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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 11h

Day 30! - #carbon Double duty! It’s also #BirdWhisperer Project posting day. Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius). Found in mature forests across Europe and parts of Asia. The deep black was a challenge, but it fit the carbon theme nicely. #SciArtSeptember #birdart #watercolor

Watercolor illustration of a crow-sized black woodpecker. Facing right and clinging to a tree trunk in front of a large nest cavity. The bird has a red cap and a powerful ivory-colored bill.

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CassWArt 🌴 @casswart.bsky.social · 11h

Sept 2026 #BirdWhisperer project bird is the Black Woodpecker. Getting back into the groove sketching again. Needed to rest the hands after August XD #Bird #BirdArt #ornithology #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #BirdWhispererproject

Digital sketch study of a Black Woodpecker for Bird Whisperer Project

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mushy @mushbeast.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i love crows 🥀

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KetrinaDrawsALot @ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

SHRIMPtember 🦐 Strange Shrimp Sunday (but technically Anomalocaris existed before crustaceans were even a thing) #shrimptember #anomalocaris #paleoart #SciArt

Four orange Anomalocaris on a sea-green background

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The charismatic Coppersmith Barbet for datubooty on tumblr! Thank you for the donation! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt The #Waymakers Challenge raises funds for @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US! Donate by Sept. 30 - only a few days left! youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...

Illustration of a Coppersmith Barbet, a large-headed, large-billed bird with a clown-like face pattern of red, black, and yellow. The bird otherwise is mostly green with spots of turquoise on the nape and wings. It is perched with its back to us on the branch of a fig tree, and has a piece of fig fruit in its beak - likely torn from the broken fruit on the top of a cluster to the bird's right.

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Sarage @sarahcpjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

28. Linen. Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) aka flax bird. I'm fatigued. #SciArt #SciArtSeptember

A blue/black bird with a yellow forehead and white feathers at the neck

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

SciArt September, Day 26: Cedar. Thuja plicata, also known as western red cedar, is a large coniferous tree in the cypress family, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its aromatic and rot resistant wood is used for many purposes. 🐡🎨 #sciartseptember2026 #cedar

Ink and marker drawing of a large cedar tree trunk in shades of reddish brown with green mossy areas.

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Ryan Greenway @ryangreenway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A blue wing olive mayfly and matching fly fishing lure for #SciArtSeptember / #SundayFishSketch 27 “quill.” Fly fishing lures aim to imitate small invertebrate prey of fish by combining natural and artificial materials, with quills making great segmented bodies for aquatic insect models.

Sketchbook page with watercolor illustration depicting a blue wing olive mayfly on the surface of the water, in the corner is an artificial fly fishing lure imitating the insect.

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Jayce the Creature Creator @creatorjayce.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pumpkinseed Also coincidentally finished this just in time for Sunday Fish Sketch #fishart #sciart #sundayfishsketch

A small pen, colored pencil, and acrylic marker illustration of a pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) against a deep blue background on Bristol board.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A quillback rockfish. Not quite a drawing with a quill but with a dip pen, which feels of-a-sort. - #SundayFishSketch + #SciArtSeptember Day 27: Quill

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 27/09/2026

I believe they are not technically #quills, but this is the closest I have to today's theme for #SciArtSeptember 😅

Digital drawing in white ink against a black background of a cute hedgehog facing the viewer with a little smile on their face. They are wearing a crown of tiny daisy like flowers in the blue, pink, and white colors of the trans pride flag.

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Day 26 - #quill A Quillback (Carpoides cyprinus). A medium-sized sucker that inhabits local rivers with gravel/sandy bottoms. If anyone has a good tutorial on doing scales…I generally avoid them like the plague, as you can see why here. #SciArtSeptember #SundayFishSketch #fishart #watercolor

Watercolor and ink illustration of a fish with a long quill-like dorsal fin. Side-view, facing right

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Luzon Bleeding-heart for a kind anonymous donor! Thank you for your contribution! 🪶🎨 #BirdArt #SciArt The #Waymakers Challenge raises funds for @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US! Donate by Sept. 30 - only a few days left! youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...

Illustration of a Luzon Bleeding-heart, a dove with a patch of deep red feathers in the center of the breast that look as though the bird has a bleeding wound. Otherwise its cap is gray, throat is white, lower belly is orange, and the wings are barred blue-gray and black. It is perched on a mossy log amidst lush green, implying a tropical jungle.

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JoyousJoyfulJoyness @joyousjoyness.com · 27/09/2026

My painting, "November Peonies"! November's birth flower is the peony and this collection combines the cuteness of capybara with the elegance of peonies! #art #flowers #capybara #painting

Painting of a Capybara among bright pink peonies. The artist's signature and watermark @joyousjoyfuljoyness are at the bottom left.

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Sarage @sarahcpjones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

27. Quill. Porcupine fish. I'm knackered and had to dig deep for that one. #SciArt #SciArtSeptember #SundayFishSketch

A face on drawing of a brown striped porcupine fish of some kind

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Ryan Greenway @ryangreenway.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Red River pupfish (Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis) in #watercolor and ink for #SciArtSeptember 20 / #SundayFishSketch “Meander.” These little fish occur in the meandering, sandy-bottomed streams in the upper Red River basin of western Oklahoma and Northwest Texas, particularly in harsh environments.

Watercolor and ink illustration of a greenish blue fish with dark spotty stripes along its sides and a yellow underbelly

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Ezequiel Vera @ezequielvera.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#Sciartseptember 21 kaolin (although I am going with chalk as a replacement) Calandria grande / chalk-browed mockingbird Mimus saturninus 0.5 mechanical pencil in Brugge Artista Pocket Sketchbook. #sciart

A sketch of a chalk browed mockingbird in oencil

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Day 23 #SciArtSeptember prompt is copper so I am sharing my #linocut of the first woman to earn a doctorate in science, physicist and professor Laura Maria Caterina Bassi Veratti (née, & known throughout her life as Bassi, 1711-1778). 👩🏼‍🔬🧪🐡🎢 #histsci I’ve shown her surrounded by the sort of

My linocut on white Japanese paper shows 18th century woman (Laura Bassi) in dress with fur cape, and hair in ringlets with a hairpiece which echoes a laurel crown. She’s holding an open book with Newtonian optics diagrams and in front of her is an electrical machine (a stand with vertical large glass plate and hand crank and brass tubes to channel the large electrostatic charges it could generate through friction). She is surrounded by typical high tech lab equipment of her day like conductors, an aurora flask, a luminous discharge tube, a Lane electrometer, Leyden jars and Volta's electric pistol. It’s printed in a gradient of a hint of turquoise through violet to red-magenta to bronze from the bottom to the top.

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#SciArtSeptember - Day 22 - Silk #art #sciart

Digital art of the life cycle of a silkworm, starting with three silkworms eating a mulberry leaf on a black piece of silk, then two cocoons, then an adult moth.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A small book, made using Atlantic bay scallop shells. The book features tiny drawings of estuary plants and animals from Nova Scotia. - #SciArtSeptember Day 16: Scallop

An open book made of paper pages and a scallop shell cover. The book is open to a simple ink drawing of a duck. The book's pages and cover are pink. The book rests on a wooden table.

A hand holding a pink and purple scallop shell. The shell is bound along one side with green thread, making it the cover to a small book. The background is a wooden table top.

A hand holding a small book made with a scallop shell cover. The book is fanned open, to show the pink pages inside the book. The background is a wooden table top.

A pink and purple scallop shell resting on a wooden table top. The shell is bound along one side with green thread, making it the cover to a small book.

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Annie Shao Art @annieshaoart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's a piece I haven't shared as much, since I didn't end up making it into a greeting card. My Prairie Smoke that I planted last fall bloomed this year! Though they didn't set seeds and get their characteristic smoke look, it was still fun to see them. #BotanicalArt #SciArt #pleinair #watercolor

Watercolor sketch of Prairie Smoke. The plant has fine green leaves and dark pink drop-shaped flowers.

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Celestial Whale Studio @celestialwhale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sun Star ☀️ D19: Star ✴️ Found a great past illustration to share again for today! #throwbackthursday #SciArtSeptember #sciart #digitalillustration

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Phil Knutson, PhD @philknutson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Chitosan chemistry art #sciart #chemsky #science #chemistry

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One of the Sarahs @one-of-the-sarahs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Copper tongs for doing things with pickle/acid for #SciArtSeptember

Pen and colored pencil drawing of two different styles of tongs made entirely of copper.

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KetrinaDrawsALot @ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SHRIMPtember 🦐 The tiger mantis shrimp is the world's largest stomatopod, growing up to 40 cm long. The giant fairy shrimp is the world's largest fairy shrimp, growing up to 8.6 cm long. #shrimptember #mantisshrimp #brineshrimp #education #SciArt

A stripey tiger mantis shrimp (Lysiosquilla maculata)

A giant fairy shrimp (Branchinecta gigas) swimming upside-down

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Annie Shao Art @annieshaoart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A Ruby-crowned Kinglet among fall leaves to celebrate the equinox! #BirdArt #SciArt #Watercolor #autumn #FineArt #AnimalArt

Detailed watercolor painting of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet perched among orange fall leaves

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Day 23 - #copper A Coppery-chested Jacamar (Galbula pastazae) considering the role that copper atoms play in ATP production for all aerobic organisms. Ref 📷 eBird David Pereksta, Ref for Cytochrome c oxidase complex IV: Klaus Hoffmeier #SciArtSeptember #birdart #biochemistry #alllifeisconnected

Watercolor and colored pencil illustration of a jacamar (bird) sitting on a twig facing right. The bird has a long dark bill, a blue and green head and a coppery chest. The painting sits on a schematic of a small portion of the cytochrome c oxidase complex, highlighting the roll of 2 copper (Cu) atoms in the transferring of electrons during aerobic cellular respiration.

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One of the Sarahs @one-of-the-sarahs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A quick webspinner for the 'silk' prompt of #SciArtSeptember

Pen and colored pencil drawing of a long, narrow insect in shades of brown and gold.

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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SciArt September, Day 22: Silk. I did not realize how many different insects create silk. These are green lacewing egg sacs suspended on a rigid silk strand that is excreted and hardens after it is stretched out. The structure is unique and being researched as a biomaterial. 🐡🎨 #silk #greenlacewing

An ink and marker drawing of thin, vertical strands with yellow eggs sacs on top extending out from a brown twig.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A moon bear. #SciArtSeptember Day 14: Crescent 🌙

A graphite drawing of a moon bear, also called an Asian black bear. The bear is sitting up, with its front paws near its chest. The bear looks towards the right. The bear is tinted in shades of purple.

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Sarage @sarahcpjones.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

20. Meander. Ribbon eel. #SciArt #SciArtSeptember

A pencil crayon and pen drawing of a blue and yellow eel with a flat ribbon like body.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

*checks email* Congratulations on your recent sale on Redbubble. Here are the details: 1x Art Print of THE SCREAM Size: Extra Large (24.0in x 32.0in) oh

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Marina Gil ✏️ Illustrations, Book covers @simplyonemore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Day 11 - Heart shape Corculum Cardissa is entirely adapted to its symbiotic relationship with microscopic algae. The shell contains pigment-free areas that transmit and scatter sunlight into the shell's interior for photosynthesis. #SciArtSeptember #SciArt #SciComm 🐡 #illustration #sealife #nature

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Sarage @sarahcpjones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

21. Kaolin. Soft coral porcelain crab. #SciArt #SciArtSeptember

A drawing of a small whiteish crab with red/orange spots and blue patches on it's legs

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Ty Ty Tiger @ty-ty-tiger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A star-nosed mole sketch for #sciartseptember I’d have gone with tentacle nose 🤔 #nature #art #BskyArt #penandink #coloredpencils #illustration #mole

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Day 21 - #kaolin A Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Aru ararauna) on a kaolin clay lick in the Amazon. Not super pleased with this one, but - Macaws eat kaolin to detoxify alkaloids & tannins in their diet + as a mineral supplement. Watercolor + colored pencil. #SciArtSeptember #birdart #watercolor

Watercolor painting of a yellow and blue macaw, wings flared, on a vertical bank of clay. Macaws and other parrots eat the clay to help neutralize plant toxins in their diet.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A bitterling puppet, with a meander-patterned banner. Bitterlings are listed in The Fish Fauna of the Büyük Menderes River: Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Features, published in 2013. 🐟 - #SundayFishSketch + #SciArtSeptember Day 20: Meander

A photo of a fish stick puppet on a wooden table top. The fish is modelled after a European bitterling, with a primarily pink body and blue fins. It has colourful highlights throughout. The fish has a ribbon trailing from its tail featuring a red meander pattern. The puppet lies flat on the table.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 20/09/2026

The #SciArtSeptember theme is #meander Anyone who has ever watched a ladybug crawling around may think they are meandering to no particular purpose but remember that not all those who wander are lost!

Digital drawing of curly green fern plants intermixed with delicate white flowers. There is a tiny red ladybug crawling on one of the ferns.

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John F Tollefson @jftollefson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Day 20 - #meander The Slough Darter (Etheostoma gracile) I thought back to my aquatic ecology courses and finding this species in the slow water of small river bends (meanders) in SE Kansas. Watercolor + colored pencil. #SciArtSeptember #fishart #watercolor #SundayFishSketch

Watercolor painting of a small slender darter (fish). Side view facing left. A male in breeding colors. Yellow-brown with green bars along the sides. Dorsal fin has deep blue topped with orange-red between the fin rays.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Day 20 #SciArtSeptember prompt is meander so I am sharing geologist & paleontogist Alice Wilson (1881-1964) with the Ottawa River. 🧪👩🏼‍🔬⚒️ #histsci ⁠ A job in the Mineralogy Division of the U of Toronto Museum was her entry into #geology. In 1909 as a museum assistant with Geological Survey of Canada

Linocut portrait of a young Alice Wilson with her hands under her chin printed in gold ink. Behind her is her own geological map of the Ottawa Valley with the different features on collaged translucent Japanese papers in raspberry, purple, yellow, pale blue, and beige in inks of similar but darker hues. “OTTAWA RIVER” is marked but the final R is obscured by her head.

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