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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 24/09/2026

The equinox has passed and we're now into Autumn, with shorter days ahead. Got to catch those rays where and how you can. Full post, with another photo to see: andrewflenniken.com/2026/09/23/s... #Photography #Spiderweb #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A spider web hanging in the air. The fine strands of web are brightly lit by sunlight, and the spider sits in the middle. On either side are green leaves, and the background is a dappled green above and darkness below.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 18/09/2026

Last weekend I was at the Pacific Science Center to listen to a friend do a set during an event by the Modular Seattle community... Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/09/17/s... #Photography #AbstractPhotography #PacificScienceCenter #Seattle #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A tall pillar rises up from the bottom of the frame and rises to meet a lattice at the top. A ring of golden light is present near the top as well.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 09/09/2026

While the lion cubs were the stars of the show two weekends ago, the zoo‘s namesakes were also out and and being very photogenic that day, with a classic mlem... Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/09/09/s... #Photography #MountainLion #CougarMountainZoo #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A mountain lion lying on a flat rock. Its head is raised up to look directly at the viewer. Its tongue is hanging out of its mouth, slightly to one side, in a classic mlem.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 02/09/2026

This past weekend the Cougar Mountain Zoo's three lion cubs celebrated their first birthday... Full post, with more cub photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/09/01/s... #Photography #Nature #WildlifePhotography #CougarMountainZoo #Lion #LionCub #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. Three one year old lion cubs, lying on a metal platform. They are tawny, with fading spots on their sides, legs, and belly. The further two are half sitting up and looking to the left. The closest is lying on its side and is staring ahead. They look very pettable.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 25/08/2026

I recently took a walk through Seattle's Volunteer Park in the late afternoon, and their Dahlia Garden was a riot of brilliant blooms... Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/08/24/a... #Photography #FineArtPhotography #Flower #Dahlia #Nikon #NikonCreators

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 20/08/2026

Spooky season is right around the corner, and that was on my mind when I took this photo last night. Full post: andrewflenniken.com/2026/08/19/a... #Photography #WorldPhotographyDay #Nikon #NikonCreators #Spooky

Color photo. A wooden bench next to a paved path. It is night, and there is a bright lamppost visible through a gap in the trees around the bench and path. The bench catches the light, but the trees and ground around it are in deep shadow. The photo is in color, but the colors are muted.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 15/08/2026

Honorable Mention for my entry in the Kenmore Art Show this year. 😊

Photo of a grey haired man with a beard and walrusy moustache. He is wearing a pink shirt, a blue flat cap, round tortoise shell glasses, and he's smiling. Behind him is a photo of three yellow balloons with smiley faces floating in a blue sky with white clouds. Beside the photo is a red ribbon.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 06/08/2026

"Every new beginning is some other beginning's end" Words I've been thinking about recently, from the song "Closing Time" by Semisonic... Full post, with another photo to see: andrewflenniken.com/2026/08/05/a... #Photography #Sunset #OlympicMountains #PugetSound

Color photo. A wide view of the Olympic Mountains at sunset. The setting sun is lowering behind a peak on the right, with a thick wisp of cloud extending into it from below. The mountains are successive ranks of ever darker shadow across the middle of the frame. Above them is the sky full of wispy cloud, and below them are the waters of Puget Sound. Sky and water mirror each other's brightness and color. Sailboats dot the water.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Some painting studies from Gladiator. 30m-1hr each, Procreate Realized I should have looked up the film's aspect ratio rather than guessing. 😅 Painted by a human. 💚 #gladiatormovie #artsky #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #paintingstudy #art

A painting of a white-bearded old man leaning in close to convey something important, brightly lit from the left

A Roman soldier on a white horse crests a rise in a winter forest, where pale pink light illuminates a maze of bare blue tree trunks

A painting of a spacious green-gray room in a Roman imperial home. A woman dressed in striking orange crosses the room to speak with the Roman emperor garbed in a white cloak, his back to the camera. He faces a bust of a different Roman emperor framed in a rectangular window. Incense fills the air.

A close up of a man in a dark turban who looks out of his tent while another man leans close to tell him something.

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I used a lot more acrylic inks on this one, letting the inks pour and run across the paper and then painting over the top of them once they dried. I really like the effect! "All That Will Grow" Watercolor, acrylic ink, gouache, and color pencils.

A watercolor painting of two women embracing, surrounded by star thistles. One woman has star thistle spines protruding from her body and pressing against the skin of the other woman attempting to hold her close.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Summer Naps 1hr study of my cat, Fern Painted by a human 💚 #artsky #catpainting #digitalpainting #digitalart #cat #catnap

A painting of a cat napping on the back of a white fur-covered couch, backlit by sunshine, her ears luminous orange from the light shining through.

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Serena Malyon 🌞🌛 @serenamalyon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

WIP vs Final of my painting of Lothlórien Watercolour and acryla gouache. First image is the watercolour layer. Prints on INPRNT

A rough watercolour painting of Lothlórien

The final painting of Lothlórien, after the acryla gouahce layer has been applied.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 24/07/2026

Strong side lighting, and a fence to create shadows for contrast? Yes, please. Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/07/24/j... #Photography #FineArtPhotography #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A golden shaft of wheat-like grass, growing up between the rails of a wooden fence that recedes into the distance to the right. It is on the shaded side of the fence, but is brightly lit by sunlight passing between the fence rails.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 21/07/2026

Juanita Bay Park is a pretty place with lots of nature to see, but during a late afternoon walk there the thing that kept drawing my eye was man-made... Full post, with more photos to enjoy: andrewflenniken.com/2026/07/21/j... #Photography #FineArtPhotography #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A flat topped wooden railing extends up from bottom of the frame. It is unpainted, and worn from exposure. A large crack snakes up the middle of the railing, extending into the blurred distance. The railing is part of a walkway extending into a lush green wetland, and ends at a fenced viewing platform.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Study from a photo I took earlier this year, painted in Procreate. Trying to be more mindful of my edges and color interactions 🤔 Painted by a human. 💚 #art #artsky #landscapepainting #artstudy #digitalpainting #digitalart #painting #sunsetpainting

A painting of a hillside at sunset overlooking the water. Image is dominantly orange, but the water and background islands are pale purple-blue while the foreground is vibrant greens and yellows. A path seems to wind from the foreground to red-orange trees, luminous in the sunset but bare of their leaves in winter.

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hey Bluesky, could you help me signal boost my newest book? In FAMILIAR, two sisters hunt down killers and collect body parts while complicating their lives with volatile magics, bizarre visions, and a mysterious mouth in the wall. Think Junji Ito meets Little Women. ghoulish.rip/product/fami...

Here's a photo featuring a stack of the book Familiar by Jeremy C. Shipp. There's another copy leaning against the stack, with the cover facing the camera. The cover shows an open mouth with lips made of muscle and teeth made of fingers and a tongue made of intestines. In the back of the mouth, there's an eye.

My fabric art homunculus is sitting on the stack of books. She's green with big sparkling red eyes and a tiny frown. There's also a black and red mushroom near the stack with a large eye. Near the stack, there's also a pinecone covered with googly eyes.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 16/07/2026

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature’s law is wrong it learned to walk without having feet... Full post, with another photo: andrewflenniken.com/2026/07/15/j... #Photography #Poetry #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. Closeup of a plant growing from the white mortar between red bricks. The plant is bright green, in a light shade. It is made up of multiple stalks, from which many tiny serrated leaves grow.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 04/07/2026

Given the holiday in the US, it seems like a good time to post a couple of Bald Eagle photos... Relatedly, this morning I also re-read the poem "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus... Full post, with another photo to see: andrewflenniken.com/2026/07/04/j... #Photography #IndependenceDay #BaldEagle

Color photo. A Bald Eagle, perched at the top of a bare, dead tree. It is facing to the right, lit by the sun. To the right another bare, dead tree is visible.

