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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 16h

Gravestones with #ArtHangParty

Drawing of Gravestones at Graceland cemetery

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 1d

Fun time with #ArtHangParty drawing #Australian animals. #MelissaMartinArt

Sketchbook paintings of Australian animals

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 11d

Sunday night #bouquet. #bloomscrolling

A painting of a bouquet of daisies in a black and white striped vase.

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sketchymk.bsky.social @sketchymk.bsky.social · 12d

A visitation #abstract #abstractart #sketchbookpage #watercolor #sketch #artprocess #markmaking #artsky

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 12d

My trusty protest backpack. #NoKings

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 13d

One more

Drawing of a small blue green copper pitcher

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks for the repost @johndouglasart.com !

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 13d

Very #calming (and needed) subject and process. #ArtTherapy #ColorTherapy

Small colorful drawing drawing of two small squashes

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 13d

This time of year things come out spooky even when I didn't mean to. #halloween

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 15d

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Artists plan nationwide US protests against Trump and ‘authoritarian forces’

Michael Moore, Lynn Nottage, Ava DuVernay and Amanda Palmer will take part in an event series to ‘unite in defiance’

www.theguardian.com

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 18d

Goodnight.
🖼️ Laurie A Conley #31DaysofHalloween #Gothtober

One ghost pushing another ghost on a swing hung from a tree over graveyard headstones, a full moon shines overhead. Illustration.

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Martha Rich Art Projects @martharichart.bsky.social · 20d

More love.

A piece of art with a painterly light blue background. At the bottom is the work love gut out of green painted paper. There are variations of green on the words. Above “love” is a multi colored flower with many petals all a unique color. In the center of the flower is green star with an eye in the middle. The artwork is made with painted cut paper. Copyright Martha Rich 2025.

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks so much for all the reposts. Very grateful 🥰

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 20d

Completely forgot I made this. It's a good idea to flip through old #sketchbooks. 🙃 Happy Saturday.

Mixed media painting of a gold vase with blue imagery

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 20d

They're showing him video from 2020

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 20d

More fun with #WatercolorPencils. TGIF

Small painting of a metal jack-o'-lantern votive

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21d

Quilt art inspired by vintage photographs of African American people, by contemporary US artist Bisa Butler #WomensArt
US #BlackHistoryMonth

Textile artwork featuring standing two figures facing forwards, a Black man and woman, the man wears a patterned suit in vivid colours and the woman wears a long coat in similar patterns and colours and she wears a large rounded hat, all against a patterned pink background

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 21d

Drawing this little bear figurine calms me down. Pencil, ink, watercolor pencil, water. It's the repetition and all my favorite art activities especially scribbling color.

Small painting of a bear wearing a striped hat

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · 24d

I'd forgotten how much I like the paper in this mixed media #BeePaper #sketchbook. It's thin and smooth and holds water pretty well. Also rediscovering #WatercolorPencils and don't notice any difference among the different brands. This one's #prismacolor. #halloween

Small painting of a blue hand towel with a black cat against an orangey moon

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Mir @wanderlingworld.bsky.social · Mar 16

A feed for new posts by human artists. Filters out AI/NFTs. ️Use #art to post. Alt-Text encouraged!

🎨Art Feed Collection
🎦 NEW: Video Art Feeds
❤️Like , Pin, & Share them to help other artists find them!

🚫Use @aimod.social to report AI art.
Click the 3 dots if you want to hide this post. ⬇️

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Diana @diana-m-keener.bsky.social · Sep 29

This Wednesday is the kick off for #31daysofhalloween

Any medium as long as it is Halloweenish, fall or otherwise spooky 👻

I hope you all will participate, this is my first time launching a challenge ❤️

Can’t wait to see what you have to share on Wednesday, October 1st

Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · Sep 29

Art challenges for Sep 29–Oct 31

NEW: #ImageAndVerse (Sunday), #Spooktober (daily), #31DaysOfHalloween (daily), #BirdOfTheDay

See comments for host list + info from hosts

#ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #art #painting #drawing #ArtPrompt

Art Challenges: Sept 29–Oct 5

Monday, September 29
#BlueSkyMonday (anything blue)
#MacroMonday (any macro)
#MountainMonday (mountains)
#MinimalMonday (minimalism)
#ColorADay (#PinkMon)
#SleepySep (#DressingGown)

Tuesday, September 30
#RockinTuesday (rocks)
#TidesOutTuesday
#TagTuesday (graffiti/street art)
#AnimalArtTuesday
#ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue)
#SleepySep (#BedtimeStory)

Wednesday, October 1
#WaterfallWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
#WackyWednesdayArt (odd/unusual)
#ColorADay (#RedWed)
#Spooktober (#ghost)

Thursday, October 2
#HumansOfBlueSky (people)
#UrbanGaze (anything urban)
#PalacesAndGardens (#gates)
#ColorADay (#YellowThu)
#Spooktober (#mask)

Friday, October 3
#scape (any kind of scape)
#FishyFriday
#ForestFriday
#FoodOnFriday
#FlyDay (critters that fly)
#ColorADay (#BWFri)
#Spooktober (#dungeon)

Saturday, October 4
#BNWmacro
#ColorADay (#GreenSat)
#BlueSkyArtShow (#relax)
#Spooktober (#weapon)

SUNday, October 5
#Stunday (stunning)
#ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone)
#BNWmacro
#ColorADay (#OrangeSun)
#SelfPortraitSunday (#masquerade)*
#Spooktober (#nightmare)

ALL WEEK
#31DaysOfHalloween (anything fall, Halloween, or spooky starting Oct 1)
#ArtYear (any art)
#ArtOfSelfPortraiture
#BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt)
#ClassicMono (monochrome)
#smArtist (purposeful art of any theme)
#AlphabetChallenge (#WeekNforNights)
#SensoryArt (#glamour)

*Embrace masks, costumes, or mystery

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · Sep 29

#frog waiting for us to leave. #ChicagoBotanicGarden

Drawing of a bullfrog wearing a crown with its heading sticking out of the water

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Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · Sep 15

Bulls at this link:

www.animal-photo-references.com/asian-elepha...

All photos on the repository are free-to-use for artists creating derivative/transformative works (sans AI).

A male Asian elephant with short tusks is standing in front of a rock-textured concrete wall with his trunk extended.

A male Asian elephant is swimming in water with only the top of his head and eyes visible. His trunk tip is poking out above the water near his eye.

A male Asian elephant with long tusks is walking toward the camera. He has draining cheek glands and has been urinating on his back legs, indicating he is in musth.

Two male Asian elephants of different ages stand together and have their trunks reaching towards the same spot on the ground. The elephant in front is shorter and has shorter tusks than his companion.

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · Sep 15

Mildly obsessed with #curlews thanks to #AliSmith 's book #CompanionPiece. Derwent #Graphitint watersoluble pencil makes an interesting effect when applied directly from the tip with a wet brush.

Pencil drawing of a Curlew bird in blues

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Anne @amargaretart.bsky.social · Sep 13

Drew outside yesterday at a local park near the library

Drawing of a playground next to a building

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