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Cecilia Di Miceli
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#Pastel and fiber artist inspired by #nature, night time scribbler, piano torturer, #BoardGames nerd, ex-linguist, #MarineBiology fan and much more! 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇦🇪🏳️‍🌈♾️
Recovering from cancer treatment.
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La ville derrière les volets
#Pastel on #Pastelmat
40x30 cm

The second #PastelPainting of my Parisian series. I've always been charmed by Parisian rooftops and chimneys. More versions of this #cityscape to come.

#pastelart #sunset #paris #art #painting #feance #rooftops
Pastel painting of a view on the Montmartre district at sunset from the window of an apartment in Paris, where I've been staying this summer. Vivid sunset colours in the sky and a more dimmed palette for the buildings (Siena, blue/gray and creme tones).
October 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Alice
#PanPastel on #Sennelier #pastel paper
40x30 cm

My daughter came to sit for a #portrait session at my local life model painting club. Lately I really like to #sketch or lay the base of a #PastelPainting with PanPastel (pigment powders pressed in a small pan that you apply with tiny sponges).
Lightly sketched portrait of my 19 year old daughter. Light warm brown background, blue/grey outlines, soft colour accents here and there. bright eyes and earrings.
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Pont du Port à l'Anglais
#Pastel on coated pastel paper
30x40cm

I'm finally getting back into a painting rhythm! This is the first #PastelPainting of a mini series about #Paris. The second is in the making. For this one I worked almost exclusively with #PanPastel.

#pastelart #waterscape #France
Vaguely impressionist style painting, with dominant blue and green tones, of a Parisian bridge on the river (Seine). The water and bridge are in the foreground, the archs sustaining the bridge and a long boat passing by occupy the middle ground. In the background greenery and sparse houses. Warm light, serene atmosphere.
October 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Can any #MarineBiologist review this diagram for accuracy? I made this in the context of an upcoming art exhibition where I will show sea star and marine life related artworks in different media. Thank🩵🙏🙏🙏🦑

#SciArt #inkdrawing #echinoderm #seastar #artproject
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Black and white diagram illustrating the life cycle and larval development of a typical sea star (with planktonic larval stages). Represented stages: fecundation, cleavage, blastulation, gastrulation, juvenile and adult sea stars. Hand drawn. Captions written with Photopea.
June 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Asterina Gibbosa
#Pastel and #gouache (underpainting) on #Pastelmat
24x30 cm

Portrait of one of the 13 European sea stars I selected for my big sea star pastel painting project I've been brooding over for the last 2 months.
More #SeaStars paintings and diagrams to come ⭐🦑

#pastelart #echinoderm
A single sea star with bright red spots on a blue turquoise skin, resting on a bright coloured abstract textured substrate.
June 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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I'm not a biologist. I'm just an artist in love with #MarineLife and #SeaStars are my most recent obsession. Can anybody check my #diagram of a typical sea star's lifecycle for accuracy, before I proceed with colours and labels? Thanks⭐ 🦑

#echinoderm #sciart #larvae #audhd #plankton #inkdrawing
Black and white, ink, hand-drawn diagram of a lifecycle of a typical sea star with planktotrphic larval stages. Including fecundation, cleavage, blastulation, gastrulation, bipinnaria and brachiolaria larval stages, juvenile and adult sea star.
May 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Here is the 3rd illustrated #chart for my big #pastel artwork, featuring 12 #SeaStar species. This is on the Ophidiaster Ophidianus 🦑

#MarineLife #artinprogress #art #MarineBiology #echinodermata #echinoderms #starfish #asteroidea #asterozoa #BabySteps #sketches #gouache
Illustrated chart on Ophidiaster Ophidianus, aka Purplesea star. Up left a gouache and water colour pencils illustration of a purple specimen. Up right a drawn map of its distribution. Middle right a rough taxonomic categorisation. Down left a short description of appearance, habitat, diet, movement, defensive behaviour, reproduction, larval stages.
May 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Here is the 2nd #chart for my big #pastel artwork, featuring 12 #SeaStar species. I'm learning about them as I go. This is on the Marthasterias Glacialis. 🦑

