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mintthicket.bsky.social
madeleine bennett
@mintthicket.bsky.social
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Boston-based illustrator, designer, parrot friend. gouache, pens, watercolors, digital. a rustling in the mint thicket.
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theo stultz @theoplum.bsky.social · 20d
Ladies of the Living Princess is now at ShortBox Comics Fair... my slightly scary medieval romantic fantasy... here's a preview...!
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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 14d
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · 6d
This is one of those “ain’t that just the way” things - it’s gratifying to perceive the improvement but then also ughhhhh
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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · Jun 25
In an unassuming lake in Ireland’s northern County Longford, an unprecedented find emerged in 1986: the nation’s oldest and largest medieval book shrine.

Read more on Colossal: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/loug...
a highly decorated medieval metal book shrine
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Donald O. Colley @colley-don-o.bsky.social · May 8
Rose, ever the vigilant and vocal guardian, took an extended respite from being the block marshal. I was Johnny-on-the-spot to capture a super rare moment.
#sleepingdog
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Apr 29
hazy tufted distances, working out my gouache stuff
#gouache #gouachepainting #landscapepainting #scotland #artsky
Two paintings of the same grassy, hilly landscape under moody cloud; one is more golden russet, one greener.
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Apr 26
cafe sketchin #sketchbook #botanical #artsky #drawfromlife
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Apr 22
pre-ordered!! check out Rob’s beautiful book!
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こまちみゆた @comatimiyuta.bsky.social · Apr 21
泡沫のいろ
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Abby @aspenceart.bsky.social · Apr 21
the hart of the forest #art
A green stag stands atop a hill, his antlers fill the top of the page and are filled with plants and birds. In the hill he stands on, a doe leaps over her fawn. Below them two foxes chase a rabbit who waits at the opening of a warren.
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Apr 18
In the end I was not too happy with this but I still like the composition a lot… learning with every painting. #gouache #paintsky #artsky #painting #landscapepainting
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Apr 15
Still a WIP but this one is looking cool imo #pleinairpril (not really) #gouachepainting #gouache #artsky
In progress painting of mossy trees on the shore of a loch Earlier stage painting; trees are bare and oddly colored Sketch stage; sienna tree outlines over a faint blue wash
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Donald O. Colley @colley-don-o.bsky.social · Apr 15
Put in 7 hours drawing from life at the Palette & Chisel today.
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Apr 14
Haha hi Kiki!! 😊
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Apr 13
always love to see kurama!!
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Laura Bifano @bifanoland.bsky.social · Apr 8
#pleinairpril2025 7/??
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Apr 8
so beautiful!! An especially moody one
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Feb 15
Using more brushes than I have before; I want to go on vacation
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Apr 3
I paint with watercolors and gouache!
Tiny sketchbook gouache painting of houses in foresty mountains poster advocating for pollinator gardens in black gouache
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Apr 3
beautiful tho!!
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Mar 31
I made a poster for a class using black gouache. #illustration #artsandcrafts #handlettering #gardening #ecology #art #artsky
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Mar 31
I made a poster for a class using black gouache. #illustration #artsandcrafts #handlettering #gardening #ecology #art #artsky
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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · Mar 28
I mean, seriously. Was ever an animal more aptly named? It looks like a guardian forest spirit.
Roughly business card-sized thumbnail sketch of Miragaia, an elegant, long-necked stegosaur with paired rows of many fine back plates and spikes.
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madeleine bennett @mintthicket.bsky.social · Mar 28
That’s a really interesting thing to love