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sowildsogood.com
@sowildsogood.com
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🦋 Wildlife illustrator | Conservationist 🌍
Art for Wildlife & Nature 🦎🐾🌿
I draw when I'm not outside, or I might just draw outside 🦦
Web: 👉 https://sowildsogood.com/
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My year 2025 - time spent observing the wild, one drawing at a time 🌿

#animalart #art #SciArt #scienceillustration #Ecology #FineArt #SciComm
A collage put together of colour pencil drawings of various wild animals: the silver washed fritillary, the wild rabbit, a sea otter pub and its mother, a common hamster and a long-tailed tit.
December 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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another wildlife drawing: my colour pencil portrait of a pine marten

#animalart #art #SciArt #Ecology #FineArt #SciComm #scienceillustration #conservation
a colour pencil drawing of a pine marten showing its head and upper body
November 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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WIP: adding some background colour to my drawing of the silver washed fritillary 🦋

#animalart #Ecology #Wildlife #Scienceillustration #conservation
In progress drawing of a silver washed fritillary butterfly using colour pencils and pastels, sitting on a pink butterfly bush.
September 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Picture of a European praying mantis lying in wait for some prey.

#Ecology #wildlife #insects
Picture taken of a green praying mantis sitting in tall green grass, perfectly camouflaged.
September 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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My finished drawing of a red fox portrait using colour pencils🦊

#animalart #SciArt #Ecology #Wildlife #SciComm #Scienceillustration
Colour pencil drawing showing the head of a red box, showing its characteristic red-brown colouring.
September 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Picture of a beautiful carpenter bee feeding on a thistle

#ecology #wildlife #conservation
Picture of a dark blue carpenter bee sitting and feeding on a purple thistle
September 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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My finished colour pencil drawing of a silver-washed fritillary butterfly 🦋

#animalart #SciArt #FineArt #wildlife #Ecology #SciComm #scienceillustration #conservation #Art
Colour pencil drawing of a silver-washed fratillery butterfly.
July 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Grass snake enjoying the sunshine 🐍

#wildlife #nature #Ecology
Picture of a grass snake lying at the edge of a pond in the sun.
July 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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🦋 Beautiful butterflies everywhere 🦋

#wildlife #insects #butterfly #nature #Ecology
Picture of a small blue-brown butterfly sitting on a purple flower.
June 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Illustration of a long-tailed tit, color pencil on paper

#animalart #wildlife #art #SciArt #Ecology #FineArt #SciComm #Scienceillustration #conservation
Colour pencil drawing of a long-tailed tit sitting on a branch.
June 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Beautiful swallowtail I could capture while enjoying a walk in the park

#wildlife #insects #butterfly #nature #Ecology
A picture of a common yellow swallowtail butterfly with its wings open sitting in a meadow
May 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Colour pencil drawing of a red squirrel

#wildlife #Drawing #nature #scicomm #animalart #SciArt #FineArt
Colour pencil drawing of a red squirrel holding a nut in its paws while sitting on a branch.
May 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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A beautiful scarce swallowtail decided to rest - so I could take a good look at it 🦋😊
2 pictures of a butterfly of the species scarce swallowtail resting on my finger and a piece of wood.
May 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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🦋 Butterfly drawing 🦋

#animalart #Drawing #SciArt #nature #art #SciComm #scienceillustration
Colour pencil drawing of a butterfly in blue and black colours.
May 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Little guy enjoying the sunshine at the local pond 🐸

#wildlife #Ecology #nature
A frog sitting at the edge of a pond in the sunlight.
May 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Managed to capture a bumblebee looking for some food.

#wildlife #insects #bumblebee
Picture of a bumblebee on top of a flower looking for food
April 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Happy Easter everyone 🐰☺️ - my illustration of a brown hare

#animalart #wildlife #colorpencils #SciArt #Ecology #FineArt #scicomm #scienceillustration #rewilding
portrait of a brown hare drawn in colour pencil, showing the its head and long ears
April 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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An illustration of a greenfinch and its counterpart in the wild.

#art #illustration #sciart #birds
Colour pencil illustration and 2 pictures of a greenfinch.
April 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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A buff-tailed bumblebee looking for a suitable place to build its nest. As they are emerging in early spring, they are already out and about.
#wildlife #insects #bumblebee
Picture of a buff-tailed bumblebee.
March 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Did you know: Today is national frog day 🐸. It was invented to increase awareness of threatened frog species around the world.
Here is my drawing of a tree frog – a tiny frog species that actually spends a lot of its time in trees.
colour pencil drawing of a little tree frog
March 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Here is an illustration of a forest dung beetle I have drawn a while ago. Sometimes overlooked or unnoticed these fascinating creatures are doing a fantastic job of keeping our world clean. I'm always excited to see one in the wild 😀
two pictures of forest dung beetles and a colour pencil drawing of a forest dung beetle at work
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Spring flowers finally showing up 😊
A collection of early spring flowers emerging first.
March 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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hi, I am an ecologist and animal illustrator - focusing on wildlife art.
common hamster drawing
March 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM