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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

S&S got me into sketching in the first place! I can’t make this one, but maybe another soon.

Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Four 5min #sketchbook #doodles of/from @beth-mg.bsky.social (the 3 in black from her website, the red from Bluesky, ph. credit Allyn Saroyan) I’ll make another couple attempts at the top left ballet pose—feels like a bird taking flight. #figuredrawing #draw #inktober

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I finally deleted my IG. Decided to be done with that platform: its ad-driven algos and inconsistent hypocrisy. #sketchbook #sketchpad #gesturedrawing #gestures #figuredrawing #timeddrawing #draw #chicagodraws #goodbyeIG

Five pen sketch drawings of female models in various poses.

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

#sketchbook Monday with Emory Aletha! Drawing live - even virtually - is refreshing and forces me to consider angles, postures, and gestures that I usually skip in flat reference media.

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The evolution of my #sketchbook will be #watercolor. I did these summer 2023, before doubling down on figures and line work once again. #chicago #chicagodraws #urbandrawing

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

First few #warmupsketches of @whitney-masters.bsky.social from their shadowy #gestures #reference kit! Roughly 3 min timer on each, the foreshortening is going to be a good challenge this time. #sketchbook #pendrawing #chicagodraws #figuredrawing

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

@jeffmiracola.com inspired #macabredrawing based on his Ink Drawings Vol. 1. This is #notAI but a #drawing #sketchbook homage of an artist and illustrator I’ve admired for 25 years. #doodle #pendrawing #chicagodraws

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Aim.model @aimmodel.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

🇪🇺EU TOUR🗺️ 🇪🇸Spain South & East June 2nd - mid/late June, 🇬🇮Gibraltar 4th-7th June (remote location shoots possible) 🇦🇩Andorra late June📸 🇫🇷🇲🇨South France & Monaco late June - early July, 🇨🇭🇮🇹 Lugano & Italy early - mid July, 🇲🇹Malta mid - late July, 🏝️🇮🇹🇨🇭🇫🇷 🇬🇧 Elba, Italy, Swiss, France, UK early - mid AUG

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Another @sarascarletmodel.bsky.social doodle; no photographer credited. 5-min quick #pendoodle #sketchbook with just 3 colours of pencil after my #figuredrawing timer expired. #chicagodraws #fromreference #drawingjournal.

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Sera Rose | Art Model and Photographer @seraroseart.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Wow, another amazing piece by @xenides.bsky.social inspired by a photo from @aaronrayburnphoto.bsky.social It perfectly captures the essence of the photo and moves into the fantastical :) I love it #art #figuremodel #referencemodel

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

About 20 minutes of totally Freeform #sketching in my #drawingjournal #sketchbook #pendrawing All done sans reference, too. Feels liberating to just #draw whatever comes to the page. #humanform #justkeepdrawing #silhouetteandshadow #chicagodraw

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

20-minute warmup doodle of/from @sarascarletmodel.bsky.social with photo by Denis Claes. Continuing my slow journey adding background and objects to my pages #sketchbook #figuredrawing #freehanddrawing #doodle

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Longer and larger #sketches than my norm in this #sketchbook. I’m now two years into this drawing hobby—very very slowly losing the chicken scratch; though hands faces and feet are tough. Left #figure inspired by @modeladventurer.bsky.social right #unknownmodel #gesture #drawing #drawingjournal

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I felt my #sketches yesterday were total garbage and felt disheartened. Back at it today though and it felt good. 60-second initial timer, post color by crayon #artjournal #sketchbook #gesturedrawing #humanform #timeddrawing #nudegestures quickposes .com #silhouetteandshadowcommunity #chicagoart

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Modeladventurer • A human who models @modeladventurer.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Had a wonderful vacation, coming back to the real world tomorrow. Mask created and film photography by @andiemodel.bsky.social Join my mailing list: Themodeladventurer.com #artmodel #artnude #filmphotography #film #photography #fineArtPhotography #vancouvermodel #ottawamodel #torontomodel

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

20x 30-second #gesturedrawing #timeddrawing #sketchbook #fromreference via QuickPoses.com. #silhouetteandshadowcommunity #figuredrawing #gestures #freedrawingreference I ought to have set my timer for 20 minutes, as I was feeling warmed up into the second page.

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Michael @michael-rainbird.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I’m amazed at how much the little blending stump can accomplish—Even two years into my drawing journey. #figuredrawing #sketchbook #humanform #Doodle #drawingfromreference

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