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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Hanging out on the sidewalk in front of @toppotdoughnuts.bsky.social on Summit this morning with my best pal and best gal drawing trees and crushing maple bars.

A small silver and gray terrier dog sits in the photographer’s lap on the left, with a table in the foreground with a small drawing pad and an ink drawing of a tree, a couple cups of coffee and a box of donuts, and in the background a trunk of a large tree on a city street.

An urban sketch - pen and ink drawing of a large tree on city street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hard to pick just one. Whiskey & Watson

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Always happy to see cornflower blue enter my timeline.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

We have a friend that has an Angela Lansbury tattoo (!), so a print of this would be the perfect gift.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

She is also a victim of sexual assault.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Was up in North Bend this afternoon and decided to get a quick ten minute sketch of Twede’s while we were waiting for our food across the street.

A black and white pen and ink drawing of Twede’s Cafe, in North Bend, Washington. Twede’s is famously the location of the Double R Diner from Twin Peaks.

Urban sketching. #urbansketching

In the later afternoon sun, a man in a plaid shirt with his back to the viewer sits on a bench across the street from Twede’s Cafe, in North Bend, Washington. Twede’s is famously the location of the Double R Diner from Twin Peaks.

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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Send this to a painter struggling with clouds. If you struggle painting clouds, start by mixing the right colors. Follow for more tips and happy painting!

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

She always said “Use the biggest brush you can for the smallest details!” And would just paint circles around me while I got locked up fussing over some dumb minutiae for an entire day. I decided to finally try it, and holy shit, magic. Almost 30 years later and that advice still serves me well.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It was a crazy, soulless grind, but I learned a tremendous amount from working there with very talented artists, and one of them was a lady who worked at the easel next to me who did these incredibly detailed garden and flower paintings, and the smallest brush she ever used was a 10 Filbert.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The highest official art education I received was a couple years at community college. Some of the best unofficial art education was working as a production artist that churned out “fine art” painting reproductions for the likes of Ethan Allen and interior decorators for hotels.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Well, look for it there in December, that is.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I like how Scrooge Rocha, despite not wearing either pants nor shoes, are still wearing spats. 🤣 I’ll have to look for this one the next time I’m at the Fantagraphics shop.

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Fantagraphics @fantagraphics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lucy contains multitudes! (Art from Peanuts Every Sunday 1956-1960: Paperback Edition by Charles M. Schulz) ow.ly/iwtK50ZRyIV

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Some #urbansketching this afternoon at the new Inkling Art Cafe on 19th with my buddy. I’ll never not love drawing trees, but I feel like I may have overcooked this one a bit. Was trying some stuff out, some things worked, some didn’t. But drawing on this beautiful day is still a win in my book.

Perspective of the viewer sitting in a sidewalk seating corral in front of a coffee shop on 19th Ave in Capitol Hill, Seattle. A small terrier dog is laying down on a bench in the foreground along with a sketched and a cup of coffee, in the background is the tree that is being drawn in said sketchbook. It is a sunny and pleasant afternoon.

A ink pen line drawing of a tree in front of a multi-story building with a Rivian R1S SUV parked in front of it at the curb. The branches and canopy are curving to the left.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Same. And the empty containers were good for loosey cigarettes and weed. 😂

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What else do you want to see in our break room? The HVAC unit and ducting? 😂

A pen and ink drawing of an industrial Rubbermaid garbage can and below it a generic soda vending machine.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I apologize for nothing. I love my little shitty trash can drawing!😂

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Does this count for urban sketching?

A drawing of an industrial Rubbermaid trash can in a break room.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

*Breaking tree painting news* The underpainting begins…

A pencil drawing with the beginnings of a Burnt Sienna underpainting of a wind-swept Douglas Fir tree on a wood board.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I actually knew a guy named Bemis!

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A painting I did of Dolly some years ago. May she see her beloved Carl again and rest in peace. The world is a little dimmer today, but what a life well lived. We love you Dolly!

An acrimonious portrait of Dolly Parton circa 1980

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It’s the billy club sliding across the dash that is the cherry on top for me.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This would pop up on MTV once in a while in the late 80’s, I think usually during 120 Minutes. Always loved the Was Not Was song and the animation. My brothers and I have parroted it back and forth to each other for years.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This afternoon my wife and I were out & around in LQA and I had pens but no pad on me to do a little urban sketching. Grabbed a cheap little sketchbook at a drug store to remedy that & sketched this cool tree in front of the restaurant where we were eating. Been liking drawing trees lately.

A pen and ink drawing of a tree with a felt tip Micron drawing pen laying on the drawing.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I’ve been doing this for a while now and it’s been incredibly helpful. I have graduated to using refillable & reusable acrylic paint markers (I fill mine with either burnt Sienna or Payne’s gray), add a touch of water, & they have agitator balls. It’s drawing with paint, & it’s so satisfying.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

DON’T USE AI GENERATED SLOP IN CARL SAGAN’S NAME

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Getting outside the windowless cave I work in for some daylight and a little urban sketching.

An ink line drawing of the old reservoir pump house at Cal Anderson Park, Capitol Hill, Seattle.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Since everyone is clamoring for an update (no one is clamoring for an update)

A pencil drawing of a wind-swept Douglas Fir tree on a wood board.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My wife wanted to watch a horror movie tonight, so Egger’s Nosferatu it is. I’ll pick this back up in the morning, hopefully to put paint to it by tomorrow evening.

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Poodle Ranger @poodleranger.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Where I worked during this time had a couple of vending machines always stocked with this stuff. I drank the ever living shit out of these for about two years.

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