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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

So, I answered an open call for a juried exhibition in March—the first time I’d ever done anything like that. I was thrilled to find out I’d been accepted, and even more thrilled to learn my painting won an honourable mention, and sold opening night. #OilPainting #ArtShow #Summer&GraceGallery

An oil painting in square format showing an open jar of honey in front of a window. A spiral honey dipper balances on the edge of the jar with one drop of honey suspended, shining in the light from the window. At the other end of the dipper rests a honey bee, providing a counterbalance for the drop. The jar of honey glows with light in shades of white, lemon yellow, gold, orange and ochre.

This is a screenshot from the Instagram stories of the Summer & Grace Gallery showing the Award of Honourable Mention for the painting described in the previous image.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I did a little sketch of my handsome fellow last night. #Art #Sketchbook #Drawing #Cats

A pencil sketch of a cat’s face that fills up the majority of the page. The only colour is the yellow/green of the cat’s eyes.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Anyone else absolutely addicted to this show? My husband and I finished the latest season and days later he said, “Well, do you want to start at the beginning?” It was an enthusiastic yes from me! Who should I draw next? #Sketchbook #Severance #PencilSketch #Art

A pencil sketch of Innie Mark holding a bunch of blue balloons, looking confused or concerned, or both. The balloons and blue card on a lanyard around his neck are the only source of colour in the drawing.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I’ve been doing some long neglected website updating and found a few old paintings that I had completely forgotten lurking in the photo archives. Hello again little fellow. #BSkyArt #OilPainting #TraditionalArt #CowArt

A small painting of a white faced cow with reddish brown neck and ears. The head and ears occupy most of the canvas, with a bit of green grass and shrubs in the background. There is warm white light on the left side of the cow’s head with pale purple shadow on the right.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling clementine. 🎶 An unfinished drawing from the sketchbook. #sketch #drawing #PencilCrayons #BSkyArt

A soft, pencil crayon sketch of three sections of clementine, peeled and arranged on a white plate, casting purple shadows out behind them. The colours are soft, almost pastel, and the light shines through making some sections of the clementine translucent.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Spring is here, it’s official! 🌷 Now I just have to convince our 7 day weather forecast to get on board… #BSkyArt #OilPainting #TraditionalArt #FineArt #Daffodils

An oil painting of a cluster of sunlit daffodils with white petals and small orange trumpets, bright against a warm, dark background.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand. —W. B. Yeats A page from the sketchbook. For those days when you’d rather be in Fairyland.

A sketchbook page showing an old, twisted tree rippling with colour: blues and greens, pinks and lavenders and golden yellow. There are luminescent mushrooms at the base of the tree and along the trunk. There is a lighted doorway with steps leading into the tree, and a lantern hanging by the door. Fern fronds and moss cover the forest floor around the tree. The sketch is in pencil crayon.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

A page from the sketchbook this evening. A couple of queens. #BskyArt #Sketchbook #Drawing

A pencil sketch showing a honey bee queen perched atop a wooden chess piece—also a queen.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I sketched a bunny while watching a show with my husband last night. Not gonna lie, I kind of love him. And the bunny is pretty cute, too. #bskyart #Sketchbook #drawing #PencilCrayons

A little pencil crayon sketch of a white rabbit with purple morning glories around its feet and green grass fading off to the left of the page. The bunny is very colourful despite the fact that he’s white.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Congratulations on 9k followers! And thanks for the #ArtShare! I’m a Canadian artist working in oil and watercolour. Here are some recent favourites.

A Holstein cow grazes in a bright green field.

A small, square oil painting showing a grey cat curled up in a chair underneath a window, licking his paw as the light falls on his soft fur. There is a copper watering can on a cabinet to the left.

A small grey chicken lays in the hay next to a barn door and wall. A shaft of sunlight falls across her, causing her feathers to glow, and the straw glows white and gold around her.

A painting of white Irises in a garden. The flowers are largely in shadow and appear in shades of blue and mauve. A few ribbons of sunlight ripple through the shadowy mass of petals, stems, and leaves.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I’ll absolutely get on board… Quote post a photo of something you have made in yellow and blue to show your support for Ukraine. #YellowAndBlue #Ukraine

A pencil crayon sketch of two lemon halves, one angled forward, the other angled back, casting shadows behind them. There are many shades of yellow in the lemon and it is complimented by a soft blue background.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

“Well, it’s a marvellous night for a moondance”… A page from my ‘fancy’ sketchbook, just because. #Art #Drawing #LunaMoth #Moon #BskyArt

A sketchbook page showing a pale green Luna Moth with a pink moon behind, surrounded by a ‘frame’ twined with green tendrils and large white moonflowers in a purple field of colour that darkens as it moves down the page. There is another ‘frame’ around this section with embellished corners and a green band at the bottom that reads “La Bella Luna”.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Here’s an oil portrait commission from a few years ago. I remember that it was wild trying to figure out those waves. 18x24 inches, oil on canvas. #Art #OilPainting #Portrait #TraditionalArt

An old man sits in a fishing boat, holding up a fish in each hand. He is smiling, wearing a red ball cap and a red and black checked shirt over dark pants. There is a red gas can, a fishing creel, a rod and two oars placed around the boat. The water behind the fishermen is dark and choppy.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Here’s a February birch in oil. Can’t you just feel the chill in that wintry blue sky? This one has sold. #Art #BSkyArt #TraditionalArt #Painting #OilPainting

A birch tree catches sunlight against a cool blue winter sky. There are long, blue shadows on the snow in the foreground and fields of snowy, ochre coloured grass leading back to a ruddy tree line, a church steeple, and some distant buildings.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I had to have another go at the unsuccessful still life from a few weeks back. This time I went with a more dramatic, natural light and I think it’s made all the difference. 5x5 inches, oil on canvas. #Art #StillLife #OilPainting #TraditionalArt #Realism #WomenArtists

Sunlight catches on the light pink flowers of a miniature orchid in a white pot which sits next to a pale green candlestick on a warm wooden surface. Behind the orchid is a ceramic bowl which, in shadow, appears to be of deep turquoise blue.

Two small paintings lay side by side. The left one shows a small, pink orchid in a white pot placed in front of a large, pale turquoise bowl with a circular handle and swirling embellishments. A gold fabric hangs down the right hand side of this painting.
On the right is a similar painting, but the pink flowers, lit by the sun, stand out against the deep turquoise of the dish which is in shadow. The bright light also catches a pale green candlestick on the right side of the painting.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 20/02/2025

Heyyyoooo! I hit 12k! 🥳 Let's do an #ArtShare, this time with WINGS! 🦋 Angel wings, butterfly wings, bat wings, space craft wings... All wings are valid! Rules: 🦋 Repost this! 🦋 Add alt text to your images 🦋 INTERACT! Don't drop and go 🦋 No NFT, No AI 🦋 Invite friends if you want! (Optional)

Image of a man with bird wings in black and white, crouching on the ground, pulling arrows out of them. Text over top reads: 12k Art share. Theme: Wings. Share your wing art... All wings allowed! Rules: • Repost this post for visibility.
• Add alt. Posts with no alt will be ignored
• Posts not on theme will be ignored.
• Interact. Do not drop your stuff and leave. I can see when you
do/don’t. If you don’t, your post will be ignored.
• No NFT, No AI. Human made stuff only.
• Writing, “crafts”, etc... Those are art, share them too!

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I realized that, for no particular reason whatsoever, I’ve been posting a lot of farm animal content lately. And so, for fun, I thought I’d keep the trend going. Here’s one from a while back. 4x6 inches, watercolour on paper #art #watercolour #TraditionalArt #bskyArt #realism #chickens

A quick and loose watercolour sketch of a white chicken with black speckled feathers. There are translucent layers of yellows, purples and mauves making up the feathers and body. The comb and wattle are shades of orange and red, with pink around the eye.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Some summer cows and their donkey protector. 10x10 inches, oil on canvas.

Three brown cows and one grey donkey grazing in a field, in a patch of low, evening sunlight. They are illuminated in this strip of golden yellow against a backdrop of deep green foliage.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Are sketches allowed? Here’s one of my very fluffy, temperamental old man. #BlueSkyArtShow #CatArt #Monochrome #Sketchbook

A loose charcoal sketch of a cat sitting on the end of an old wooden table. Sunlight coming in from an unseen window falls across the table and catches on the edges of his fur.

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Margo Price @missmargoprice.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Write a poem Sing in the shower Pick up the guitar Paint something Write a book Plant a garden Make love All these things are acts of joy and rebellion Turn off your phone and make the art

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Fresh off the easel—this happy lady out with her besties, having a snack while she soaks up some sun. I hope everyone gets a chance today to do something they love, with someone they love. Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️ #Art #TraditionalArt #OilPainting #Realism #Cows #bskyArt

A Holstein cow bends low to eat grass in a bright green field. The sun is behind her and she is haloed with warm white. There are dark green shadows in the surrounding field, contrasting with the vivid green sunlit areas. The painting format is square.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I was doing a ‘sketch a night’ for a while there and I asked my son what I should draw on one of the days I was lacking inspiration. He said “draw a dwarf blacksmith, but make the fire the only source of colour.” I think he was on to something there. #art #bskyart #sketchbook #fantasy

A sketchbook lies on a table next to yellow and orange pencil crayons, a smudge stick and eraser. The book is open to a page showing a stout dwarf at an anvil, hammer in one hand, his arm raised above his head ready to strike the hot metal blade in front of him. There is a stone forge and chimney behind and a barrel of water to the side. The sketch is black and white graphite with fiery, coloured accents.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

If you see this, QRP with your portrait art A portrait of my nephew. 8x10 inches, watercolour on Arches.

A portrait of a young boy looking straight at the viewer. He has big, brown eyes and dark blonde hair and he’s smirking ever so slightly.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Here’s one from last winter. We have a lot of whitetail deer that meander through our property. These three were enjoying the remains of the winter apples one day just after a snowfall. This one is sold. Oil on canvas. #art #traditionalArt #landscape #winteryArt #oilPainting

An oil painting showing three deer under an old apple tree in winter. There is snow on the ground and on the branches above them. Pale yellow sunlight reflects off of a frozen pond in the background.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Here’s a #SuperbOwl for #SuperbOwlSunday. This is an old painting from back when I was first learning watercolour—I haven’t painted an owl since (something I’m going to have to rectify). Have a wonderful day!

A loose watercolour painting of a perching barn owl against a background of blues and dark greys.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Well, they can’t all be winners. I couldn’t quite resolve this little still life. I’ll just chalk it up to a learning experience and walk away. #DisappointingArt #NotAwfulButNotGreat #StillLife

A square canvas showing a miniature pink orchid in a white pot against a background of a turquoise ceramic bowl on a black stand. A curtain of gold fabric falls behind that to the right and pools underneath. The painting style is fairly loose and sketchy.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Happy Birthday, Bluesky! Here’s an appropriate page from the sketchbook. #art #bskyart #sketchbook

A fluffy cloud floats in the middle of a blue rectangle of sky. A pencil crayon drawing on a page in a sketchbook.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

If you see the, quote with your night art!

A night scene depicting a crescent moon in a dark blue sky, shining on a patch of ocean peeking through dark rocks and shrubs. There is a small house on the right side of the scene with a light in one window.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

A sketch of my lovely niece. She rescued a hummingbird from the clutches of her cat one summer day. To her utter delight, it perched on her finger for a moment before it flew off to safety. She requested a drawing to commemorate the event. So here it is, a little moment of joy, in pencil crayon.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Here is a sunny little chicken to shine a bit of light into your day. Whoever you are and wherever you’re at in the world, I’m wishing you cozy chicken vibes today. #artwork #OilPainting #realism #TraditionalArt #WomenArtists #chickens

A little gray chicken is nestled down in the hay near a barn door, where a shaft of sunlight falls on her making her and the hay around her practically glow.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Okay—it’s time to get real. I’d love to see some embarrassing Art mistakes. I’ll go first. See if you can find where I went wrong with this whimsical little page from the sketchbook. I cringe every time I think about it. #art #AliceInWonderland #oops #ToErrIsHuman

A bordered illustration pulling elements from the story of Alice in Wonderland. In the centre is a keyhole showing the white rabbit and his rabbit hole. To either side of centre are tumbling cards and a falling teapot pouring tea into a cup while a pocket watch hovers above. The top is festooned with red roses, and white roses being painted red. The caterpillar and his mushrooms, the Cheshire Cat, a key with a green ribbon and a little bottle labelled “Drink Me” fill out the bottom of the page.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Here’s a little bee painting from back in the summer. I’m very much missing my garden at this time of year, and the little friends who pollinate it’s flowers. Spring is still a long way off for most of us here in Canada—but we can dream. #art #bee #OilPainting

A painting of a bumblebee on an abstracted, flower-like background of smeared yellow and white.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I guess I was attempting to channel some calm with this painting I just finished. Sending some cozy cat vibes out there to anyone who needs them. #OilPainting #Realism #Art #TraditionalArt #WomenArtists #Cats

A cat licks it’s paw, curled up in a chair with light spilling in from a window behind him. The colours are warm. It’s a cozy domestic scene.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Been thinking about this a lot (not tagging the sender, for their privacy). Most of us won't have the chance for for grand, capital-R Resistance heroics. But every one of us will have a thousand small choices to make about how to live our lives and where to draw lines. Use them well.

Post from John Perricone
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Several years ago l invited a Buddhist monk to speak to my Senior elective class, and quite interestingly, as he entered the room, he didn't say a word (that caught everyone's attention). He just walked to the board and wrote this: "EVERYONE WANTS TO SAVE THE WORLD, BUT NO ONE WANTS TO HELP MOM DO THE DISHES." We all laughed. But then he went on to say this to my students:
"Statistically, it's highly unlikely that any of you will ever have the opportunity to run into a burning orphanage and rescue an infant. But, in the smallest gesture of kindness -- a warm smile, holding the door for the person behind you, shoveling the driveway of the elderly person next door -- you have committed an act of immeasurable profundity, because to each of us, our life is our universe."

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Quick, my friends! Quote this post with a piece of tranquil art. #watercolour #LandscapeArt #seascape #sunset

A watercolour painting of a shoreline at sunset. Sandbars are visible and a large sweep of calm water. The sky is soft yellow shifting to peach then pink and violet.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

When the sky is dark and the storm is raging, it’s hard to hold onto hope. But storms pass, and skies clear, and there are symbols of hope and beauty all around us. To brighter days ahead. ❤️ #OilPainting #Art #Hope

A rainbow cuts through dark, swirling clouds in a large sky that looms over shadowy hills where a road runs past a lonely farmhouse.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

HUMAN ARTISTS, use only one piece to convince people to follow you. (Does this do it? I honestly don’t know…)

A tall jar of honey and a small jar of jam sit in front of a sunny window. The light shines through the jars creating luminous jewelled tones within.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I love fairies. I have since I was a little girl. And while I know I’ll never catch one flitting into the shadows, from the corner of my eye—that doesn’t stop a part of me from looking—when the forest is eerily quiet, or the twilight turns the world purple and blue. #art #sketchbook #fairy #bskyart

A sketchbook page showing a blue iridescent fairy with red hair and black eyes sits on one of three peach coloured mushrooms growing out of a mossy tree.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hello #PortfolioDay! My name is Tammy and I’m a Canadian artist working in oil and watercolour. I paint a lot of portraits, as well as landscapes and florals—even illustrations occasionally. Commissions are open for 2025! tcapstickartwork.weebly.com tcapstickart@gmail.com

A collage of four paintings, three portraits and one floral composition. Top left is an elegant red haired woman in a black sweater. Top right is a little boy in a white shirt and shorts standing in front of a wrought iron fence and greenery. Bottom right is a boy in a blue short suit on a gold wicker chair. Bottom left is white irises in dappled shade.

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Tammy Capstick @tammycapstickart.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

This is a little work in progress on the easel right now. A cozy winter scene, in case anyone needs to see something like that right now. #Artwork #OilPainting #WorkInProgress #Cats #WomenArtists #Cozy

A grey cat is licking his paw in a round backed chair. The light is streaming in from the window behind and falling across his fur and the chair, sending reflections up from the pine floor.

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