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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Really thrilled to have this painting in the "A Day in May" exhibition organised by Auto Amor and the John Martin Gallery and currently on at their Spirit Studios, Suffolk. A lovely collection of diverse work and sales benefitting the wildlife trusts - online catalogue: jmlondon.com/viewing-room...

A painting of a sunny, breezy day. Ash trees sway gently and the sky is full of fair weather cloud.

Details of the "A Day in May" exhibition at Spirit Studios, Suffolk 4 July - 1 August

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Here's Champ! The tartan covered Scottie sculpture I painted for Maggie's Centres Scotties in the City trail. A fab Wild in Art sculpture event. 🐶🥇🎨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Inspired by the Commonwealth Games 2026 & it can be seen at the Buchanan Galleries in #Glasgow. #ScottiesInTheCity #Glasgow2026 #WildInArt

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Close up of my back cover watercolour illustration for "Honest John Pine", a golf book fiction written by Vince Wheeler. #golf #GolfIllustration #watercolour

Close up of Sandra Russell painting a shadow of 3 people walking away from us in the middle of a fairway on a golf course hole, towards the green. Crowds of people watch the game. Watercolour golf illustration.

Work in progress of a close up of Sandra Russell painting a shadow of 3 people walking away from us in the middle of a fairway on a golf course hole, towards the green. Crowds of people watch the game. The people hadn't been coloured in yet. Watercolour golf illustration.

Sandra Russell art painting of 3 people walking away from us in the middle of a fairway on a golf course hole, towards the green. Crowds of people watch the game. Watercolour golf illustration.

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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Anne Sharp was friends with Jane Austen. She died in 1853. Her address was perhaps a pleasant reminder of that friendship.

Death announcement from the Liverpool Mercury, Tuesday 11 January 1853: "Jan. 9, at her residence, St. George's place, Netherfield-road, Everton, Miss Sharp".

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Here's the cover for US author Vince Wheeler's book "Honest John Pine", with my watercolour illustration. So happy that Vince asked and trusted me to create the front and back covers. 🎨⛳️📚 #golf #GolfIllustration #watercolour

Book cover for Honest John Pine. Written by Vince Wheeler. Illustrated by Sandra Russell. Back view of a golfer having just hit a ball. To the left a young girl, sits on the grass. Overall colours of yellow and green.

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

So happy to share a watercolour illustration I created for author Vince Wheeler's book "Honest John Pine", a 1940s golf fiction I can't wait to read. ⛳️📚 #golf #GolfIllustration #watercolour

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 24/03/2026

Authors & publishers posting abt illustrated books: pls credit the ILLUSTRATOR. Not only are helping to boost them, but also shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist. #PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social #KidLit

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Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @joshuaseigal.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Hello everyone! I am Josh, a poet, performer and workshop leader. Do please visit my website for lots of fun, FREE poems and resources: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk. Below is one of my best known poems, which is one of the many on my site. I hope you enjoy, and do please gimme a follow! #EduSky #poetry

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Here’s to enjoying the longer Spring and Summer days ahead. 🌷🌷👩🏻💜🐺🌷🌷 My watercolour illustration of another scene with the girl and the dog. #colour_collective @clr_collective #CCStudioViolet #sandrarussellart #kidlitart #watercolour

Sandra Russell art watercolour of a little girl and her black dog sitting with their backs to us, surrounded by violet tulips. There is a painbrush at the bottom of the artwork.

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Two years ago yesterday I posted the first #NewIllustrationoftheDay on a platform I abandoned the day after the US election. Since the first I've shared 746 images from as many picturebooks (counting Xmas arrangements) - some 500 on Bluesky. If you enjoy this, perhaps encourage a friend to follow?

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

‪ In the rather unlikely event that you are eager to know more about what I'm up to, check out my relaunched website www.nicolettejones.com for books, blog, bio, events and gallery. Many thanks to those who can be bothered. This photo shows me dipping George Eliot's pen. @rsliterature.bsky.social

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Emily Jane Foster @emilyjaneart.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Happy Mother's Day! 🪲🌷

An A6 card on a bookshelf. It features an earwig mother and nymph with a tiny pink heart between them. The text at the top reads 'World's Best Mum'. Signed by Emily Jane Foster.

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Looking forward to Spring with another of my dog and girl watercolour illustrations for this week's #colour_collective , using #CCAndroidGreen . Wishing you all a happy weekend! 🐺🍦👩🏻🇮🇹 #colour_collective #dog #sandrarussellart #kidlitart #watercolour #illustration

Sandra Russell art watercolour illustration of a black labrador dog sitting and looking at a young girl eating an ice cream. Below is the word “Gelato#.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The Persian Sibyl, 1647-8, by Guercino, Italian Baroque painter active in Bologna, died #OTD 1666; the pose and exotic costume of Guercino’s Sibyl inspired Mengs, Benjamin West, and Louise Élisabeth Vigée Lebrun. Musei Capitolini

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Andrew Fraser (Drew) @cartoonsidrew.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

A post budget #cartoon from the reject pile

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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

More recognition for women artists, please.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Metamorphosis: Apollo and Daphne, c. 1625, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, great Italian Baroque sculptor & architect; died #OTD 1680. Galleria Borghese

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

The paper artworks of Asya Kozina who also designs life-sized sculptures, wedding dresses and masks, 100% out of paper #WomensArt

Photo of a white woman, upper half facing left, wearing a huge head piece created with white paper resembling an enlarged 18th century wig with a ship with sails on top

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NORTHERN RESIDENT ARTIST @northresidentart.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

In amongst the Lancashire day bookfest….my art

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

My coloured pencil version of @StudioTeaBreak.bsky.social’s #PortraitChallenge suggestion to draw ‘Thyra Elisabeth’, painted by her sister Ellen Thesleff, the original was created in 1892. #sketch #drawing #portrait #DrawnOnTheFrontOfAnEnvelope

Sandra Russell art coloured pencil portrait of a young woman with eyes almost closed and with long hair. To the right are two coloured pencils.

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Catching up with another fab #PortraitChallenge set by @studioteabreak.bsky.social. My pencil #sketch of Portrait of Laurie Morrocco, original was oils on canvas painted by his father, Alberto Morrocco, 20th century. The eyes were so tiny to draw… #DrawnOnTheBackOfAnEnvelope #drawing #portrait

Sandra Russell art pencil sketch of Alberto Morrocco’s portrait of his son Laurie, wearing a black jacket and sitting on a white chair. A black and a white pencil are placed beside the drawing that is on the back of a used brown envelope.

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NORTHERN RESIDENT ARTIST @northresidentart.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Junes the Florist, Southport

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I’ve pre-ordered my copy and can’t wait to read it! Another gem from Stephen Proctor to add to my bookshelf. 📚⛳️🏌🏻‍♀️ #golf #GolfHistory #GolfLit #WomensGolf

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

"Reframing Women Printmakers" a NEW book from WA looks at historic, global, Indigenous and contemporary hugely talented printmakers! Have you got your copy yet? 🧡💛🧡 Via www.waterstones.com/book/reframi... Or any good online or local bookstore in your area or country!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Happy August all!⛱️🌈🌞 Thank you for following 🧡 !

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Every day the world presents you with the wrong battles, designed to waste your energy so you don't fight the right ones.

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I will never, ever get over this.

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Doug Savage @savagechickens.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The Future of A.I. - www.patreon.com/posts/future...

Two chickens at a computer. The one in the suit says "Tired of reading A.I.-generated slop on the internet? Try our new A.I. reading tool that consumes content so you don't have to!"
The other chicken says "Finally! Nobody has to read the content that nobody wrote!"
In the distant future, a parent reads a book to their children, "And that, children, is how the internet died."
"Cool!" says one of the kids.

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Doug Savage @savagechickens.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Best Life. www.patreon.com/posts/best-l...

Chicken lying on the couch: "I'm living my best life!"
Chicken standing nearby: "No, you're living your life at everybody else's expense."

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Having fun drawing @studioteabreak.bsky.social ’s #PortraitChallenge. 🥴📖✍️ My black & white pencil on brown recycled paper version of “Strong smell” character study, sculpted by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt circa 1770-1781 cast in lead-tin alloy. Victoria and Albert Museum #sketch #sketchbook #art

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Studio Tea Break @studioteabreak.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Thursday #PortraitChallenge! ✍️ ‘Strong smell’ character study, sculpted by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt sometime between 1770-1781, cast in lead-tin alloy Victoria & Albert Museum en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_X... Larger image: commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ch...

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

The best tip (imo) for illustrated books: never repeat what's in the text in the image. Always add something to the narrative in the image. Think of the art and words as two widgets in a machine with slightly different jobs that work together to make the machine work.

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

My coloured pencil sketch version of @StudioTeaBreak.bsky.social #PortraitChallenge - ‘Retired Schoolmistress’, painted by Evelyn Dunbar in 1955, via @ahistoryinart. #TheDailySketch #portrait #sketchbook

Sandra Russell art coloured pencil sketch on brown recycled paper of a woman’s portrait sitting and holding her hands together. On the right are two coloured pencils.

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Studio Tea Break @studioteabreak.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Thursday #PortraitChallenge! ✍️ ‘Retired Schoolmistress’, painted by Evelyn Dunbar in 1955 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_... via @ahistoryinart.bsky.social

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Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Oops! 🐭 Little peek at an illustration for our seventh #Adventuremice book, launching this October ✍️

Ink and watercolour illustration of seven mice caught up in a net, looking abashed. From the upcoming book ‘Adventuremice: Mousehole to the Centre of the Earth’ by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre

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Studio Tea Break @studioteabreak.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Thurday #PortraitChallenge! ✍️ Young Man Reading, painted by Octavian Smigelschi in 1892. Brukenthal National Museum en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia... via @wikivictorian.bsky.social

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

My Waddle-on-Sea penguin is out for all to see! ✨🐧🧣✈️✨ It’s for a fab Wild in Art trail raising awareness and funds for @havenshospices.bsky.social in Southend-on-Sea. Tag me if you spot Captain P. Penguin in Leigh-on-Sea! Wilson James are my sponsors. #WaddleOnSea #WildInArt #LeighOnSea #penguin

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

UK artist Laura Knight, Untrodden Sands, 1912 #WomensArt #Summer

Painting featuring two female figures on the sand of an empty beach by tbe sea, one figure is a small happy looking child with dress and sun hat and the other is an older girl or adult with flowing dark hair and white dress in tbe sea breeze

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Studio Tea Break @studioteabreak.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Thursday #PortraitChallenge! ✍️ Portrait of Louise d'Épinay, drawn in pastels by Jean-Étienne Liotard around 1759 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-%C...

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Andrew Fraser (Drew) @cartoonsidrew.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

#cartoon about freezing too obsolete for the modern world

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Australian Robert Ingpen, now 88. Sampling exceptional draughtsmanship from his illustrated Alice. Posting for the 160th anniversary intermittent Alice illustrations by living artists from breathtaking work prompted by Carroll’s book. @thestorymuseum.bsky.social #Alice

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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

*** PLR alert *** Don't forget to register your books for Public Lending Right before 30 June folks! #kidlitUK

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Clip of my painting process creating the Albyn School tartan for the “All One Clan” Wild In Art sculpture event in aid of Clan Cancer Support called The BookBench Trail. It’s at the Westburn Park in #Aberdeen for several weeks. #TheBookBenchTrail #OpenUpWithClan #SandraRussellArt #WildInArt

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I painted “All One Clan” for The BookBenchTrail that is at Westburn Park, in #Aberdeen. In aid of Clan Cancer Support. My Wild In Art sculpture is sponsored by Albyn School and features it’s school tartan, seen below. 🟦🟨🛋🟥🟩🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #TheBookBenchTrail #OpenUpWithClan #WildInArt

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Jonesy Cartoons @jonesycartoons3.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

This #cartoon was published in The Oldie... #diningout #restaurant #ripoff

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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Drawing @studioteabreak.bsky.social’s #PortraitChallenge whilst on a rocking train going backwards. 📖✍️😄🛤 My coloured pencil version of Portrait of the Painter Hans Massmann, painted in oil and metallic paint on canvas by Egon Schiele in 1909. #sketching #DailySketch

Sandra Russell art pencil portrait on brown recycled paper of Egon Shiele’s Portrait of the Painter Hans Massmann. Two coloured pencils on the right.

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