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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Working on some digital painting skills with this little cat portrait #digitalpainting #clipstudiopaint #catart

Digital painting of a cat lounging on a windowsill

Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Made it back to seven sacred pools to paint a familiar scene. Tried a blockier approach for the trees today. #gouache #sedona #landscapepainting #pleinair #pleinairpril

A scanned image of my painting of seven sacred pools. Coffee pot rock in the background and the pools in the foreground.

Seven sacred pools with my easel set up and my finished painting.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Chipping sparrows have been jumping all around my backyard lately. This round little guy made the perfect subject for practicing light and detail as I incorporate a bit of oil painting into my routine. #birdart #oilpainting #allaprima

Middle of my sparrow painting. The bird is painted in and I start filling in dark background around it.

My finished (?) sparrow painting. I might come back for another layer after this is dry to make the bird darker.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Boynton vista plein air before the cold weather rolls in tomorrow #pleinair #landscapepainting #pleinairpril #gouache #sedona

Me holding my gouache painting of Boynton vista

A further away photo of my tripod and painting setup

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Last night I squeezed in a quick paint on Teacup in Sedona — a fast-and-loose study of Thunder Mountain before sunset. Kept things pretty abstract since I only had about 45 minutes before I had to hustle home to beat the dark. #goauche #pleinairpril #pleinairpril25 #landscapepainting #scapes

My plein air easel set up in front of thunder mountain in Sedona Arizona. Minutes after sunset.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Beautiful and dramatic day out on Vultee. I had to hide my painting from raindrops for a few minutes but otherwise I really enjoyed the dramatic skies and lighting. #pleinairpril #landscapepainting #gouache #scapes #pleinair

A scan of my painting. It includes two rock faces, one more red and one more white, and a puffy cloud in the middle

My painting on the easel out on the Vultee trail.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I enjoyed #pleinairpril day 08 with my local plein air Tuesday group at the Sedona Wetlands Preserve. Never really painted water scenes before so this was a delightful challenge. Always great to see everyone else’s work too

Photo of my wetlands painting on my easel. The foreground is mostly water with some cattails on the sides

A photo of a dozen or so paintings all together from my plein air Tuesday group.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A quick morning painting before watching the basketball national championship today 😍 #pleinairpril #gouache #painting #landscape #pleinair #landscapepainting

Me holding up my painting in front of the rock face that I painted. In Sedona AZ so we have red rocks and super blue sky.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Now this is the kind of advice I’m here for

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

We had some unexpected snow today so my #pleinairpril day 2 was conducted from the floor by my window 😅 trying out a limited color palette this time. #pleinairpril2025 #gouachepainting

My notebook containing some sketches of rocks, a tree, and a bee.

The view out my window of a snowy patio and tree

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Happy #pleinairpril! I kicked off the month with my local plein air Tuesday group this morning despite some higher winds. I focused on a tree today and didn’t feel like I quite finished but it was a good study. #pleinair #strada

A painting of a twisty tree in front of thunder mountain in Sedona.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I’ve been working on this mini plein air setups and last night took a couple out with my husband for a little art date 💕 weather was perfect here in Sedona so we took advantage. #pleinair #painting #sketching

Two small clipboard-like situations with paper taped on. One is a watercolor painting of cathedral rock and the other is an ink pen sketch of some rocks and desert plants

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Lovely trip out to paint cathedral rock again this weekend 🥰 #pleinair #landscape #painting #gouache

My strada easel set up in Sedona AZ with a painting of cathedral rock

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Oooh loving the last one especially. The color gives it such a cool moodiness

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I’ve been experimenting this week with some smaller contraptions for plein air painting. Built using recycled clipboard and some tools I rented from the local library (having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a scroll saw!) #pleinair #watercolor #crafting #diy #landscape

My hand holding a hinged clipboard with a painting on it. The clipboard holds my water cup, watercolor paints, and my brushes.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I made it out for some plein air in the sun on this rare snowy Arizona day. The snow was melting rapidly before my eyes and below my feet. #pleinair #gouache #landscape #scapes

Photo of my plein air easel set up in front of the coffee pot rock and thunder mountain in Sedona AZ

My scanned painting of a zoomed in view of coffee pot rock and the rocks kinda next to it. Bits of snow on top and a foggy sky in the background

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

You would love it! I feel like it’d work really well for your painting style! It took me some trial and error for sure but once I figured out how I like to layer it’s become my favorite by far

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Cathedral rock plein air today. My biggest plein air piece yet! #pleinair #gouache #landscape #painting #scape

My plein air tripod set up on “lovers knoll” in Sedona Arizona.

A gouache painting of a mostly backlit cathedral rock in Sedona az

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Yeah I’ve really enjoyed the art community here! One other thing I wasn’t aware of when I first joined is that you can add a short description to each image for folks using screen readers (also can impact seo etc). I use the setting you can enable to warn you before you post without alt text.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Nope anyone who checks out the list or has a feed based on the list will see your post! I also set up a feed that surfaces all posts with #pleinair or similar hashtags which I really enjoy following for finding other artists! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Welcome!! I’ll add you to my plein air artists list! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Super quick hike and bike to lizard head for sunset. I love that the weather is getting warmer and the sun is setting later. #scape #pleinair #gouache #landscape

A painting easel set up in front of red rocks at Sunset

A gouache painting of the lizard head rock formation in Sedona, Arizona

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Wow the highlights on this really give it such depth! Great work

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Enjoyed an afternoon out painting on the Mezcal trail in Sedona. The layers and curves on this one were a good challenge. #gouache #pleinair #scapes #landscape #painting #westernart

Gouache painting of the mezcal trail in Sedona AZ.

Photo of my easel and bicycle while I was out painting

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

This trail Ground Control is one of the hardest mountain bike routes I’ve tried in Sedona. Especially with my plein air backpack throwing off my balance I ended up walking a lot of it this time, but the view was worth the effort! #pleinair #goauche #landscape #painting

Gouache painting of an orange rock formation with a blue sky in the background

My plein air easel set up kinda on a cliff in front of the ground control rock formation in Sedona AZ

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Conquering my fear of heights one plein air hike at a time #landscape #gouache #pleinair #painting

Gouache painting of a rock formation with a trail and some greenery in front

Photo of part of the trail that I hiked to get to my painting spot. Gnarly rocks and cliffs

Photo of my easel in front of the rock that I painted

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Kicked off my weekend with a plein air jaunt on my mountain bike in Sedona. It was fun to watch the shadows moving today. #pleinair #gouche #landscape #landscapepainting

A gouache painting of dramatic rocks with a blue sky background and a trail in the foreground. Trees dot across the middle ground.

My plein air painting easel set up in front of my mountain bike and the scene that I painted.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Love the grass textures! Really well done

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Wow this is the best compliment! Thank you!

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I found this twisty tree on the summit loop over lizard head trail in Sedona. Fun to have a non-rock subject #pleinair #gouache #landscape #painting

A gouache painting of a very twisty tree with no leaves on it. The background is a big red rock formation.

My easel set up with the painting on it in golden hour sunlight.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I’m loving the texture on those distant mountains. fantastic work can’t wait to see the finished product!

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Final update: I really enjoyed adding the next detail layer even though the trees upset me and forced some paper towel interventions. Can’t wait to see what the next one holds. #oilpainting #landscape #landscapepainting

16”x20” oil painting of a prairie at sunrise. Faded tree silhouettes in the distance.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Another much needed plein air outing on the trails in Sedona. #pleinair #landscape #gouache #painting

A gouache painting of a red rock in Sedona with some greenery splotched around.

My strada easel set up in front of the mountain I painted.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

This is awesome! Would love to be added if there’s still space 🫶

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Wow! And super interesting to see these shapes alongside the previous couple of mushroom posts. The shapes have such different permanence yet similar form in some ways!

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

So fascinating. And how cool to now be a part of that story

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

This has such a nice cozy feeling to it

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Wow the way you lined up the painting for the second photo is awesome

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Love how free this feels! Thanks for sharing. The stick found on location is awesome.

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Orange cat green fish 😍😍😍

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I had some snowy conditions on my hike out but my painting session ended with some lovely sun peeking through the clouds. Quick painting of lizard head in Sedona from Chimney Rock Pass #pleinair #painting #gouache #hiking

An painting easel set up with my gouache paints in front of some red rock formations in Sedona.

My finished gouache painting with a light foggy sky, lizard head rock formations in the background, and some crisp red rocks and blurry trees in the foreground

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Michelle 🎨 @miched.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Really nice frame choice! What is your process for framing your paintings?

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