All five pages of daily drawings (six per 11x14” page) for the SciArt September drawing challenge.

And that’s a wrap for SciArt September 2025! I love seeing all of the drawings together. Were they perfect? Nope. I am more fascinated by the process of each day, researching, deciding what to draw and keeping the momentum going. Congrats to all who could participate! 🎨🐡 #sciartseptember2025 #sciart

SciArt September, Day 30: Dream (shared future.) My dream of a shared future includes putting our beautiful planet first. Adaptations, balance, collaboration and diversity are all key components of this. 🐡🎨🌎 #earthfirst #dream #sciartseptember2025 #sciart

Ink drawing of simple plants, a lake and soil profile with hand written text.

SciArt September, Day 29: Foresight (shared future.) Climate change is a major issue affecting our shared future. Attention to environmental management in addition to our built environment can be help to mitigate its effects. 🐡🎨 #foresight #climatechange #sciartseptember2025 #sciart

Ink drawing of the outline of the state of Michigan, with the four Great Lakes around it and hand written text.

SciArt September, Day 27: Bounded (people.) The state of Michigan, with its two peninsulas, is bounded by four of the five Great Lakes. It has the longest freshwater coastline in the U.S. at 3,288 miles. 🐡🎨 #sciartseptember2025 #bounded #michigan #freshwatercoastline #sciart

Ink drawing of a hedgehog mushroom with hand written text.

SciArt September, Day 26: Forage (people.) This is a hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum.) It has spore-bearing structures in the form of spines, rather than gills. 🍄🎨🐡 #sciartseptember2025 #hedgehogmushroom #forage #spinesnotgills

SciArt September, Day 19: Depths. This is a Barreleye fish, which is found in the Pacific Ocean around 2,000 ft down. It has a transparent head with two, glowing green eyes on the top of its head, which help it to spot drifting animals for food. 🎨🐡#barreleyefish #sciart #sciartseptember2025

Ink drawing of a Dotleaf Waterlily with lily pads, floating in a cenote.

SciArt September, Day 18: Cenote. The Dotleaf Waterlily thrives in the clear waters of cenotes, which are natural sinkholes in limestone regions, most famously Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. This beautiful flower is widely represented in Mayan art. 🐡🎨🌱 #sciartseptember2025 #dotleafwaterlily #cenote

SciArt September, Day 17: Trawl. This is a Brown Pelican. These birds will follow fishing trawlers and feed opportunistically. This puts them at risk for injury from fishing gear and can interfere with natural foraging habits. 🐡🎨#brownpelican #trawl #sciartseptember2025

Ink drawing of Lake Baikal with notes about its properties.

Sciart September, Day 16: Rift. Lake Baikal, “The Pearl of Siberia”, formed in the deepest rift valley on Earth. It is the deepest lake, with a max depth of 1,741 meters, and holds approx. 20% of the world’s freshwater volume—the same as all 5 Great Lakes combined! 🎨🐡 #rift #sciartseptember2025

Ink drawing of a Mimic Octopus impersonating a flounder.

SciArt September, Day 14: Mimic. The Mimic Octopus is an incredible impersonator of up to 18 different marine mammals, including sea snakes, lionfish and flatfish. 🎨🐡🐙 #sciartseptember2025 #mimic #mimicoctopus

Ink drawing of a male, Karner Blue butterfly with written notes in appearance, including white fringe edges.

SciArt September, Day 9: Vanishing (species.) The Karner Blue Butterfly is an endangered species that lives in pine barrens and oak savannas. Recent efforts in western Michigan have seen the start of a comeback. It feeds only on wild blue lupine. 🎨🐡 #sciartseptember2025 #karnerbluebutterfly

Line drawing of a Herkimer diamond quartz crystal in its vug pocket within dolomite rock.

Sciart September, Day 3: Jewel (Lands prompts.) One of my favorite semiprecious gemstones is the Herkimer Diamond. It is actually a double-terminated quartz with natural facets found in the dolomite rocks of the Mohawk Valley of New York. #sciartseptember2025 #herkimerdiamonds #quartz 🐡💎

Ink line drawing of Palmyra Atoll with research station and lagoons labeled.

Sciart September-Day 1: Islet (Lands prompts.) This is Palmyra Atoll, a National Wildlife Refuge located in the central Pacific. It consists of a circular string of about 26 islets and is a unique place to study coral reefs. Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. #islet #sciartseptember2025 🪸🏝️