Dani Massey

Natural History Museum Bird Studies Made with an Orange Prismacolor Pencil. Top and Middle: Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) Bottom Left: Screech Owl (Megascops asio) Bottom Right: Map

Natural History Museum Studies (P4)

#naturalhistorymuseum #museum #taxidermy #ornithology #bird #birds #birdart #animal #animalart #nature #wildlife #wildlifeart #art #artist #traditionalart #sketch #coloredpencil #sciart

Natural History Museum Studies of Pheasants. Made with a Green Prismacolor Col-Erase Colored Pencil. Top Left and Right: Ringed Neck Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) Middle: Green Pheasant (Phasianus vesicular) Bottom Left: Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) Bottom Right: Map

Natural History Museum Studies (P3)

#pheasant #museum #bird #birds #avian #birdart #animal #animalart #animalartist #nature #natureart #wildlife #wildlifeart #wildlifeartist #art #sketch #sketchbook #traditonalart #coloredpencil #sciart

Natural History Museum - Bird Studies Made with Red Prismacolor Col-Erase Colored Pencil. Top Left: Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) Top Right: Vaux’s Swift (Chaetura vauxi) Middle Left: Map Middle Right Two: Chimney Swifts (Chaetura pelagica) Bottom Left Two: Yellow-billed Cuckoos (Chaetura pelagica) Bottom Right Two: Black-billed Cuckoos (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)

Natural History Museum Studies (P2)

#nature #natureart #museum #naturalhistory #animal #animalartist #animalart #bird #birds #birdart #avian #taxidermy #sketchbook #sketch #coloredpencil #traditionalart #wildlife #wildlifeart #sciart

Natural History Museum - Bird Studies Made with Blue Prismacolor Col-Erase Colored Pencil. Top Left: Two Anna's Humming Birds (Calypte anna) -Named after Anna Massena Duchess- Top Right: Map Bottom Right: Common Nighthawk (Chordeilis minor) Full body and profile.

Natural History Museum Studies (P1)

#nature #natureart #museum #naturalhistory #animal #animals #animalart #birds #birdart #avian #taxidermy #sketchbook #sketch #coloredpencil #traditionalart #sciart

Got a scanner recently.

Planning to repost a good chunk of my drawings since the scanner doesn’t have the same yellow tint as the photos taken with my phone.

A gharial resting in water, nose pointed towards the camera

A side view of a gharial resting n water with its mouth open

A close-up of the knob on the end of a gharial snout

Photos of the Day: Gharial teeth

All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).

5 sketches of Deinocheirus in different positions. Some of the sketches are details of its head and neck

Let’s sketch the magnificent beast that is Deinocheirus!

Deinocheirus mirificus was a huge ornithomimosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in Asia. This herbivorous dinosaur had huge arms with large claws that were probably primarily used for digging or gathering plants

#paleoart #dinosaurs

Who else needed a pic of Meemie with snow on her nose today? ❄️
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#catnose #boop #bobcat #lynxrufus #cats

Natural History Museum Mammal Studies. Made with Indigo Prismacolor Pencil Top Left: Platapus (Monotreme) Top Right: Camel (camelus dromederius) Middle: Wombat (Marsupial) Bottom Left: Sheep (Placental) Bottom Right: Opossum (Marsupial)

Natural History Museum Mammal Studies Part (6)

#animal #animals #animalart #mammal #skull #drawing #naturalhistory #taxidermy #coloredpencil #sketchbook #sketch #anatomy #study #traditionalart #traditionalartist #nature #natureart #wildlife #wildlifeart #scicomm #scivis #sciart

#thursjay #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #🪶 #raven #cawmunity #ravenphotography #corvidbirds #corvidphotography #ravenlovers #corvid #corvuscorax #ravenphotographers #corvidcore #corvus

Beautiful #FerruginousHawk at #goldenhour!
So happy they are back in the area! One of my favorites!
#hawk #hawks #birdsofprey #raptors #utahwildlife #naturelovers #shotoncanon #birdscrolling #birds #bird #nature #wildlife #photography #🪶 #photographersofbluesky #BlueskyPhotography #canonR5

Great shots! This is such a fascinating looking creature 💙

In this species, males can sometimes have asymmetrical arm like this, with one much larger than the other. This is actually the first time I have ever seen it!

None of the guidebooks I own show a photo of this condition, so if my ID is correct, I think this might be a pretty rare shot 🦐✨

Up close and personal, a meeting with the magnificent wolf. WHAT an experience! Seeing one of my favorite subjects to paint, so close, feeling its power but also its gentler nature, intelligence and enigma.
I was offered this opportunity in Langedrag Naturpark here in Norway. Definitely recommended!

Edible & Medicinal Seaweeds: A Guide to Healing & Nutritive Ocean Plants by Tasha Greenwood, with illustrations by me, is out today! Published by Storey Publishing . Look for it at your favorite book retailer.

#seaweed #bookart #bookillustration #scientificillustration #natureillustration

Natural History Museum Mammal Skull Studies. Made with an Apple Prismacolor Colored Pencil. Top Left: Proboscidans Top Right: Giraffids Bottom Left: Wild Hog (Sus scrofa) Bottom Right: Hippopotamids

Natural History Museum Mammal Studies Part (5)

#animal #animals #animalart #mammal #skull #drawing #naturalhistory #taxidermy #coloredpencil #sketchbook #sketch #anatomy #study #traditionalart #traditionalartist #nature #natureart #wildlife #wildlifeart #scicomm #scivis #sciart

Love the use of complimentary colors! 💙

Traditional sketchbook ink animal drawing in pentel brush pen of a jaguar with green eyes. It is framed by a red circle behind its head.

Jaguar from a 2019 ink animal drawing series I was working on for Drawtober

Red Colerase pencil, pentel brush pen, and alcohol markers

#art #traditionalart #prismaticvixen #drawing #illustration #animalart #animals #animaldrawing

A coatimundi sniffing a log

A coatimundi walking on a log facing the camera

Two coatimundi next to each other

Photos of the Day: some coatimundi snoots

These and all photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).

Natural History Museum Mammal Skull Studies made with a Violet Prismacolor Col-Erase Pencil. Top: Horse (Full Skull) Bottom Left: Beaver (Top of Skull) Bottom Left: Gigantopithecus (Lower Jaw)

Natural History Museum Mammal Studies Part (4)

#naturalhistory #museum #nature #natureart #wildlife #wildlifeart #animal #animalart #drawing #sketch #traditionalart #coloredpencil #skull #taxidermy #art #sciart

Bird Studies made with Green Prismacolor Col-Erase Pencil. Top Left: Red Tail Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Top Right: Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Bottom Left: Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Bottom Right: Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)

Bird Studies

#bird #birds #birdart #sketch #sketchbook #doodles #anatomy #gestures #coloredpencil #traditionalart #traditionalartist #animalart #animal #wildlife #wildlifeart #avian #nature #natureart #zoology #sciart

A very white, very fluffed up kookaburra is sitting on someone's hand in a pool of sunlight

Photo of the day: kookaburra in the sunlight

This and all photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).

An island fox standing in a rock cave, looking off to the side

An island fox on a rocky ledge peeking out from behind a log

An island fox walking in front of a rock wall, nose down and paw up, sniffing

An island fox sits on a rock behind some trees, looking away from the camera

New Species: Island Foxes!

www.animal-photo-references.com/island-foxes

All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).

Illustration of a guianan cock-of-the-rock bird perched on a branch. Prompt # 15 for #brrrdcember2025

Prompt list for #brrrdcember2025

#brrrdcember2025 - Day 15 - Guianan Cock-Of-The-Rock

Are ornithologists okay?!?!?!?!

Ballpoint, Graphite (H) for mid tones, and colored via Clip Studio Paint. This is my 2nd attempt at my new style! I love it!

#brrrdcember #guianancockoftherock #cockoftherock #animalart #birdart #birds #Brazil

The pen / digital art style combo turned out absolutely wonderful! 💙

And I agree. Ornithologist name choices are definitely questionable 😂

Natural History Museum Mammal Skull Studies made with Indigo Blue Prismacolor Pencil. Top Left: Moose (Aces aces) Top Right: American Bison (Bison bison) Bottom: Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

Natural History Museum Mammal Studies Part (3)

#museum #wildlife #wildlifeart #animal #animalart #skulls #art #taxidermy #nature #traditionalart #traditionalartist #coloredpencil #sketch #marine #mammal #marinelife #sciart

Love the characterization! 💙

monkey!!

#monkey #lifedrawing #traditionalart #sketchbook #sketching #animalart #sketch #illustration #characterdesign #art #animals #characterart #ocartist #originalart #myart

A loose digital painting of an okapi striding forward through tall grass.

Painting practice with an okapi.

The first time I saw one, I was a little girl visiting the St. Louis zoo. I was enthralled. They’re such mythical-looking creatures. I should draw them more often!

Thanks to @animalphotorefs.bsky.social for the reference photo.

Natural History Museum Studies made with Terra Cotta Prismacolor Col-Erase colored pencil. Top: Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) Bottom Left: Steller’s Jay (Cyancitta steller) Bottom Right: Blue Jay (Cyancitta cristata)

Natural History Museum Bird Studies
Part (6)

#nature #museum #wildlife #wildlifeart #bird #birdart #avian #taxidermy #sketch #sketchbook #animal #animalart #traditionalartist #coloredpencil #scicomm #scivis #sciart