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Laura Williams

@laura-williams-art.bsky.social
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Nature illustrator Insects - plants - marine life - birds - shells - feathers and more 🌿 Edinburgh Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Shop link ⬇️ www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LauraWilliamsArtwork

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Laura Williams @laura-williams-art.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
I had hoped to be more active on here over the past few weeks but I've unfortunately been completely floored with whooping cough for a month now. FYI it's brutal and I've never been so ill. Stay safe out there as I hear it's doing the rounds and it's a serious illness.
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Laura Williams @laura-williams-art.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Pine Hoverflies Fineliner, gouache, watercolour. These beautiful little flies are one of the most endangered hoverfly species in the UK. #sciart #insects #entomology #hoverfly #stippling #art #illustration #endangeredspecies #wildlife #supportartists #etsy #myart
Traditional illustration of a large piece of bark with a number of pine hoverflies living on it. Three hoverflies are in flight. 
The entire piece of bark has been drawn with dots, building up tone with black fine liner. There are clumps of lichen growing in crevices breaking up the texture. Close up of the stippling details and lichen growths of a traditional illustration of bark in black fine liner. Close up picture of a part of the stippled tree bark illustration including the fine liner pen used in the process. A shot of 3 pine hoverflies sitting on a traditionally illustrated piece of bark. Details of lichen and crevices in the bark can be seen.
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Laura Williams @laura-williams-art.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Garden Tiger Moth Caterpillars or also known as "woolly bears" are found in north America, Canada and parts of Europe, preferring colder climates. Watercolour, fineliner and pencil #sciart #insects #caterpillars #myart #illustration #supportartists #artwork #drawing
Traditional illustration of three Garden Tiger Moth Caterpillars crawling on a piece of bark. They sport a deep orange underbelly with black and white coloured hairs on their backs.
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Laura Williams @laura-williams-art.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Cinnabar Moths Pencil, fineliner and watercolors. My oldest insect artwork and still one of my favourites. Prints are available in my Etsy shop which is linked in my profile. #sciart #insects #moths #illustration #nature #entomology #drawing #bugart #myart #supportartists #art #artwork
Photo of a traditional illustration of a branch of pinecones. The branch has three red and black cinnabar moths sitting on different pinecones.
Made with pencil, watercolour and fineliner. Close up of a pinecone showing the line work and colour details of the original drawing. Close up of a cinnabar moth sitting on a pinecone from the original drawing. One of the wings is poking out from behind the cone. Close up of another cinnabar moth sitting on a pinecone facing upwards, wings closed.
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Kate Avery @kateaveryart.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Gotta a couple more oils to finish and then I’m switching back to gouache for a bit. Here’s a couple older gouache pieces I still quite like to whet your appetite😙
Gouache painting of a misty forest with sparse pines and moss covered boulders strewn in a bed of fallen pine needles. Gouache painting of a white crocus blooming amongst grass that’s still the sullen color of winter.
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Laura Williams @laura-williams-art.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Stag Beetles These guys are our largest beetles in the UK and look like they should be mystical beasts. They are sadly in decline due to urbanisation and simply being misunderstood creatures. They are gentle giants. #sciart 🐡 #insects #stagbeetles #stippling #nature #animal #illustration #art
Traditional illustration of two male stag beetles facing each other to fight over territory. They sit on top of an abstract form stippled with fineliner with some cracks filled with gold gouache. Close up of the gold gouache highlights symbolising the prize that is this territory to the male stag beetles. 
Males fight over logs and other bits of wood to attract a female to nest there. Close up of the stippling and tonal depth of the 'log' Photo of the finished artwork showing the stag beetles.
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Laura Williams @laura-williams-art.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
A commission piece featuring the Great Yellow Bumblebee. An endangered species found in the UK. They create beautiful orb-like comb structures nestled in grasses and earth. Fineliner, watercolour, gold gouache and pencil. #sciart #insects #bumblebees #stippling #nature #illustration #bee #art
Illustration of the Great Yellow Bumblebee an endangered species found in the UK. The bumblebees are shown tending to their nest surrounded by grass. The comb structures are stippled and filled with gold gouache to highlight the value of the brood and food sources. Close up of the stippling technique used to create tone between the comb structures.Adding highlights to a great yellow bumblebee with watercolour and gouache. Highlighting the internal spaces of the honeycomb structures with gold gouache.
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alicia 🍳 NYCC AA I-24 @acorviart.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
cranes (riso - scarlet, seafoam) [ #art #riso ]
Illustration of two cranes overlapping each other.Risoprint of the crane illustration.
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Laura Williams @laura-williams-art.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Cinnabar Moths & Ragwort. Fineliner and pencil #moths #insects #stippling #fineliner #entomology #bugs #wildlife #naturedrawing #art #drawing #illustration #traditionalart
Black and red cinnabar moths illustrated on ragwort leaves.
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spinelli ✨ @spinellicross.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
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Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ❤️‍🔥 @amandamakepeace.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
Another print that will be saying farewell in February is The Golden Thread, embellished with the same gold watercolor as the original drawing. 🪶✨ #art #NightMarket www.amandamakepeace.com/store/the-go...
Graphite drawing of a Southern Masked Weaver building its nest. One blade of grass is gold.
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Sues Thistle Studios @sgthistlestudio.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
A little needle felting a little stumpwork embroidery and you get a mushroom. This piece came out so well.
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Laura Williams @laura-williams-art.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
European Honeybee Fineliner, watercolour and gouache #natureillustration #nature #entomology #stippling #art #illustration #insects #honeybees #ecosystem #drawing #beehive
Close up of an illustration of European honeybees. Shown on a stippled hive background.
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Lindsay Lindhult, PhD | Science Illustrator & Arthropod Artist @lindzeamays.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Ink drawing of my favorite grasshopper: Melanoplus differentialis, the differential grasshopper! Completed during my past two art markets. Proud of this one. 💚 #SciArt #bugsky #inverts 🕷️🐡🎨
Ink drawing of a differential grasshopper on a leafy stem.
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Laura Williams @laura-williams-art.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Hello new friends, I'm a nature illustrator from Edinburgh who loves all things small and curious. From insects to bones and feathers to seaweed I'm there. A lot of my work explores themes of conservation, connection, transformation and growth 🌿
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Laura Williams @laura-williams-art.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
New Forest Cicada Fineliner, watercolours and gouache
Close up of an illustration featuring a New Forest Cicada. Made with copper metallic gouache highlights and and fineliner stippling details.
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