Tom Xensen
@txensen.bsky.social
Words, images
Publishing professional, painter, photographer
Not a bot -- please visit me at my personal website, www.rightreading.com.
(Right reading, left leaning.)
Publishing professional, painter, photographer
Not a bot -- please visit me at my personal website, www.rightreading.com.
(Right reading, left leaning.)
The Cleopatra look
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Cleopatra look
Reposted by Tom Xensen
This is SO sweet! A #SingingPenguin joins the performance. 🐧🥰
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is SO sweet! A #SingingPenguin joins the performance. 🐧🥰
The red swatches are arranged by chroma. The green swatches are arranged by luminance. #swatches #watercolor #HLC #hue-luminance-chroma #ColorTheory #red #green
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The red swatches are arranged by chroma. The green swatches are arranged by luminance. #swatches #watercolor #HLC #hue-luminance-chroma #ColorTheory #red #green
Red watercolors in my collection arranged by chroma. I use the HLC (hue-luminance-chroma) system. I get the data from artistspigments.org. More on chroma at the link (my personal website).
www.rightreading.com/blog/art-and...
#watercolor #art #painting #pigments #ColorTheory #ArtYear
www.rightreading.com/blog/art-and...
#watercolor #art #painting #pigments #ColorTheory #ArtYear
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Red watercolors in my collection arranged by chroma. I use the HLC (hue-luminance-chroma) system. I get the data from artistspigments.org. More on chroma at the link (my personal website).
www.rightreading.com/blog/art-and...
#watercolor #art #painting #pigments #ColorTheory #ArtYear
www.rightreading.com/blog/art-and...
#watercolor #art #painting #pigments #ColorTheory #ArtYear
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Converted #telephone booth, seen in #Bath, #England.
#ColorADay #RedWed #photograph #GoodThings #plants
#ColorADay #RedWed #photograph #GoodThings #plants
October 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Converted #telephone booth, seen in #Bath, #England.
#ColorADay #RedWed #photograph #GoodThings #plants
#ColorADay #RedWed #photograph #GoodThings #plants
Mariscos (Mercado de la Ribera, Bilbao). Ink, watercolor, gouache, 9 x 12 in. The latest watercolor
#HumansOfBluesky #UrbanGaze #watercolor #Bilbao #art #ArtYear
#HumansOfBluesky #UrbanGaze #watercolor #Bilbao #art #ArtYear
October 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Mariscos (Mercado de la Ribera, Bilbao). Ink, watercolor, gouache, 9 x 12 in. The latest watercolor
#HumansOfBluesky #UrbanGaze #watercolor #Bilbao #art #ArtYear
#HumansOfBluesky #UrbanGaze #watercolor #Bilbao #art #ArtYear
Can anyone identify this #flower? I thought it was a brugmansia but on closer look that doesn't seem right. I should know, because it was in my garden. But I can't quite place it.
#ColorADay #YellowThu #bloomscrolling #photography
#ColorADay #YellowThu #bloomscrolling #photography
October 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Can anyone identify this #flower? I thought it was a brugmansia but on closer look that doesn't seem right. I should know, because it was in my garden. But I can't quite place it.
#ColorADay #YellowThu #bloomscrolling #photography
#ColorADay #YellowThu #bloomscrolling #photography
Caples Lake (Sierra Nevada) Rocks #RockinTuesday #Photography
October 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Caples Lake (Sierra Nevada) Rocks #RockinTuesday #Photography
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3500 year old gummy bear amulet from Poland (in the National Museum in Stettin)
October 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
3500 year old gummy bear amulet from Poland (in the National Museum in Stettin)
October 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
October 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
At the Oakland Museum of California Day of the Dead festivities a few years back. Cute kids!
#Spooktober #31DaysOfHalloween #SanFranciscoBayArea #Photography #OMCA
#Spooktober #31DaysOfHalloween #SanFranciscoBayArea #Photography #OMCA
October 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
At the Oakland Museum of California Day of the Dead festivities a few years back. Cute kids!
#Spooktober #31DaysOfHalloween #SanFranciscoBayArea #Photography #OMCA
#Spooktober #31DaysOfHalloween #SanFranciscoBayArea #Photography #OMCA
September 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
For the #BlueSkyArtShow with the theme #TheRoad, this road in #PointPinole in the #SanFrancisco #BayArea. #photography
September 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
For the #BlueSkyArtShow with the theme #TheRoad, this road in #PointPinole in the #SanFrancisco #BayArea. #photography
September 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I wrote about the making of a recent artwork.
www.rightreading.com/blog/art-and...
#watercolor #ink #pigments #Venice #ArtYear
www.rightreading.com/blog/art-and...
#watercolor #ink #pigments #Venice #ArtYear
The Making of Produce Boat – Right Reading
www.rightreading.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I wrote about the making of a recent artwork.
www.rightreading.com/blog/art-and...
#watercolor #ink #pigments #Venice #ArtYear
www.rightreading.com/blog/art-and...
#watercolor #ink #pigments #Venice #ArtYear
Reposted by Tom Xensen
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
September 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In 2023 we had to stay an extra day in Bath because of a rail strike. We were glad we did. After strolling along a pleasant canal, we climbed to what I think is called Bathwick Meadows and viewed the city from a field covered with bright yellow buttercups.
#ColorADay #Yellow #Bath #photography
#ColorADay #Yellow #Bath #photography
September 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In 2023 we had to stay an extra day in Bath because of a rail strike. We were glad we did. After strolling along a pleasant canal, we climbed to what I think is called Bathwick Meadows and viewed the city from a field covered with bright yellow buttercups.
#ColorADay #Yellow #Bath #photography
#ColorADay #Yellow #Bath #photography
Saw these roses at the Sunset Gardens in Sonoma but did not make a note of the variety.
#ColorADay #RoseWed #WestCoastPhotography #Flowers #Roses #Photography #BloomScrolling
#ColorADay #RoseWed #WestCoastPhotography #Flowers #Roses #Photography #BloomScrolling
September 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Saw these roses at the Sunset Gardens in Sonoma but did not make a note of the variety.
#ColorADay #RoseWed #WestCoastPhotography #Flowers #Roses #Photography #BloomScrolling
#ColorADay #RoseWed #WestCoastPhotography #Flowers #Roses #Photography #BloomScrolling
September 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
San Simeon Schoolhouse. One-room school, built 1881. Not as grand as Mr. Heart's castle up the hill.
Photo shot in 2002 on an Olympus C3000z, an fairly early digital camera.
#BlueSkyMonday #photography #SanSimeon #WestCoastPhotography #CentralCaliforniaCoast
Photo shot in 2002 on an Olympus C3000z, an fairly early digital camera.
#BlueSkyMonday #photography #SanSimeon #WestCoastPhotography #CentralCaliforniaCoast
September 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
San Simeon Schoolhouse. One-room school, built 1881. Not as grand as Mr. Heart's castle up the hill.
Photo shot in 2002 on an Olympus C3000z, an fairly early digital camera.
#BlueSkyMonday #photography #SanSimeon #WestCoastPhotography #CentralCaliforniaCoast
Photo shot in 2002 on an Olympus C3000z, an fairly early digital camera.
#BlueSkyMonday #photography #SanSimeon #WestCoastPhotography #CentralCaliforniaCoast
August 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM