A global selection of explorations in art and natural science. Visit my Instagram account @mattiasillustration for more.

Una selección global de exploraciones en el arte y la ciencia natural. Visite mi cuenta de Instagram @mattiasillustration para ver más.

Passiflora semiciliosa at the Bogotá Botanical Garden @jardinbotanicodebogota last week. A perfect cap to my time living in Colombia 🇨🇴 . . . . . . #Passiflora #passiflorasemiciliosa #colombia #jardinbotanico #jardinbotanicodebogota #passif
I so rarely do ceramics commissions, but just recently finalized my studio setup and had an important friend reach out wanting a dozen mugs, so—challenge accepted! This was a lot of work for me but also involved a lot of good learning about pro
I’ll be teaching again at this year’s Wild Wonder Nature Journaling Conference (June 23-27th, 2021). The event is an annual conference organized by nature journaler extraordinaire @johnmuirlaws and his team. It is online, due to COVID-19,
New demo video up this month on painting seashells with @thefosterpaloalto available at www.thefoster.org/mattias . . . . . . #seashells #watercolor #watercolour #painting #demo #winsorandnewton #TheFoster #artlesson
Quick-capture drawings of birds this morning . . . . . . #birds #bird #birdwatching #sketching #quickcapture #gesture #gestural #loosesketch #observationaldrawing #pigmamicron #sakura #copic #copicmarkers #sketchbook #naturejournal #colombia #tropica
Passiflora alnifolia growing wild in Colombia . . . . . . #passiflora #passifloraalnifolia #colombia #colombia🇨🇴 #botany #botanizing #botanica #flor #silvestre
Next demonstration video in the art lessons series through www.thefoster.org/mattias 🪲 . . . . . . #thefoster #painting #watercolor #watercolour #insect #acuarela #iridescent #winsorandnewton #lesson #artlesson #artdemo
An impromptu, virtual acrylics class with @lianelangstudio through @elephantacdmy . . . . . . #painting #landscape #exercise #acrylicpainting #acrylic #sunset #wave #silhouette #impasto #miniature
Placas con diferentes preparaciones de engobes y esmaltes, el resultado de una fantástica clase de acabados de cerámica en @cuadrillaespacio con el profe @nicolasbonillamaldonado 😍 Muy agradecido de poder haber aprendido tanto en tan
Feliz Navidad del Páramo Colombiano! Merry Christmas from the Colombian Paramo! An ornament to mark my time in Bogotá. . . . . . . #christmas #2020 #ornament #spectacledbear #paramo #andes #colombia #bogota #paintint #acrylics #acrylicp
#Passiflora cuatrecasasii found this weekend 🙌 . . . . . . #Passifloracuatrecasasii #cuatrecasas #cuatrecasasii #Tacsonia #Colombia #🇨🇴
It’s Election Day and the world is watching. Our planet is rapidly changing and we need leaders who will acknowledge and plan for life in this new era. We need leaders who think not about themselves but about humanity and the Earth of which the
Some unfinished drawings/paintings from the Colombian rainforest from a birthday trip last week! @ecohotelpuntabrava . . . . . . #drawing #painting #naturejournal #naturejournaling #fieldsketch #pen #penandink #pigmamicron #micron #watercolor #water
A new piece for submission to a collaborative coloring book on North American #pollinators and #flowers. Pictured is one of my favorite North American orchids, Cypripedium acaule, otherwise known as Pink Lady’s Slipper, and a native bumblebee p
Results from my upcoming demonstration video, “Painting Mountains,” for @thefosterpaloalto coming out on November 3rd! . . . . . . #mountains #paintingmountains #landscape #painting #watercolor #watercolour #winsorandnewton #thefoster #ar
Results from my upcoming demonstration video, “Painting Mountains,” for @thefosterpaloalto coming out on November 3rd! . . . . . . #mountains #paintingmountains #landscape #painting #watercolor #watercolour #winsorandnewton #thefoster #ar
A monarch #chrysalis for my dad’s birthday 🥳 I’m still on a journey to master watercolors and ended up overworking this piece. Out of frustration I went back in with pencil and ended up creating something more “mixed media”.
**UPDATE: the piece has been won and is being shipped out to California! Thanks all for supporting Wild Wonder!** The 2020 #WildWonderConference is holding a fundraiser auction that is open to the public and full of amazing art and nature journaling
The #WildWonderConference this year has been so wonderful, so incredibly rich and inspiring. I was so nervous for my “Drawing on Toned Paper for Beginners” lesson this morning, especially because it was live on Zoom with over 400 viewers(
Painting notecards this evening. Shimmer on the one petal is made with color shift watercolors by @iuilewatercolors . . . . . . #flower #flowers #asteraceae #notecard #watercolor #watercolour #handmade #painting #art