#MarineLife #artinprogress #art #MarineBiology #echinodermata #echinoderms #starfish #asteroidea #asterozoa #BabySteps #sketches #gouache
Illustrated chart on Marthasterias Glacialis, aka spiny sea star. Up left a gouache and acrylic paint illustration of a greenish specimen. Up right a drawn map of its distribution. Middle right a rough taxonomic categorisation, down left a short description of appearance, habitat, diet, movement, defensive behaviour, reproduction, larval stages.
May 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Today I started laying the groundwork for a big #pastel artwork, featuring 12 #SeaStar species. I think I made one of these charts in primary school for the last time! So much fun 💫

#MarineLife #artinprogress #art #MarineBiology #echinodermata #echinoderm #starfish #asteroidea #chart #BabySteps
A hand made illustrated chart about Asterias Rubens. Includes: taxonomy, distribution, body size, colour, habitat, diet, reproductive and defensive behaviour.
April 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Chimera above brine pools
Pastels on #SennelierLaCarte paper
40x30 cm

Done with my beloved chimera and done with my 2nd and hopefully last round of cancer treatment 🎉.

#deapsea #DeapSeaFish #Pastelart #Pastel #softpastel #MarineBiology #MarineLife #Chimera #CancerAwareness #CancerSurvivor
March 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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School holidays = board games time with husband & son!

If you have 20 hours or so to spare, I warmly recommend playing #SleepingGods ! Endless fun exploring a fantastic and adventurous world. The story book sets it really apart from anything I've played so far.

#BoardGames #redraven #bgg #family
Our 2 meters long living room table is completely covered by board game parts.
February 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Beautiful! It looks a bit like this pastel painting of mine
February 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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My #Chimera throw blanket brings a 15% net happiness increase in my life.
Thank you @pikaole.bsky.social for creating this (and tonnes of other) incredibly cute design!!!🥹 🦑

#marinebiology #pikaole #SciArt #deepsea #ratfish #rabbitfish #ocean #cancertreatment #hyperfixation #specialinterest
Photo of my bed covered by a fluffy and colourful throw blanket with a busy pattern of 6 different sorts of Chimera (fish).
February 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Four #waves (2021-22)
Soft pastels on coated pastel paper ( #Pastelmat #SennelierLacarte #Uart )

Back then I wanted to capture the water surface, while now my interest goes more to depicting water and #SeaLife in the depths.

#pastelart #Seascape #ocean #pastel #SoftPastel #waterscape #art #wave
Foamy wave in cool colours. Overcast light. Translucent bright crushing wave. Dark water in the background. Translucent, foamy crushing wave in late afternoon light. Red-ish sand with residue foam from the previous wave at the water's edge. Bright crushing ocean wave near the water's edge. No sand nor sky visible. Only water.
February 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Hunt
Pastels on #Pastelmat
24 x 18 cm

Slowly but surely I'm resuming my #pastel sea creatures project🦑
Here a Sea angel chasing a sea butterfly.

#SeaAngel #SeaButterfly #SciArt #gastropod #mollusc #pastelart #MarineLife #nature #ocean #MarineBiology #Invertebrate #nudibranch
Colourful drawing a sea angel chasing a sea butterfly. The sea angel displays open tentacles reaching for its prey.
February 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Living room 7 a.m.
Panpastels and pastel pencils on #Pastelmat
50 x 70 cm

Yesterday I had my cancer surgery and I am now still at the hospital, but not for long. Very soon I will return to my beloved home.

#pastel #panpastel #pastelart #art #interior #pastelpencils #morninglight
#garden #home
Interior of my living room. To the right my husband sitting at the bar, in the center a big 3 sections window, from which the garden is visible, to the left a vertical piano and a big glass cabinet. Reflection of morning light on the wooden floor. Detail of the window Detail of the kitchen bar and my husband sitting on a high chair, reading the news in front of a translucent water can. The painting surrounded by a soft yellow border.
January 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Valérie
Pastels on #Pastelmat
24 x 16 cm

A good friend of mine with red hair and a love for purple and a gentle soul.

