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Lynda ArtMystic
@artmystics.bsky.social
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Art magicks, mystics and musings.
Intuitive mixed media paintings and art journals.
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Today I am finishing this #painting ... I know, it looks suspiciously finished, but it is not. It is 99.9% finished. This weekend we brave the 0.1%. And then I will ... hold your breath ... be selling prints. And maybe the jigsaw puzzle suggested, because we do love puzzles in this house. #artyear
artmystics.bsky.social Lynda ArtMystic @artmystics.bsky.social · Dec 7
Day 7 of sharing my #art for #artadventcalendar ... in a bird mood today. I love birds 🐦 ... another favourite #painting. I really enjoyed painting this, and it shows 💜💫 #creativemagic
Acrylic on canvas, "Love Birds" intuitive painting of two red birds in a forest surrounded by flowers in an illustrative colourful fantasy style. An invitation to cherish the abundance and diversity of nature and the relationship of all living things as part of a magical ecosystem.
June 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
artmystics.bsky.social
I am reawakening the socials like a hibiscus blooming in winter.

Before anyone tells me it is not winter. I live in Australia. And yes, the hibiscus blooms improbably.

Things GROW here in winter. Summer is the death season.

So I grow. I've been tending a THING. It is still in bud ... slow bloom 🌸
Hibiscus flower plucked from the garden this winter, and added to my eclectic decor styling of miniature teapots, candles, statues and ... of course ... a painting. The proud bloom is displayed in a curious violet and white striped blown glass vase sitting on top of a polished slice of a geode. Don't ask why, I don't know. These things find me. The geode coaster was abandoned by the previous owner of my house, who for some reason put it in the pool shed. The remainder - things people gift me when they declutter their house or my adventures into the charity store for treasures. Wooden candlesticks - improbable but true. I like improbable truths. Like tropical blooms in a temperate winter.
June 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
artmystics.bsky.social
Work in spiral progress. Tinkering a paintover, and my daughter "Why are you ruining my favourite painting?😡" ... so it spirals back to the old story ... and you can not step in the same river twice, but you can run upstream and catch a leaf. And she was right.
#intuitiveart #artyear #painting
Work in progress with acrylic on a large canvas (approx 1x1.5m). Two figures emerging, mother and daughter. The mother wears a shawl and is surrounded by drooping sunflower like plants, symbolising harvest time and maturing into legacy, while the daughter is close, seeking connection to her lineage - the passing of the seeds to the next generation.
June 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
artmystics.bsky.social
How to spell cacophony.
#artlesson
😅
Why is spelling so hard when lettering???
Finishing old art journals because I yearn for a sense of completion.
One day I hope someone will look at this and think - "how fascinating", and not "that's not how you spell cacophony".
#artjournal
#collage
#alteredbook
Altered book art journal fix - spelling corrections! Cacophony. Written with a cheap lwttering stencil.
May 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
artmystics.bsky.social
Finding quiet amidst the cacophony.
I finally found time for arting and fixed an #artjournal
spread that went awry ... in 2013.
There was so much cacophony, I couldn't spell cacophony.
Less cacophony now.
Amended my signature to just Lynda - no more family names claiming me in my #art.
#artyear
Art journal spread in altered book. Mixed media collage, paint, pen, pencil. Stencilled word "cacophony" on the right facing page surrounded by a patchwork of red patterned collage and doodles exploding out with found words. On the left, a female figure in blue sits calmly meditating, with a bird with a red heart on a pile of rocks. More found words "here is your home", "at the heart, inhabit a timeless universe with simplicity".
May 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
artmystics.bsky.social
I do not need any more books or picture frames, and yet ...
I have an obsession with velvet and the colour purple, so when I saw a $2 frame at the charity store with purple velvet 💜
Also, if the internet goes down, I have a library to keep me amused and educated for 100 years.
#books
#thrifting
Photo of a picture frame with purple velvet inlay, a book on ancient Egypt and instructional book on oil painting, placed on vintage Persian rug. Afternoon sun casting shadows because I am too impatient to take photos in ideal lighting.
April 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
artmystics.bsky.social
I've been avoiding painting, so last Sunday I went in my arty studio and said "you will paint". After about 5hrs of rearranging paint brushes and paints, browsing art books, starting up a painting class video, journaling about not painting, a nausea spinning panic attack ... painted. #artyear
Intuituve painting in progress. Acrylic on canvas. A veiled figure wearing a geometric patterned cloak emerging from foliage and flowers looking down on a peacock like bird.
April 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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michelepetrelli.bsky.social
Three of my works

#art #darkart #gothic #dark #artwork #drawing #painting
April 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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hydeangelus.bsky.social
Quail with chrysanthemums...
A doodle of a very round quail with a tuxedo coloration with little flower buds on its back and head
April 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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jimmusilpainter.bsky.social
Rough draft … hoping to finish this one soon. Wish me luck!
March 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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kate1904.bsky.social
Martin Johnson Heade ~
1819 - 1904

