Filipa Quadrado

Scientific Illustration

Filipa Quadrado is a nature illustrator based in Sintra, Portugal, where she’s surrounded by a rich natural landscape that inspires most of her drawings. She focuses on animal and botanical themes and works primarily with watercolour, coloured pencils, graphite and ink. She is a tree lover, an ecologist, an environmental scientist, and an organic gardener at heart.

Colorful butterfly with orange, black, white, and blue eyespot wings, shown from above on a white background.
A woman sitting at a wooden table drawing and painting nature-inspired artwork with sketches and watercolor paints, surrounded by art supplies, with a large window and greenery outside.
Illustration of a green and black spotted frog on a white background.
A person painting with a watercolor brush on a piece of paper, creating a landscape scene with trees and sky, with watercolor paints on a wooden table.
A butterfly with multicolored patterned wings, detailed with black, orange, and white markings.