Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art

Field Guide Writer

You can learn a lot about animals and their habitats by looking at wildlife art.

Choose artworks from our online gallery and write about what you can learn from each work. When you have examined several images, publish your online Wildlife Field Guide to teach other people what you have learned!

Some wildlife artists try to show detailed anatomy of the animal.

Other artists create more abstract art representing an idea, feeling or impression of the animal.

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Artists carefully choose which details to paint, revealing where the animal lives, what it eats, or how it behaves. Browse through our online gallery and choose eight artworks for your personal Wildlife Field Guide!