#WorldPenguinDay! 2nd best birds in my official rankings 🐧🥈 I've snuck them into a few of my books. Here they are doing science (in style), hanging out on the ice, on some endpapers and having a swim. #kidlit

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ymmxvxa2etxmgcfq3m3vvibd/post/3lnkimygiic2e

finally backt to my little trips and #NatureJournaling

#watercolour #sketchbook

Little visual guide of some spring flowers I encountered on my walks:)
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#natureartist #botany #guide #wildflowers

still messing around with animation 🦉
#roughanimator #framebyframe #owl #wildlife

Little #wip of my next little animation 😄
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#RoughAnimator #owl #wildlife #animation

up to no good:) 🐺

#animation #wolf #handdrawnart

...new animation on the way.

I never cease to be fascinated by the relationships in the landscape and in the biosphere. Beavers are common in my area. But they were extirpated and reintroduced. Beavers are trying to get as much water as possible. They also eliminate trees on the banks of the river. This probably gives more moisture in the landscape. Where beavers live, they can increase biodiversity by up to 60%. The number of plants in this area, for example, is huge.
#nature #diverzity #landscape #FloodForest #fyp

Existential squirrel.
Watercolor and gouache on paper.

This A5 painting is for sale, DM or email hi@victoriamaderna.com for details.

#MastoArt #illustration #painting #squirrel

Finally got some time to draw this pack. Since our ministry has legalized wolves' shooting, I have been wanting to draw as many wolves as possible 🩶🐺
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#wildlifeart #wolves #nature #conservation

Rewilding an eco-centric approach to conservation that allows nature to dictate its own trajectory. Rewilding aims to restore natural processes after major disturbance, and create self-sustaining ecosystems with minimal intervention. Some criticisms portray it as land abandonment or anti-people. However, rewilding is gaining traction in Europe, as it is seen as a transformative way to conserve biodiversity.

https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2025/01/16/rewilding-a-meaningful-response-to-tackling-the-biodiversity-crisis/

#ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Rewilding #Europe #Ecosystems

This sleepy Spoonbill is another little animation I have done as part of #birbfest2025

#RoughAnimator #birds

Hard bites and slow songs: How beak size affects the singing and #evolution of songbirds
https://theconversation.com/hard-bites-and-slow-songs-how-beak-size-affects-the-singing-and-evolution-of-songbirds-243165

"#Songbirds with strong bites are not only slow eaters, they are also slow singers... large-billed species produce fewer syllables per second; they sing at lower trill rates. They also sing with a lower vocal range and at a lower pitch... interestingly, even #birds of the same species show small differences in their song based on much subtler differences in beak size."

Little animation of Snowcap hummingbird I have done for #birbfest2025 🐦
#RoughAnimator

little illustration I've done a while ago