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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I made this illustration of Cabuniaegino, a pre-roman deity of the Cantabri. His name is only mentioned in one inscription on an ara (a type of votive altar) found near the oppidum at Mount Cildá and has been interpreted as a god of healing and medicine.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This year's illustration for the "Altamira para escolares" educational activities program at @museodealtamira.bsky.social focuses on children again but also on nature and our relationship as humans with our environment.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Aren't petroglyphs fascinating? I drew this panel filled with dots and crosses from Valderredible in preparation for my archaeological drawing workshop at Tribus del Íber a couple of weekends ago. 🖌 Do you like more just the ink drawing or the one with the watercolor background?

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The knife and all personal adornments are taken from diferent finds from Mount Bernorio, Las Rabas and La Ercina hillforts (the last one is not a Cantabrian site but it's geographically and culturally close, and has an interesting array of buckles).

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A late Iron Age couple together, in love and displaying all of their parure. With @adrianregalado.bsky.social and myself as pose reference models 😙

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

What was spring like in the north of Iberia during the late Magdalenian period? I imagine it may have looked something like this.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The baby blackbirds in my flowerpot have grown so much! They are about to jump out of the nest any moment now so I made a cute drawing and wrote a bit a bout them (in Spanish) on my Ko-fi. You can read it here -> ko-fi.com/post/Hay-mir...

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Two little blackbirds have been born minutes ago in a flowerpot on my balcony 🥰 They are so so tiny!! And look very hungry. Don't worry, their parents are taking good care of them and us humans at home are not interfering 🤗

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We all know about the hundreds of horses and bisons painted in caves all around Europe but there is a number of species that are much less common in Paleolithic art 🐧🐆 This illustration is featured on @thehistocrat.bsky.social 's excellent video on this topic. Go check it out! youtu.be/RX_76nmaJas

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

A COZY DWELLING - SO MANY COLORS #prehistovember2025 I joined two prompts together to imagine the appearance of an Iron Age hut. A hearth, herbs, warm blankets, things for weaving and a sleepy scruffy dog by your side are the epitome of coziness and what everybody needs to be happy in my opinion.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#Prehistory lovers out there: looking to treat yourselves or your loved ones with a bit of art? My #prehistovember watercolors are for sale! Contact me for details 🎨🖌️ They will also be available as prints on my shop soon >>> ko-fi.com/mlezcano/shop

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

MADE OF STONE #prehistovember2025 One of my favourite places to hike to is marked by many peculiar stones, both natural (although local legends state they were dropped by the devil himself when he went to build the Roman aqueduct in Soria -go figure) and man-carved.

Watercolor painting of a horse in front of five standing stones in a foggy scenery. Two of the stones show carvings belonging to the Bronze Age.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

NEW ACQUAINTANCES #prehistovember2025 Almost 40,000 years ago the first "modern humans" arrived in Europe and found it was already populated. Artifacts suggest there might have been an exchange of either material goods. Current genetics confirm sapiens and H. neanderthals exchanged more than tools 😏

Watercolor painting of a young Homo sapiens man embracing a neanderthal woman in a green woodland environment. Both are smiling.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

LEAVING A PRINT #prehistovember2025 Did you know that 80,000 years ago a group of #neanderthals composed mainly by #children were walking on the beach at Le Rozel, in Normandy? ........... 🎨 This illustration is fully painted in #watercolor on a 18 x 25 cm paper and the original is for sale.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

DRESSED TO IMPRESS #prehistovember2025 Jumping to a more recent prehistory to bring you a bit of #IronAge bling✨ This is a depiction of an #Iberian woman inspired by the Lady of Cerro de los Santos. Fully painted in #watercolor on 25 x 36 cm paper. Original painting for sale.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

A FULL MEAL #prehistovember2025 This illustration is based on the #paleodiet of my ancient fellow countrywoman, the Red Lady of El Mirón, which consisted of meat, different kinds of mushrooms and salmon. She would have also completed her meals with vegetables and fruits available at the time.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

AN EXTINCT WORLD #prehistovember2025 If something comes to mind when we think about the environment in which our early ancestors lived in, it is the great woolly #mammoth for sure.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Had a great time last week talking about my workflow to create scientific reconstructions of prehistory along author Pedro Lima and researcher Verónica Fernández. I'm so looking forward to future collaborations with these wonderful people.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I'm hosting a little creative challenge for the third consecutive year and I'm bringing it here to Bluesky too. During the month of November I will be posting new illustrations for each prompt on all my social media. Please, feel free to join me!