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Dave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴‍☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

And the same for authors and books

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 01/07/2026

July 1st means it’s once again Canada Day! Full post, with a making-of photo: andrewflenniken.com/2026/07/01/j... #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #CanadaDay #Nikon #NikonCreators

Black and white photo. A leaf from a silver maple on a pure white background. The veins and leaf texture are very visible.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 25/06/2026

Last week I went hiking somewhere I'd never been before: Green River Gorge. Full post, with more photos (including a new-to-me bird: the Violet-green Swallow): andrewflenniken.com/2026/06/25/j... #Photography #NaturePhotography #GreenRiverGorge #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. An orange Salmonberry. It is glowing from sunlight most of the leaves around it are in shade.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 24/06/2026

Photos from the play handed off, and a selection added to my portfolio. Check them out here: andrewflenniken.com/pt-portfolio... #Photography #PerformancePhotography #ShowPhotography #NoRefundsProductions #WorkingPhotographer #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. Three people wearing blue short-sleeved jump suits. They are leaning forward and have expressions of shock on their faces.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 22/06/2026

It's the solstice, but the moon is what called to me this evening.

Color photo of the moon at half phase, taken on the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, 2026.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 12/06/2026

Spring means another show by No Refunds Productions for me to shoot! Full post, with more photos, and links to the show: andrewflenniken.com/2026/06/12/j... #Photography #Performance #Play #NoRefundsProductions #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. Three people in blue short-sleeved jump suits, wearing name tags. The one on the left is smirking as they talk, the one in the middle looks at them in surprise, and the one on the right looks amused.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 09/06/2026

A few shots for Macro Monday, taken a couple of weeks ago at Marymoor Park. Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/06/08/j... #Photography #MacroPhotography #MacroMonday #Flowers #Nikon #NikonCreators

Black and white macro photo. The remnants of six flowers dot the frame from left to right. They are star shaped, with fuzzy centers. The are surrounded by small, oval, serrated leaves.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 05/06/2026

Nature. It's everywhere you look, even in a city. Full post, with an additional photo from that day's wanderings: andrewflenniken.com/2026/06/05/j... #Photography #Nature #UrbanNature #VacantLot #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A gate in a chain link fence; two doors, secured with a heavy chain and padlock. Behind them is a space filled with tall grass and many colorful wildflowers. On the opposite side of this field buildings are visible.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 01/06/2026

Walking along the beach at sunset recently and felt a *thunk* as my toe encountered something heavy in the sand. "That didn't feel like a rock," I thought... Full post, more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/06/01/j... #Photography #Sunset #FineArtPhotography #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A heavily rusted eye bolt being held upright, the fingers the only part of the holding hand visible. Through the eye of the bolt bright sunlight streams.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 25/05/2026

Today is Memorial Day in the US, the unofficial first day of summer and a day off from work for lots of folks. I'll admit, summer is my least favorite season... Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/05/25/m... #Photography #MemorialDay #Summer #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. Three yellow balloons with goofy smiling faces on them. Behind them is blue sky and white clouds.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 21/05/2026

Photography while the sun is low is frequently rewarding. I get my beloved backlit leaves, but I also often get glowing, neon edges... Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/05/21/m... #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #FineArtPhotography #Nikon #NikonCreators

Black and white photo. A single thin stalk growing up from the bottom of the frame. At the bottom are clusters of buds just beginning to open into blossoms. Further up the stalk, the buds are less and less open. The plant is strongly backlit but the background is dark, making the edges of everything very glowy.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 21/05/2026

No better day than today to highlight one of my favorite shots. Available as a print from my store, from 4x6 all the way up to 24x36: andrewflenniken.com/product/bee-... #Photography #FineArtPhotography #Bee #WorldBeeDay

