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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Look I’m not saying that I know what’s going on, only that it’s awfully suspicious… #seagull #pope #cardinal

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

PREEE-SENTING 📣 The Wingèd Popsicle! The Mai Tai of the Big Sky! Happy Summer's Harbinger And FEARSOME Insect Janitor: Behold, the WESTERN TANAGER! #birds

Bright yellow bird with an orange-red head and black, barred wings perched sweetly on a bottlebrush tree stem and surrounded by little seeds and leaves.

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Meg @meganroseruiz.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

My thoughts on Generative AI

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Literally Miguel 🇻🇪 @literallymiguel.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

THE COOLEST ANIMAL TO EVER EXIST (Desmatosuchus) (quick #paleoart commission!)

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

A watercolor sketch of Pere David's Deer at the Bronx Zoo. This deer is endemic to China and nearly went extinct due to overhunting. There has been a lot of effort to breed and reintroduce this species, but the IUCN lists it as extinct in the wild. #deer #peredavidsdeer #naturejournaling #watercolor

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Still sick, so looking at past migration sketches instead of making new ones. :( #birdart #birds #migration #commonyellowthroat #palmwarbler #sciart

A sketchbook page with watercolor sketches of birds: a male Common Yellowthroat perched on a leaf stem, and a Palm warbler in the grass. There are also swatches of test color on the upper part of the page.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

When you can't nature journal outside...nature journal inside! I'm not sure how easy it is to read my notes, but I turned the catnip sketch into a scratch-n-sniff by rubbing catnip on it. It worked; my cat Ranger rolled all over it lol. #botanicalart #naturejournaling #catnip #sciart #succulents

A journal page with several watercolor sketches of plants done from life, including a pot full of indoor succulents, a catnip study, a closeup of a catnip leaf, and a tiny marimo moss ball floating in a vial of water (this "moss" is actually algae, Aegagropila linnaei.)

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

A dandelion study I painted from life during the pandemic, when I stayed at my friends' house and documented their garden. I caught myself absentmindedly trying to brush the "dirt" off the page. XD #botanicalart #sciart #naturejournal

Watercolor sketch of a dandelion plant on a white page. Painted from life, showing open and closed flower buds, roots, long tap root, and specks of dirt.

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.eva @blackermine.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

one of these was trying to steel me lunch a while ago, and I just can't forget about 🤣 #birbfest2025

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

A detail from one of the illustrations I did for Wild Ramona by Roy Toft! I loved working on this book: it's about the wildlife of Ramona, CA, which Roy has been photographing via professional camera trap setups for years. More info and link below... #sciart #wildlifeart #cameratraps

A detail from an acrylic painting done for a book illustation. It shows the location of a camera trap set by pro photographer Roy Toft to capture images of passing wildlife. The scene is a garden in Ramona California at night. In the center is a low stone wall in a ring around a palm tree. Clusters of orange palm fruit hang from the tree and more fruit is scattered on the ground. A pair of grey foxes is eating the fruit. In the lower right is a camera in a case next to a tube-shaped diffuser containing a flash. There is another flash on the left. The camera and flashes are facing the foxes. The scene also includes agave plants and succulents, and a small mouse is eating a seed on the lower left.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

A couple of sketches from my first-ever wildlife trip, which was to Costa Rica. As a kid, I had read about Eighty-eight Butterflies and leafcutter ants in Ranger Rick but never expected to see them outside of those pages. Suddenly they were in front of me in real life, and it was magic. #sciart

A closeup of pen and watercolor sketches on a sketchbook page. There is an Eighty-eight Butterfly with wings closed at the top, two Leaf-cutter ants carrying leaves below, and a sketch of an ant's head and mandibles.

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Lisa Stevens @lisaseaurchin.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Little crescent moon sculptures. I’ll get organised to add these to my website at some point. #MarineLife #ceramic #porcelain #coral #reef #sculpture

Three crescent moon coral sculptures. One is held on a hand, so you can see how small they are. They have fans, craters, short blunt spikes, wiggly ruffles and lots of coral-like textures. They have bright colours; orange, turquoise, lime, red and yellow with some areas left the bright white of unglazed porcelain. The crescent shape, colours and protuberances make the pieces look like they could be colourful sea slugs.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

It's my sketchbook and I can draw what I want to. ^___^ Coppersmith Barbet doodle from my India travel journal. This bird is named for its ringing call, which apparently sounds like a coppersmith's hammer. #birds #birdart #sciart #watercolor #naturejournal

A cartoon of a Coppersmith Barbet bird standing on an anvil and striking a piece of copper with a handle. This is a small part of a sketchbook page. The note reads: "The Coppersmith Barbet was also hard to see but often heard. It has a higher and prettier call [than the Brown-headed Barbet]."

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A bird I'm looking forward to seeing again in the spring...the Blue-headed Vireo. I really love this species...there's something about the powdery blue-grey, clear white, and yellow wash that just really appeals to me. #birds #watercolor #naturejournal #birdart #sciart

Watercolor sketch of a Blue-headed Vireo clinging to a stem with a few wilted leaves. To the left, part of the ceramic paint pallet can be seen sitting on the page.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Another boost for the starter pack! If you post nature or science art and would like to join, please let me know. No AI. #sciart #birdart #wildlifeart #naturejournal #paleoart

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Spring is on the way and soon my favorite spots will be full of migrants! Here's an American Redstart sketch from a few years ago. #Birds #birdart #sciart #AmericanRedstart #warblers #birdmigration #watercolor

A page from my nature journal, showing a watercolor sketch of a male American Redstart warbler perched on a branch with tail fanned out, plus some notes from a nice day of birding a few years ago.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I will be participating in the Wildlife Conservation Society's Run for the Wild 5k fundraiser! (well, walk for the wild in my case lol) The focus is on Gharials, very cool - and sadly very endangered - crocodilians with long, narrow snouts. Link in comments. :) #crocodilians #wildlifeconservation

Banner photo for WCS's Run for the Wild fundraiser event. It shows two gharials with open mouths on the bank of a waterway. The Text "Run for the Wild" is overlayed in white text.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

A couple of mohair teddy bears that I made. They are made of mohair and have glass eyes and jointed heads and limbs, in the style of old teddies. I haven't made very many of these but it's super fun! #teddybear #mohair #plushies

Two teddy bears sitting on a red couch. Both are light tan with black noses, black embroidered smiles, and black glass eyes. One is larger with a long nose and blue ribbon around his neck. The other is smaller and more cub-like, with a short nose and flower-patterned ribbon.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I'm not much of a digital painter, but I did this a while back. I have a good friend in Australia who I met online years ago. We've met once in person, when I took her birding in Central Park. In celebration, I drew us as possums! ❤️ Birding is the best, and so are birders. #possums #birds #birding

Digital (not AI!) painting of a path in Central Park, NYC. Two cartoon-style animals, a Virginia Opossum and an Australian Brushtail Possum, walk on their hind legs on the path, each holding a camera. They are marveling at a Blue Jay in a tree. A male Common Yellowthroat watches from a bush in the lower left.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The Hippalectryon is a half-horse, half-rooster creature from Greek mythology, but unlike other Greek monsters it gets very little attention. I have no idea why...🤔 #greekmyths #creaturedesign #watercolor

A cartoony ink and watercolor drawing of a hippalectryon standing on its hind legs. The creature has the head and front legs of a horse and the rear legs, wings and tail of a rooster.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Still going through a lot, but I need some more art in my life so plan to be around more. While I pull myself together, here's a Ghost of Centrosaurus, based on the specimen at AMNH. #sciart #watercolor #paleoart

Watercolor sketch of the fossil skull of Centrosaurus, in purplish tones on a white paper background.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I'm sorry, but I've been having a very rough time lately and haven't been around. There is still space in my starter pack; I'll add anyone who requested while I was gone in the next day or two.

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Spirit of Midnight @spiritofmid.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

😸🥚... (1/5) www.spiritofmidnight.com | Wishlist on Steam! #Holidays #comicart #cuteness #indiegames #gamedev #cutegames

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

On the 19th day of #ArtAdventCalendar, I give you one of my animal Secret Santa drawings, which I did for cards. They all had fun picking out gifts for each other. 😉This will probably be my last art post for the year, since I will be busy spending time with family. Happy Holidays to all!

A pen and watercolor illustration of happy cartoony animals giving each other gifts in a Secret Santa exchange. The animals and their gifts are: Anteater-chocolate ants; Cheetah-windup rabbit; Panda-bamboo candy canes; Jaguar-big cardboard box with heart cutouts (chewed by mouse); Mouse-cheese; Osprey-fish; Dragon-Hope Diamond; Hyena-stinky bone carrion; Vulture-stinky fish carrion.

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gridflay @gridflay.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Always re-post owls on posts 🦉

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✺ 𝕸𝖔𝖙𝖍 ✺ @mothsprout.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

✷ Friendly lil Brown Hyena ✷

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MacIntyre Rath @macintyrerath.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Zoodles 12/16

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MacIntyre Rath @macintyrerath.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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Richard Allen @richardallenart.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I haven't seen the West Mersea Shorelark yet, but here's a sketch of the last one I saw there #ukbirding @essexbirdnews.bsky.social @andyfieldhello.bsky.social

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

For Day 16 of #ArtAdventCalendar, here's an acrylic sketch of a young male lion. I love all kinds of animals, but cats have been my favorites, by far, for my entire life. I am in awe of them. Many more cat-related posts in future! #sciart #lion #wildcats #acrylicpaint

Acrylic painting of a young male lion's face, from the front but looking slightly off to his left and cocking one ear back to listen.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I saw people mocking someone in a thrifting group because they were so happy about the bird thread scissors they found: “those are worth nothing, they’re super common.” Yes, they’re common because they’re frickin adorable and totally worth being excited over! 🥰

A pair of classic metal bird-shaped thread scissors, with the bird’s long pointy beak forming the blades, sitting on red and blue felt.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

For Day 15 of #ArtAdventCalendar, here's a tiny drawing of a Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel holding a flag. My mom loves squirrels, mice, and rodents of all kinds, and one year I made her all-rodent calendar using my own photos plus drawings for all the holidays. This was for the 4th of July. :)

A small, simple, pen and watercolor line drawing of a Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel sitting up and holding a simplified American Flag.

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TracketPacer @tracketpacer.com · 14/12/2024

every year around christmas time the ballet dancers who play the rats in the nutcracker come out with a series of unexplained banger tiktok videos and anyway this is my favorite part of the holiday season

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

For Day 14 of #ArtAdventCalendar, ...SQUIRREL!!! Pen and white gel pen on toned paper.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

For Day 13 of #ArtAdventCalendar, here are some sketches I did today of Apex the Stegosaurus at the American Museum of Natural History! This is a brand-new exhibit of what is thought to be the largest and most complete Stegosaurus fossil ever found. Super exciting! #sciart #dinosaurs

Watercolor sketch of a stegosaurus dinosaur skeleton, including a close up of the skull, one of the plates with an unusual spike, the foot bones, and a quick sketch of the skeleton as a whole.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

For day 12 of #ArtAdventCalendar, here's a page from my 2022 India travel journal. Elephants no longer give tourist rides in parks, but some are used to patrol for wildfires, poachers, and injured tigers.

Pages from a travel journal, showing the face of a working Indian elephant on the left and small sketches of the elephant ridden by a mahout. On the right, sketches of an Indian Monitor Lizard, Malabar Pied Hornbill, and Sambar deer feeding in water.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I missed yesterday, so for Dec. 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar, here's a card I made for my mom for Mother's Day one year. My mom (and my whole family) loves art, animals, and especially cats! #watercolor

A pen and watercolor card design in a cartoony style. In the center is a happy cat hugging her three kittens. They are framed within a heart-shaped window through dense leaves, ferns, and flowers including violets, lily-of-the valley, and daffodils. Three birds are hiding in the plants - an American Robin, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, and an Ovenbird.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

There are so many great artists on here that my first pack filled up...I'm working on Vol. 2! If you post your wildlife art, scientific illustration, or other nature art and would like to be included, please let me know! NO AI. #Sciart #birds #birdart #wildlifeart go.bsky.app/Kk8HhoA

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

On the tenth day of #ArtAdventCalendar, I give you a Ring-billed Gull. This painting was based on the most beautiful moment I've ever had on Long Island Sound; it was just after a storm, the sun had come out, the tide was low, and the water was like smooth, blue glass. #birds #birdart #sciart

An acrylic painting of a Ring-billed Gull walking in very shallow water. Small ripples break the otherwise mirror-like reflection.

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

For Day 9 of #ArtAdventCalendar, a watercolor sketch of a Rufus-tailed Hummingbird. That's a dull name for an emerald bird with a pretty coral bill and a cinnamon tail. #Birds #birdart #sciart #watercolor

A watercolor sketch of a Rufus-tailed Hummingbird perched on a branch, surrounded by practice strokes of various colors that look a bit like confetti.

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Simon Gillings @simongillings.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Finished my seven swans design for @aluladesigns.bsky.social #BirdArt #Birds

Seven Swans design: Mute, Bewick's, Black, Trumpeter, Black-necked, Whooper and Coscoroba

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Carolyn Kay Smith @carolynkaysmith.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

December 8th of #ArtAdventCalendar - a sketch of a fledgling American Robin. Every spring it's a joy to watch them hopping around, a bit bewildered, as they learn how to be robins. What baby birds do you get to see where you are? Ink pen and white gel pen on toned paper. #birdart #sciart #birds

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