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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#hARToween26 Day 13, we have 13 bats for your viewing displeasure, and the first panel of a new page of thumbnails. #bats #spooky #art #darkart #halloween #graphite #sketchbook

1/6th thumbnail “a cauldron of bats” in black and white graphite on cold pressed paper

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Hooray for a spooky art share! I am JL, a New York artist working in traditional media. Here’s a taste of what I’ve made this month:

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Day 12 of #hARToween26 we have a histHORRORical prompt. I did a quick sketch of the Endurance trapped in the ice of arctic seas (1915). #art #shipwreck #sketch #artist #drawing #drawingchallenge #blackandwhite #darkart #historical #spooky #haunted

The ship Endurance trapped in arctic ice
Graphite on cold pressed paper

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

For day 10 of #hARToween26 we have a silhouette. Posting my plague doc before going to my friends funeral. Sad day. #art #artist #artchallenge #darkart #drawing #colouredpencil #spooky #plaguedoctor

Silhouette of a plague doctor done in coloured pencil on cold pressed paper.

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I only had about 5mins today to create a nightmare fish tank for day five of #hARToween26 so here’s my quick sketch #art #sketch #roughsketch #fish #drawing #drawingchallenge #pencil #artist #scaryfish #spooky #deepsea #nightmare

From the top, angler fish, barracuda, and shark getting ready to eat them all
Graphite sketch on paper

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Owl be seeing you for day three of #hARToween26 Just a quick one today because I’m sick and I want to go back to pretending to be dead. #art #artchallenge #artist #drawing #owl #graphite #october #spooky #spookyseason

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You don’t even know what you’re saying. See highlighted below. your own words. Try paying attention when you talk.

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#hARToween26 day two! We are here and for today we are holding a spooky lantern. I love an excuse to draw bones 🦴 #art #artchallenge #drawing #graphite #skeleton #lantern #spooky #artist #traditionalmeduim #october #halloween #spookyart

A skeletal arm in a cloak holding an old lantern done in graphite on paper

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#hARToween26 is here and so am I. Cheers to day one and all the creepy crawlies who make this season what it is. Especially the #spider. #art #artist #spooky #Pencil #traditionalmedium

Huge purple spider resting in her web at sunset

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I got to meet Hugo McCloud today. He is an exceptional artist who works with unusual mediums. His piece « Hidden Reflections » is prominent in the new Obama Presidential Center. He’s such an interesting guy and it was very cool to talk with him today. #art #artist #gallery #contemporaryart #obama

On stage L to R: asl interpreter, Hugo McCloud, Tim Peterson (curator of contemporary art for MAG)
On screen: Hidden Reflections by Hugo McCloud

« Jackos Shadow » by Hugo McCloud.
Single use plastic on canvas.

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This chill in the air is inspiring another spooky house #drawing. I’ve decided to do this composition in a 5x7. 👻🎃🪦 #art #artist #autumn #spooky #spookyseason #graphite #ink #TraditionalMedium

Sketchbook drawings of a spooky house with overgrown grass and dead trees

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I met this lovely lady today. She enjoyed it very much when I took her picture, she even tried to take my phone when I showed her. Then she tried to take my daughter’s bike. Now that I think of it… this lady was a little sus. #prayingmantis #bicycle #insect #summer #creatures #sus

Female praying mantis sitting on a child’s bike seat

Praying mantis attempting to ride a child’s mountain bike

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Found this teeny tiny baby snail on my beach. There were several others that had broken shells but this little one survived the surf. He’s about the size of my pinky finger nail. Let’s all be the resilient survivour snail today. 🤘🐌 #snail #wildlife #beach #GreatLakes #Ontario #Resilient

Tiny baby snail on a rock, on another rock, in my hand.

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The best part about summer ending: #Harvest

Table of recently harvested fruits and veg. From the left: Concord grapes, tomatoes, a Dalia onions, mars grapes, sweet corn and my tea kettle

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Goodnight boaters, floaters, and creatures of the deep. The laborious task of being human resumes upon the morrow. #sunset #GreatLakes #LakeOntario #goodnight #yellowsky #bluewater #LabourDay #silhouette

Sunset over Lake Ontario with a boat sailing toward the sun

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Little baby bullfrog didn’t want to be my friend. But that’s ok. He’s still a cute little guy. #frog #wildlife #bullfrog #littlegentleman

Close up of a small bullfrog sitting on the crack of a concrete sidewalk

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I think this little painted turtle is trying to self-domesticate. He’s been hanging out with me all day. I’d let him in but I don’t think he would actually like being a house turtle. #turtle #nature #wildlife #GreatLakes #LakeOntario #paintedturtle #littlegentleman

Painted turtle sitting on the seal of my sliding glass door, tucked safely behind a granite rock

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I read “Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep” in anticipation of reading this one. I am pretty excited. It looks quite good. #amreading #scifi #booksky

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Mornin’ creatures of the deep. Monday is a perfect time to mail live roaches to those who wish to oppress you. Be ungovernable and prosper. #goodmorning #sunrise #GreatLakes #LakeOntario #photography #nature

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Voyeuristic sun says get up and creep. Creep on those who intend to bring you discomfort. Be the problem you wish to see in the world. #goodmorning #sunrise #LakeOntario #greatlakes

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Another beautiful sunset over the waters of Lake Ontario. #sunset #GreatLakes #LakeOntatio #photography

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Going to float for a while to absorb the waters natural destructive powers. #greatlakes #LakeOntario #bluesky #bluewater #swim

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Its name is Lake Ontario. Some orange bafoon cannot change that. #GreatLakes #Ontario #sunset

Yellow and red sunset over the rough waters of Lake Ontario

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It’s actually shameful to post ai bullshit when there are so many opportunities to capture something worth posting in real life. How embarrassing.

Churned up Lake Ontario waters under spots of rain clouds

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

After a day of wind and rain, we got a little treat. Thanks nature. #greatlakes #sunset #Ontario #beach #storm #colourful #rain #clouds

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JL Foster @jlfoster.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Mornin’ creatures! Let’s get those fossilized white dudes outta power today, yeah? #sunrise #greatlakes #goodmorning #Ontario #bluewater #orangesky #horizon #wakeup

Sunrise over Lake Ontario with clouds altering the horizon line

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