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Artofniko
@artofniko.bsky.social
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Traditional work with watercolour, Ink and pastels.
🏳️‍🌈 Living in Switzerland.
My topics are urban sketching, animals, especially birds, portrait mostly male, strong contrast.
Also deeply concerned with climat change and sustainable transition 😍
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Artofniko @artofniko.bsky.social · Apr 27
Hi there,
Sample of my work, I'm Nick and I love drawing animals.
Watercolour illustration of a red fox Sketch of a red fox under a big big cloud done in pastel on toned paper Little green bird in front of orange leaves done in watercolour and ink
artofniko.bsky.social
Hi all,
A few more #inktober2025
Have a nice week-end 🤗
Heavy #inktober2025 #sting #inktober2025 Sweep #inktober2025 Drink #inktober2025
October 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there
#inktober2025 days 5 to 8
Have a nice week-end ☺️
#deer #inktober2025 #pierce #inktober2025 #starfish #inktober2025 #reckless littering #inktober2025
October 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey it's #inktober2025
Is that a thing here ?
Pisting day one to four ☺️
Inktober-2025 day one mustache Day 2 weave Day 3 crown Day 4 Murky
October 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
artofniko.bsky.social
The void is responding 🤗
Very moving piece !
September 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
#portrait study day 🤗
Have a good one !
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#traditionalart
#watercolor
#blueskyart
Watercolour portrait of a famous male content creator
May 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
More house of Bretagne,
Direct ink layout and the final work🙏
#penandink
#blueskyart
#traditionalart
Direct foundation done without ruler or draft Colored work in blue tones and warm light Brown values. Trying to make the house feel alive
May 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
Somewhere in Brittany, I tried to tender the beautiful clouds
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#art#watercolor
#blueskyart
#traditionalart
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Beach landscape with a sky filled of big clouds.
June 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
Somewhere in Brittany, I tried to tender the beautiful clouds
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#art#watercolor
#blueskyart
#traditionalart
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Beach landscape with a sky filled of big clouds.
June 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
More house of Bretagne,
Direct ink layout and the final work🙏
#penandink
#blueskyart
#traditionalart
Direct foundation done without ruler or draft Colored work in blue tones and warm light Brown values. Trying to make the house feel alive
May 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
#portrait study day 🤗
Have a good one !
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#traditionalart
#watercolor
#blueskyart
Watercolour portrait of a famous male content creator
May 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
Somewhere in Brittany part 2, not far away from the first one ☺️
Everything is drawn directly with an Ink Pen.
#watercolor
#landscape
#blueskyart
Ink pen and watercolour landscape from Bretagne. Typical houses cluster with the ocean on foreground
May 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
Somewhere in Brittany, France
#watercolor #landscape
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Watercolor landscape of a cluster of typical housses from this region, Stone walls and blue roofs.
May 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
#portrait study Sunday
#queerartist
#watercolor
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Watercolour portrait of a man with red haur and long beard
May 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
Second #mermay work, yeah 🙏
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#queerartist
#watercolor
#art
A merman playing with seaweedsnd enjoying himself very much.
May 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
A little #mermay, will try to do more during the month🤗
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#queerartist
#traditionalart
#watercolor
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A merman holding his long hair in a particularité strong stream.
May 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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davidho.bsky.social
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?" "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
The reference is from the amazing work of Ravis Patenaude.
#study
#art
Study of a dog face, the dog looks longingly to a point outside the image. The angle is from below to the side. Done with pastel on toned paper.
May 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hi there,
Sample of my work, I'm Nick and I love drawing animals.
Watercolour illustration of a red fox Sketch of a red fox under a big big cloud done in pastel on toned paper Little green bird in front of orange leaves done in watercolour and ink
April 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
artofniko.bsky.social
Another #figurestudy, start to get how to shape volumes using #pastel
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#art
#queerart
Figure study of a male model, its SFW. Focus is on the volumes of the body shaped by the Light contrast.
April 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
L'immensité de notre portion d'univers, il existe des milliards de galaxies !!
wonderofscience.bsky.social Wonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · Apr 26
Contemplate the incredible vastness of space with this visualization of the size of our Milky Way galaxy.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
April 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there,
Selfie #portrait #sketch
Likeness is somewhat there ☺️
#art
#queerart
#pastel
Self portrait from a selfie. Well it's kind off me with a beenie. Queer male with his friend and husband behind.
April 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
artofniko.bsky.social
Fitness anyone ?
Another warm up #study #strikeapose and look nice 😏
#queerart
#traditionalart
Fitness model sketch study in pastel on toned paper. The model is toned but and well defined, he holds a dumbbells in each hands.
April 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hi there,
Quick study of 30 minutes, focusing on contrast
#sketch
#blueskyart
#queerart
#traditionalart
Figure study in Black and white pastel on toned paper of a male model standing and focused on torso and head.
April 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
artofniko.bsky.social
Hey there, it's been a minute 🤗
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#traditionalart #portraitstudy #pastel #queerart
Portrait study of a head sculpture from below in black and white pastel on grey toned paper. It's a greek demi god
April 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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nywolforg.bsky.social
Our voices are stronger when we howl together 🐺🐺
April 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM