🐡 #bird #seabird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #WildlifeArt #ScientificIllustration

Finally found the courage to paint it 😅! (Almost 24 hours to get started!) I love the feather texture & that eye 👁️🔥. Do you ever feel like it’s just not the right time to paint? 😄 🐡 #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #WatercolorArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt #Parrot #ArtistLife

Ever messed up the final step of your drawing? 😅 I was happy with the watercolor, but not with the ink lines… 🤭 💡#Nuthatch es are the only #bird s that can climb down tree trunks headfirst! How amazing is that? 🙃 🐡 #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #WildlifeArt #WatercolorBirds

New technique for a more ghostly effect 👻🦉 Have you ever seen an #owl in the wild? Do you get what I mean by “ghostly spirit”? Day 17: Great grey owl (because I forgot that before that there was the nuthatch 🫢) 🐡 #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #WildlifeArt #ColoredPencilArt

This one brings back such an amazing memory 😍 All the story in the image description � Have you ever had a special encounter with a wild animal? Tell me about your favorite one in the comments 👇� 🐡 #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

A bit more stylized the today's prompt! 🎨 Do you also switch between styles sometimes? 👀 Which do you find harder — realism or stylization? 🤔 #Birdtober – Costa’s #Hummingbird #bird #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #BirdArt #WildlifeArt

The long neck of herons and egrets are soelegant! Perfect for harmonious lines in drawing 🎨 Did you know that herons fly with their necks folded, while cranes and storks keep them stretched out? 🪶 #Birdtober – #GreyHeron 🐡 #bird #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #BirdArt #WildlifeArt

The Gyrfalcon frustrates me so much 🦅! I’ve spent months in the Arctic ❄️, and I still DREAM of seeing one 👀. Drawing it without having seen it feels almost like tempting fate 😬 #Birdtober – #Gyrfalcon #FalcoRusticolus 🦅🖤 🐡 #bird #Birdtober2025 #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

I had fun exploring the harmony of its curves and those metallic blue reflections 💙✨! Such an elegant and fascinating bird to paint 🎨 Birdtober – Day 9: Kalij Pheasant 🐦🌿#sciart #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #KalijPheasant #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

What's the difference between an orbital ring and an eye ring of a #bird ? 👀 The eye ring is a tiny ring of feathers around the eye 🪶, while the orbital ring is a patch of bare skin. #Birdtober White-crested helmetshrike🐦 🐡 #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

Noticed something new? 😏 I’ve made myself a new seal-style signature 🪶! Hope it doesn’t look too cheesy 🙈 Do you also struggle to find a nice artist’s signature? ✍️ 🐡 #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

A little late 🫣! Here’s the Venezuelan Troupial 🐦 (#Birdtober -Day 2) with its stunning gaze 😍… Who else is already in late for his/her during this first week of october challenge ? ☝️ #bird #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

Killing two birds with one stone 🤡! No Indian ink this time 🖌️ — the Common Loon is a species I’m planning to include in a future bird poster 😏 Have you ever reused the same piece for different projects? 👀 🐡 #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #BirdArt #ScientificIllustration #WildlifeArt

For this #Birdtober prompt, I ran into a little scientific dilemma 🤯… There are so many green pigeons 🕊️! Which one to pick? I chose the one that worked best for a colorful wash 🎨🌈. But I liked my wash so much I barely added any black 😅 — 🐡 #bird #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #BirdArt

I made a mistake 😬 on the part I liked most… But I think I managed to fix it 🎨. Has that ever happened to you? Day 5: Javan green magpie (Cissa thalassina). #sciart #bird #Birdtober #Birdtober2025 #Inktober #Inktober2025 #JavanGreenMagpie #BirdArt #InkDrawing #WildlifeArt

Guess how long it took me to paint this little hen 🐔😏? Hint: longer than expected 🫣! #Birdtober Day 4 : the Wyandotte chicken breed (yes, breed not species 😉) has feathers as stunning to look at as they are tricky to paint 🎨😆! #bird #Birdtober2025 #ChickenArt #WatercolorArt #InkDrawing #WildlifeArt🐡

Birdtober is the perfect time for little experiments 🎨… I’m going to loosen up my style a bit, let’s see how it turns out… What do you think of my first entry? With a bold use of Indian ink 🖤! Day 3 : Boreal Chichadee #sciart #bird #Birdtober #BirdArt #InkDrawing #BirdIllustration #WildlifeArt

This is the very first time someone has ordered a snowy owl 🦉 painted on a nautical chart 🗺️! I’ve never seen this bird in the wild… That white speckled plumage and those hypnotic eyes are a true joy to paint 🎨. #sciart #bird #SnowyOwl #BuboScandiacus #WildlifeArt #ArtOnMap #UniqueSouvenir

Have you ever observed this behavior 🤔🐦? Kleptoparasitism is quite common among seabirds 🌊🐧. It involves harassing 🚨 another bird to make it drop or regurgitate 🤮 its food 🍴🐟… so the thief can snatch it 🏴‍☠️. #sciart #bird #ArcticSkua #Kleptoparasitism #WildlifeArt #SeabirdArt #NaturePoster

Here’s a little process video 🎥: I’m painting a wandering albatross 🪶 in watercolor and ink 🎨🖋️ on a nautical chart 🗺️. #sciart #bird #WanderingAlbatross #DiomedeaExulans #WildlifeArt #ArtProcess #ProcessVideo #MarineArt

Outside of breeding season, the Atlantic puffin's beak becomes smaller and duller in color... It's likely because a large, colorful beak helps attract a mate. #SciArt 🌿 #FieldSketches 🐡 #BirdDrawing #Puffin #WildlifeArt #ScientificIllustration #WatercolorArt #ArcticBirds #NatureEducation

This time, I painted 5 different animals on the chart What do you think of the result? Do five animals look good together, or is it a bit much? #SciArt 🌿 #FieldSketches 🐡 #AntarcticArt #WildlifeArt #NauticalChart #PenguinDrawing #Albatross #MarineIllustration #TraditionalWatercolor

The Little Auk is the most abundant alcid in the Arctic! But it's so tiny! It's part of the alcid family, just like puffins and razorbills. #BirdArt #WildlifeArt #NatureIllustration #SciArt 🌿 #FieldSketches 🐡 #LittleAuk #Alcids #ArcticBirds #TraditionalIllustration

Antarctic fur seal with isabelline or leucistic. not an albino, as it doesn’t have red eyes. It has some brown areas, which shows that it still produces melanin, the pigment that gives color 🌿 #FishBirds 🐡 #wildlifeart #leucistic #antarctica #watercolor #traditionalillustration #naturalhistoryart

The Brünnich’s guillemot. Its name in French "guilemot with mirror" refers to the white “mirror” patch, which helps distinguish it easily from other species. #birdart #wildlifeart #seabirds #auk #guillemot #arcticbirds #natureillustration #fieldsketching #naturalhistoryart #watercolor 🌿 #FishBirds 🐡

Wandering albatross, largest bird in the world! the black markings on its wings are very specific, and just slightly altering them make it look like a different species... Birders, I’m curious — did I do it well? #birdart #wildlifeart #nauticalillustration #natureart 🌿 #SciArt 🐡 #SeabirdSketches

the ivory gull, one of the most fascinating birds of the Far North! It stays in the Arctic all winter and follows polar bears to feed on the leftovers of their kills — a brilliant and icy survival strategy ❄️🐻‍❄️ #birdart #wildlifeart #sketchbook #seabirds #natureillustration 🌿 #SciArt 🐡

My very first emperor penguin on a nautical chart! I’m especially happy with how the feathers over its feet turned out — I really wanted to capture that detail. What do you think? #penguinart #birdart #wildlifeart #antarcticaart #scientificillustration #sketchbook 🌿 #SciArt 🐡 #SeabirdSketches

More Arctic gulls! The Sabine’s gull is a beautiful bird I dream to see one day! This watercolor is part of my “Arctic Larids” poster, available as a print in Maudeux Redbubble shop. #birdart #wildlifeart #sketchbook #sabinesgull #natureillustration #scientificillustration 🌿 #SciArt 🐡

Sketches of the Mediterranean gull... I quite like the one sunbathing 😎 These humorous drawings are based on real biology! #birdart #characterdesign #natureillustration #sketchbook #wildlifeart #MediterraneanGull #funnybirds #nonbreedingplumage 🌿 #SciArt 🐡 #FieldworkSketches

Greenland marine chart I painted a few weeks ago 🗺️💙 three iconic Arctic species ❄️ 🎨 All painted in watercolor directly onto the nautical chart, in a detailed naturalist style. #SciArt 🌿 #WildlifeArt 🐡 #MarineIllustration #GreenlandWildlife #NatureIllustration #ScientificWatercolor #ArcticSpecies

this time with the black-legged kittiwake! 🐦❄️ This species is famous for building nests on tiny ledges of steep cliffs! #SciArt 🌿 #WildlifeArt 🐡 #Seabird #FieldGuideArt #NatureIllustration #ArcticBirds #Kittiwake #BirdPoster #ScientificIllustration #BiodiversityArt #WatercolorBirds

Starting today, I’m in the land of polar bears! 🐾❄️ You can follow my polar adventures in insta & FB stories! 📸🌨️ To celebrate, here’s a sketch of some polar bears—pencil drawing + digital coloring. 🐻‍❄️💙 #WildlifeArt 🐡 #BearArt #Sketchbook #PolarBears #NatureIllustration #TraditionalSketch

Which one is your favorite? 🐋✨ And have you seen the little jellyfish? And the cuttlefish? 🪼🦑 A joyful patchwork of stylized and characterful killer whales! #wildlifeart #orcaillustration #marineart #characterdesign #aquarelle #stylizedanimals #biodiversityart #traditionalillustration 🌿

Extract of a new poster series featuring Arctic birds ❄️🕊️ Here’s : the Arctic tern! he chick still has its “egg tooth” on its beak 💎, a strong little tool used to crack the shell during hatching 🐣 #aquarelle #illustrationornithologique #dessinanimalier #sternarctique #oiseaudelextreme🌿🐡 #sciart

Yes, it’s a painting! A watercolor to be precise… 🎨 It was a big project that helped me reconnect with the joy of drawing… ✍️ Lately, it’s been hard for me to create. #watercolorart #tigerillustration #sciart #wildlifeart #traditionalart #emotionalart #animalportrait #bigcats #artworkoftheday

Remember the nautical map of Greenland? The musk ox wasn’t alone on it — the iconic breaching whale was there too 🐋🌊! Yes, another one... but honestly, don’t they look incredible? #wildlifeart #natureart #oceanart #nauticalmap #mapart #humpbackwhale #marineillustration #sketchbook #aquarelle 🌿

Discover the 22 (!) humorous orcas I drew on a single sheet! #orcart #wildlifeart #animalart #characterdesign #humorousanimals #marineart #whaledrawing #cetaceanillustration #sketchbook #traditionalillustration #artandnature #frenchartist #artonpaper #SciArt 🌿 #sparklepaint #handpaintedart

When spotting a little owl (Athene noctua) in an orchard inspires a whole series of sketches... ✏️ Naturalist field sketches drawn in my sketchbook. #birdart #wildlifeart #sketchbook #natureart #croquis #traditionalillustration #fieldsketch #biodiversityart #ornithology #artandnature #SciArt 🌿

This musk ox painting took me quite a while... I wanted to capture the tangled wool, the wind moving through it, while keeping that massive Arctic beast feel ❄️🐃 #animalart #wildlifeart #artprocess #artonmap #natureart #muskox #boeufmusqué #nauticalchartart #illustrationnaturaliste #slowart

During a walk through the dunes of the Cotentin… I came across a European stonechat! 🐦✏️ #birdart #wildlifeart #digitalpainting #traditionalillustration #birdwatching #stonechat #tarierpâtre #ornithology #natureillustration #artonpaper #sketchbook #wildlifeartist #croquisornitho #fieldsketch 🪶

I love painting large animals on nautical charts, but to bring a bit of elegance and lightness, a bird in flight often balances the composition beautifully... #birdart #wildlifeart #natureillustration #traditionalillustration #customart #bruantdesneiges #snowbunting #oiseaux #marinechart