Windfalcon

@windfalcon

An artist and illustration professor who loves birds, forests and rain. Shop, Patreon, Ko-fi etc links: | she/her | Deckhand in the Kenai Fjords

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Windfalcon@windfalcon· 1d

Saw this glacial erratic floating along on an iceberg. Feels like Rocky from Project Hail Mary going on an adventure!

Windfalcon@windfalcon· 19d

Two Artfight attacks of Hollow Knight OCs! Had a lot of fun playing around with ink and white gouache on toned paper.

A tall vessel from Hollow Knight with a double-scythe-like weapon and billowing robe.

Three Hollow Knight OC bugs on a wooden boat - two are laughing and one is seasick.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· 20d

"Feather Collector" - a year-late Artfight revenge for @pacificbirdnerd.bsky.social of Callie! Watercolor on cold-press watercolor paper, 8X8 inches.

Watercolor painting of a brown and white gryphon with small, barred wings, holding a bunch of colorful feathers. The gryphon is sitting on some moss.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· 25d

Art fight attack of Noctua for @sauketz.bsky.social ! Gouache on black paper, 9x12 inches. What a cool gryphon! My plan is to get revenges on all the attacks from 2025 now! I haven’t forgotten!

An owl gryphon in grayish purples with a stylized nebula-like area behind with stars in the wings and in the sky.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· 26d

"Summer Revelry" - Watercolor and gouache on hot-press paper, 8X10 inches. Ravens and fireweed are a common sight in Alaska during the summer! Available on Every Day Original - everydayoriginal.com/product/lyon...

A watercolor painting of a flying raven with wings outstretched, holding a stalk of pink fireweed.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· 27d

Getting caught up on the #ArtRepostJuly keyword challenge! Day 12: Pattern - Peregrine falcon linocut print Day 13: Colorful - "Dreamseeker" - watercolor Day 14: Bone - "Nest" - watercolor Day 15: Green - "Forest Place" - gouache

Linocut print in black of a stylized diving peregrine falcon

Watercolor painting of a colorful fantasy falcon in greens, blues and purples with a rainbow of small fairy-like dragons.

A watercolor painting of an intense looking hawk mantling over a nest of bones, skulls and feathers

A gouache painting of a lush, green forest with ferns and a wooden bridge over a creek.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Jul 12

Day 11: Below. Page of Pentacles card for 78 Tarot Nautical.

An osprey gryphon holding a gold pentacle connected to a fishing net, catching golden fish below the water.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Jul 10

Day 10: Above. An old painting of mine of a red-tailed hawk soaring over some prime land for finding prey!

A watercolor painting of a soaring red-tailed hawk. Below is a landscape of grassy fields between patches of woods.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Jul 8

Tragic news. This young crow is about to die of starvation. Clearly they will perish if not fed right this instant.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Jul 8

Excited to be the featured First Friday artist at Meandering Mediums this month!

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Jul 4

“Raven and Fireweed” - linocut print. These will be making their debut at Meandering Mediums in Seward, Alaska next week!

Four identical linocut prints - 2 black, 2 brown - of a raven with fireweed.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Jun 7

Metal modeling mesh works super well for putting clay over for flat objects like this!

Windfalcon@windfalcon· May 23

The crows in Seward, Alaska are fearless. And shameless.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· May 12

I almost made a terrible mistake when restocking the coffee/tea bar for the passengers.

Two very similar packets. On the left is honey, on the right is taco sauce.

The backs of the packets, showing a very similar golden-brown translucent goo. One is honey, one is taco sauce.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· May 6

Hi! I am a bird artist!

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 25

Leather Wing Stone Barrette commissions! Goshawk with snowflake obsidian, American Kestrel with carnelian, and Harris' Hawk with carnelian.

Three leather wing barrettes with stones. From left to right: a gray pair of Goshawk wings with a stick and a snowflake obsidian in the center. A reddish-brown pair of female American Kestrel wings with dark brown bars and a reddish carnelian in the center. And at right, a pair of Harris' Hawk wings with a reddish carnelian in the center.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 24

More lovely leather bird wing jewelry! These magpie wings have a lot of green and blue iridescence. Lot of beads on these! The first has iridescent glass, malachite, & lapis. The second has labradorite, green agate, & peridot. 16" silvertone chain w/lobster clasp. $50/ea to help me get to Alaska!

