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jfhsart.bsky.social
Juna
@jfhsart.bsky.social
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Artist from Europe. I draw portraits with graphite or charcoal.

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Boycott AI "art"!
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First time trying a portrait in soft pastels. Not satisfied with how this one turned out. But I learned a lot about the medium in the process.

I think the biggest mistake was using dark gray paper. And fixative turned it into a flaky mess.

#softpastel
Soft pastel portrait of a bearded man sitting on a slab of concrete and smoking a cigarette. He holds a turkey with the other hand and looks off to the side somewhere. The man is sitting in shadow and right behind him the sun is shining on the ground, producing a warm glow. In the background, there is some kind of metal fencing and a bit of grass and vegetation.
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Made swatches for my new #pastel supplies.

This shows how bad the lightfastness situation is with Pitt pastel pencils. There's zero actual greens with decent lightfastness in there. And yes, that is the FULL set.

Wtf, Faber-Castell. 🫠

#pastelpencils #lightfastness #softpastel
Photo of an A3-sized gray paper with color swatches for Royal Talens Rembrandt Soft Pastels General Selection 30 half length and Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils full set of 60 colors. Each color is depicted with its color code and the lightfastness rating according to the producers. The soft pastels by Rembrandt are all lightfast for at least 25 years while the Pitt pastel pencil set contains 14 colors with a lightfastness of only 5+ years, and that group includes all of the greens in the set.
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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First time trying soft pastels.

So far, I like working with pastel sticks and pastel pencils. Feels pretty similar to charcoal and chalk to me (which is a good thing).

#softpastel #landscape #art
Soft pastel painting of the entrance of Sumida Yahiro Park in the fall. Two trees right in front of the entrance cast their shadows towards the viewer. On the right side, the sidewalk continues into the distance. A hint of the street is visible next to it, and there is an old phone booth tugged between the trees at the side of the street. The border of the park is lined with rows of trees. An information sign for the park can be seen on the left side. Some of the trees have started to turn to autumn colors.
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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#Graphite pencil portrait. Drawn with Staedtler Mars Lumograph Black pencils and General's Charcoal White pencil on gray Canson Mi-Teintes paper (A3).

Reference photo by Chuot Anhls (Pexels ID 15575170).

#art #drawing
Realistic monochrome drawing of a woman with long black hair looking directly at the viewer with a slight smile. The woman is depicted shoulder up and is wearing a strapless white dress with an intricate pattern. Her hair is draped over one of her shoulders.
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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#Charcoal and chalk #drawing of a street in Kanuma, Japan.

#art
Drawing of a street that curves around a wall on the left side. Trees hang over the side of the wall and produce a pattern of light and shadow on the street and the wall. The wall is broken up by a staircase leading up to the next level. On the right side of the street, the electric grid cables above form a shadow on the street going towards the viewer. In the distance, a one-story building can be seen and a pickup truck is parking in front.
September 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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My most recent portrait #drawing. Based on photo references provided by the model on Reddit.

This was done with willow #charcoal, Winsor & Newton medium charcoal pencil, and General's Charcoal White pencil on A3-sized Canson Mi-Teintes paper.

#art
Charcoal drawing of a young woman leaning on a wall. She is looking down as if contemplating something. She's wearing a cool outfit comprised of a leather-like skirt and top, fishnet stockings, and a purse with metal applications.
September 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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New to Bluesky, hello!

Here are three recent portraits I drew.

#art #portraitart #drawing
Monochrome portrait drawing of a young woman with long dark hair flowing over her shoulders. The woman looks directly at the viewer. She has a nose piercing, an eyebrow piercing, various ear piercings, and wears two silver necklaces, one of which has an "a" pendant. Graphite pencil drawing of a man with unruly brown hair and a mustache. He looks off to the side somewhere. Graphite pencil portrait of a man with short black hair and a full beard. He looks at something off to the right side of the image.
September 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM