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View from Passerelle de la Woluwe
#watercolor #sketch #sketchbook #art #bruxelles #aquarelle #illustration

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Lots of my Perpetual Journal entries lately seem to be of birds...here’s a Ladder-backed Woodpecker, found in deserts in the SW US. We observe them fairly regularly in our Tucson, AZ yard (we rarely see Red Crossbills though).

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #biodiversity #environment #ecosystem #nature #outdoors #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #woodpecker #Crossbill #javelina

My 2025 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of a Ladder-backed Woodpecker; my 2024 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of an adult & baby Javelina; & my 2023 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of a Red Crossbill; all seen in our Tucson, AZ yard.

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Some sketches and photos from a rainy hike through Lower Arroyo Secco Park on Thursday 🌿 #sketchbook #MastoArt

A photograph of a rough sketch in my sketchbook. The sketch is of a rain run-off stream chocked by old and new undergrowth as the seasons transition from winter to spring.

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A photograph of a rough sketch in my sketchbook. The sketch is of a clearing in a wooded hiking area, where a wooden plank path leads up a hill.

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A photograph of a rough sketch in my sketchbook. The sketch is of the beginning of the stream that I sketched in the previous photo. It is man-made so it has large stones around it and is shaped in a half-circle.

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Tunisia medina watercolor sketches (2023).

As I sat on the floor with my sketchbook, one guy gave me free mint tea just to watch me paint. <3

#sketchbook #urbansketching #watercolor #aquarelle #tunis #tunisia #tunisie

Watercolor of blue painted doors and arches in the tunis medina

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Watercolor view of balconies painted blue in the tunis medina

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Five more people sketched this morning as part of my #oneweek100people overspill 😂 80/100 so far #dailysketching #urbansketching #sketchbook #walktosee #sketchbookartist #watercoloursketch #mastoart

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I’ve painted birds in my Perpetual Journal so many times recently that I started a blog mini-series entitled All About Birds. Here’s my latest blog post, the 1st in that series:

https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/all-about-birds-part-1

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #blog #blogging #Tucson #SonoranDesert #environment #ecology #nature #outdoors #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #birdsong #woodpecker #Crossbill #Bunting

Preview of my blog post "All About Birds, Part 1—Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, Red Crossbills & Painted Buntings" showing my pen and watercolor art of a Painted Bunting

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8d

"Count Broccula"
(old ink and watercolour)

#watercolour #watercolor #cartoon #mastoart #sketchbook

ink and watercolour illustration of a cartoon broccoli with fangs and a "Dracula" cape.

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Sometimes I stray away from my nature art to create comics (like this) more about current events. Read more on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/its-time-for-another-comic

#art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #blog #environment #nature #outdoors #cactus #PricklyPear #arthropod #bug #bugs #bugstodon #butterfly #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #positivityposting #positivity #positive #MentalHealth #comic #comics #cartoon #webcomic #USPolitics #coup #USPol #UnitedStates #US #AmericanCoup

My February 2025 watercolor and pen comic in 4 panels: (1: text) I feel it's essential to stay informed about what's happening in the U.S. and the world ~ but at the same time I need to balance the negativity of monsters in the news... (2: art) an orange monster, a green monster, & a red monster; (3: text) with the positivity of miracles in nature; (4: art) an orange Queen Butterfly, a green Prickly Pear cactus, and a red Vermilion Flycatcher.

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Revisiting old sketches.

https://juliabausenhardt.com/revisiting-old-sketches/

#sketching #sketchbook #watercolor #landscapes #MastoArt

A watercolor sketch of a gray house with a red roof, tucked into bushes and trees, lit by the morning sun. A road is leading into the back of the picture on the right, and there are light and phone poles.

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Even weeds can be interesting - check out the heart-shaped fruit on this Shepherd’s Purse, growing in a pot on our patio (Tucson, AZ). Originally from the Mediterranean, now spread worldwide. Here’s my art of it in my Perpetual Journal, next to my 2023 art of a native Lupine in bloom.

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #environment #nature #flower #wildflower #BloomScrolling #Spring

My 2025 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of Shepherd's Purse; my 2024 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of the Catalina mountains with snow; & my 2023 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of Lupine in bloom.

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13d

Headshot do meu OC Aron feito com a minha mão esquerda(não dominante). Como eu fiz esse sem as minhas referências dele o modelo do óculos ficou errado, mas eu acho que gostei assim.

#MastoArt #fediart #sketch #wip #sketchbook #arte #art #illustration #ilustracao #oc #TraditionalArt

Sketch do pescoço para cima de um rapaz de óculos e cabelos rebeldes. Ele tem uma expressão séria.

Próximo ao seu rosto há uma assinatura: "Tissa The Artista! 14/12/2024"

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Pontanusstraat in Amsterdam, a for me larger than usual drawing. Amsterdam Oost, next to the railway close to Muiderpoort station.
#amsterdam #amsterdamoost #pontanusstraat #sketchbook #urbandrawing #pencil #colorpencil #fountainpen

Drawing on paper of a street in Amsterdam in sombre winter weather.

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16d

Einfach sein.
#sketchbook
https://skizzen.rittiner-gomez.ch/am-see-8/

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Ladies from recent sketchbook pages :) Which one do you like? #sketchbook #drawing #sketch #portraitdrawing #ink #brushpen #inkart #art

Portrait study in ink with big brushpen strokes for hair and dress

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Portrait study of a woman with big black curls and several necklaces in ink

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I'd forgotten about this #anime esque #doodle I did on Valentines.

Not all roses are red, and not all girls are stick thin.

Roses are black
Violets are purple.

(Edit: my aim here was to not even try to do the 'perfectionism of symmetry', and not to follow the way anime/manga often accentuates certain...features. In short, to draw a normal-ish person not looking for love on Valentines)

#sketch #sketchbook #sketching

An anime-esque pencil sketch of a girl wearing a heart locket necklace and has a slight smile. The caption is: roses are black, violets are purple.

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Hallo ich bin neu hier,
war vorher auf Instagram, aber nach der Machtergreifung des Trampeltiers und der Ermächtigung der Techbillionäre hat mich der Rappel gepackt. Jetzt bin ich hier. #neuhier #sketchbook #drawing #zeichnung #kunst

Ein mit Bleistift gezeichnetes weibliches Gesicht geht fließend in ein männliches Gesicht über.

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19d

It's been a while since I've drawn a bird in pen and ink. This common pigeon was surprisingly fun to draw!

Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens in ruled #Moleskine notebook.

#birds #birdsofmastodon #sciart #sketchbook #MastoArt #BirdWhisperer

Photo of a double page in a ruled A6 Moleskine notebook, with the drawing of a common pigeon, drawn with ink pens. The pens are lying next to the open notebook.

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19d

A retro-inspired version of my blue aqueduct sketch.

#sketchbook #sketching #ink #watercolor #MastoArt #UrbanSketching

Watercolor and ink sketch of a faux-historical aqueduct ruin that's located in a park between rocks and trees. The colors look like in a faded photo: brown, turquoise and yellow. The viewer is looking up to the structure.

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20d

Sketches of Fabrizia my beloved from my sketchbook, drawn with ballpoint and fountain pen + layer of highlighter

#sketch #sketchbook

sketchbook page of the same girl wearing glasses, a dress-apron and bandana

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21d

just a little discussion

comics nmw 408

#comix #comics #comicbooks #minicomics #sketchbook #drawing #riffs

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24d

#Sketch #SketchBook #MastoArt #Art #Fineliner #FinelinerArt #Draw #Drawing #Medieval #Castle #KleineKunstklasse #DailyArt #DailySketch
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Black Fineliner & ink & grey marker on paper

Sketch of a medieval-looking building scene. In the background (colored grey) a very high cathedral/castle, houses and clouds. In the middle ground an inner corner of a building, supported by columns. In the foreground on the right a statue.

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If you have limited time to create art try working SMALLER not FASTER! Here’s my Santa Rita Prickly Pear art that I (almost!) finished while plein air painting, because I kept it small (only 2.5”x2.5”). See more on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/how-thinking-small-can-lead-to-success

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #blog #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #ecosystem #nature #cactus #PricklyPear #flower #wildflower