Ivan Berardi
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Ivan Berardi
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Hi, I am an Italian artist (strong word) based in the Vosges (a small mountain chain in France). I mostly paint and draw the landscape that's around me. Liberal, progressive, vegan 🏳️‍🌈
So…this is supposed to be my nephew. Well not quite, but I guess he looks human.😅
#sketch #drawing
December 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
On Friday I had to travel all day for an unplanned trip back home. Nothing too exciting just trains and buses…all went smoothly until I got to Italy and found there were no trains due to a national strike. Nephew to the rescue!
#sketch #travel
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Once again the first layer is done. Pretty much a mess at this stage, but I'm hopeful….
#landscape #acrylics #vosges
December 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The most intimate chapter in the book...and the second last!
#gay #lesbian #fiction #LGBTQI
20 Every cloud has a silver lining
What's my place? (il mio posto qual'e`?- Italian song)
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December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
And it's done! Le sentier des Roches. #Vosges. Acrylics on board
#landscape #mountains #art #gerardmer
December 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Little sketch: Gérardmer under a gloomy bank of clouds
#sketch #landscape
December 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Once again, the first layer of paint for my next baby. This is the Sentier des Roches, arguably the most beautiful, albeit vertiginous, path in the #
#Vosges
#landscape #acrylics
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Two more chapter two go!
#fiction #LGBTQ+
19 Every Cloud has a silver lining
Tell me truth - Dimmi la verità (Italian song)
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December 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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This plein air oil was done on Mt. Diablo in the Bay Area in 2002
#oilpainting #pleinair #textural #expressionist
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
And here’s Le Valtin finished ( I think…I might still play with the clouds). Acrylics on board
#landscape #art #nonai #vosges #acrylics
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So, this is an ancient tradition (2007). I took this photo of my mum—don't worry, she's still alive— under the hairdryer, serving up the best Italian fashion has to offer. This has been my December profile pic on my Meta accounts. Since I'm no longer on Meta, here it is, just for you!
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Beautiful
December 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
This is Youkie a friend’s dog. We've been looking after her for the last few days. I drew this sketch a few years back. Let's just say that she's fond of food. She's also one in a million…not necessarily in a good way 😉, but you got to love her.
#sketch #dog #illustration
November 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Very quick sketch: khakis and kiwi fruit. Well done you if you guessed that was a kiwi! Oil pastels and watercolours
#sketch #stilllife #art
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Mother and daughter, face to face
18 Every cloud has a silver lining
A crazy heart - Un cuore matto (Italian song)
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November 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This is the town's underground water reservoir, right in the middle of the forest behind our house. On the L last week after the first snowfall. I liked how the grass was still peaking out. In the middle is my attempt to sketch it, on the R as it was yesterday during a heavier fall
#snow #sketch
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Sunroom
gouache and aquarelle pencils
#art #mixedmedia #drawing #artistsonbluesky
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
New arty post on Substack. Cheers
Come with me through the autumn months
A visual journey
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November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We have three vases full of white hydrangea cuttings. In theory they should root and be ready for planting next spring. The flowers are drying out and turning reddish and pinkish colored. We'll see.
#flowers #sketch #art
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is the first layer of paint for the new landscape I'm working on. It's a summer view of the Valtin valley just a few Ks from where I live. Let's wait for it to dry…
#art #landscape #vosges
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Revelations...
#fiction #lesbian #gay
17 Every cloud has a silver lining
17-AND ONE DAY I'LL BE THERE- E IO VERRÓ UN GIORNO LÁ (Italian song)
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November 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Today's offering is a bowl of fruit. I love this bowl that was left here, like everything else, from the previous owners. A masterpiece it ain't, but here it is anyway #fruit #sketch #watercolour
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Another little sketch made with leftover paint from the Beech trees painting #illustration #sketch #flowers
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
In the end I decided to add branches and leaves to the foreground. Not sure if it was the right decision…too late now! Also not oak trees but beech. My fault. #acrylics #art #landscape
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM