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Nee, ich hatte mal kurzzeitig drüber nachgedacht, als Meta zunehmend inakzeptabel wurde (bin dort noch, aber mit Bauchgrummeln und immer weniger) und bin dann bei Bluesky gelandet. Damit ist mein Plattform-Bedarf erstmal gedeckt 😅…

Ja, hab ich auch schon von gehört,… next time 😅 🍸!

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☺️ Merci! Das bisschen Wetter 💪🏻😅!

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Na, gerne! Und danke für die lieben Worte! ☺️

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Sketching in freezing cold Hamburg today. It was fun, and very challenging, frozen watercolour and all🥶. #urbansketching

Sketchbook showing watercolour sketch of a wintery Hamburg forest scene.

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Thank you so much, and merry Christmas to you, too! And all the best for 2026… I’m currently with my in-laws in South Africa, so it’s a very warm and sunny Christmas for us this year ☺️, not the usual gloomy Hamburg winter 😉.

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Much needed catch-up with family, …child had long moved on with his life by the time I finished this sketch 😅. Have a good one, guys! ♥️ #urbansketch #peoplesketching #christmastime

Open sketchbook showing sketch of a child in the swimming pool

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Absolutely! It was so inspirational, I’m so glad I got the chance to take a workshop with her!!!

Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Happy weekend, people of Bluesky! ♥️

Watercolour sketch of a twig of rose hips

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

♥️ Let us know when you are!

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Trying to keep up the sketching energy as winter approaches and the days get shorter and colder (and somehow busier?!?). Have a lovey evening, everyone! ♥️

Autumny sketch of Hamburgs park Planten un Blomen.

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

This one is on heavy rotation almost every time I sit down to paint, it’s so good♥️♥️♥️! Which one is track 5, is that Do it all again? I’ll have to listen more closely next time! All the best for the things ahead!

Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Thank you, Jill! You must let us know should you ever come to Hamburg! But I must say, it sounds like a lovely and lively community that you’re a part of over there, music and art, and community, I love it! 🥰 All the best from foggy autumny Hamburg!

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Sketching with Urban Sketchers Hamburg today, single digit temperatures (hence the glove) but endless sunshine. Perfect! The location was Kampnagel, a local independent event space and theatre. #usk #uskhamburg

Sketchbook showing sketch of Kampnagel main entrance area

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Went on a coffee date with a non sketcher friend who very graciously let me sketch her while we chatted… I did add much of the colour and the details later, as I wanted to focus on her and our conversation ♥️ #usk #coffeesketch #watercoloursketch

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Much appreciated break from it all at the banks of the River Elbe in the middle of Hamburg. Gotta love this city! ♥️ #usk #urbansketching #watercolour #hamburg

Open sketchbook showing watercolour sketch of the Elbufer in Hamburg

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

In other news, I sketched at a coffeeplace yesterday, boomers on my right discussing life on a boat, fellow millennials on my left complaining about gentrification in Hamburg (see alt text for translation of speech bubbles) … we’ll be ok, right? …right?? #urbansketching #escapism

Open sketchbook showing coffeehouse, cup of coffee in the foreground. Speech bubbles saying „it started in Schanze and then spilled over to Ottensen…“, and „I cook only Pasta in summer“, and „and then I took the scraper and sssssst… and then some dish soap …“

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Thank you so much! You should definitely start your own sketches, go for it! ☺️

Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Feel better soon! Same here, had to cancel a short trip to Gdańsk this weekend because of the damn C virus…🙄 Feeling ok-ish though, so lots of unexpected time to read, sketch, take in the late summer sun…

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Little garden sketch for you guys… have a good one! #usk #watercoloursketch

sketchbook showing sketch of garden plants, a little Buddha sculpture and a bamboo hedge

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Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

You guys should come to Hamburg next 🤩, just an idea 😉! All the best for the tour and have fun!!!

Nina @ninavanryn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Caught the post-symposium bug and spent the day on the couch 🤧. How are you all doing? …and yes, I’ll probably end up filling those sketched pages of the sketched sketchbook 😉 #usk

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Hi guys! Here’s an unfinished post-Symposium sketch of my studio quickly done today while waiting for my next student. …trying to keep the sketching momentum going and not be too picky about the perfect moment or the perfect time to sketch. Have a good week! ♥️ #usk

Unfinished Sketch of music room with piano in the foreground

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Thank you so much! ☺️

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Thank you so much! Fun was definitely had ☺️ 🖌️!

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