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Marina, a science illustrator and paleoartist. I draw about nature, history and sometimes fantasy, but mainly I recreate scenes of human life in the past with a focus on children in the archaeological record 😊 🎨 mlezcano.com 📧 mlezcano.illustration@gmail.com

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

El próximo viernes 24 de octubre estaré en @museodealtamira.bsky.social con V. Fernández y P.Lima para hablar de los niños y niñas del Paleolítico y cómo les dimos vida en Paléo kids 📕🖌️ *El libro está en francés, pero la charla será en español :) www.cultura.gob.es/mnaltamira/q...

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Illustration and layout I made for the Altamira para escolares educational activities program at @museodealtamira.bsky.social Do you wanna know more about my process of creation? There's a post on my ko-fi blog about the steps to make this illustration! (In Spanish) 🎨🖌️ ko-fi.com/post/Como-se...

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Also I had my own replicas of #artifacts so people could touch and draw them from life. I think my first bell beaker doesn't even look bad.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Last week I taught at my first #archaeologydrawing workshop during the Tribus del Íber Fest in the north of Spain. ¡It was great! So thankful for everyone who joined me and spent a beautiful evening drawing, chatting about artifacts and discussing the role of #artists in #archaeology.

Scientific illustration of archaeological artifacts from the Bronze Age: ceramic vases and plates, beads of different sizes, arm guards and a gold ornament.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A paleo-commission from last year for the #experimentalarchaeology program for schoolers at @museodealtamira.bsky.social I designed the #illustration and the layout of the brochure in order to focus the attention on the pigments and tools used to paint the bisons within the #Altamira cave.

In the foreground, we see a variety of tools used for painting rock art, such as mineral pigments, sea shells, feathers, charcoal, a paintbrush and a grease lamp. In the background, a young woman and a young man prepare red ochre for painting. Further back, within a cave, another woman blows the red paint on her hand to leave a print on the rock.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

🎨 COMMISSIOMS OPEN 🎨 Please read all the slides I'm opening character #commission slots for July and August. Shoot me a DM or email if you're interested! #opencommissions #customart #characterdesign #artcommissions #oc #dnd #ttrpg #characterillustration #refsheet

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

El 11 de julio estaré en Tubilla del Agua con un taller de dibujo arqueológico en el festival Tribus del Íber. ¡La inscripción es gratuita y las plazas son limitadas! 😉 El día 12 también estaré en el mercado de Sargentes de la Lora con mis láminas y demás cositas ilustradas 🎨✨

Taller de dibujo arqueológico con Marina Lezcano en la ermita de Tubilla del Agua el 11 de julio de 2025. Colaboran Marina Lezcano 2D Artist & Scientific Illustrator, la asociación Tribus del Íber y el Ayuntamiento de Tubilla del Agua.

Ilustradora Marina Lezcano haciendo dibujo de campo y de material arqueológico.

Dibujos de material arqueológico de la Edad del Bronce.

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I have a few "megalithic bookmarks" with air bubbles in the lamination. They're on the non-visible side but I do not want to sell them like this as they're not perfect, so everyone who gets anything from my shop will get a bookmark for free until they're gone ☀️ My shop >> ko-fi.com/mlezcano/shop

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I'm in love with the texture of this paper and how well it complements the #watercolor paintings 🤩 Get my butterfly bookmarks 🦋>>> ko-fi.com/s/4311f1666b

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Trying out a new printing press is always scary, but the new batch of #artprints I got has the most beautiful quality and the colors are perfect <3 ko-fi.com/mlezcano/shop

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

If you see this, post your green art! 🌿 Fun fact: my first dive into scientific illustration was through botanical studies I made when I was obsessed with plant lore in college. #botanicalart #botanicalillustration #watercolor #sciart #plants

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I'm reopening my Ko-fi shop next Wednesday with new art prints and goodies ✨Look at these cute megalithic bookmarks!👀✨

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you [ #ArtShare ]

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Another afternoon well spent watercoloring in the wild 🌼 #pleinairpainting #naturejournal

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Yesterday was a beautiful day to paint trees ☀️ Today is too, so feel free to take this as a reminder to take your journal and spend a bit of time outside. It feels good!

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Marina Lezcano @mlezcano.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

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