On to number 13. Meet Aviraptor, a small bird of prey that lived in Poland roughly 30–31 million years ago, where it hunted for small prey like hummingbirds. Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #birdsofprey #SciArt #paleoart #prehistoricbirds

9 drawings done, 16 more to go! These are available, in case you want to support an artist. Of course I´ll throw in a free book once it is published (which will be in March). Just send me a PM or just respond here :) Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm)

Number 11 of the prehistoric bird series: Sapeornis feeding its young a tasy fish (a Lycoptera). Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #paleoart #prehistoricbirds #SciArt

Already on number 10! Falcatakely forsterae, a prehistoric bird with a very large beak from Cretaceous Madagascar. :) Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #paleoart #paleoillustration #SciArt

9 drawings done, 16 more to go! These are available, in case you want to support an artist. Of course I´ll throw in a free book once it is published (which will be in March). Just send me a PM or just respond here :) Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm)

Number eight of the prehistoric bird illustrations for my upcoming new book: Iberomesornis trying to find some ticks and other bugs on a dozing Concavenator. Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #paleoart #copicmarker #sciart #dinosaurillustration

On to number 7! Microraptor catcing a Cathayornis in the forests of Liaoning, China roughly 125 million years ago. Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #paleoart #microraptor #prehistoricbirds #sciart

Number 6: Yuanchuavis kompsosoura having a nap on a brach, while it´s lightly drizzling. Had fun with this little guys plumage and the spider :) Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #SciArt #paleoart

Here comes number 5, Longipteryx. This 120 million year old bird has been found preserved with fern seeds in its stomach, so thought it would be fun to include that in this drawing. 20 more drawings to go! Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #paleoart

4 down, 21 more to go Working on illustrations for a new book!These are Epidexipteryx, Jeholornis, Confuciusornis and Yi Qi. More to follow! Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #paleoart #SciArt #dinosaurart #paleoillustration

Number 4 in the series for a new book. Meet Epidexipteryx! Copic Marker and colored pendil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #paleoart #sciart #paleoillustration #dinosaurdrawing #copicmarker

Yi Qi Copic Marker and colored pendil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #paleoart #SciArt #paleoillustration #dinosaurart

My summer will be spent working on a new book. Still in the beginning stage, finished with sketching and deciding compositions, now on to color studies. There will be 25 plates in total (2 are finished). Trying to determine which colors work for the animals, and getting in a nice variation overall.

Finished this painting of killer whales! It was inspired by a meeting with these awesome predators in the north of Norway. Neither my scanner nor my camera were willing to cooperate in any meaningfull way, so this picture will have to do for now. 😅 Acrylics on board 21.6″ x 27.5″ (55 x 70 cm)

Just finished these three little paintings. Had such fun with this assignment of three snowy owls, a little triptych if you like. The commissioner met this wild snowy owl in person, and wanted that moment captured on canvas. :) Watercolor and colored pencil on pressed board 5.9" x 5.9" (15 x 15 cm)

Some eagle owl chick studies in my Steamline sketchbook. Right page is done in watercolor, left page is in brown Micron pen. 🙂 #animalart #owlart #owlpainting #SciArt #wildlifepainting #birdart #birdpainting #watercolor

Here is part 2 of the small scale drawings for an upcoming book about extinct animals. Scale drawings are depicted quite small on the pages of books, so I always have a bit of fun with these, creating small stories on their own. :) www.esthervanhulsen.com #SciArt #paleoart #paleoillustration

Our local newspaper Amta did such a lovely article about my work, I feel truly honored. :)

Some cheetah studies, done in watercolor in my Steamline sketchbook. Cheetahs are among my absolute favorite animals. So elegant, sleek and charming. I feel a painting is long overdue. :) www.esthervanhulsen.com #SciArt #animalart #animalpainting #cheetah #bigcatart

I am always having so much fun with scale drawings. These images are usually depicted quite small on a page in books, there just to show the size of the animal. I love adding some extra details and funny situations to these. :) Here is a series I have just made for an upcoming book. #SciArt

Dodo Copic Marker and colored pencil 9.4″ x 8.3″ (24 x 21 cm) #paleoart #paleoillustration #SciArt #dodo #naturalhistoryillustration #birddrawing

Sacabambaspis says hi! This jawless fish from the Ordovician period was roughly 30 cm long and had two forward facing eyes on the front of its head, right besides it small mouth, which may have made it look quite funny. :) Copic Marker and colored pencil. Another illustration for an upcoming book!

Who’s a good boy? Bear sized carnivore Inostrancevia is showing its impressive teeth. They lived some 250 million years ago, and were the apex predators of their time. This illustration was made for an upcoming new book. More will follow soon! #SciArt #paleoart #gorgonops #animalart #animaldrawing

I love rabbits and hares, they are such a joy to paint with their fluffy coats, wonderful big ears and shiny, ever alert eyes. Here are a few paintings I have made, in acrylics (top two and bottom two), watercolor (the two middle right and the one washing its leg) and one in Copic marker. (Number 3)

Sold! Peregrine Falcon Portrait Acrylics on board 9.8″ x 9.8″ (25 x 25 cm) More available work at www.esthervanhulsen.com #SciArt #birdart #birdpainting #falconart #falconpainting #birdsofpreyart

Itchy scratchy Thylacine. Working together with author Benedicte Garmann-Aarhus and publisher Kagge Forlag on an upcoming book about the five (six) extincion events and the animals that lived then. Stay tuned for more! Colored pencil and Copic Marker on Fabriano paper 8.2" x 8.2" (21 x 21 cm)

Sold! Common Shelduck portrait Acrylics on board 9.8″ x 9.8″ (25 x 25 cm) More available work at www.esthervanhulsen.com #birdart #birdpainting #SciArt #traditionalwildlifeart #wildlifepainting #acrylics

Portraits of the Arctic. A series of paintings of animals found in the north of Norway and on Svalbard. These are made in acrylics on board, and 9.8″ x 9.8″ (25 x 25 cm) large. www.esthervanhulsen.com #animalpainting #birdpainting #sciart #birdart #birdsinacrylics

A pair of Confuciusornis, an early bird/ theropod dinosaur from the early cretaceous, China. They still had three claws on their fingers fingers, the beginnings of a beak, and the male of this species had two long and stiff tail feathers, most likely for display. #paleoart #sciart #animalrt

Some months ago, while visiting Gøteborg in Sweden for a city weekend, I saw some lovely coldcrests in a park. I also found two dead specimens the next day, laying in front of a supermarked. It was a coldcrest themed weekend. Watercolor in my Steamline journal #sciart #birdpainting #sketchbook