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Ashley Weaver
@troopofechos.bsky.social
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"Retired" Animal Scientist pushes paint around on paper.
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Watercolor, ink, and pencils 🎨
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Ashley Weaver @troopofechos.bsky.social · Feb 25
Howdy Bluesky 👋

I'm an artist that likes to paint and draw with traditional media. Being outside is my happy place and my hope is to share that peace and quiet calm.

Here's my most recent #watercolor #landscape I painted, channeling my inner Tony Couch for a class.
Winter watercolor painting of a murder barn with 2 prominent trees and a snow covered fence
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Getting 2025's Christmas cards (of which I didn't send any, oops!) recorded in the #sketchbook 😄

My goal this year is "quantity over quality." I want to keep pushing the brush mileage with small projects and challenges throughout the year.

Oh yeah, chinga la migra.

#watercolor #landscape #art
Snowy watercolor landscape with deep purple blue shadows. There's still some snow clinging to the trees and probably the bones from that corpse over there. I wonder what crops they are farming?
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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More winter scenes! My favorite season ❄️

#watercolor on Fabriano Artistico 5x7 block
#snowscape #art #painting #aquarelle
A watercolor winter scene of some farm land with snow still clinging to the trees and branches. Don't ask about their fertilizer, it's "proprietary." There are long blue-purple shadows in the snow
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Lmaaaaooooo so good!!
mariesposeets.bsky.social MariEsposeets @mariesposeets.bsky.social · 12d
Charlie Brown Christmas Alternate Ending! (with super special guest! Ooo!)
December 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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He big.
Have big cup.
He spill big cup.
A digital WIP of a large statue made of husks of people, a large crucible filled with a liquid is being poured out of it into a large ingot mould. Surrounding the mould are forge workshop tools.
December 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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I typically only like to post my art, but this stuff matters. Just don't use it. ❤️
jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 15d
Look, this person doesn't understand what process is and how keeping it writer-based supports style and narrative, period. Thus, several things she suggests harmless if AI-driven are actually harmful. Also, the fallacy that AI is inevitable belies evidence of a bubble 1/2 file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community
Hi Friends, Erin Underwood After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File 770 along with a note that read: “Am I crazy? Will this blow…
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December 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Pan’s loyal steed and more importantly, his best friend! Trumpet leads the WillowGuard, carrying on her parents’ legacy as Guardian of the throne.
December 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Snowy Rider
December 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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No, not deja-vu, I painted the same scene again. I might like it slightly better!

#watercolor on Fabriano Artistico 100% cotton paper block 5x7
#humanmade #painting #traditionalart #winter #landscape

I hope everyone is staying cozy this holiday season ❄️❤️
Winter watercolor scene depicting a barn structure in the woods. I wouldn't open the door.
December 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Something for the season ❄️

#Watercolor on 25% cotton postcard
Primarily indanthrene blue

#traditionalart #painting #art
Watercolor postcard of a crisp, winter scene with snow covered trees and landscape. There's a small cabin or structure near the center. Here, you can stack the bodies up like cordwood while it's nice and chilly. There's a festive wreath with a red ribbon hung near the roof of the cabin
December 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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“Boombox” 2025

Acrylic, Alcohol markers, Poscas and Spray Paint on Unstretched Canvas
630mm x 930mm

Might see this guy pop up in Melbourne if you know where to look @thatsruff.com

#dog #doodles #painting #unstretchedcanvas
December 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Hey y'all! I took an impromptu social media break while on vacation last month, and uh just kinda kept going? Oops.

Holidays are busy, and I don't find much time to draw and paint, so I can get a little prickly. 😘

Here's a #painting though!

#Watercolor on paper
Kilimanjaro #sketchbook #art
Watercolor painting of a river in the evening with some moody clouds I am sorry I just cannot be arsed today
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Doors
Watercolor
22x15 Inches
#art @bsky.art
November 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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More parks! It's been wonderful getting outside and makes me feel so much better. Forest therapy 🥰

PS - it sounds like the children playing in the park are playing in the sewer hahaha

#pleinair #sketching at Laurel Hills
#art #drawing Stillman & Birn #sketchbook
November 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Drawing at the park while the weather was so nice! 🍁 🍂

Lassiter Mill
H pencil in Stillman & Birn Alpha #sketchbook #pleinair #drawing #sketch #landscape
October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Halloween card illustrations.
2014.
Pencil on parchment.
11”x14”.
Illustration of a pumpkin-headed scarecrow-like figure with his tree branch arms outstretched in a corn field. Illustration of an elegant witch conjuring unspeakable things from her cauldron as her black cat sits studiously perched on her lap. Illustration of a zombie approaching a trick-or-treating child dressed as a ghost holding out his pumpkin bucket, requesting candy from the undead.
October 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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😂 I can't even make eye contact
landeg.world Landeg @landeg.world · Oct 11
Being an artist trying to talk with other artists is just embarrassing. "I like your shapes and colours!" Mortifying playground shit
October 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Thrilled to have my painting “Obsession “ juried as one of the 50 Finalists for the British Art Prize 2025.
Thanks to Artist and Illustrator Magazine, UK, to Parker Harris Art Consultants, to the OXO Gallery , London Oxo Tower Wharf and to the jury for this honor . #art @bsky.art
October 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Hey. This is my reminder to you to wear insect repellent. 👍
A selfie of some dummy that forgot bug spray and went outside to draw. She's pictured here with her pencil in her mouth, don't put stuff in your mouth. The sun is shining but it's cool enough for a light jacket. She opted for flannel.
October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I guess I got a wild hair for going outside? Going to lean into it!

Decided to go to nearby Shelley Lake to draw and paint.

Stillman & Birn Alpha series #sketchbook and Strathmore #watercolor postcards.
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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I've felt really good this week so far, went to the art museum for about 4 hours the other day, just enjoying the sunshine, the birds, and people watching while I sketched and painted. 🥰
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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whew
whew! this sucks! at least I won't have to do it again tomorrow.
October 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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The world outside is bathed in autumnal hues. It's my favourite season and I like to celebrate with some autumn colour in my art, I have a whole collection dedicated to autumn...
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#Autumn #Fall #Landscape #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #bsnm
Description: A photo collage of some of the art in my autumn collection. A Glencoe mountain landscape in autumn, a patch of marigolds, yellow mushrooms, pumpkins, an autumn landscape with orange trees and a blue sky, a spooky autumn sunset scene.
October 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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One of my favorite oldies from 2011! Kingfisher in acrylic on cardboard

#art #kingfisher #queerart
Acrylic painting of a black-backed dwarf kingfisher on a branch. It has a white chin, yellow cheek tummy and underside, an orange beak, blue wings, and a purple head and back. The background is a splash of blooming acrylic in red, yellow, black and green.
October 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Whew, finished with this one. 🥳
Lots of layers involving tricky timing and I am proud.

#watercolor on Arches cold press 9x12
#landscape #mountainscape #forests #traditional #painting #aquarelle #art
Watercolor painting of a misty mountain top with heavy, moody cloud cover and evergreen trees encompassing the mid ground and a grassy path in the foreground. The path is great for transporting the dead bodies from the murder barns, it's super convenient! Pops of yellow flowers are in the foreground and there's a prominent tree to the right.
October 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Finally finished with this one! 💀
That yellow was a bit unruly, but I think I handled it ok.

#watercolor on 9x12 New York Central 100% cotton block

#watercolour #painting #traditionalart #landscape #forest #coastal
Watercolor painting depicting a serene, coastal scene at midday. The shores are rocky and the forest comes right up to the water. This is especially convenient for folks wanting to float bodies down the water and for ease of distribution. The water is calm and reflects the forest in quiet waters with a few ripples.
October 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM