CassWArt 🌴

Finishing my final read through of the manuscript for the book of new papercraft moth and butterfly projects coming in August through Page Street Publishing and it feels surreal!

Been a labor of almost two years and a dream of many more.

#papercraft #entomology #sciart

A pencil drawing of a blue jay, facing downwards on a branch and holding a round object (probably a nut?) in it's beak.

A pencil drawing of a sitting frog facing right and holding it's head high. Below it is a pencil drawing of a gold fish. To the right of them, the blue jay from the previous photo is peeking out but cut off.

Some studies I made while not having anything to do in class today :)
It feels weird/almost wrong to post such "unfinished" feeling things but maybe that's just bad social media brain I need to get over.

#art #SciArt 🐡

A photo of the sticker sheet, on a cosy cottage table. The text reads “Tiktaalik’s Tea Room by the Clever Bunny Company.” The sheet features a Tiktaalik sitting in a cup and saucer of tea, two holding biscuits, as well as some extra smaller stickers of sugar cubes, biscuit and tea bag. The background of the sticker sheet is green check.

A photo of the sticker sheet, one is close up and the other shows a pair of teal tweezers holding up a tea bag sticker. The text reads “Tiktaalik’s Tea Room by the Clever Bunny Company.” The sheet features a Tiktaalik sitting in a cup and saucer of tea, two holding biscuits, as well as some extra smaller stickers of sugar cubes, biscuit and tea bag. The background of the sticker sheet is green check.

Tiktaalik Sticker Sheets are also available for preorder!☕️ So pleased with how these turned out, I’ve been wanting to make sticker sheets for years!

#tiktaalik #stickers #paleoart

Watercolor painting of a Honeycomb Cowfish, Acanthostracion polygonius. The intricate pattern of this Boxfish breaks up its silhouette and helps it blend into its surroundings. I’m painting one reef fish per day for 100 days with the hope of building a community. It’s about how art becomes connection. If you love the ocean, curiosity is enough. 🐠

100 Days of Reef Fish
Beautiful Reef Fish 1/10: Honeycomb Cowfish, Acanthostracion polygonius. The intricate pattern breaks up the boxfish’s silhouette for camouflage

Thank you, Dana Ransby, @danaransby.bsky.social for suggesting this beauty.

#sciart #marinelife #coralreefs #dothe100daysproject

Illustration of a Conehead Mantis (Empusa pennata).
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#scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #mantis #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart #bug #mantis #conehead

Three paintings, each showing two warblers. One Willow Warbler and five Chiffchaffs in total. Each bird faces right to left.

Getting there. Need a few adjustments, and text adding on a computer, but here are 5 Chiffchaffs and one Willow Warbler. #birds #ukbirding #sciart #birdart

In an underwater scene, a sailfish, a mola, a mermaid whose flowing hair recalls marine algae, a dugong, and several golden trevally are grouped together in a vertically-oriented composition with some kelp against a black background. The illustration is drawn with intricate linework, with an emphasis on contours and varying line weight, and with areas of solid black ink.

'Two Sirens'
Ink on Moleskine sketchbook paper, 128 × 206 mm, from 2020.

#ArtAdventCalendar

Painted studies of a colorful rooster and a titmouse bird sitting on a branch

Painted studies of a Western lowland gorilla and a tarsier hanging onto a branch

Painted studies of California newt heads and a red salamander

Painted studies of a baby hippopotamus head and a larger adult one with its mouth open

HAPPY WORLD WILDLIFE DAY I LOVE AMINALS
#art #animals #studies #worldwildlifeday

Pied Flycatcher on lichen branch, coloured pencil
#art #birdart #birdsoftheworld #bird #nature #wildlife

Detailed watercolor painting of a Mourning Warbler perched on a thin branch of tamarack with fresh crimson cones. The background is a dark green wash.

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

Foreshortened view, particularly from above or low angles. I want to draw action sequences so bad, but I suffer from similar pose syndrome because of years of concept art turnaround. 🤔

a digital WIP of a big cuddle pile of cats

Hey friends!
Live on a day that I normally wouldn't be. We're drawing more cats!!
Come join us on twitch!
twitch.tv/carsondrewit

Prime treasure hunting season is coming, when we squirrel people can pick up all the bits of curio that makes our hearts happy.

What kind of collector are you? Or do I need to make another print to rep you?

www.beastieandbone.com/gift-shop/pr...

#natureart #sciart #curio #specimen

Image of Animal Day Awareness Calendar for March 2026, There is a URL link for a web page view for easy text to speech. This is an ongoing project of digital sketches featuring a wide variety of animals using the Animal Day Awareness Calendar as a prompt and guide. It's a way for me to take time to explore their anatomy and deepen an understanding of different fauna while also highlighting conservation efforts. ► * days that fall on different days from year to year ► Days highlighted in green, yellow, purple are highly recommended to participate

Animal Awareness Days for March and 2026! 🍀🌷🌸

Def going to try and make new ones for 🕷️🐸🐼🐻
As always, Mark your calendars! Plan accordingly.

📑Google Sheets Link: tinyurl.com/52svzknm
📅Google Calendar Add on Link: tinyurl.com/bdzhycfn

#AnimaCal

We finally got some hopeful news about vaquita last fall, but now Mexico is considering re-introducing gillnets into their habitat. This would ensure eventual extinction, we can't let this happen.

Please share and send emails, letters, etc to Mexican representatives to stop this.

#SaveTheVaquita

A deadly wildlife disease is spreading, but could season and habitat determine which snakes survive? In this episode, grad student Catherine Hanks reveals how indigo snakes may fight Snake Fungal Disease, and what her research could mean for conservation.

www.oriannesociety.org/snake-talk/

Graphite drawing of a polar bear’s head coming out of the water.

With International Polar Bear Day today…a throwback drawing to highlight these beautiful, vulnerable sea bears.

#polarbearday #endangered #climate #protectwildlife #polarbear #wildlifeart
#pencildrawing

Right! I just really woke up 😅🥴

daw thank you! always not sure how far to push the reference with the sketching😅 Sat there tweaking this for some time. Appreciate the notice.

I was fortunate to see polar bears swim once at the San Diego Zoo, they're so graceful underwater. I could sit and watch them for hours.

Got to work on this again today. Almost there. 24 x 36 inch oil painting on canvas. #oilpainting #polarbear

"Nanuq. The ever-wandering one".
I'm wrapping this print ready for its journey to the USA, today!
Archival quality giclee print of my pastel & pencil drawing. Holds a lot of meaning for me.
tabithamacbethart.etsy.com/listing/5587... & folksy.com/find/item/75...

#craftbizparty #polarbear #drawing

Sketchbook page of 5 drawings of Polar Bears in blue ink. At the top of the page is the text Polar Bear and 8/4/25. The top of the page are drawings of hearts and a close up of a Polar Bear's head under water and the word Boop! To the left is a standing Polar Bear. To the right is a drawing of a very fat Polar Bear looking at the viewer and the word Chonk. At the bottom are drawings of a mama Polar Bear and a cub sleeping.

Detox Doodles!

These animals are from my 100-day journey to swap scrolling for sketching: www.joyousjoyness.com/pages/detox-...

This page is all about Polar Bears!

#art #PolarBear #bear #sketch #DetoxDoodles #sciart #InkArt

“Swag in the Hood”
Hooded Merganser
8” x 7”
Really enjoyed working in the “black” range on this one .. only used a bit of black on the pupil .. otherwise using combinations to pickup the veridian and purples .. def a learning work
Watercolor / Gouache
Fabriano Artistico HP

#birdart #sciart 🦉🐡

Digital sketch study sketch of 2 polar bears swimming towards the screen, a symbolic way of saying the species is swimming towards an uncertain future. Their world is melting. We don't see the changes like they do.

It's International #polarbearday 🎉🐻‍❄️🧊

I couldn't in good faith draw them on land, their world is melting. These 2 polar bears are swimming towards an uncertain future.

#PolarBear #Internationalpolarbearday #WildlifeArt #AnimalArt #SciArt

Omg, it's all the birds, and the legendary feathers! 🪶

Pure genius 👏

A small wood carving of a tiny bird in golden brown perched on a branch, looking from right to left. There is a small branch protruding from that branch with two carved leaves. Above the bird are two further branches, one behind with four leaves, and one in front with two leaves. All of it is held between two scrolls of light wood, that form an oval around it. Held at the bottom by a finger and thumb. With a grey slate background.

Well it's done. So many hours gone. It's been the bane of my life for the last two weeks. So many broken branches! Hand carved from boxwood (bird and leaves) walnut (branches) and oak (scrolls).

#carving #woodcarving #miniature #birdart #miniaturecarving #tinyart #art #sculpture #wood #woodart

that little dot of pick on the bill! Wonderful! 💗

a Dunkin Ducks duck study 🦆

#birdart #illustration