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

https://linktr.ee/helenbirch_drawdrawdraw
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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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November 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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15 minute Indian ink drawing of a typewriter 30.9.25

#typewriter #clicketyclack #ping #indianink #15mins #crosshatching #analogue #nostalgia
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
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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format structure // handcut paper collage with graphite on recycled paperboard, november 2025

#collageart #abstract #collage #queerart #artist
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Collage #1389
Solía aullar.
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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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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November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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" In front of the city "
Acrylic, ink on paper #drawings #sketches
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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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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October 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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October 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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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November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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July 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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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
August 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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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
September 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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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
September 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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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.
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM