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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Su Blackwell, UK artist who creates paper art using books, often based on fairytale and nature #WomensArt

Artwork with open book with paper meadow flowers and butterflies

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

#Artists— What are some good books, podcasts, or accounts to follow to learn how to turn art into a business? 🤔 🖼️ 💰

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

A new week is about to start and that means new art challenges! Here's your cheat sheet for April 21–27. Share away! #ArtChallenges #ArtChallenge #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings

A poster that says:
Art Challenges: April 21–27

Monday, April 21:
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#acoloradAyPRIL (#coral)
#smArtist (#harsh)

Tuesday, April 22:
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#TagTuesday (grafitti/street art)
#acoloradAyPRIL (#gold)
#smArtist (#arctic)

Wednesday, April 23:
#acoloradAyPRIL (#silver)
#smArtist (#short)
#WaterfallWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday

Thursday, April 24:
acoloradAyPRIL (#teal)
#smArtist (#lightning)
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)

Friday, April 25:
#scape (any kind of scape)
#acoloradAyPRIL (#magenta)
#smArtist (#drought)
#ForestFriday
#FloralFriday
#FlowersOnFriday

Saturday, April 26:
#BlueSkyArtShow (#earth)
#acoloradAyPRIL (#OliveGreen)
#smArtist (#shrub)

Sunday, April 27:
#Stunday (stunning)
#SelfPortraitSunday (your daily routine)
#acoloradAyPRIL (#rust) (burnt orange)
#smArtist (#domination)

All week:
SensoryArt (#together)
#AlphabetChallenge (#WeekQforQs) (anything that starts with the letter Q)
#ArtYear (any art)
#ClassicMono (monochrome)
#ArtOfSelfPortraiture
#smArtist (purposeful art, daily prompts are optional)

Want a challenge added? Reply to @handcranked.bsky.social

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Hey BlueSky! Sharing some gummies I painted for #foodpaintchallenge on IG. Take what you need: ❤️ Red is joy 🩵 Blue is bravery 💛 Yellow is chill I’m poppin all 3. #gouache #art #blueskyartshow #painting #easter #gummies

Gouache painting of a trio of gummy bears in triangle formation.

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

My mental health as a fed employee can be described as a single shot of espresso in a tequila shot glass Part restraint, part escapism, slightly rebellious (in a symbolic sense), self-medicating with the tiniest allowable dose, self-soothing with aesthetics, savoring the small joys

A blue and white ceramic shot glass, filled with espresso (and ONLY espresso), on a slate coaster atop a wooden table with cool daylight shining through the window over it

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Beach art, part 2! See alt text for my initial thoughts on “urban” sketching. Cliffnotes: 🎨Changing scene + limited setup are difficult but got me out of my comfort zone 🎨 Cool way to immerse yourself in a scene and create a momento 🎨 Mixed feelings on being perceived while creating

Woman (me) sketching with colored pencils on a beach in Mexico

Initial thoughts on “urban” sketching: It’s as hard as I expected in all the ways I expected: The light changes with the movement of clouds and the sun. The waves are of course constantly moving. And I didn’t have as elaborate of a setup as I normally do.

It was fun though! I experimented with a different medium than usual, colored pencils, since they’re a little easier to handle than paints without a large surface to work with. It’s kind of like taking a photo but better—you’re capturing a little time lapse rendition of a scene you’re in as a memento you can take with you.

The beach spot was also fairly private—my partner took this photo—but I find that I personally don’t really like the feeling of being perceived, especially by strangers, when I’m making art. I did another colored pencil drawing on the plane (will share later) and I had to turn the little spotlight on and couldn’t shake the feeling of being watched over my shoulder. Maybe it’s something you get used to? No one approached me any of the times, and I was equally relieved and offended, lol.

Draft of a colored pencil rendering of a live beach scene

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Sneaking one in last-minute for #MarchintoLandscapes: #dank (because I’m procrastinating packing for Mexico) A mini #gouache #painting of Linville Caverns in North Carolina, where I visited several years ago. These jadey green deposits were so cool

Green deposits within a cave in North Carolina, USA

Gouache painting of green deposits within a cave in North Carolina, USA

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Drawing for #MakersMArtch. The best drawing advice I’ve gotten: 1. Everything is shapes and lines. Including… 2. Negative space. (The shapes between the shapes.) Don’t say, “I can’t draw XX” (mine was mouths), because that, too, is just shapes and lines. What’s your best tip? #drawing #drawingtips

Sketch of father and son (my partner and father “in law”) inspecting a tool box

Watercolor painting of father and son (my partner and father “in law”) inspecting a tool box

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Sarcastic Shark Art @sarcasticsharkart.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I know some of you have seen this guy before, but I wanted to submit this today for the "Draw" prompt. Bruce 2.0, the mechanical shark used in the filming of Jaws. 🎬🦈 #MakersmARTch #MkrsmARTch #art #ArtYear #Jaws #movies #blueskyartists #artonbluesky #Draw

Pencil drawing of Bruce the mechanical shark used in the filming of the famous movie Jaws

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#dank #landscape from a photo I took in #southcarolina made w the Color Therapy app years ago (iykyk 😎 You can do a fair amount in the paid version & they actually had great tutorials). I think I did pretty good for fingers + an iPhone! I 🤍 the ripples in the water #MarchIntoLandscapes

Digital rendering of a willow tree on a plantation in South Carolina, USA

Photo of a willow tree on a plantation in South Carolina, USA

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

A quick daffodil for a birthday card for my mom 💜 purple is her color and daffodils, apparently, are her birth-month flower #daffodil #watercolor #gouache #painting #art

Gouache and Sharpie rendering of a purple daffodil

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

#Frozen #landscape painted through the POV of binoculars, featuring ice fishers we saw on Lake Winnipesaukee this winter. “Orange Coat” was out there all day doing their thing, joined off and on by assistants. We were very impressed by their tenacity. #nh #watercolor #marchintolandscapes

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

A tiny, stained-glass heart painting I made for Valentine’s Day last year. I add a new tiny painting each birthday, Valentine’s Day, and anniversary. Filling in all the fragments with different gradients was very meditative and relaxing. #glass #watercolor #sharpie #makersmartch

Watercolor and Sharpie miniature painting featuring hearts in a stained-glass pattern.

Closeup of a watercolor and Sharpie miniature painting featuring hearts in a stained-glass pattern.

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

An oldie but goodie. I painted this #crowded beach scene for Father’s Day 2 years ago when I’d just started painting. I think I did a good job but every part of this was a learning experience (see alt texts for details). #MarchIntoLandscapes #landscape #watercolor #art #BlueSkyArtShow

Painting of a childhood family beach day in Maine, USA. A dad and his young daughter (me) and son in the foreground with a crowded beach scene in the background.

Even doing the flat wash behind us was difficult and took a lot of concentration. I remember thinking a constant mantra of “keep your leading edge wet!” I wasn’t using 100% cotton paper yet and didn’t have a lot of experience, so this was harder than it sounds. I studied videos of landscapes to find out I should keep the greenery in the background soft and keep the people in the background as blocked out shapes void of too much detail, because that’s how we see things far away.

Painting of a childhood family beach day in Maine, USA.

What I loved most about painting this was deciding to be unafraid to add a little extra pigment in my shadows to keep a nostalgic feel and paint what I saw and found most beautiful about the photo (besides the family memories). I loved practicing glazing to warm up the skin tones (children were tan in the 90s 😂) and contrast with the blue-green shadows. I struggled so hard with my own face which I swear was just slightly cuter than this. Kids faces are surprisingly hard for me, I think because they just have fewer planes and wrinkles to guide you. And “drawing what you see” when it comes to your own face (or people close to you) can be so loaded so it’s much harder to stay objective. Sometimes after I paint someone, I’m like you have no idea how much I know about your face because I spent so much time studying it just to make it not look like a stranger’s. Weird painting stuff! Thanks for attending my nerd sesh. 🤓

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Micro “alien landscape” 👽 🦀 🐚 for Day 15 of the #MarchIntoLandscapes challenge. This is a closeup of a rock on a beach in Panama with a bunch of little hermit crabs (I think) hanging out within the rock face #landscape #watercolor #painting #gouache

Closeup of a gouache painting of a colony of hermit crabs living in a rock in Cambutal, Panama

Gouache painting of a colony of hermit crabs living in a rock in Cambutal, Panama

Closeup of a colony of hermit crabs living in a rock in Cambutal, Panama

A colony of hermit crabs living in a rock on a beach in Cambutal, Panama

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

#Jagged #landscape for #MarchIntoLandscapes is from a photo I took at Cannon Beach in Oregon where The Goonies was filmed. It’s a #seascape but it’s low tide, so it counts

Gouache painting of Cannon Beach with jagged rocks coming out of shallow water

Gouache painting of Cannon Beach in Oregon with jagged rocks coming out of shallow water

Screen shot of the movie The Goonies (1985) with a clue to hidden treasure including jagged rocks on Cannon Beach, Oregon, where scenes of the movie were filmed

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

This is barely a #landscape but this gorgeous yoga shala is #cavernous and I just couldn’t wait to start painting some scenes from my Panama trip / join the #marchintolandscapes art challenge

Gouache painting of a yoga shala with views of the bright landscape behind, featuring bushes, palm trees, and beach umbrellas.

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

My little beach treasures. This is apparently a travel account for now until I get my paints back 😂 maybe I could gather enough to stage a little miniature mountain scene. Anyone know what flowers these are? #panama #beach #travel

Rocks and driftwood from a Pacific coast beach in Cambutal, Panama

Rocks and tide pools on a Pacific coast beach in Cambutal, Panama

Mountains in the background of Pacific coast beach in Cambutal, Panama

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

#Wood burning experiments for #MakersMartch ! (1) Axe handle w my own 🌭 font for our annual neighborhood Sausage Fest (2) Initials and fleur de lis for a friend (3) hands of family in ILY in ASL 🤟🏼 for in-laws’ Xmas gift

Axe with wood burned “S F ‘23” in sausage link font for Sausage Fest 2023 in my neighborhood

Burned “D W” (initials) with fleur de lis into a cheese board as a gift for a friend

I hand drew the hands of myself, partner, and daughter and used contact paper to transfer them onto wooden disks. Then I used a wood burning tool to trace the graphite. This is a gift for my in laws, who use the American Sign Language symbol for “I love you” as a family farewell

Closeup of “S F ‘23” axe handle with sausage link font. I created the font, transferred the design on with graphite paper and traced over with a wood burning tool.

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The closest I’ll get to “art” this week is the food here at Sansara Resort in #Panama 😍 Media: beet hummus, egg yolk, and balsamic on to-go container ( / toast) 😜 Everything has been so amazing.

“Abstract painting” of beet hummus, egg yolk, and balsamic in a to-go box

Beet hummus and balsamic toast with poached eggs

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

In this beautiful place and I forgot #art supplies. Was so hoping to try #urbansketching but 🥲 capturing some references for later #panama #panamacity 🇵🇦

View from hotel window in Panama City, Panama

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Here is some #pottery we made for “date night” at Studio 550 in #Manchester, #NH. 🍯 I made the pieces on the right our first time (the pros did the glaze and handle) and we brought the fam for the second time (left) and will have our final pieces ready in a few weeks 😊

Photograph of woman (me) creating a small bowl out of clay using a pottery wheel.

Three pieces of pottery: 1) (top left) a brown and teal crock, 2) (right) a small blue bowl with a swirl design in the middle, 3) a small brown and teal pottery piece pinched in at the middle like an hourglass

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

#FebruArty #turquoise #FishyFeb #reef I had just gotten metallic #watercolor paints and white acrylic pen, so I experimented to see if I could create water effects over this turtle swimming through a coral reef. A less realistic and more graphic/illustrative style than I usually do.

Watercolor, metallic watercolor, and acrylic pen depiction of a turtle swimming through a coral reef from an overhead perspective

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

King of the #rough seas (left) who inspired me to improve my #rough rocks (right) using a credit card in #watercolor technique from an excellent tutorial by YouTuber @artbypaulclark. I love the controlled randomness of this technique, mimicking nature with and unnatural object. #FebruArty #painting

Watercolor painting of a moisturized sea lion sunning himself proudly on a bed of rocks

Watercolor painting of a beach rock partially in sun, inspired by a credit card in watercolor technique tutorial by YouTuber @artbypaulclark

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Patches @patchespaints.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

W&N designers gouache on cold press watercolor paper 6x9” #gouache #art #painting #traditionalart #artbyhumans #berniesanders

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

#BigAndSmall #Februarty Even though we’ve been following the progress of these ice fishers with binoculars, they’re still so far out that they look tiny 🎣 🔎 🧐 #lakewinnipesaukee #icefishing #painting #gouache #watercolor #nhartists #lake #fishing #angler

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Alex @watercolorsbyalex.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

“Warm Glow” Sharing a close up of the coziest piece I’ve painted. I wanted viewers to feel warm, cozy and safe when they look at it, esp in this cold season 🤎 ~watercolor ~original sold / prints available on website #watercolor #painting #artist #art #artwork

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Lake Winnipesaukee looking very demure and #monochrome in honor of #BlueSkyArtShow. We’re up here getting some skiing in before we get a couple feet of snow #watercolor #painting #lake #blue #newhampshire #nh #FebruArty

Photo of Lake Winnipesaukee with a darkening sky and snow-covered lake

Monochromatic watercolor painting of Lake Winnipesaukee with a darkening sky and snow-covered lake

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Major throwback! I painted this #pair of wolves back in 2012 on my parents’ living room floor and now it’s hanging in my guest/hobby room where I do a lot of my painting. I didn’t know what I was doing but I still love it 🤍🤍 #acrylic #painting #FebruArty

Closeup of two wolves snuggling, acrylic paint and metallic marker

Two wolves snuggling, acrylic paint and metallic marker

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

“Guys seriously, why are you looking at me like that?” 😟 “Fish has algae growing on its forehead” was the caption of the reference on Reddit, thus my take on #AlgaeEater for #FishyFeb x #FebruArty is more of a snack than a snacker. Gotta watch out for those omnivores. #art #gouache #watercolor

Gouache and watercolor painting of a tufted blend inspired by a photo on Reddit titled “Fish has algae growing out of its head”

Reddit photo titled “Fish has algae growing out of its head”. It is actually apparently a tufted blenny and they just look like that.

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Me: What should I paint? Spouse: Paint me like one of your French girls Me: Best I can do is a sketch of you falling asleep on the couch after playing XBox Happy #ValentinesDay 👵🏼 💎 🎧 #sketch #art #titanic #gamer

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Ok I already posted this but not for #FebruArty and I just posted a bunch of fruit yesterday but not for #Orange 🍊 🍊 🍊 So here it is! 🤗 #gouache on #watercolor paper #stilllife #fruit #painting

Closeup of a gouache painting of orange slices and peel

Still life gouache painting of orange slices and peel shown with subject, paint tubes, and pallet

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Judi Coltman @jcoltman25.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

The #FebruArty word today is #Sweet. This couple strolled through Falmouth; crooked backs, cocked hips, canes clicking; holding hands and swaying in a dance they’ve done forever. #watercolor #watercolour #artistherapy

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Some #sweet #SensoryArt for #FebruArty! This one was easy because fruit is apparently one of my favorite things to #paint 🍓🫐🍉 Shoutout to #foodpaintchallenge on IG for 2 of the references. The blackberries were a snack and the watermelon was from multiple photos #watercolor #art #fruit #stilllife

Watercolor painting of strawberries and a butter knife on a sea foam colored plate. Reference is from #foodpaintchallenge on Instagram.

Watercolor and gouache still life painting of a trio of blackberries

Watercolor and gouache painting of a slice of watermelon inspired by looking at multiple photos

Watercolor painting of a blueberry muffin based on a reference from #foodpaintchallenge on Instagram

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

One more for #FebruArty #rings + PSA to play with your food (or put down the paints and touch grass 🤷🏼‍♀️ ) I used real cherries to stamp the outlines + painted over with #watercolor. The spatters are also squeezed cherry juice I blew around with a straw… Finally #acrylic white pen for the highlights.

Pressing a halved cherry into watercolor paper to make ring-shaped outlines of dissected cherries

Water color and cherry-juice painting of cherries on a white background

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

#FebruArty #Rings I made this with #metallic #watercolor for a friend’s nursery as a shower gift 🩵💛 It was challenging to adapt my style to what I felt nursery art *should* look like. Her baby just celebrated his first full rotation around the sun (another ring) and I’m tempted to redo as a gift..

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Final #lion for #FishyFeb / #FebruArty ! I grew up drooling over the illustrations of Graeme Base (Sign of the Seahorse, anyone?) and I think a little of that influence has (hopefully!) krept into this painting. This fish is for sure a character. #lionfish #watercolor #gouache #painting #mood

Closeup of a watercolor and gouache painting of a lionfish with its mouth agape

Watercolor and gouache painting of a lionfish with its mouth agape and dirty paint pallets in the background

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Searched for a #lion fish to paint for #FishyFeb / #FebruArty and one in particular really resonated with me for some reason 🤔 Sketched him in bed this morning and hope to paint after work. What would you caption him? I’ll start: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Rough sketch of a lionfish screaming (can fish scream?) into the blue abyss

Photo of a lionfish with its mouth agape (Photo by F1online digitale Bildagentur GmbH/Alamy for Sierra Club magazine)

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Jackie Hanson | NH Artist @jackiehansonart.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Here’s how the painting from my last post turned out! Acrylic on wood panel, 12x16 inches. #botanicalartist #raspberryart #acrylicpainting #natureartwork #realisticpainting

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Today’s #FebruArty entry is these soulful #Eyes giving me the Sarah McLachlan ASPCA special 💛💛 👁️🐽👁️ His name is Karl and he is an #AmericanBulldog and certified sweetheart, unless you’re a tiny dog walking by the window. #dog #dogsofbluesky #painting #watercolor

Closeup on the golden eyes of a watercolor painting of a tawny American bulldog

Watercolor painting of an American bulldog

#FebruArty graphic for February 2025 with themes listed. Today, February 6th’s theme is #Eyes.

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Mitch Goldstein @mgoldst.com · 03/02/2025

a helpful diagram. #art #design

a venn diagram: one cirsl says "f*ck around" , the other says "find out", and the intersectuon says "creative practice."

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Jacqui @jacofalltradesnh.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Don’t talk to strangers unless they’re kindly #antiques dealers. #Purple flowers for #FebruArty, inspired by a photo from this book I got at an antique shop. I never get stuff for free but the older man working there took pity on me because I was starting my first garden and he had some thoughts!

Gouache and permanent marker painting of purple flowers overlaid on a page of a flower book called “Annuals” with the image that inspired them and some background text

Closeup of gouache and marker painting of purple flowers

Painting of purple flowers on top of the book containing the reference photo. The book is called Burpee American Gardening Series: Annuals by Susanne Frutig Bales. The book was source from a New Hampshire antique shop called 101a Antiques in Amherst.

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