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Helen Birch - drawdrawdraw
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Drawn to drawing.
Art lecturer turned author
and online art tutor

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November 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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👩‍🌾 L'Illustration horticole: Gand, Belgium: Imprimerie et lithographie de F. et E. Gyselnyck, 1854-1896.

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Illustration of the fern species Adiantum lunulatum var. celebicum. The image combines a detailed black-and-white line drawing of the plant's full fronds with a vivid green, colorized close-up of a single segmented leaf on the left, showing its fan-shaped leaflets with delicate veins. The fern's characteristic slender, arching fronds with small, crescent-shaped leaf segments are clearly depicted on an off-white background. The illustration is from a 19th-century Belgian horticultural publication, emphasizing botanical accuracy and ornamental plant features.
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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juliettej99.bsky.social
15 minute Indian ink drawing of a typewriter 30.9.25

#typewriter #clicketyclack #ping #indianink #15mins #crosshatching #analogue #nostalgia
Indian ink drawing of a traditional typewriter
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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filament screen // handcut paper collage with graphite on recycled paperboard, november 2025

#collageart #abstract #collage #queerart #artist
surreal abstract paper collage with a flowing unnatural landscape and floating orbs/gems in gold, red, white, black, cream
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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allisonanne.com
format structure // handcut paper collage with graphite on recycled paperboard, november 2025

#collageart #abstract #collage #queerart #artist
abstract collage mainly in cool tones of blue and green with a small fish detail and an abstract mass of wood in the upper right
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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olambrillas.bsky.social
Collage #1389
Solía aullar.
©️ Cristian Berga
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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johndouglasart.com
Place des Vosges, from the window of Number23
pen and aquarelle pencils
#UrbanGaze #drawing #mixedmedia #art #France #Paris #urban #buildings
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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darykjozef.bsky.social
Porch
12 x 16 cm
Acrylic and china marker on paper
November 2025

#art #painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #abstract #abstractart #series #acryliconpaper #expressiveart #traditionalmediums #artshare #paintingofday
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November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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geteus.bsky.social
" In front of the city "
Acrylic, ink on paper #drawings #sketches
Black ink on chrome-yellow paper. On the horizon, a city; in the foreground, a cell phone tower. In the field before the city, a man with a spear. The image radiates fear and hope.
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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paulxhearn.bsky.social
#collage ornaments

#handcut #papercollage
Loose collage of found paper. Small citron-green slip of paper with handwritten note: ornaments
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
drawdrawdraw.bsky.social
Just unearthed an old diary - from my first lecturing job. I used to find staff meetings a bit much so would sneakily draw my colleagues whilst trying to look like I was taking notes and paying 100% attention.
#marginalia #drawing #pendrawing #redpen #greenpen #portrait #doodle #bored
A drawing of a bearded man with curly hair - green pen on lined paper. I used to secretly call him Captain Ahab because of the style of his beard. A green pen drawing on lined paper, of a bearded, balding man. A doodled, red pen drawing, on lined paper of a man with a moustache, and high forehead, wearing glasses. A doodled, red pen drawing, on lined paper, of a rotund man - the head of the art school I worked in. He always wore fabulous ties.
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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chrissketch72.bsky.social
I have recently been getting into drawing with magic colour pencils. Really enjoying the results #sketchbookpractise #illustration #drawing #colorpencils
August 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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chrissketch72.bsky.social
Tackling the weekend head on. #wrestling#illustration#colouredpencils#art#weekend
October 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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chrissketch72.bsky.social
Faces from the sketch book #sketchbookpractise #people #portrait#art #illustration
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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chrissketch72.bsky.social
Fish #sketchbookpractise#fish#illustration#art#moustache
October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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christiance.bsky.social
Hier nun alle meine aquarellierten Zeichnungen meiner Altmarktour:

#urbansketching #Altmark #Altmarkrundkurs
April 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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September 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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leslieakchurin.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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csteichenart.bsky.social
Love the creative play that happens with #drawingisfree and #pencils4tea!

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November 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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kasperonpaper.bsky.social
A young blackcap flew against our window.
#usknl #uskamsterdam #urbansketcher #watercolor #ArtYear #mixedmedia #urbansketching #sketchingnature
July 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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kasperonpaper.bsky.social
I like to study other artists, and this week I enjoyed looking closely at the work of drawing wizard @paulheaston.bsky.social. This is one of the sketches, channeling his impressive hatching skills.
#usknl #uskamsterdam #urbansketcher #watercolor #urbansketching #lamysafari #amsterdamnoord
Backyard sketch, in which I focused on practicing my hatching skills. In the background a solid wooden fence, in front shrubbery and a very low brick wall, bordering the lawn
August 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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kasperonpaper.bsky.social
With this drawing I struggled. Let it sit, came back to it. Now I’m satisfied to let it be. Also, this won’t be the last time I will draw this building, it’s beautiful.
#usknl #uskamsterdam #watercolor #urbansketching #lamysafari #ijburg #amsterdam #sluishuis @koosjekoene.bsky.social
Watercolor painting of a tall modern building that’s leaning over water, as if a corner has been cut away Same sketch, only line drawing. A preliminary sketch Photo of the scene where I sat sketching
September 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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laurentregz.bsky.social
Kensington Market sketch meetup. It was so fun to reconnect with familiar faces and a few new ones! The Sunday vibes were feeling just right 😊

@usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social #urbandrawing #outdoorsketching
Street corner sketch of Kensington Market in Toronto.
September 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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koosjekoene.bsky.social
Negative space drawing trains your eye fast. By drawing the shapes around people instead of the people, new forms suddenly appear like magic. I loved for example how the curly bun appeared on the page while I drew these people.
Try it in your sketchbook and see what shows up.
Sketchbook spread with yellow watercolor wash and crayon drawing on top, mostly orange. The drawings were made by filling the negative spaces, then a few details for the subjects. Close up of sketchbook page with yellow watercolor wash and crayon drawing on top, mostly orange. The drawing was made by filling the negative spaces, then a few details for the subject.
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM