pine marten

Despite its cute looks the pine marten is a fierce predator. As pine martens are predominantly living in trees, they are exceptional climbing and jumping experts. During the day they spend most of their time in their nests in tree holes. During dusk and at night they are busy foraging. Thereby they can make large journeys from up to 5 to 7 km and back again. Pine martens are wide spread across Europe, but they need large and well-connected woodlands for their wanderings which are becoming rare.

Pine martens are extremly difficult to observe in the wild and most of the time, they can only be detected indirectly by investigating their marks. Personally, I have not yet seen a pine marten in the wild. I created this drawing after a discussion on the protection of this beautiful animal species.

Dimensions & medium:
Medium: Faber Castell polychromos
Paper: Lobome mixed medium
Size: A5 (5.8 in x 8.3 in)