Olivia V. Ambrogio (she/her)

Ink and watercolor drawing of a branch with little tight spheres of flower buds on it, similar to maple buds but more spherical.

Nature journaling in early spring. #SciArt

Ink drawing of a black beetle (an oil beetle) and its shadow

And one more for #WorldWildlifeDay 🐡

Digital drawing of a squid in profile with bright blue light along its tentacles and ventral surface. Text says “we don’t know why firefly squid use bioluminescence. But the squid know.”

Happy #WorldWildlifeDay
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Ink drawing with watercolor of a small terrier/schnauzer dog looking out the window while sitting on top of the back cushion of a chair; the cushion has bowed in the middle.

This quick sketch of my dog being vigilant also explains why our chair cushions look the way they do. 🐡

“High impact low confidence scenario” describes my life pretty well right now

Ink and watercolor quick sketch of a running horse that’s gold with flame-colored mane and tail and bits sparking from its hooves.

Happy lunar new year (sketching from a Degas sculpture) #firehorse 🐡

Same drawing of three whales with the text “Your whalebeing is important”

Same drawing of three whales with the text “Hope you’re whale and hearty”

Drawing of a blue, humpback, and right whale with the text “Your health is your whaleth”

Happy #WorldWhaleDay! 🐡

Drawing of moving land masses that slowly form a heart like shape; text says “I love you, if you catch my continental drift”

Drawing of a bunch of fossil exoskeletons; text says “our love is foraminifer-ever”

And more 🐡 #sciencevalentines

Drawing of a long fish with little lightning bolts around it; text says “Is your name E. voltai? Because you’re electrifying”

Drawing of aurora over mountains; text says “you’ve got me in an excited state”

Sharing a couple of past #sciencevalentines (some of the best puns are thanks to collab w @carrotslittle.bsky.social )

Artists, quote with something silly! 🐡

Watercolor cartoony oystercatcher with the word Oyster in its beak

Ink and watercolor cartoony bird saying “I’m an oystercatcher! Ta-dah!”

More detailed watercolor of an oystercatcher with its head tilted

I love oystercatchers, so here are multiple versions of them for #birbfest2026
#birbfest #birds #SciArt

Loose watercolor painting of a male junglefowl slightly crouched down against an abstract green-splotched background.

Red junglefowl for #birbfest2026! #SciArt #birds

Quick ink and watercolor drawing of a little penguin lying on its belly.

Catching up on yesterday for #birbfest2026 with the little penguin. 🐡🪶

Digital drawing of a bee eater in two “panels”: first on a branch, just perched there, and in the second image holding a cicada in its beak and with its tail fanned out

The red-bearded bee eater, which sounds made up, for #birbfest2026
#birbfest #birds #SciArt

Watercolor drawing of a cuckoo on a branch with text saying “I don’t know why anyone complains about finding childcare; I’ve never had any problem…”

And for today’s #birbfest2026, the common cuckoo. #birbfest #birds #SciArt

A kingfisher perched on a branch with a half/open can of sardines in its open beak.

A common kingfisher for #birbfest2026
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#birbfest #birds #SciArt

Thank you for sharing that! I was pressed for time and just threw up my hands, basically. :)

Grayscale ink sketch of a little bird perched on top of a spilled jar of honey.

Very quickly, yesterday’s New Holland honeyeater for #birbfest2026. Did I get it wrong? #birbfest #birds #SciArt

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!

Rather stylized digital drawing of a nuthatch clinging facedown to a tree with its head lifted

White-breasted nuthatch for #birbfest2026. 🪶 #SciArt

Ink drawing in dark pink of the head and torso of a cockatoo that looks as if it’s smiling

Gallah cockatoo for #birbfest2026 🪶🐡

Ink and watercolor drawing of a brightly colored dove wearing a necklace of many big red beads, a fascinator hat, and a shiny ring on its foot. Text in fancy letters says "She's so ORNATE".

A truly ornate fruit dove for #birbfest2026
#birbfest #birds #SciArt

Quick ink and watercolor sketch of a dopey-looking pelican standing and facing the viewer

Quick ink and watercolor sketch of a pelican with its mouth wide open and its wig of head feathers flopping.

Has anyone looked into whether Dalmatian pelicans are all wearing toupees? #birbfest2026 #birds #SciArt

Drawing of two bird feet and very long legs. Only the bent down head of the bird—with a bunch of feathers over the beak—is visible of the rest of the bird.

Today’s #birbfest2026 bird is the red-legged seriema.
#birbfest #birds #sciart

All done, feel free to use these and you can sell them as long as profits only go towards helping ppl affected by this winter ice

#art #paleoart

Loose digital drawing of two tufted jays on stage, one singing into a microphone and one playing electric guitar

Tufted jays are so punk rock. #birbfest2026 #birbfest #birds #SciArt

Ink and watercolor drawing of a bright blue and turquoise bird half crouched on a branch.

Spangled cotinga for #birbfest2026
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#birbfest #sciart #birds