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Nature Art and Education

02/09/2026

High time for a new hello - it's been a while!

Hi! 🤭 My name is Erica, and I love looking at, painting, and educating about nature - especially birds! 🐦🌿

I am currently living in Upstate South Carolina, right on the edge of the little splotch of temperate rainforest we have around here. I actually love the rain (reminds me of home in Germany 😁) and especially how green it makes everything!

I've been "into" birds since I was in 2nd grade and learned about the blue tit (Blaumeise), a common - and very beautiful - little blue and yellow chickadee. Whenever I was asked what animal I would want to be, my answer would be "a little bird" as I yearned for the freedom they seemed to have 🕊️

The one tattoo I have is a blue tit for this very reason - I have achieved the freedom I dreamed of 😇

I lived in southern Bavaria for the first 18 years of my life, then moved to Iowa with my family. I went to college and worked there until I turned 24, decided Midwest life was not for me and took a one way flight back to Germany 🛫

(Now that I don't live there anymore I LOVE the Midwest and am super excited whenever Iowa is mentioned anywhere lol 🌽👩🏻‍🌾🚜 State Fair anyone?)

Nürnberg is where I spent what I consider to be the most formative/life changing years of my life. Even got myself a good German husband! 😁

After much consideration, at age 33, the majority of my family having now moved from Iowa to North Carolina, I booked another one way flight to this side of the ocean - this time with my cat and (later bc visa) my man 🛬

I don't regret the move one bit, but I do wonder how many years it will take for here to feel like home.

Here on this account you can expect to see lots of bird art with some critters and plants interspersed, to be challenged to create art yourself, and to learn some fun nature stuff! 🌿🖌️🎨

To all who have been here with me for years - you mean so much to me. Every message, comment, participation, and little ❤️ has forged a connection. You have made social media a truly social place and I thank you 🙏🏻

To all who are new around here - welcome!! I'm so glad to have you and can't wait to get to know you 🤗

31/08/2026

How are you feeling about today being the last day of August?

I've loved learning about the Tufted Puffin with you and making a bunch of fun art! I couldn't excite much fanart, but I'm so happy that .daily used my coloring page!

September's Bird of the Month will drop next Monday (getting almost a whole week before the first Monday of the Month is crazy!) - I have some other fun stuff to share with you in the meantime, stay tuned!

26/08/2026

Did you learn anything about Tufted Puffins this month? My favorite fun fact is that they spend most of their lives actually out in the middle of the ocean - they only come to land for breeding! 😮

(Like one of my most favorite birds in Germany, Mauersegler (Swifts) who are always way up high in the sky except for breeding) Do you know of any other birds like this?

Thanks to everyone who has joined me with this ! You still have a few days to get your Tufted Puffin Art submitted to be featured in the "Your Art" Post on Monday! Just Tag me in your story or post by Sunday! 💛

23/08/2026

I really need feedback here... I've been getting so many ads for that they were the first place I tested when my local print shop unfortunately fell through.

I got small prints of an acrylic piece in a few different versions to check the quality and thought the "fine art poster" (the most expensive version of course) looked the best, so that's what I have here. It's decent, but I'm not 100% happy with the color... I know it's never quite possible to get the exact colors in a print and that the artist themselves might be more critical than necessary.

So what do you think? Close enough? Do you have a different place you would recommend I try? Do I need to give up and buy my own printer for at home? (I'm so afraid of doing that tbh)

I'm stressing a bit because my first market is on September 12th already. I was planning on ordering some prints of all my "ABC of North American Birds" to have for sale, and they'd be here in time, but now I'm not sure what the move is...

Maybe I need to let go of the idea of having these for the market. But also I don't have very many things yet so I feel kinda bad 🫣 It's just a small one in a small town but I still would like my first impression to be a good one 🥺

21/08/2026

The Tufted Puffin probably isn't the bird you think of when you hear "Puffin" - but they're super cool and so interesting! Thanks for learning about them with me this month! 🤗

19/08/2026

What do you think this guy's average day looks like?

It's been FAR too long since I've painted a silly bird. This brought me much joy, thanks to everyone who gave their input and encouragement 💛

Using thrifted/used canvases has really made me feel less precious about them, like I can just have fun. And gives me a ready-to-go subject. Best combo! Also helps that the Tufted Puffin is just kind of a silly bird to start with 😄

17/08/2026

My goal is to create a fun lil Tufted Puffin each day for the rest of the month - here are last week's features!

I did finish the one in the last photo, but he needs his own post, stay tuned 😁

I'd love to see some Tufted Puffin art from you! Let's spread some love for this underappreciated bird! If you don't feel up to making your own Puffin, feel free to download the coloring page I created for you! I'll send it to you as a message if you can't find it 💛

10/08/2026

Goal for the rest of the month: One Tufted Puffin per day - hold me to it! I really want to push myself a little with my daily art practice.

Today's was an easy one thanks to this fun coloring page that you can download and print, too! Just pop over to the link right under the lil blurb on my profile page.

I used oil pastels for this one and it was v chill 😌🤗

03/08/2026

New Feature: Free Coloring Page!!! 🎉If you don't feel up to doing a whole artistic creation of your own, go download it, print it, color it, and share it with me!! I can't wait to see all the Tufted Puffin Art we'll create this month 💛

The Tufted Puffin probably isn't the kind of Puffin you think of when you hear that word, the cute little Atlantic Puffin gets all the publicity. Let's balance that out a little this month! They are definitely very cool looking birds 😎

Special thanks to for letting me use his amazing photo! Go check out his page, it's filled with awesome!

06/04/2026

Are there lizards where you live? If so, do you know what kind they are?🦎

I moved to North Carolina last July, and this is the first place I've lived that has lizards! 🤩

While I definitely saw lizards last summer, it's this spring that they really "jumped out" at me. Literally. There are a bunch of green anoles that live in the crape myrtle trees right outside my balcony, so they like hanging out with me there (not so much with kitty lol)

FINALLY, after four years of Chiffchaff's Garden, I am branching out to more than just birds as it was always planned - them lizards got me! 💚🦎💚

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