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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Please observe this painting which is one of my favourite things I've ever made 💕 It's 30° in the office & my crayons are melting but I think that helped! No time to dither, just trusting myself. 🐴🐴🐴✨✨✨ #nonbinaryhorsegirl #horseart #horsegirl #equestrianart #nonbinarycowboy #queerart

A top-down photo of River's desk, containing an illustration on A5 paper surrounded by art supplies. The painting is a simple portrait of a bay horse against a chartreuse blob on beige paper. Above and below, text reads "NON-BINARY HORSE GIRL". There are small white sparkles around the horse.

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Margo @margosimoneart.com · 28/02/2026

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag? (Happy Friday!) #art #illustration #oilpastel

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

WIPs WIPs WIPs 💁🏻🐱 I'm getting a little closer each time to what feels like my style for cats. But there are so many ways to draw and paint them, there's plenty more to try! #catart #catillustration #sheffieldartist

Photo of a desk from above. It is covered in art supplies including a big tin of wax pastels on one side and paint brushes spread out in the top corner. In the middle is an open sketchbook with a WIP of an orange and white cat on one page and a painting of a calico cat from front-on.

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Simkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Raw on the cattle drive with me? 😚👉👈

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

A sneak peek of new art in the works 😌 same style, new subject! I've drawn cats pretty much all my life but ALWAYS SUCKED beyond circle face, trongle ears, so I am finally working to change that 😂 #catart #petportrait #catillustration

Photo showing part of a mixed media illustration of a black cat in black, blues, and greens. It is surrounded by star and sparkle motifs in these colours. The open tin of pastels is partially visible at the top of the shot.

A close-up of the same cat illustration. It shows the pastel strokes in black, teal, purple-blue, and very pale green. There is some green underpainting showing through the gaps.

Another close-up, showing the tail where it wraps over the paws. There are teal sparkle motifs next to the cat.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 09/02/2026

Botany valentine. Another oldie.

A four panel comic. In panel 1, there are three beautiful blooming roses, and the text says "Roses are red..." In panel 2, there are some lovely violets budding and blooming, and the text says "Violets are blue..." In panel 3, there are some terrifying red and flesh colored plants with toothy maws and the text says "Hydnora are leafless, bizarrely fleshy, and incapable of producing chlorophyl..." and in panel 4 there are some cute hearts and the text says "And so are you. Happy Valentine's Day"

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OwenTat Draws @owentatdraws.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Here's a watercolour painting of my patch and the birds that live there. After numerous months of planning and painting, I'm really excited to share the final result. I'd love to hear which bird is your favourite! #birds #birdart #sciart #painting

My watercolour painting featuring a variety of birds scattered across the sky, river, and grass. The main text at the bottom reads 'Figham Common', there's a description of the place, and a list of the bird species in the painting.

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Simkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Professional mouser for hire! Inquire below 🐈‍⬛

Digital illustration made in Procreate depicting a warmly lit home office in the early 2000s. On the office desk is a teal and white early iMac G3. A black cat is half-crouched with the computer mouse in its mouth, staring at the viewer as though caught mid-hunt.

The scene is littered y2k objects. The wall has a poster of Rihanna and of Britney Spears' "Oops!... I Did It Again" album cover. Items on the office desk include a blank CD stack, a pink lava lamp, a VHS on top of a Blockbuster case, and an old landline phone.

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I have found a sticker storage solution that may or may not leave me very disappointed later on 🤠 #birdart #storagesolutions #pleasebuymystickerssoicanbuysomedrawersforthem #imisstumblr

A Guylian seashells chocolate box on a messy art desk

The same box, opened to reveal clear plastic packets of bird art stickers inside (no chocolate to be found)

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renata 🎷🐅 BRIS ILLUSTRATION FAIR OCT 3-4 ✨ @gremren.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

a flowery feline friend 🌸✨

A photo of my latest punch needle yarn piece; a yellow cat, mouth open wide, with a big flower petal collar. The background is a blurred photo of a flower field.

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Curlworks @curlworks.net · 25/01/2026

Last night after we turned our phones off we looked thru our back window and saw a candle on our neighbors porch across the alley. We put a candle on our own porch and then a few minutes later saw several others do the same in response. RIP Alex

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tuna ‼️ @artbytuna.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Rug tufting is my calling. Lol

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Melle 🍋 Lemony @mellemony.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Post-A-Photo channel point redeem during today’s art stream! selected by @eddycozmo.bsky.social 💜🤩🌷•💜🤩🌷•💜🤩🌷 www.twitch.tv/mellemony 🍋✨💛🌟🌻🌼🐝🧀🍯🌕⭐️📒 #sketchbook #eff🧊 #twitch #art #painting #watercolor #gouache #mixedmedia #coloredpencil

a sketchbook open on a desk showing designs for valentine day cards and a cat holding an open letter that says f u c k ice

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

beautiful work as always! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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*lexie @lleyksie.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

owls + apples 🍎

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

BIRD STICKERS, GET YER BIRD STICKERS 💁🏻 inkwellsillustration.etsy.com #birdart #natureart #wildlifeart

A sticker of a mixed media painting of a common swift. The swift is predominantly painted in lilac and beige, with a circular yellow background and some small yellow sparkle motifs.

Five stickers of paintings of corvids in different conpositions. These include three of Eurasian magpies and two of ravens.

Sticker of a portrait painting of a waxwing. The bird is painted in gouache and they are holding a red berry in their beak.

A collection of five colourful bird stickers, including the swift and waxwing. There are also stickers of an oystercatcher, a heron, and a chiffchaff.

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Melle 🍋 Lemony @mellemony.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

awkward snow-people new acrylic paint markers hot coffee, tea, & cocoa 🧤❄️☃️☕️🥞 COME GET COZY! www.twitch.tv/mellemony #artstream #livestream #twitch #art #painting #watercolor #gouache #mixedmedia #paintmarker

a checklist of items needed for cozy streams, abuse a cat and lemon with winter hats

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

It's sketching/ideation/playing with mediums time! While most of my "final" work ends up being in gouache or wax pastels, when I'm in my sketchbook I'm always reaching for ink. #sketchbook #magpie #birdart #eurasianmagpie #birder #wildlifeart #wip #progressnotperfection

Photo of part of a sketchbook page. On the page are watercolour blobs in bright colours, each with a simple ink magpie drawing overlaid. This is a close up of the sneaky magpie, sort of crouched and stretching their beak forward as though to reach something.

Low angle photo of the same page showing the TV in the background. A Twitch stream by ipaintbirbs is playing.

A progress shot of the same sketchbook page. The ink and glass dip pen are shown at the sides of the shot. A completed magpie sketch is standing and looking over their shoulder with bill open. A magpie perching is in progress.

A close up of a yellow watercolour patch with an inked magpie on it. The magpie is standing with their tail part raised.

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

*BST 😂 WE'RE GETTING HADES STREAMS 🥳

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

My gorgeous amazing girlfriend @rosiiie.bsky.social has promised me she'll stream my favourite game (Hades) if I share her posts and help her acquire some more followers, so please help me out 🙏🏻😂 Also I did her little art bits and there's more incoming when I get the chance! #pngtuber #gaymergirl

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Trust the process 🙏🏻😅 Some sketchbook practice ponies in progress! #gouache #horseart #horsesinart #equineportrait

Sketchbook page with two unfinished portrait paintings of a black horse. The magenta underpainting shows though and there are accidental blobs of magenta over the top of one.

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Daniel Jamie Williams @danieljwilliams.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

AI 'art' is soulless to me. I can't truly call it art because it doesn't even meet the base level definition - 'expression' of 'human creativity and imagination'. How can I feel emotion and interest from something that had none put into it? I wrote way more on this on Insta if you're interested.

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Prints available now 🥳 inkwellsillustration.etsy.com/listing/1877...

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

✨🥳 Prints have arrived! 🥳✨ inkwellsillustration.etsy.com/listing/1877... #birdart #comicprint #magpieart #birdcomic #magpie

A print of the comic "Prototypes" being held up in front of a bare-branched tree with a magpie nest in it.

Close-up photo of the first comic panel.

Close-up of one of the ink drawing panels.

Close-up of a painted panel, a magpie carrying a stick.

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

A lovely read! And got some excellent ideas for getting myself doing more art 💛✨

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Willow ptarmigans 🥰 I'll admit I'm in a slight art slump right now and these are from a couple of weeks ago 😤 Anyone for ptarmigan stickers? Or is that a bit too obscure? 🤔 #birds #ptarmigan #willowptarmigan #birdart #wildlifeart #birdstickers

A page of small paintings of willow ptarmigans on grey paper. They are slightly stylised, and are surrounded by star and sparkle motifs. There is a side-on portrait of a male ptarmigan, a male ptarmigan running in snow, and two full body paintings of females.

Close up of one of the female ptarmigans, showing more of the detail and texture of the wax pastel used for the plumage.

Close up of the top part of the page: the male ptarmigan portrait against a pale blue halo, and a fluffed up female surrounded by yellow sparkles.

Flatlay photo of the page on a desk, against a cork desk mat. It is next to another page of paintings, the tin of wax pastels, and a plate being used as a paint palette.

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Went to Peak Wildlife Park last week and saw lowland tapirs and all sorts of other critters 💛 I took a sketchbook but it was just too cold to get it out and draw, so I looked at some refs when we got home 🥰 #sketchbook #wildlifeart #natureart #gouachepainting #peakwildlifepark

Painting of a baby lowland tapir lying down. It is slightly stylised with linework in a deep purple-brown and a single broad brush stroke in pale blue painted around its front end in a circle.

Close up of sketchbook pages showing a tapir on a front-on three-quarter angle walking, and an unfinished side view of a walking tapir. The front-on tapir is a pencil sketch with black linework over the top and a painted blue circle behind. The unfinished tapir has a watercolour like base coat.

Sketchbook page including the baby tapir painting and other partial pencil sketches of tapirs, including one standing and one chewing while lying down.

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Kristen Kinnaley @kwatrousceramics.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

1 of 150+ pieces going up this weekend. #pottery #ceramics

White cup on black background. Cup says “pasteurized milk turned my cat gay” in a goopy font.

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Sami Kelsh is a tired bear @samikelsh.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

neither woman ever married, living their lives together in a modest one-bedroom cottage. historians believe they must have been very good friends. sapphic victorian rodentia for the @streamink.bsky.social cozy january prompt, comfy chair 💜 #streamink2025 #queerart #cuteart #watercolour #hamsters

Two hamster ladies in Victorian casual dress, in their home. The room has violet wallpaper and a large framed painting of a violet flower, and a well-loved blue rug on the floor. One hamster sits in a comfortable velvet chair reading a book, while her wife brings her a cup of hot chocolate and is giving her an affectionate kiss.

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Lorraine Turner calicohorses @lorraineturnerart.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Check this group out! go.bsky.app/GSeD3d5

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

First coat down on some bird WIPs - fancy crayon layers next! 😌 lovebirds come in such lovely colours 💛 #lovebirds #birdart #birds #illustration

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Not much art done this last week but we did a lot of ikea furniture erecting/DIY to get Percyphone into her new house, so that she can watch when I eventually do do art 🥲 (if she can see anything after staring directly into the sun/her UV lamp)

Blurry photo of Percy the cornsnake waggling her tongue at her new UV lamp.

Percy looking directly up and into her new UV lamp.

Percy, a grey cornsnake, looking serene resting on a cork bark hide.

Percy on her cork bark hide, doing a big tongue flick at her surroundings.

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eloveart @eloveart.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Raising money for the Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA to help the animals affected by the fires in Los Angeles. www.twitch.tv/charity/elov...

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Bird 🌲 @birdwarde.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

new bumper stickers coming soon! 🪶👀🍄‍🟫

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shan🎷🐛 @shanhoran.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

♥️

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I'm running low on lots of my stickers and don't plan to order the exact same ones in again, so grab them while you can! inkwellsillustration.etsy.com

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InkWellsIllustration - Etsy

Shop Nature art and portraiture by InkWellsIllustration located in Sheffield, United Kingdom.

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Experimental mixed media comic, which - ironically - I had many crises of confidence over 🙃 "Prototypes" Gouache, Neocolor 2 (wax pastel), and ink. #birds #birdart #magpie #eurasianmagpie #comic #illustration #wildlifeart

A six-panel comic in mixed media. It depicts a magpie in close up, then carrying sticks, and finally, building a nest with them. The text reads, "The only way to find out if an idea will work is to start making prototypes."

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Trust the process trust the process trust the process trust the process 😅😂😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 #wip #trusttheprocess #theonlywayforwardisthrough #birdart I guess? #comic sort of?

Photo of a comic page in progress. The main element is a roughly bird-shaped close up that is mostly a brown blob with an eye and a bit of a beak. Some ink line art drawings are visible at the edges on the frame and text in the bird blob frame reads "the only way".

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Now that everyone's probably hopefully received their cards, here's my little lino design from this year (first time linoprinting is AGES and it was really fun actually) 😌😌😌 #linoprint #magpie #birds #birdart #reliefprint

A square cream coloured card held up in front of a Christmas tree with red decorations. The card has a linoprint design in black. It is a scribbly magpie with wings and tail outstretched as though landing, and holding a holly sprig in its bill. Text reads "wishing you a happy solstice."

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Melle 🍋 Lemony @mellemony.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Post-A-Photo channel point redeem from @eddycozmo.bsky.social we’re live now! #art #artstream 💖🤩🩵 www.twitch.tv/mellemony

three tea cups, stacked on a yellow background. the green teacup is smiling, the blue and pink one are deranged in the eyes

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

This albatross is a lesbian 😌🤠 Gouache and Neocolor 2, A5. #birds #natureisqueer #queernature

A semi realistic portrait of an albatross on grey paper, with a lilac/lavender circle behind their head. The same purple is included in the shadows on the plumage. The background also includes motifs of pink and white stars and dashes.

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Sometimes I forget about the original art behind the stickers! Here's my barn owl portrait - I was really enjoying Neocolor 2s in my black paper sketchbook :) #barnowl #birdart #wildlifeart

A wax pastel illustration of a barn owl on black paper. It is a portrait, showing just the head and shoulders, and the owl is on a three quarter angle looking to the right of the page.

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River (InkWells Illustration) @inkwells.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Magpies (or maggies as they are known in this household) are one of my absolute faves 🥰 I'm always admiring and often trying to capture that iridescence and cheeky personality!

Stylised illustration of a Eurasian magpie on black paper in gouache and wax pastel. The magpie is against a yellow circle and is mid-strut with one leg stepping.

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