A single magpie wing made of leather and painted with acrylics. The silvertone chain has beads of iridescent glass, antiqued silvertone metal, malachite, blue glass and lapis lazuli.

A single magpie wing made of leather and painted with acrylics. The silvertone chain has beads of labradorite, antiqued silvertone metal, green agate, a blue stone, and peridot.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 23

Another one sneaks in: not a phoenix but a Snowy Owl with some blue markings and a lapis lazuli stone!

A pair of snowy owl wings, white barred with blue and black, with a blue lapis lazuli cabochon in the center.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 22

As many of you know, every summer I work in Alaska as a deckhand on wildlife & glacier boats! I drive up since I also like to travel and fish. Unfortunately my calculations for gas are now...inaccurate, & I'm trying to save up a bit more. So - feather discount! Pendants are $20 & earrings are $25.

A collection of leather feather pendants and earrings. From left there's an orange, red, iridecent blue/purple, and two purple pendants. There's also two pairs of earrings - yellow/orange/red and white/gold.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 21

A batch of Phoenix Wing Stone barrettes! Clockwise from top left: Fire Phoenix with cat's eye, Red Phoenix with carnelian, Purple Phoenix with amethyst, and Jungle Phoenix with malachite. Red Phoenix is $45, all others are $60 with free shipping in the U.S.

Four leather wing barrettes with stones in the center. A pair of red/orange/yellow wings with an orange cat's eye, a pair of red wings with a carnelian stone, a pair of purple wings with an amethyst, and a pair of green wings with a malachite stone in the center.

A pair of green wings with a malachite stone in the center.

A pair of red-orange-yellow wings with a cat's eye in the middle.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 19

WIP 👀

Leather wing barrettes in progress - green wings with malachite, purple wings with amethyst, red/orange wings with orange cat’s eye, and white wings with lapis.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 16

Four leather wing barrettes with stones! Clockwise from top left: Harris' Hawk with jasper, Raven with sodalite, Barn Owl with (agate? Some kind of chalcedony-like stone), & Magpie with Labradorite. 5-6 inches These are all available for $50/ea. I can also make pins if barrettes aren't your thing!

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 15

Sneak peek at some more leather stone wing barrettes being painted!

Leather barrettes in progress - magpie wings, barn owl wings, Harris’ hawk wings, and raven wings, all with central stones.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 13

Apple Blossom Birdflower. I used to paint lots of birdflowers, and the vibrant pink blooms in my yard inspired me to paint this one. Gouache on watercolor paper, 9X13 inches. Available now on Every Day Original! everydayoriginal.com/product/lyon...

A vibrant pink bird perched in pink apple blossoms with a soft pink and blue background.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 11

Work in progress for an upcoming Every Day Original painting! Spring has sprung and there are flowers everywhere!

A gouache painting of a pink bird in a tree with pink apple blossoms.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 9

This really is a flashy stone! I really wanted to make something beautiful with this labradorite. It’s available for $80 if it catches your eye!

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 9

Labradorite Wings Barrette. This is a BIG barrette! A little over 7 inches wide, with a very flashy labradorite stone. There's a video in the comments below showing more angles of the stone!

Photo of a leather barrette featuring two red-brown wings edged with gold, with a labradorite cabochon in the center.

A side-view photo of a leather barrette featuring two red-brown wings edged with gold, with a labradorite cabochon in the center.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 7

Barrettes with pretty stones! This one has a beautiful Labradorite cabochon I picked up at the Denver Gem and Mineral show a few years ago with a great rainbow flash. Next step is painting! I have so many pretty cabochons and I'll be making more!

A barrette of two outstretched wings in unpainted leather with a labradorite stone in the center.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 4

"Spectrum" - birds of every color in an aerial dance. I had the urge to paint something shamelessly colorful. Ink and watercolor on cold-press watercolor paper, 8X8 inches. Link to original below!

Six birds, each an individual color of the rainbow flying upwards in a swirl. The top bird is green and holds a rainbow feather.

Windfalcon@windfalcon· Apr 3

A little something I’m working on between commissions!