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Carol Stewart
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Artist(Carol Bramley), amateur photographer, border collies. Yorkshire lass in Scotland.
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A quiet message for anyone struggling today.
January 23, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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There’s the three. Snow in January on a Calderdale little farm. Lots went wrong but lots went right and I’m happy. That’s all the snow pics now until it returns.
Three watercolour landscape paintings of snow in the Pennine Hills
January 13, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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My girl Nessa is 4 today.
Wouldn’t get out for half as many walks to enjoy nature without the company of her and my other dogs.
#bordercollie #dogsofbluesky
Black and white border collie looking straight at the viewer with deep brown eyes. The ear on the right is tipped whilst the one on the left is dropped. The background is a mix of autumn undergrowth in shades of brown and green.
January 12, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Mount Fuji Covered in Snow (2021)
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
January 9, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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Pictures that explain things.
Trees in Winter (back endpapers)
Artist: SR Badmin, 1963
12 common British trees shown with their winter silhouette to facilitate identification
January 4, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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#artAdventCalendar 2025 had 630 participants who posted over 8500 images over 24 days with 97% AltText usage.

That's remarkable when the average use here is in the low to mid 20%.

Be better, be kind & be inclusive.

Go to settings>accessibility>require alttext.
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Make 2026 the year most of y’all start using alt text.
January 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Another first for me aka another dog walk bonus. Hair Ice in the local woods today. Apparently a fungus, Exidiopsis Effusa causes it on rotting broadleaved wood in certain conditions.
#hairice #exidiopsiseffusa #fungus #fifewoods
A dead branch against a background of dead leaves. The branch has white ice formed along it that looks like hair or candy floss.
December 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Lovely winter’s morning in the woods today.
#scotspinewoods #fife #frosty #wintersday
A frosty morning in the woods. Scots Pine trees against a blue sky. Low winter sun shining through them. Bilberry bushes and dead bracken covered in frost beneath the trees.
December 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day24

I started with a drawing of my dog Obi and I’m going to finish with another drawing of him when he was about 6 months old.
‘Attention Seeker’
Charcoal.
#bordercollie #charcoaldrawing #traditionalart #canineart #dogsofbluesky #blackandwhitedrawing
A young border collie lying in the snow looking up at his owner. He’s looking straight at the viewer. He is traditionally marked with white fur around his black nose, a narrow white blaze up to his forehead, a white ruff of fur and a white chest. He has a lovely ‘soft’ expression.
December 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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This piece was in our main library in 2015 for a couple of months & a woman told me she would stop by on her lunch break & just sit & look at it almost daily because it gave her some peace. Few better compliments.

Shore
55×40 140×101cm
Oil on Canvas
2015

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Abstract landscape: wavy dark blue clouds with a late sunset over a lake with small beach, Full moon in upper right
December 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Day twenty-three of #ArtAdventCalendar

Here is a coloured pencil drawing of a mountain hare in the snow.
A coloured pencil drawing of a mountain hare in snow. Drawn on warm grey paper. There are snowflakes falling, and the hare is in the bottom right of the image, hunkered down.
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 23

Another old one. A watercolour of a snow covered tree trunk.
An unusual viewpoint, I liked the close up snow, moss and bark on the main trunk snaking up against the distant trees and sky.
#watercolour #watercolourpainting #traditionalart #sciart #treeart #tree
An old tree trunk covered with moss and snow snaking up through the picture. The foreground trunk is in strong colours against a pale blue grey sky and distant trees.
December 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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This is probably my favorite artwork from last year. An older piece, but still one I'm particular fond of.
#sciart #wildlife #mammals #primates #apes #orangutans
Illustration of a forest with a sequence of drawings of an orangutan climbing on trees
December 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22

Another day, another dog. This time a black German Shepherd called Echo, drawn in coloured pencil.
#canineart #germanshepherd #colouredpencilart #drawing #traditionalart
A head and shoulders portrait of a black German shepherd dog drawn in coloured pencil. Although virtually everything is in shades of black and grey, the dog’s eyes are grey green, there is a hint of pink to the insides of the dogs large, pricked ears and she is wearing a bright orange collar. She is looking straight at the viewer as if waiting for your next command.
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21

A wee watercolour of a Yellowhammer singing it’s heart out.

#BirdArt #watercolour #watercolourpainting #yellowhammer #SciArt #traditionalart
A Yellowhammer sitting on the top of a hedge singing. A small yellow and brown bird with its head tilted back, beak open, singing.
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day20

Rhea and Kona
Two blue merle border collies in coloured pencil. Mother and daughter, also mother and sister to my own boy Obi. Just finished this week.

#canineartist #colouredpencil #colouredpencilart #traditionalart #drawing
A coloured pencil drawing of two blue merle border collies. Their coat is a mottled grey colour due to the merle gene. Rhea at the back left has pricked ears and deep brown eyes. Kona, her daughter, at the front right has dropped ears and pale grey/green eyes.
December 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Five owls
Day 20

#ArtAdventCalendar #birds #owl #stylization #prayingmantis #digitalart #art #illustration #painting #artistsonbluesky #ArtYear #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse
Brown owls in fern thickets on a moonlit night
December 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19

A pen and ink drawing of a Nuthatch.

#penandinkdrawing #traditionalart #birdart #sciart
A black and white image drawn in pen and ink of a nuthatch. The bird is clinging to rough tree bark. Its body is pointing downwards with its head pointing across to the right. The bird has a striking black eye stripe and very pointed beak.
December 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 18

A puffin in coloured pencil.
#puffin #birdart #birddrawing #SciArt #seabird #colouredpencil
A puffin with its colourful red, blue and yellow bill. It is sitting on grey rocks against a blue sky.
December 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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The unadulterated feathery joy of #BirbFest is back next year and the prompts have already been released. Originally created by @birdietam.art and hosted by @monkeymintaka.bsky.social there's even a fab guide website here...

www.monkeymintaka.com/birbfest

#BirdArt #Illustration #ArtSky #SciArt
A text heavy image showing prompts for the BirbFest 2026 art challenge running throughout January. 1 - Bronzewing Pigeon, 2- Many-coloured rush tyrant, 3 - Razorbill, 4 - Golden-headed manakin, 5 - King Eider, 6 - Northern Emerald-toucanet, 7 - Steller's Sea Eagle, 8 - Andean cock-of-the-rock, 9 - Indian Paradise Flycatcher, 10 - American Purple Gallinule, 11 - Mountain Bluebird, 12 - Common Redpoll, 13 - White-eared Pheasant, 14 - Silver-eared Mesia, 15 - Short-eared Owl, 16 - Eurasian Wigeon, 17 - Spangled Cotinga, 18 - Tufted Jay, 19 - Red-legged Seriema, 20 - Dalmatian Pelican, 21 - Ornate Fruit Dove, 22 - Galah Cockatoo, 23 - Nuthatch, 24 - New Holland Honeyeater, 25 - Common Kingfisher, 26 - Common Cuckoo, 27 - Red-bearded Bee-eater, 28 - Little Penguin, 29 - Red Junglefowl, 30 - Oyster Catcher, 31 - Indian Peafowl A text heavy image showing prompts for the BirbFest 2026 art challenge running throughout January. This is for the short list where you draw a birb every Thursday. 1st Bronzewing Pigeon, 8th Andean Cock-of-the-rock, 15th Short-eared Owl, 29th Red Junglefowl.
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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"Forest Attendant" Black-Capped Chickadee 5"x7" Oil on panel

Chickadees are wonderful in so many ways. They're often the first birds to investigate a new situation, and other birds watch & follow them to find food sources. The friendly local 'dees often bring other birds to my yard, to my delight.
A small oil painting of a black-capped chickadee, perched on an arching twiggy branch. The chickadee is facing us and gazing downward, its eyes turned to look at something close by, while the rest of its body is turned sideways. The artist watermark reads: copyright 2025 Jennifer Miller "Nambroth" featherdust dot com
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Long-tailed tit
(which isn't a tit at all, by the way)
Day 17

#ArtAdventCalendar #birds #longtailedtit #digitalart #art #illustration #painting #artistsonbluesky #ArtYear #bird #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse
A tiny long-tailed tit bird sits on the stem of a wildflower
December 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 17

A graphite drawing of a wren.
#wren #graphitedrawing #sciart #traditionalart
A graphite drawing of a wren in shades of grey against a white background. Side view sitting on a garden cane with its distinctive cocked tail.
December 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, a portrait of 4 black birds for my book, Roadkill. This raven, magpie, crow, and rook get the last words in that tale of woe. It makes me happy that I can offer original art along with my words, I say jauntily, as I draw 52(!) illustrations for my current project. 😅
Digital drawing in black ink against a stark white background of four birds in profile receding into the distance. From front to back: raven looking right, magpie looking left, crow looking right, rook looking left.
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 16

A Pine Marten in pastel pencil.
One of my favourite mammals.
#pastelart #pinemarten #traditionalart #sciart
Head and shoulders portrait of a pine marten drawn in pastel pencils on a white background. Rich, chestnut brown fur on its head and back. A distinctive creamy bib on its neck and upper chest. Bright, beady eyes and neat ears. It’s looking at something over to the right.
December 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM