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Veronica Ory

@veronicaory.bsky.social

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Bay Area yarn wrangler, knitting designer, watercolor artist, cake enjoyer. Curious. Lucky. Distracted by birds. In awe at nature, science, & the world around us. https://www.ravelry.com/designers/veronica-ory https://www.veronicaory.com

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 5h

This week is bird week! Ringed Kingfisher for #birdtober in #watercolor.

Lots of fun to paint this guy and his catch.

#birdart #sciart

Watercolor painting of a Ringed Kingfisher perched on a branch with a fish in its beak.

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 1d

Slick and smooth banana slug for my last installment of #stilltober! On to a new set of prompts after this.

We hiked for quite a while before we got to see one of these recently. Always worth it.

#artober #watercolor

Watercolor painting of a bright yellow banana slug.

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 2d

Furoshiki wrapped gift for #stilltober… need some more fabric practice!

#watercolor #artober

watercolor painting of a box decoratively wrapped in fabric and tied with a knot

Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 2d

I was briefly one of your father's students. Sending you love and peace as you walk through this.

Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 2d

I get it, I leave Weds… day job and finishing the sweater here. And thank you for doing the whistles and zines and cards.

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 2d

Haha packing? What’s packing? The suitcase is still put away…

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 2d

Collards and cornbread and cast iron … it’s taken me a minute, but I think my southern friends have taught me something

Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 2d

Very excited that these crochet squares get to go to Paris with @mathgrrl.com, even though one has a big mistake - all part of the process!

Going to pick out one more motif soon and work it up. 🧶

#crochet

Two red and white crocheted squares with geometric motifs

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 3d

The oldest thing I could think of for #stilltober today… an ammonite fossil.

#watercolor #artober

watercolor painting of a spiral shaped ammonite fossil

Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 4d

As a leftie and a knitter: don’t let anyone convince you you should reverse your knitting! It will make lots of things much harder down the road. Knitting needs both hands and you can hold the yarn in whichever hand is most comfortable for you.

Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 4d

Matcha latte for #stilltober today. I’m always charmed by latte art.

#watercolor #artober

watercolor painting of a matcha latte in a paper cup

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 4d

One more for the decorative gourds. They’re delightfully painterly!

#watercolor

Watercolor painting of 3 mini gourds in different shapes and sizes

Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 5d

Mushroom colony! Thanks, Mom, for the inspiration photo. I love seeing them in all their phases of development.

#watercolor for #stilltober "Mushroom"
#artyear

Watercolor painting of a cluster of mushrooms.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 5d

My life, by Matt Tarpley

Angry frog, cartoon and four panels. The frog says I am looking my best. I am working my hardest. I am expressing myself. I am trying my best

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 5d

I wish we could fix them! Perhaps someday.

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mathgrrl @mathgrrl.com · 6d

🎉🧶🇫🇷

The community project "Granny Life" is going to Paris!! The artwork was accepted for the exhibit "Création, entre arts et mathématiques" at Maison Poincaré in Paris. Woooo!!!

Join the project and your crochet can go to Paris too! www.grannylifecrochet.com

15 colorful granny squares with matching mathematical patterns, connected together as part of a community artwork

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 5d

Didn’t learn this one until graduate school. Blew my mind.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 5d

My pet peeve is the low-contrast, unimportant-information-dense two color brioche charts… but that’s me wanting an industry overhaul for style. Still I to struggle to read them, when normally I prefer charts.

Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 6d

Spicy hot peppers for #stilltober "Heat" in #watercolor. Always fun trying to keep the shine on these things.

#artyear

Watercolor painting of a pile of red, orange, and yellow hot peppers.

Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 6d

Honored to share a birthday with the decorative gourds.

It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

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Sadee Schilling @sadeeschilling.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve been regulating my nervous system this week and warming up for a commission with this new great-horned owl cut paper #collage. It’s likely one of the only #calmtober prompts I’ll get to, though I’m still enjoying everyone else’s illustrations! #watercolor #cutpaper #owl #calmtober25

Great Horned Owl art by Sadee Schilling rendered in watercolor and cut paper collage. The artist holds the finished assemblage with detailed, layered feathers and textured watercolor washes in earthy blues, violets, and browns. A watercolor painting of a tree in a similar color palette peeks out from behind the owl.

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 6d

Y’all, I need to borrow some of your finest knitting mojo. 🧶 Here’s my #rhinebecksweater as of right now - needs a few more inches in the body and something resembling sleeves. I’m still battling a messed up elbow in PT, so what normally would have been easy is going to be a challenge. #knitting

Handknit colorwork sweater in progress. It needs about 5” more on the body and both sleeves.

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 7d

The very fanciest!

Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you! And thanks for the boost too :)

Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 7d

This week I'm using the prompts for #stilltober and painting in watercolor!

Here is a Nicobar pigeon in #watercolor for #stilltober25 prompt "iridescent". Fun fact, this fancy guy is the closest living relative of the dodo.

#artyear #birdart

Watercolor painting of a Nicobar pigeon showing off its long neck feathers and fancy multicolored iridescent back.

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