2D Artist | Scientific illustrator • Archaeology🏺 • Nature 🌿 • Paleoart 🦣 I also make designs for books, apps and games https://www.mlezcano.com/https://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3msdgjogxos2lAren't petroglyphs fascinating? I drew this panel filled with dots and crosses from Valderredible in preparation for my archaeological drawing workshop at Tribus del Íber a couple of weekends ago. 🖌 Do you like more just the ink drawing or the one with the watercolor background?05 Aug 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdgjogxos2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3mq2qe2hilk2t¿Cómo se utilizan los hallazgos arqueológicos 🏺 para crear una ilustración histórica? Te cuento cómo hice mi última reconstrucción en mi blog 👉 https://ko-fi.com/post/Imaginando-a-una-pareja-de-la-Cantabria-prerromana-J0V422PHPH07 Jul 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2qe2hilk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3mpilfmkwv225A late Iron Age couple together, in love and displaying all of their parure. With @adrianregalado.bsky.social and myself as pose reference models 😙30 Jun 2026 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpilfmkwv225https://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3mp44cht7ic27What was spring like in the north of Iberia during the late Magdalenian period? I imagine it may have looked something like this.25 Jun 2026 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp44cht7ic27https://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3moiknba2ps2vThe baby blackbirds in my flowerpot have grown so much! They are about to jump out of the nest any moment now so I made a cute drawing and wrote a bit a bout them (in Spanish) on my Ko-fi. You can read it here -> https://ko-fi.com/post/Hay-mirlos-en-mi-balcon-A4B821KJS617 Jun 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiknba2ps2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3mnibrzn2f22cTwo little blackbirds have been born minutes ago in a flowerpot on my balcony 🥰 They are so so tiny!! And look very hungry. Don't worry, their parents are taking good care of them and us humans at home are not interfering 🤗04 Jun 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnibrzn2f22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3mllzo6b52k2lWe all know about the hundreds of horses and bisons painted in caves all around Europe but there is a number of species that are much less common in Paleolithic art 🐧🐆 This illustration is featured on @thehistocrat.bsky.social 's excellent video on this topic. Go check it out! youtu.be/RX_76nmaJas11 May 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllzo6b52k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3mg5ih4rvfk2mIt starts tomorrow!🤩 We're having talks, workshop, chatting and networking, scientific posters and amazing paleoart. 🦕🖌️ Looking forward to meeting everyone there! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5ih4rvfk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3mf5tvju4uc2wI am so honored to have been part of this discussion and to exchange experiences with all these amazing artists, paleontologists and archaeologists 👏👏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Feb 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5tvju4uc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3m6qz4wcvvc2dA COZY DWELLING - SO MANY COLORS #prehistovember2025 I joined two prompts together to imagine the appearance of an Iron Age hut. A hearth, herbs, warm blankets, things for weaving and a sleepy scruffy dog by your side are the epitome of coziness and what everybody needs to be happy in my opinion.29 Nov 2025 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6qz4wcvvc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3m6hbofckbk2e#Prehistory lovers out there: looking to treat yourselves or your loved ones with a bit of art? My #prehistovember watercolors are for sale! Contact me for details 🎨🖌️ They will also be available as prints on my shop soon >>> ko-fi.com/mlezcano/shop25 Nov 2025 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hbofckbk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3m6eoko4wjk22MADE OF STONE #prehistovember2025 One of my favourite places to hike to is marked by many peculiar stones, both natural (although local legends state they were dropped by the devil himself when he went to build the Roman aqueduct in Soria -go figure) and man-carved.24 Nov 2025 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6eoko4wjk22https://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3m62kndmuck2qNEW ACQUAINTANCES #prehistovember2025 Almost 40,000 years ago the first "modern humans" arrived in Europe and found it was already populated. Artifacts suggest there might have been an exchange of either material goods. Current genetics confirm sapiens and H. neanderthals exchanged more than tools 😏20 Nov 2025 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m62kndmuck2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3m5nw2sfcl22dLEAVING A PRINT #prehistovember2025 Did you know that 80,000 years ago a group of #neanderthals composed mainly by #children were walking on the beach at Le Rozel, in Normandy? ........... 🎨 This illustration is fully painted in #watercolor on a 18 x 25 cm paper and the original is for sale.15 Nov 2025 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5nw2sfcl22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3m5e2adpqy22oDRESSED TO IMPRESS #prehistovember2025 Jumping to a more recent prehistory to bring you a bit of #IronAge bling✨ This is a depiction of an #Iberian woman inspired by the Lady of Cerro de los Santos. Fully painted in #watercolor on 25 x 36 cm paper. Original painting for sale.11 Nov 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5e2adpqy22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3m4zpc4lzqs2lA FULL MEAL #prehistovember2025 This illustration is based on the #paleodiet of my ancient fellow countrywoman, the Red Lady of El Mirón, which consisted of meat, different kinds of mushrooms and salmon. She would have also completed her meals with vegetables and fruits available at the time.07 Nov 2025 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4zpc4lzqs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mlezcano.bsky.social/post/3m4qwhjip7c2dAN EXTINCT WORLD #prehistovember2025 If something comes to mind when we think about the environment in which our early ancestors lived in, it is the great woolly #mammoth for sure.03 Nov 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:wad2rp3d2v3qv3ouldtgadnf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qwhjip7c2d