Blue Morpho Butterfly
c. 1863/64

Oil on canvas.
March 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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lindabythesea.bsky.social
Flow by Josh Sorrell.
Oil on panel.
March 31, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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burntflowers.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 #rollandpaint

Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Paints: Cadmium Red (Pale Hue), Cherry Magenta, Chinese White, Pumpkin, Wild Rose (gouache)

#watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #OnlyBeautifulThings
A watercolour landscape painting with unusual colour choices. Dusty pink cows graze in a yellow field behind a red fence. A cluster of three red-trunked trees with orange leaves is growing on the left side of the field. In front of the fence are gentle orange hills. Behind is a row of deep magenta trees. Above is a magenta sky with fluffy light pink clouds.
March 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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annalarssonstudio.bsky.social
March is here, and #ArtYear is expanding! 🌱
In addition to art, craft & photography, you can now share:
✨ WIP (Work In Progress)
✨ Your studio, workspace, or plein air setup
✨ Art supplies or creative tools

I know I’m not the only one who loves seeing creative spaces, tools & progress shots! 🎨✨
The image shows information and guidelines about the #ArtYear hashtag and feed. The image has black text on a white background with a green border. The text reads as follows: Join the #ArtYear challenge! Help spread joy in the world through art—we all need it! 🌱Post your own original art 🌱Any medium: art, craft, photography; WIP, studio & art supply images welcome 🌱Use the hashtag #ArtYear 🌱Runs daily, all year—post when you can 🌱No themes 🌱Use ALT text 🌱Keep it SFW (Safe For Work) 🌱No A I or N F Ts ✨Let's keep our creative habit going at our own pace & share the joy of creating!✨ Find the #ArtYear feed in my profile, @annalarssonstudio.bsky.social, under Feeds & pin it to your menu.
March 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
artmystics.bsky.social
Beautiful 😍
woodvetch.bsky.social Woodvetch @woodvetch.bsky.social · Mar 25
Art Nouveau Pendant-Brooch in Gold, Diamonds and Plique-à-Jour Enamel, by Lluis Masriera, Barcelona.
Ca1900
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
artmystics.bsky.social
Day 16 prompt Collage for #MakersmARTch
although it is actually the 17th here but 'Thimble'?
🤔🤷‍♀️ nothing
Collage - where to start?!
I love using collage when I feel stuck. From there it is #mixedmedia mayhem
#artyear
#artjournal
Collage mixed media art journal spread of a crowned female face split in two with a deer/rabbit like face peering down through trees with words "Unraveling a Mystery" patterned background of red orange and yellow with checkerboard and floral patterns.
March 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
artmystics.bsky.social
There is something delightfully decisive about #drawing directly in #ink. No erasure. It is what it is.

Day 12 Ink #MakersmARTch
#artyear
Drawing of a female figure inspired by a fashion magazine. Black fountain pen and dried up red marker.
March 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
artmystics.bsky.social
Work in progress intuitive painting.

This painting embodies sadness, which I feel a lot of when I ponder the state of the world.

#MakersMartch #painting
Intuitive painting of a female figure.
March 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
artmystics.bsky.social
Parked at the local train station recently and thought ... damn, when did the horses disappear?

When I grew up, everyone had a friend or a neighbour who owned a horse.

Just memories and old road signs now. Time marches on.
Roadside sign of a horse at my local train station against a background of blue skies and gum trees.
March 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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jay.bsky.team
the feminine urge to
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
mashable.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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lindabythesea.bsky.social
Beyond Here by Andrea Kowch.
Acrylic on canvas.
March 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
"Men liked to put me down as the best woman painter... I'm one of the best painters"
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)
US artist
#InternationalWomensDay
Painting of a close up of an open red poppy with a black centre, all against a white background
March 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
artmystics.bsky.social
Day 6 of #MakersMartch
Glue ❤️
My favourite glue is gel medium. I love integrating #collage into my #art - words, texture, objects, images, colour, shape. Glue it down!
Many feathers because I live surrounded by flocks of birds that gift me feathers 🪶
#artjournal #artyear #alteredbooks
Journal page of a face with just eyes showing surrounded by collaged textured papers and dictionary text for definition of vision. Journal page "the holy bower" with collaged feather, fabric, paper, threads and a bower bird.
March 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
artmystics.bsky.social
I've been in denial that it is March, but here goes ... a combo deal of woven, button, bead, and soft ...
#artjournal cover
Most of my journals have stiff board covers layered in collage. Something different - a soft stitched cover! Not bound pages in yet.
Stitched beaded and buttoned ... soft cloth cover for handmade art journal. Art witch stitchery
March 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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 a drawing of Rosalie Lettau by Edwin Austin Abbey.
March 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM