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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 6h

Birdtober Day 3: Resplendent Quetzal. Watercolour on Fluid 300gsm cold-pressed paper. #Birdtober #Birdtober2026

Watercolour portrait of a Resplendent Quetzal bird standing on an indistinct brownish branch. The bird's right side faces the viewer and it's looking back over its shoulder at something to the viewer's left. The long tail feathers curve down in front of the branch.

Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Birdtober Day 2: 'I'iwi, or Scarlet Honeycreeper. Watercolour on arches 300gsm cold-pressed paper block. #Birdtober #Birdtober2026

Watercolour portrait of an 'I'iwi bird, also known as a scarlet Honeycreeper. The bird's right side faces the viewer and is standing against an indistinct green background.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's October and that means Birdtober! Day 1: Lilac-breasted Roller. Watercolour on 300gsm arches cold-pressed paper block. #Birdtober #Birdtober2026

Watercolour portrait of a Lilac-breasted Roller bird facing the viewer with its head turned to the viewer's right. It's perched on a brown branch in front of an indistinct green background.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I didn't think I'd ever get to use this again, but I'm so impressed with everyone today!

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Bonus Doggust: by special request, a schnauzer. But not just any schnauzer: the late Professor KENT. www.instagram.com/kent_jp_schn... #Doggust #Doggust2026 #DogPortrait

Charcoal portrait of a Schnauzer named KENT. Only his head is visible. He's in three quarter view turned slightly to the viewer's right, and his eyes are gazing at the viewer.

I "met" this dog on Instagram. Well, my late dog Gozer did, because she had her own account there. KENT lived in Japan and was a young at heart pup (YAHP). Both he and Gozer were Branch Managers with Dogs Against Baths. KENT often gave lectures on different aspects of Japanese life which were always informative. He died in 2021, and I still miss him.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Doggust Day 31: Cairn Terrier. Fineliners on Strathmore 74gsm sketch paper. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Fineliner portrait of a Cairn Terrier standing with its front facing the viewer, head turned slightly to the viewer's right, and its hind legs on the viewer's right. What does it see? The end of Doggust, maybe.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Doggust Day 30: Finnish Spitz. Soft pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes toned sanded paper. #Doggust #Doggust2026

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Doggust Day 29: Black Russian Terrier. Soft pastel on black Canson Mi-Teintes Touch sanded paper. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Soft pastel portrait of a Black Russian Terrier standing on a yellowish green field against a swirling blue sky. The dog is standing with its right side facing the viewer and is looking off in the distance. We assume the dog is looking off in the distance but its hair covers its eyes so we don't actually know. The tail is standing up so maybe the dog sees or smells something interesting.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Doggust Day 28: Basset Fauve de Bretagne. Derwent Inktense pencils on Meeden 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Doggust #Doggust2026

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Doggust Day 27: Löwchen. Soft pastel on Clairefontaine Pastelmat sanded paper. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Soft pastel portrait of a white Löwchen dog in its breed standard cut on an indistinct greenish-brown vaguely grassy ground. The dog has its left side mostly to the viewer and is looking directly at the viewer.

The breed standard cut involves a shaved bum and back half but very full cuffs of fur on all four legs. It isn't unlike a poodle cut.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Doggust Day 26: Belgian Laekenois. Fineliners on Strathmore 74gsm fine tooth sketch paper. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Fineliner black and white portrait of a Belgian Laekenois facing the viewer, standing in tall foliage. The dog has messy fur, and it's hard to tell where the dog ends and the foliage begins. That's probably the point of the dog, to hide like that. Call that artistic license if not.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Doggust Day 25: Azawakh. Charcoal on Canson 224gsm mixed media paper. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Charcoal portrait of an Azawakh dog running towards the viewer's right. How does this dog not get all tangled up in those legs when running?

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Doggust Day 24: Czechoslovakian Wolfdog. This is Nazgul, who you may remember as the Czechoslovakian Wolfdog who decided to run with the Women's Cross-country sprint skiing qualifiers at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Graphite pencil on Canson 224gsm mixed media paper.

Graphite pencil portrait of Nazgul, the Czechoslovakian Wolfdog who decided to run with the Women's Cross-country sprint skiing qualifiers at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Nazgul is running towards the viewer with a big smile.

It goes without saying that Nazgul was and is a very good boy.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Doggust Day 23: Sarplaninac, or Yugoslavian Shepherd. Watercolour on arches fine grain cold-pressed paper block. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Watercolour portrait of a dark grey and cream Sarplaninac dog, also known as a Yugoslavian Shepherd. The dog stands with its left side facing the viewer on a slope of indistinct green and brown land.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Doggust Day 22: Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka. Watercolour on arches fine grain cold-pressed paper block. #Doggust #Doggist2026

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Ok I'm only partway through this thread but I had to stop and make this. I'm so happy for you all!

The Mugatu meme, with top text "Wordle in two" and the bottom text "so hot right now".

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Doggust Day 21: Caucasian Shepherd Dog, or Caucasian Ovarchka. Graphite pencil on Meeden hot-pressed paper. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Graphite pencil portrait of a Caucasian Shepherd dog, also known as Caucasian Ovarchka. The dog faces the viewer almost head on and appears to be smiling. This kind of huge dog breed is apparently used as guard dogs in Russian prisons. Did the artist need another reason not to find herself in a Russian prison? No. But she has one now!

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Doggust Day 20: Kishu Ken. Faber Castell fountain pen with deAtramentis waterproof black ink cartridge on Meeden hot-pressed paper. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Fountain pen portrait of a Kishu Ken dog with its left side in a three-quarter view to the viewer and its head tilted back a little. The dog has a slightly mischievous expression and is probably getting up to trouble, which is why the tail looks sort of black instead of white. Yup that's it, it's not because the artist made a mistake.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Doggust Day 19: Manchester Terrier. Watercolour on arches cold-pressed fine grain paper block. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Watercolour portrait of a Manchester Terrier dog with button, or folded, ears. This dog is very silly: it's standing and facing the viewer but its back legs are all splayed. Does this dog think it's Bambi the fawn?

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Doggust Day 18: American Staffordshire Terrier, or AmStaff. Graphite pencil on Canson 224gsm mixed media paper. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Graphite pencil portrait of a black and white American Staffordshire Terrier lying on grass. The dog is facing the viewer with its body to the viewer's left.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Doggust Day 17: Drever. Watercolour on arches cold-pressed paper block. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Watercolour portrait of a Drever dog with its right side facing the viewer and its head turned and tilted to the viewer, as if to say "just hurry up and finish the picture, please, I have places to be."

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Doggust Day 16: English Foxhound. Mechanical pencil on Canson 224gsm mixed media paper.

Mechanical pencil portrait of the head of an English Foxhound tilted slightly to the viewer's right.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Doggust Day 15: Border Terrier. Graphite pencil on Canson 224gsm mixed media paper. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Graphite pencil portrait of a Border Terrier's head facing the viewer and turned partly to its right.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Doggust Day 14: Tibetan Terrier. Watercolour on arches hot-pressed paper. #Doggust #doggust2026

Watercolour portrait of a black and white long-haired Tibetan Terrier lying on an indistinct pink ground. The dog's right side faces the viewer and its head is turned to look at the viewer.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Doggust Day 8: Northern Inuit Dog. Fun fact: these played the direwolves in the Game of Thrones show. #Doggust #Doggust2026

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Doggust Day 6: French Spaniel. These Inktense pencils I've used here are new to me, and this is the second time I've used them so I'm still very much learning what they can do and how to use them. I think they'd do well on hot-pressed or marker paper so I'll try that next. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Portrait of a French Spaniel facing the viewer's left with its tail wagging straight behind it. The brown and white spotted dog stands on a greenish ground against a blue sky. This portrait was done using Derwent Inktense pencils on Canson 224gsm mixed media paper.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Doggust Day 5: Australian Terrier.

Graphite pencil portrait of an Australian Terrier dog. The dog's left side is visible with the front and head turned slightly towards the viewer.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Doggust Day 3: Jagdterrier, or German Hunting Terrier. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Soft pastel portrait of the black and tan head of a Jagdterrier dog (also known as a German Hunting Dog) facing the viewer. Its paws are resting on an indistinct reddish-orange surface and it's posed in front of a light green background.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Doggust Day 2: Jämthund, or Swedish Elkhound. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Portrait of a Jämthund dog, also known as a Swedish Elkhound. The black and white spitz-type dog faces the viewer with the hind end to the viewer's right. She's standing on a roughed-in greenish-brown ground against a pale blue sky. This portrait was done using Derwent Inktense pencils on 300gsm hot-pressed arches paper.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It's August and that means Doggust! Day 1: Mutt. This is my late dog Gozer, who was a rescue. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Watercolour portrait of black and white dog named Gozer on a cream background. The dog faces the viewer with the hind end to the left. Gozer is just starting to bark and her ears and tail are flying.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The nestling robins outside our door fledged today. Fly safe little birdies! These pictures were taken earlier today, before these last two fledged. As you can see they were definitely ready to go.

An American Robin nestling looking like it's fledging, but really it's just testing its wings while its nestling sibling looks on.

A nestling American Robin showing its parent how big and strong its wings are.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Ruby-throated male hummingbird. Watercolour on arches hot-pressed paper. It turns out everyone was right when they said arches is better. #Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #Watercolour #ArchesPaper

Watercolour painting of a male ruby-throated hummingbird hovering while drinking from a reddish-orange flower on the viewer's left.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I got some new soft pastels in and so I did a version of that gorgeous photo. #ArtistsOfBluesky #Art #Landscape #SoftPastel

Soft pastel interpretation of a photo of a sunrise photo over water with gorgeous magentas and oranges and purples. 17.5cm x 22cm.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

My late dog Gozer. She was my heart dog; she died almost two years ago but I miss her every day. This is soft pastel on sanded paper. #Art #ArtistsOfBluesky #Dog #DogPortrait #SoftPastel #GozerDog

Soft pastel portrait of the head of a black and white dog with brown eyes, a white forehead blaze, and white muzzle. Her ears, eyes, and cheeks are black. Her head is tilted to the viewer's right and she's looking at the viewer. Her name was Gozer and she was a very special girl and very much loved.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

This went well. I'd also like to brag a little: with today's result I'm now on my longest Connections streak ever of 36 days. (Reposted with a smaller image) Connections Puzzle #884 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Cropped screenshot of NYTimes Connections result. Categories were guessed in Green, Yellow, Blue, and Purple order with no mistakes. Circled, and the point of the image because it's proof of the accomplishment (sort of, because there's no date on the image), are the Current Streak and Max Streak, both of which are 36. That may not seem like a lot to many people, but I'm proud of it.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Birdtober Day 31: Artist's Choice: Blue Jay. Go Jays! Watercolour and gouache on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #BlueJay #Watercolour #Gouache #GoJaysGo #Birds

Watercolour portrait of a Blue Jay on a brown branch and against a white background. Its back is to the viewer and its head is turned so the right eye faces the viewer.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Birdtober Day 30: Gallirex (Rwenzori turaco). Water-based markers on ohuhu marker paper. #Birdtober2025 #Gallirex #RwenzoriTuraco #WaterBasedMarkers

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Birdtober Day 29: Varied Bunting. Watercolour and gouache on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #VariedBunting #Watercolour #Gouache #Birds

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Birdtober Day 28: Sultan Tit. Water-based markers on ohuhu paper. #Birdtober2025 #SultanTit #WaterBasedMarkers #Birds

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Birdtober Day 27: California Condor. Water-based markers on ohuhu marker paper. #Birdtober2025 #CaliforniaCondor #WaterBasedMarkers #Birds

Water-based marker portrait of a flying California Condor from below, the way most of us might see one. It's such a huge bird, with a 3m wingspan - imagine seeing one! All you would really see are the wings outstretched, as shown here, as it looks for food. This bird is shown against a white background.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Birdtober Day 26: Pacific Wren. Watercolour on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #PacificWren #Watercolour #Birds

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Birdtober Day 25: Acorn Woodpecker. Water-based markers on ohuhu marker paper. #Birdtober #AcornWoodpecker #WaterBasedMarkers #Birds

Water-based marker portrait of an Acorn Woodpecker to the left of a vertical tree, about to plunge its beak into the tree to create holes for acorns and other nuts and seeds. On a white background.

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Chantelle James @tinystart.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Birdtober Day 24: Olive Warbler. Watercolour on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #OliveWarbler #Watercolour #Birds

Watercolour portrait of a male Olive Warbler. His right side faces the viewer and he is standing on a brown branch against a creamy white background.

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