Gwendolyn Holbrow
@gwendolynium.bsky.social
Illustrator, author, book artist, letterpress printer, mail artist, bluegrass fiddler, xTwitter refugee. Member #SCBWI, #12x12, New England Book Artists, Amalgamated Printers Association. See also www.instagram.com/gwendolynium and gwendolynholbrow.com.
Happy All Saints Day
November 1, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Happy All Saints Day
Inktober 6: Pierce
Freak Flag 3: Sky Drawing
Cupid Hunting, pencil and gouache. So maybe I am just not cut out for ink OR children's books?
#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Inktober2025pierce #GoodShipIllo
Freak Flag 3: Sky Drawing
Cupid Hunting, pencil and gouache. So maybe I am just not cut out for ink OR children's books?
#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Inktober2025pierce #GoodShipIllo
October 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Inktober 6: Pierce
Freak Flag 3: Sky Drawing
Cupid Hunting, pencil and gouache. So maybe I am just not cut out for ink OR children's books?
#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Inktober2025pierce #GoodShipIllo
Freak Flag 3: Sky Drawing
Cupid Hunting, pencil and gouache. So maybe I am just not cut out for ink OR children's books?
#Inktober #Inktober2025 #Inktober2025pierce #GoodShipIllo
October 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
October 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Inktober Day 1: Mustache
after a Persian miniature of Genghis Kahn)
after a Persian miniature of Genghis Kahn)
October 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Inktober Day 1: Mustache
after a Persian miniature of Genghis Kahn)
after a Persian miniature of Genghis Kahn)
What a blast to sketch with Urban Sketchers Prague at Na Krutci orchard. Bonus: free apples! Hard to believe this is within the city limits. #urbansketchersprague #urbansketchers
September 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
What a blast to sketch with Urban Sketchers Prague at Na Krutci orchard. Bonus: free apples! Hard to believe this is within the city limits. #urbansketchersprague #urbansketchers
10-minute drawing with one wet, one dry medium for #goodshipillustration Sketchbook module
September 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
10-minute drawing with one wet, one dry medium for #goodshipillustration Sketchbook module
Fun times sketching with Urban Sketchers Prague at Vítězné náměstí. A beautiful day, live bluegrass... perfect!
September 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Fun times sketching with Urban Sketchers Prague at Vítězné náměstí. A beautiful day, live bluegrass... perfect!
It's not my imagination, they have me under surveillance
September 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It's not my imagination, they have me under surveillance
Painted this birthday card for
my skater son who is not on BlueSky, so posting won't spoil any surprises
my skater son who is not on BlueSky, so posting won't spoil any surprises
May 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Painted this birthday card for
my skater son who is not on BlueSky, so posting won't spoil any surprises
my skater son who is not on BlueSky, so posting won't spoil any surprises
An interesting limited palette exercise; good stretch into colors I wouldn't usually use
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
An interesting limited palette exercise; good stretch into colors I wouldn't usually use
You can probably guess what led to these emergency labels...
May 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
You can probably guess what led to these emergency labels...
Celebrating eight years ago today, when some one close to me was born in a Prius 🥳🎂🚗
May 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Celebrating eight years ago today, when some one close to me was born in a Prius 🥳🎂🚗
See those tiny dots on the bridge? Those are people. So this is successful live figure drawing!
#sketchbook #Prague #lifedrawing
#sketchbook #Prague #lifedrawing
May 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
See those tiny dots on the bridge? Those are people. So this is successful live figure drawing!
#sketchbook #Prague #lifedrawing
#sketchbook #Prague #lifedrawing
I can't give my mother a bouquet of lilacs this year, so I made this little painting instead. You just have to imagine that purple smell...
May 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I can't give my mother a bouquet of lilacs this year, so I made this little painting instead. You just have to imagine that purple smell...
They look like people! But, unlike people, they stand still long enough to be drawn. Long live this little king and queen!
#watercolor #sketching #saltnpepper #theirmajesties
#watercolor #sketching #saltnpepper #theirmajesties
May 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
They look like people! But, unlike people, they stand still long enough to be drawn. Long live this little king and queen!
#watercolor #sketching #saltnpepper #theirmajesties
#watercolor #sketching #saltnpepper #theirmajesties
Wedding cake house in Šafárikovo námestie, Bratislava. Such color and such rooflines there!
April 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Wedding cake house in Šafárikovo námestie, Bratislava. Such color and such rooflines there!
@booker.senate.gov You have lifted my heart. Thank you.
April 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
@booker.senate.gov You have lifted my heart. Thank you.
First time I've messed about with type in quite a while; it leaves me questioning my judgement in a) taping this line together and b) leaving it set up that way for four years
March 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
First time I've messed about with type in quite a while; it leaves me questioning my judgement in a) taping this line together and b) leaving it set up that way for four years
February 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Ooh @miss-grimke.bsky.social, check out this beautiful moss dress!
January 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ooh @miss-grimke.bsky.social, check out this beautiful moss dress!
Meta is decomposing into a medium suitable only for growing mushrooms, so buh-bye Instagram. I call it #Zuxit. I hope more old friends will show up here!
January 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Meta is decomposing into a medium suitable only for growing mushrooms, so buh-bye Instagram. I call it #Zuxit. I hope more old friends will show up here!
Reposted by Gwendolyn Holbrow
An adorable book giveaway seems like the perfect way to kick off my weekend! 💙
Book Giveaway! 📚🎉 Help me test out @laiew.bsky.social's RaffleBlue tool & you may win a paperback copy of I'M BORED by @michaelianblack.bsky.social and me.
TO ENTER: pls Like and re-post. US/Canada only. Winner picked Mon. Hoping to use RaffleBlue as my go-to Bluesky giveaway tool. #BookGiveaway
TO ENTER: pls Like and re-post. US/Canada only. Winner picked Mon. Hoping to use RaffleBlue as my go-to Bluesky giveaway tool. #BookGiveaway
January 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
An adorable book giveaway seems like the perfect way to kick off my weekend! 💙
Selfie of driving the Case tractor on Grandpa's lap, about 1963.
#watercolor #gouache #sketchbook #kidlitart #casetractor
#watercolor #gouache #sketchbook #kidlitart #casetractor
January 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Selfie of driving the Case tractor on Grandpa's lap, about 1963.
#watercolor #gouache #sketchbook #kidlitart #casetractor
#watercolor #gouache #sketchbook #kidlitart #casetractor