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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar day 14. Graphite drawing inspired by a section of Chariot of Aurora panels from the French ocean liner Normandie (early 1930s) on display at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. #traditionaldrawing #sketchbook

Graphite drawing of a horse head, inspired by a huge laquered panel from the French ocean liner Normandie (early 1930s) installed at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The horse’s mane became a meditative exercise in gazing at metal work.

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar day 13. Small Magpie moth drawn with a silverpoint stylus on Karst stone paper.

Drawing of a Small Magpie moth, tones of soft gray spots on a primarily white body. Silverpoint drawing showing some shine of the silver lines. This species actually has a bit of yellow on the head - not shown in a monochrome drawing.

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar day 12. Mallard duck, colored pencil and pan pastel on Mylar film. #birdart #coloredpencil

Drawing of emerald colored head of a Mallard duck, looking right. Colored pencil and pan pastel on double sided Mylar film to convey soft texture.

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar day 11. Bluejay, colored pencil and pan pastel on Mylar film. #birdart #coloredpencil

Colored pencil and pastel drawing of a bluejay on a branch, facing right. Bluejays are incredibly smart birds which can travel in large family groups and disperse seeds for multiple species of trees. One of my favorite birds.

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar day 10. Red birds in a sketchbook. Redhead (A diving duck), Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Scarlet Tanager. Watercolor, colored pencil, ink. #birdart #sketchbook #watercolour

Sketchbook page with medallions of three red birds: Redhead (a diving duck) with a cinnamon red head; and gray/black body; Rose-breasted Grosbeak, with a bright red upper breast, black head and white belly; and a male Scarlet Tanager with brilliant red body and head and black wings.

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar day 8. Watercolor sketch of a Blackburnian warbler, for a sketchbook exchange project with friends. #birdart #watercolour

Watercolor sketch of a Blackburnian warbler perched on a twig. Yellow and orange yellow with black wings and white crown and wing bars. Created for an accordion sketchbook exchange project between eight friends.

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar day 7. Watercolor sketches of a primary trio of songbirds, all seen within an hour one spring day 2025. #birdart #watercolour

Watercolor sketch of American Goldfinch, Indigo Bunting, and Scarlet Tanager, creating a primary palette of red, yellow and blue. Songbirds all seen on the same spring morning 2025.

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar day 6. Watercolor sketch of a tree swallow. Thanks to @kellyleahyradding.bsky.social instruction on painting iridescence #birdsrt

Watercolor sketch of a tree swallow. Thanks to my wonderful mentor @kellyleahyradding.bsky.social

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar day 5. Common loons, colored pencil and pan pastel on Mylar film. #birdart #panpastel #coloredpencil

Drawing on common loon with chick, colored pencil and pan pastel. Nestled in grasses

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 3, painting of tulip poplar leaf found recently on the forest floor in the Catskills area of NY. Watercolor and colored pencil #watercolour #botanicalart #AshokanCenter

Watercolor and colored pencil painting of a slightly decayed tulip poplar leaf, found on the forest floor in the Catskills area of NY

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2, Watercolor sketch of a puffin, after the best trip ever, #Newfoundland summer 2025. #Watercolour #BirdArt #Newfoundland.

Watercolor sketch of a solitary puffin, seen during a trip to Elliston, Newfoundland summer 2025. Love you Newfoundland...and all of Canada!

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar Common Poppy, in watercolor with calligraphy "In Flanders Fields" (3rd stanza) by John McCrae (see text in ALT). #watercolour #calligraphy #resistance #botanicalart

Watercolor common poppy surrounded by calligraphy of third stanza of poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. "Take up our quarrel with the foe:/To you from failing hands we throw/ The torch; be yours to hold it high./If ye break faith with us who die/We shall not sleep, though poppies grow/In Flanders Fields.

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Cory B - Old Bones Photo @oldbonesphoto.com · 13/06/2025

My first close encounter with a puffin this year. The light was delicious! #puffins #birds #photography #wildlife

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David Element @davidelement.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Something to cheer everyone up at a time when it is desperately needed, as insanity seems to be prevailing #birds! A male European Robin Erithacus rubecula singing his heart out yesterday at WWT London.

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Watercolor sketching bufflehead today after finally seeing these exquisite ducks now that lakes are thawed and spring migration has begun in western PA #birds #birdart #onlybeautifulthings

Watercolor sketch of a bufflehead duck, which has an iridescent pattern on the front of the head with bright white feather section of back of the head and main part of the body

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American Birding Association @aba.org · 07/03/2025

Tom Johnson was a prolific contributor to our publications, mentor, guide, and all around friend to many at the ABA. Read Doug Gochfeld's remembrance of Tom in North American Birds, offered open access to the public in Tom's memory: tinyurl.com/p7bvv25h

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Canis Floofius @canisfloofius.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I love this clip. And true to his nature, Zelensky is so humble, telling the WWII vet that he saved Europe. youtu.be/KBofHkLqXZE?...

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"You're my hero!": WWII veteran shares emotional embrace with Ukraine's Zelenskyy

YouTube video by Global News

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Reposting a piece of artwork from May 2022, national flower of Ukraine 🇺🇦 surrounded by flowers of some (not all) which were readily welcoming Ukrainian refugees. Deepest respect and sadness for the people of Ukraine. #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

Graphite sketches of flowers in preparation of painting honoring Ukraine, with sunflower in center of circular composition. May 2022.

Watercolor circular composition with sunflower in center, surrounded by symbolic flowers of some counties which readily welcomed Ukrainian refugees shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine. May 2022

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

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amylewandowski.bsky.social @amylewandowski.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Transparent watercolor on vellum painted with many layers. 6 color primary palette plus 1. #watercolor #botanicalwatercolor #artoftheday #natureinart #seedsandpods #walnuts #transparentwatercolor

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

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US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics

The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

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David Bangley @makingimages.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Off the Shelf and Out to Shoot Canon EOS 1Ds (released in 2002) First commercially successful full frame sensor Digital SLR.

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David Bangley @makingimages.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Outdoor Oeuvre Geese in flight, Raccoon Creek State Park, PA. Nikon D500 DSLR.

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David Bangley @makingimages.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Outdoor Oeuvre Carpenter Bee in flight. Nikon D500 DSLR.

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Olia Hercules @oliahercules.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Dear friends, I wrote something about war survival on my patreon. It’s free for everyone to read www.patreon.com/posts/116308...

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1000 days of full scale invasion… | Olia Hercules

Get more from Olia Hercules on Patreon

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Prasad Natarajan @prasadnatarajan.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

May everyone find their desired love, care and affection. I’m fortunate to dedicate my life to my true passion: art. Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) Pair from Hoskote Lake,Bangalore, Karnataka,India. #birds #ValentinesDay #art #nature #illustration #sciart #birdart #kingfisher #couplegoals #ink

Two birds in black and white, long black bill, black patches on the breast, black ring like pattern on the breast for the male. Perched on textured tiny branches having spikes shaped seeds. Long twig like leaves. May everyone find their desired love, care and affection. I’m fortunate to dedicate my life to my true passion: art.
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) from Hoskote Lake, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
#birds #nature #ValentinesDay #art #nature #illustration #sciart #indianwildlifeartist #artforconservation #naturalhistoryillustration #birdart #kingfisher #inkmasters

Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Title: "Pied Pair"
Medium: Ink on paper
Size: 14.5× 22 inches,300GSM Watercolor Paper
Duration: 9 Hour 45 minutes
April 5th, 2024
Location: Hoskote Lake, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Own Reference image

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Props to @jasondogwood.bsky.social for catching this… goggle obeying in advance…. Props to 🍎 for keeping it real

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

A favorite collage. Ink, postage stamps, gold leaf, papers, watercolor. Embedded quote, “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us” (Gandalf, Lord of the Rings). #Stunday #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

A multicolor collage with bits of geometric designs on papers, bits of gold leaf, postage stamps with landscapes, birds, an angel and quote from Gandalf, Lord of the Rings: “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us”.

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Anna Camilla Larsson @annalarssonstudio.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

If anyone needs more art feeds to keep their spirits up, I have created some you may like in addition to my #ArtYear feed. They are found in my profile under Feeds: 🏞️ Landscape Art 🏢 Urban Sketching 🎨 Watercolor Art 🦉 Pygmy Owls (photos) More may come...😅 Thanks to @blueskyfeedcreator.com 🙏

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

#JanuArty, Day 31, angle. An unfinished sketch from Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Ivory Billed Woodpecker specimens. Declared extinct in 1940, an extraordinary taxidermy display with wonderful angles. Pair collected in 1894 in Florida. #birdart #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

Partially finished sketch of a pair of (now extinct) Ivory Billed Woodpeckers. Primarily black and white, male has a scarlet crest, ivory bill, and yellow eye.

Photo of a taxidermy display at Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh), two Ivory Billed Woodpeckers (now extinct) perched on opposite sides of a tree trunk.

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Octavia Spriggs @octaviaspriggs.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hello Bluesky! I’m Octavia, a watercolor artist & graphic designer living in West Virginia. I love to paint scenes with interesting light as well as flowers and plants I find along the way. Here’s a shot of my latest sketchbook page.

Sketchbook scene of two versions of a lake at sunset and winter trees, with a paintbrush and pencil.

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Dexter Patterson aka Wisco Birder @wiscobirder.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

*Opens Internet* *Closes Internet* *Goes Birding!*

Side view of Mallard Drake in the start.

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

#JanuArty Day 30. Watercolor studies of green things, especially acorn squash. #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

Watercolor painting of green apple, herb leaves, and an acorn squash (the richest green on the page).

Watercolor pencil drawing of a small green frog which was climbing on my house in spring a few years ago. These “spring peepers” make magical sounds at the beginning of the season.

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peachesandprinting @peachesandprinting.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hi all! 🧡 First post here still sort of figuring out how everything works, my name is Sammy/peachesandprinting. I’m a linocut artist, looking to connect with all other artists here! I’ll be slowly updating with all my art and am excited to see everyone else’s 🥰 #linocut #printmaking #print #art

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

@ranchogordo.bsky.social Just watched wonderful Steve Sando and Milk Street Cooking School class “A Better Pot of Beans”. Let’s start a new hashtag #RanchoGordoBeanClub People of the Bean, unite!

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

#JanuArty, Day 29, curve. #BirdWhisperer Linocut print of Common Loon, American Birding Association Bird of the Year 2025. My first linocut and it was a challenge to get the curves right, but I really enjoyed the process. Incredible bird. #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings @ababirds.bsky.social #birdart

Black and white print of Common Loon. Linocut print which required very careful cutting of curves. I loved the 3D process.

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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #BanX #NoAfD #FBR @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

"I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more." ~ Anne Frank

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

#JanuArty Day 28, flat. Always on the lookout for sketchbooks that lay flat. Good quality paper, preferably no ring spine, sturdy enough to support a clip-on light (for museum work). So far the Fabriano Venezia still is a favorite. #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

Photo of the cover of a Fabriano Venezia sketchbook, a solid book with cloth binding.

Photo of an open spread of a sketchbook with sketches of 5 owls.

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

#JanuArty Day 27, red. Red pear, Faber Castell Polychromos and Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencils. #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

Drawing of a single red pear, watercolor pencil and color pencils. The pear has many variations of red with some gold tones on one side.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/01/2025

These women didn’t sit down, stay quiet, or ask for permission—they broke the rules and changed the world. Role models. We should add Bishop Mariann Budde to the list.

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katelanddeck.bsky.social @katelanddeck.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...

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Anne Semmler @colorwheel77.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

#JanuArty Day 26, broken. Photo of broken-looking but completely healthy Shagbark Hickory trunk, one of a grove of trees at a Pennsylvania state park nearby. #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

Photo of Shagbark Hickory tree trunks, which mature over many years to have a distinct bark which looks like shaggy fur. A species of tree foraged by Native Americans for multiple uses. This photo was taken in autumn with golden leaves in the background.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Seems like it’s already time to remind…

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