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l e a @leabysea.bsky.social · 1h

Looks like the Instagram block brow was a thing in early 1700s too.

Porto Cathedral
Blue-and-white azulejo tiles in the cloister of the Porto Cathedral are about 295 to 297 years old, having been painted and installed between 1729 and 1731.

Painted by the master tile artist Valentim de Almeida.

Adorning the walls of the cathedral's 14th-century Gothic cloister.

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Daryk Jozef @darykjozef.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Collage 443.2026 ~20 x 23 cm #Acrylic and #mixedmedia on painted paper in a #sketchbook #abstractart #analogcollage @bsky.art

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Daryk Jozef @darykjozef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Collage 445.2026 ~20 x 23 cm #Acrylic and #mixedmedia on painted paper in a #sketchbook #abstractart #analogcollage @bsky.art

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ArtMouse @artmouse.bsky.social · 21h

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CsTs @csts.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Riding the #MontrealBlueLine #MontréalLigneBleue on a (still summer weather but I now know winter is coming) Friday morning.

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CsTs @csts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Riding the #MontrealBlueLine #MontréalLigneBleue in the early morning.

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CsTs @csts.bsky.social · 3h

Riding the #MontrealBlueLine #MontréalLigneBleue while staring at a phone - with only a hint of color. It is not working for me. I should only use one or two colors, otherwise I turn my models into clowns.

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44xnatural @44xnatural.bsky.social · 4h

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Helen Birch - drawdrawdraw @drawdrawdraw.bsky.social · 2h

#inktober2026 6 Ogre🧌 Suggestions for alternative 'monsters' - medieval creatures, and Yōkai - a diverse class of supernatural spirits, monsters, and demons in Japanese folklore. A class I gave @sketchbookskool.bsky.social #artclass #monster #creatures #feltpen #highlighter #acrylicink #drawing

A drawing made with pastel coloured office highlighter pens of the head of a large eyed creature with tentacle like mouth. Loose scribbly mark making.

Several open sketchbooks, some white other tan / kraft / brown paper. Various creatures shown - yellow haired with pink halo eyes, demi man / sea creatures - head and shoulders; studies of creatures from Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights. All in pastel colours. Various ink pens and some coloured pencils shown alongside drawings.

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l e a @leabysea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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Helen Birch - drawdrawdraw @drawdrawdraw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#inktober2026 5 Smack A "smacker" is British slang for a loud, enthusiastic kiss. Liking the heart in the negative space. #acrylicink #kiss #negativeapce #heart

A half tone photo of a couple kissing. Definition unclear. Space beneath their chins and background filled with brushed in muted pink ink. A heart beneath their kissing lips is revealed.

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Helen Birch - drawdrawdraw @drawdrawdraw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#inktober2026 4 Cactus Small, potted houseplant rotated and drawn with four different dip pens and inks. #ink #dippen #bamboopen #cactus #houseplant #drawing #botanical

Four drawings of same potted cactus - top left olive ink over green-brown wash, top right emerald green ink, bottom left bamboo dip pen and dark brown ink, bottom right fine dip pen with black ink. Light pencil drawing signifies part of the plant's pot.

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Helen Birch - drawdrawdraw @drawdrawdraw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#inktober2026 3 Miniature Small spices made big. Some amazing shapes and textures to see when you get up close. Various ink pens over random #watercolour splashes and a #gelprint. #blackink #ink #biro #brushpen #Sharpie #fineliner #felttip #dippen #winsorandnewton #seeds #spices #botanical #food

A collection of drawings of culinary spices: a cardamom pod, nutmeg whole and halved, several peppercorns, a clove, a coriander seed, and some cumin seeds. The black ink work of each is over random splashes of watercolour on paper and from a gel print, in tones orange, brown and pink. The various pens used displayed next to drawings.

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larrysart.bsky.social @larrysart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Somewhere Between Order And Chaos, 10/1/2026 Watercolor mixed medium

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Koosje Koene @koosjekoene.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Busy urban scenes got you stuck before you even start sketching? In my new video I'm sketching the garden of the Royal Palace in Paris and sharing how I deal with the overwhelm. Curious how? Watch here: youtu.be/PR5_Wnz3qIA

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How I Sketch Overwhelming Scenes (Step by Step)

YouTube video by Koosje Koene | Draw Tip Tuesday

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Michael Nobbs @michaelnobbs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Have you watched @koosjekoene.bsky.social’s latest Draw Tip Tuesday video? This week she’s sharing a sketchbook full of wonderful summer drawings — and wondering whether it was worth paying extra for 100% cotton paper youtu.be/TobkMy2fnTo?...

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A Summer Visual Diary (Sketchbook Tour)Latest Draw Tip Tuesday Video

YouTube video by Koosje Koene | Draw Tip Tuesday

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I really love drawing. If it is not obvious! Stopped into Three Mile in Davis after the Pence Gallery Art Auction, both pieces sold, celebrating with a pint of “Arnold Schwarzenlager”. It’s a good week, first week of the quarter, and our dept got a historic name change approved. Busy next week!

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here’s yesterdays drawing along with others I did of this ole house over the years. It will be a shame when it’s gone.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

During WW2, Olga Lehmann's decorative murals enlivened the dour interiors of the nationwide chain of state-run 'British restaurants,' requisitioned hotels, the ministry of aircraft production and the government censorship department in Holborn. This work is from 1940.

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Steve Lucas @steve-lucas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

INKTOBER 2026 Day 2 - Relic #Inktober #Inktober2026 #Sketch #ink #Art #Day2 #Relic

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Helen Birch - drawdrawdraw @drawdrawdraw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#inktober2026 2 Relic If a relic can be 'an object, tradition, or physical remain from the past that survives into the present' I'm including these nostalgic objects. The hand whisk still in use. #blackink #ink #temperastick #brushpen #Sharpie #woodypencil

In the centre 4 drawings - of a UK dial up red telephone, a yellow typewriter, a hand whisk with white handle and a 2 cassette tapes. The objects are semi shown in the margins each side.

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Helen Birch - drawdrawdraw @drawdrawdraw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#inktober2026 1 Apple Two apples plus incoming Autumn wasp - ink with Sailor Fude pen, plus tempera paint stick & watercolour #carbonink #ink #temperastick #apples #wasp #insect #Autumn

Two mostly red apples, some touches of green, sitting next to each other. Outlines drawn with black ink and broad nib. Colour put down with chunky tempera paint sticks - it goes outside the lines. Top right an incoming wasp. It's already made a hole in the apple on the that side.

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Steve Lucas @steve-lucas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Inktober 2026 is almost here. 🖤 We all know the drill: 31 days of drawing, sketching, #Inktober, #Inktober2026 Share your creations daily! starting Oct 1st! #ArtCommunity #Art #Sketch #Draw #Inktober, #Inktober2026

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hobothumb @hobothumb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

ga 👻 2 drawings with acrylic and pastel on paper, 17x14"ea.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some of my favourite lesser-known places in London are now featured on The Secret App: www.james-hobbs.co.uk/news/feature...

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Featured now on The Secret App — James Hobbs

Find out some of my favourite lesser-known places in London.

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James Hobbs @jameshobbsart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Studio drawing 30/08/26 #drawing

A brush and ink drawing of a landscape of trees, boundaries, loose ambiguous shapes and textures in a square format.

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Brian Frink @bfrink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Clouds and Lake, c. 2015. Watercolor. A rigid grid interrupted by fluid washes. Clouds and reflections become interchangeable as the landscape forms and dissolves. An early exploration of ideas that still drive my work: disruption, instability, and the unpredictable behavior of materials.

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Draw More! 🇨🇦🏔🎨😎 @doryr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Excellent corvids!👏👏👏

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Draw More! 🇨🇦🏔🎨😎 @doryr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It’s interesting how different mountains can look, depending on time of day or season. This one is a view along the Icefields Parkway. Ink and watercolours. #natureart #mountainart

Rocky Mountain view along the Icefields Parkway in summer. Forest lines both sides of the highway.

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tiago @tiagocharters.nexp.pt · 29/09/2026

I went to the woods.

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hobothumb @hobothumb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

september gouache, acrylic and ink on paper, 12"sq.

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Ornikkar @ornikkar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mood

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𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚔 💀☕📚🍂🎨🐈‍⬛ @andy-paciorek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mädchen und Tod ~ Robert Budzinski (1916)

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𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚔 💀☕📚🍂🎨🐈‍⬛ @andy-paciorek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Man with a Mask ~ Peter Ondreička (1987)

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Your art challenge cheat sheet for Sept 28-Oct 4 is here! Let's have some fun. See comments for host list and details. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Photography #DailyArt #Painting #Drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #TraditionalArt

Daily Art Prompts: Sept 28–Oct 4

Compiled by @handcranked

Monday, September 28
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay + #PinkMon

Tuesday, September 29
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#ColorADay + #BlueTue

Wednesday, September 30
#WaterfallWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt
#ColorADay + #RedWed

Thursday, October 1
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens + #ItsAJungleOutThere
#ColorADay + #YellowThu

Friday, October 2
#Scape (any kind of scape)
#ForestFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay + #BWFri

Saturday, October 3
#BNWmacro
#SmallBirdSaturday
#BlueSkyArtShow + #3rdPlace
#ColorADay + #GreenSat

Sunday, October 4
#Stunday (stunning)
#BNWmacro
#ImageAndVerse (your image + any poem)
#ColorADay + #OrangeSun

All Week Art Prompts: Sept 28–Oct 4

Compiled by @handcranked

#AOFoto
(Aesthetic of the ordinary. See aofoto.art for details.)

#ArtYear (any art)

#BirdOfTheDay
(See Atlantic Birding, Helen Bennett, Alan H, or Rob Crank for daily prompt)

#ClassicMono (monochrome)

#EastCoastKin or #ECK
(Art collective open to everyone. Message @rina2012 to join.)

#ECKPalette
(See WealieArts for this week’s colors)

#ShowHeart (hearts)

#Abstractia + #leaves

#AlphabetChallenge + #WeekMForMachinery

#MixedMedia52 + #roads

#PaintByWords + #persimmon or #railway
(art, photos, and/or poetry)

#PostProcess + #silence
(See ‪@rjrock for photo to edit)

#SensoryArt + #roads

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44xnatural @44xnatural.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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44xnatural @44xnatural.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Jean McEwan @jeanmmcewanartist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

'Be tender with your fear and sorrow' Page from 'We got your back', a zine of collected collages exploring relationships and interconnections between human and more than human life. Available here £4 plus postage jeanmcewanartist.bigcartel.com/product/we-g... #zine #collage #bird #tender

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Jean McEwan @jeanmmcewanartist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'Breathing in, I smile Breathing out, I release' A page spread from a visual journal (using a found novel). Journaling, especially using collage, helps me process the world and understand myself better. #artjournaling #collage #yoga #release #equanimity

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Paul Hearn @paulxhearn.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026

Sight and Sound Index, 9 1999 #collage #papercollage #handcut #index #supplement

Open double page of index supplement for Sight and Sound vol 9 1999 with coloured paper and magazine snippets collaged over the index entries

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Jean McEwan @jeanmmcewanartist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

'Peace is this moment without judgment. That is all. ' From a beautiful poem by Dorothy Hunt www.dorothyhunt.org/peace-is-thi... Image: collage page from an as yet unfinished zine #peace #dorothyhunt #zine #collage

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Various versions of a 19th-century “flap book” titled Metamorphosis enabled children to turn Adam into Eve into a mermaid, a lion into a griffin into an eagle — all while learning about the inevitability of death: publicdomainreview.org/collection/m…

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Kenneth Patchen

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