#inkNtint KNOSPEN / BUDS März in meinem Garten. March in my garden. (description in ALT-Text) #gardening #naturejournaling #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #inkdrawing #watercolor #coloredpencildrawing #mixedmedia #FineArt #sketchbook #art #artchallenges #kleineKunstklasse

kicking off #azhdarchidapril, we have Cryodrakon boreas, a giant azhdarchid from the dinosaur park formation of alberta, and the only #pterosaur from Canada to be named.
#PterosaurPtuesday

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

The 2022 Korean translation of Locked in Time (by Dr Dean Lomax & published by Columbia University Press) commissioned me to colourise my 50 greyscale illustrations. Here's "A Portrait of Malignance," showing a Telmatosaurus with an ameloblastoma tumour.

My final Canadian province #linocut is my home #province #Ontario along with its symbols, the common #loon and trillium. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, black, green and yellow, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

Ontario is where I was born and where I now call home. Growing up on Lake Ontario I was always aware of our region being defined by the Great Lakes, 1/2

map #SciArt #printmaking #mapart #Canada

Still buried in snow, but dreaming of spring! This yellow beetle caught my eye on Pexels, so I painted it with QoR watercolors in an Etchr A6 sketchbook with a Pentel Aquash brush. Can’t wait for warmer days. #sciart #artyear

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

The 2022 Korean translation of Locked in Time (by Dr Dean Lomax) commissioned me to colourise my 50 greyscale illustrations. Here's "The Transient Oasis," showing a colony of Seirocrinus crinoids drifting on deadwood.

announcing #azhdarchidapril a month in which i (and anyone else who wants to try) will attempt to illustrate a different azhdarchoid ( i ran out of azhdarchids proper) pterosaur every. single. day. (except for easter). marking the beginning of an effort to reconstruct every pterosaur taxon i plan on undergoing. (Background image obviously credited to @markwitton )
#art #paleoart #pterosaurs #sciart #april #dinosaurs

gorgosaurus libratus

For #PencilDay, I sketched this caiman peeking out of the water! Used my Pentel Graphgear 1000 pencils, mostly a .5mm with 4B lead. Getting the reflection right was a fun challenge! Fun fact: Caimans can stay underwater for up to 15 minutes before surfacing! #sciart #artyear

A 3d model I made based on concept art by Jeff Zugale @jeffzugale

Enjoy.

When a Red-tailed Hawk perched in a nearby pine tree for a few weeks the Cooper’s Hawks that were there disappeared. Once the RtH moved on the CHs returned & have been building a nest in the tree. Here’s my Perpetual Journal art of the RtH & Cedar Waxwings from ‘23.

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

The 2022 Korean translation of Locked in Time (Dr Dean Lomax) commissioned me to colourise my 50 greyscale illustrations. Here's "The Mire Siren," showing a family group of Utahraptors becoming trapped in quicksand.

Next in my Canada series: the Northwest Territories with its territorial symbols the gyrfalcon and mountain avens flowers on my hand-carved linocut map of NWT. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, gray-brown, green and yellow, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

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https://www.seti.org/seti-air-newsletter-march-2025

Domenica Mediati’s project Cosmic Communities encourages high-school students to explore these scientific research questions through artistic practice by creating graphic novels and animations that reflect on the possibility of life beyond Earth.

I’m delighted to welcome Domenica into the AIR program and look forward to seeing her project develop. Find more info about her work and news about our SETI AIR’s exhibitions and events at the link above.

-Bettina

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Zooming into my 2022 Nature cover, featuring Tupandactylus. This painting was commissioned by Cincotta et al for their paper describing multiple feathers and their colours from a pterosaur fossil!

My next Canadian province is Manitoba with its provincial animal the bison and flower the crocus (Anemone patens) in this linocut. The block was inked 'à la poupée' (with different colours, pale violet, umber and brown, in different areas) and printed by hand on lovely Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

It's no mystery how the bison could symbolize this prairie province. Manitoba is one of the few places where 1/n

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here's my 2022 Nature cover featuring Tupandactylus. This painting was commissioned by Cincotta et al for their paper describing multiple feathers and their colours from a pterosaur fossil!

Abdomen is done, mostly. The rest of the "space" is mostly digestive glands (I think?), which I'll add once I see how this works printed/painted.

The weird tabs on the book lungs/spinnerets, are openings for me to put paint into the cavities. We'll see how it works!

Montanazhdarcho minor, a basal azhdarchid from the two medicine formation