Color macro photo. A bee collecting pollen from a flower. The bee is black and yellow, with some white bands on it's abdomen. It is dusted all over with yellow grains of pollen. The flower is purple, with many long thin petals, and a yellow center.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 18/05/2026

On May 18th, 1980, at 8:32 AM, Mount Saint Helens erupted. Thirty three years later, after moving to Washington State, I visited... Full post, with a panoramic version of this photo: andrewflenniken.com/2026/05/18/m... #Photography #MountSaintHelens #LandscapePhotography #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. Mount St Helens, at sunset. The mountain is on the far right, side-lit in warm tones by the sun from out of frame. The caldera is in shadow. Below it is a gently sloping green landscape cut by deep river valleys.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 14/05/2026

Stopped by Marina Beach Park in Edmonds the other day, and witnessed a couple of neighbors having a pole-ite argument... Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/05/14/m... #Photography #BaldEagle #WildLifePhotography #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A Bald Eagle stands on top of a wooden post. It is facing to our right, and is looking back and up over its left wing at a white gull diving towards it. In the hazy background is a snowy mountain peak.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 11/05/2026

I smelled them before I saw them, and the scent alone transported me back thirty years... Full post, with photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/05/11/m... #Photography #Spring #Wisteria #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. In the foreground, along the bottom, left, and top of the photo, are purple Chinese Wisteria blooms. In mid-frame, out of focus, is the moss-covered wooden trellis they're growing on.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 08/05/2026

There are a range of methods for protecting one's property from various threats and annoyances, including those of a supernatural nature... Full post, with a definitely not haunted limo: andrewflenniken.com/2026/05/08/m... #Photogrpahy #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A stump and a wooden post, both of which have had leering faces carved into them.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 05/05/2026

It's spring, and the bumbles are out in force... Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/05/05/m... #Photography #MacroPhotography #BellevueBotanicalGarden #Nikon #NikonCreators

Color photo. A black and yellow bumble bee. It is hanging upside down from a cluster of small yellow and orange flowers. Other clusters are visible to the left and right. There are many green leaves between and behind the flowers.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 01/05/2026

Another BirdCast migration alert in my email, another excursion to see if I could find any migrating wetland birds... Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/05/01/m... #Photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #FineArtPhotography #Nikon #NikonCreators

Black and white photo. A tall tree with long branches growing at the very edge of a stop of water along the bottom of the frame. Smaller trees flank it, slightly behind, and a further line of trees is visible in the distance. Above, the dark sky is filled with wispy clouds.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 30/04/2026

One of the things I love about living in western Washington is the presence of mountains, with the Cascades to the east and the Olympics to the west... Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/04/29/a... #Photography #Mountains #DronePhotography #Nikon #NikonCreators #SigmaPhoto

Color photo of The Brothers, a mountain on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. Its slopes are covered in snow, and the cloud-filled sky above is a soft yellow. The mountain is hazy blue, and the there are successively lower lines of foothills in the foreground.

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Writers and artists and creatives of all sorts: reply with a link to one of your works, if you'd like. And feel free to tell us about it. Everyone: let's check through the replies and buy some creations and support some human beings.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 25/04/2026

I'd noticed a Red-winged Blackbird repeatedly perching on this thin tree for a bit, and then flying away... Full post, with more birds-in-flight: andrewflenniken.com/2026/04/24/a... #Photography #BirdPhotography #CenterForUrbanHorticulture #SpencerIsland #Nikon #NikonCreators #SigmaPhoto

Color photo. A Red-winged Blackbird, wings outstretched as it leaps from a thin tree. The brilliant red patches on its wings are prominently visible.

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Glorfindel of Imladris ☀️ LOTR fanart, as a treat, and because I've been meaning to draw this golden elf for a looooong time!

Illustration by Eleonor Piteira of Glorfindel, a character from The Lord of The Rings. A male golden haired elf with gold armour and a long dark blue cape behind him floating in the wind, sits on top of a white horse. Framing his head is a stylised sun with rays, the symbol of the House of the Golden Flower. The elf and the horse are framed within a gold circle adorned with plant-like ornaments which include celandine flowers.

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

GUESS WHO PAINTED ASTARION FOR A T. KINGFISHER NOVEL

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 22/04/2026

More from recent walks at the Center for Urban Horticulture. The cherry blossoms are petering out, but lots of the birds are colorful... Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/04/21/a... #Photography #BirdPhotography #Nikon #NikonCreators #SigmaPhoto #CenterForUrbanHorticulture

Color photo. A Red-winged Blackbird, perched on a cattail. Other cattails are on either side, and they have gone fluffy.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 09/04/2026

Took a walk through the Center for Urban Horticulture again recently, and this Marsh Wren was simultaneously the smallest bird I saw and the *loudest*... Full post, with more photos: andrewflenniken.com/2026/04/08/a...

Color photo. A Marsh Wren, perched on a reed that crosses the frame diagonally. It is a small brown bird with white eyebrow-like markings, with brown eyes. Its tail feathers are pointing straight up. Its beak is opened wide as it calls.

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Peter DiCampo @peterdicampo.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The news has moved on, but ICE is still in Minneapolis. My neighbors are still patrolling streets, driving strangers to work, and providing aid. As a photojournalist at @propublica.org, I wanted to know: What do they look like in their daily lives? So I picked up my camera 👇

Four portraits of Minnesota residents inside and outside their homes. From left to right: A woman in a hijab, an older woman wearing a red whistle, an elderly couple in winter coats standing in the snow, and a woman wearing a buttoned-up cardigan and dark blue jeans.

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Krista A. Leemhuis 🎨 @moss-demon.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A few more out-the-window studies. Some day it will be warm and not raining and I can sit outside for these! Painted by a human. 💚 Each painting took about 40-60 minutes. #artstudy #digitalpainting #pleinair #procreate #digitalart

A painting of a stone retaining wall under overcast lighting conditions. Snow dots a mossy basin, and ferns grow above and out of the rock wall. A waterfall spillway, though not pouring water, shines damply over the basin.

A painting of a street on which a car is parked beneath tall conifers. Snow has begun to collect on branches of the trees, and flurries dot the image. A plum tree is in bloom off to the side, and a dark mossy branch arcs and webs through the foreground.

A painting from the edge of a lake beneath overcast skies. The grass is green in the foreground, and a tree with hanging wispy clumps of yellow flowers grows out of the grass, dominating the image.

A painting of a juniper bush and a fern beneath a dark tree trunk and branches beneath overcast skies.

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 09/03/2026

Repost for the Monday folks: New options available in the print store!

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I got this drawing of Hades and Persephone finished up today as well. I'll adjust the color and contrast in photoshop and get it printed on watercolor paper to start painting! 😊 (I also see a few proportional issues to fix before proceeding 🤨)

A pencil illustration of Hades and Persephone. The two are embracing, with Hades appearing sad and Persephone reassuring. Crocuses bloom in the foreground, and Persephone's hair is also full of blossoming crocuses; both a sign of the approaching spring, which perhaps is why Hades is sad. It's time for Persephone to return to the upper world!

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Andrew Flenniken @andrewflenniken.com · 06/03/2026

It’s been a while since I added a batch of new print options to my store, but today’s the day. Four new photos are available to purchase now... Full post (and discount code) here: andrewflenniken.com/2026/03/06/m... #Photography #FineArtPhotography

A collage of four photos: Mount Rainier rising above a mountain lake surrounded by snow, a waterfall cascading down through an autumn scene, Mount Rainier with the stony banks of the White River below, and a honeybee dusted in yellow pollen collecting more from a purple aster.

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