#portrait #pastel #art #softpastel #pastelart #purple #redhair
Pastel portrait of a red haired young woman with closed eyes and a purple shirt, resting her chin on her arm.
January 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Emaille
Soft pastels on #Pastelmat
40 x 30 cm

Still life drawn during a life drawing session. Inanimate objects aren't my favourite subjects, but they're a good exercise and don't feel guilty for not allowing them to move for 2 hours ;)

#art #pastel #pastelart #StillLife #lifedrawing
Pastel drawing of a blue and a white enamel pot and a bowl. A few red berries scattered next to the blue pot and in the bowl. Semi-anstract background with blue and white squares pattern, reminiscent of a tea towel.
January 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Fort to Fort Trail
Pastels on Canson mi-teintes paper
28 x 38 cm

A picture inspired by a long scenic trail I and my kids walked in Langley back in 2019 (near #Vancouver 🇨🇦).

#landscape #pastel #art #pastelart #softpastel #canada #painting
Fort to Fort Trail Pastels on Canson mi-teintes paper 28 x 38 cm A picture inspired by a long scenic trail I and my kids walked in Langley back in 2019 (near Vancouver, Canada).
January 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Intertwined
Pastels on #Pastelmat
30 x 24 cm

During a painting holiday in Germany, my husband chose this subject. The more I contemplated it, the more I saw our relationship in it🌱

#sketch #pastel #pastelart #art #trees #NatureArt #treeart #softpastel #pleinair #lifedrawing #Sennelier #germany
Intertwined Pastels on #Pastelmat 30 x 24 cm During a painting holiday in Germany, my husband chose this subject. The more I contemplated it, the more I saw our loving relationship in it. The painting in front of the subject (2 intertwined trees) My pastel box on the Forrest ground The 2 intertwined trees and the surrounding forest
January 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Kandergrund 2
Soft pastels on Uart 800 paper
15 x 21 cm

Little painting of a misty swiss valley, captured during a holiday there.
One of my best attempts at using a limited palette.

#pastelart #art #pastel #softpastel #landscape #mountains #switzerland #LimitedPalette #FigurativeArt #painting
Kandergrund 2 Soft pastels on Uart 800 paper 15 x 21 cm Little painting of a misty swiss valley, captured during a holiday there. One of my best attempts at using a limited palette.
January 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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One of my favourite sweaters had moth holes, so I needle-felted black holes to mend it :)

#SciArt #SciCraft #blackholes #astrophysics #astronomy #wool #woolart #fiberart #needlefelting #crafty
Needle-felted black holes on my sweater's shoulder and wrist Close up My reference picture of real black holes in space
January 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Evolutionary needle-felted timeline from sun to fish (2020)
#wool and #silk fibers
165 x 26 cm

A reminder of how long it took for life on earth to reach the astounding diversity that we are seeing decimated at an increasingly higher rate. ☀️🦠🪱🧽🪼🦐🦈

#biologyart #felting #woolart #fiberart #art 🦑
Evolutionary timeline from sun to fish (2020) Recycled and new #wool and #silk fibers 165 x 26 cm A reminder of how long it took for life on earth to reach the astounding diversity that we are seeing decimated at an increasingly higher rate. Part 1 Evolutionary timeline from sun to fish (2020) Recycled and new #wool and #silk fibers 165 x 26 cm A reminder of how long it took for life on earth to reach the astounding diversity that we are seeing decimated at an increasingly higher rate. Part 2 Evolutionary timeline from sun to fish (2020) Recycled and new #wool and #silk fibers 165 x 26 cm A reminder of how long it took for life on earth to reach the astounding diversity that we are seeing decimated at an increasingly higher rate. Part 3 Evolutionary timeline from sun to fish (2020) Recycled and new #wool and #silk fibers 165 x 26 cm A reminder of how long it took for life on earth to reach the astounding diversity that we are seeing decimated at an increasingly higher rate. Part 4
January 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Creeping up the nettle
Soft pastels and #Panpastel on Pastelmat
40 x 30 cm

I drew this a few months into the war in #Ukraine, in an attempt to process and voice the absurdity of war and the surreal new world it propelled us into.

#pastel #pastelart #pastel #art #warart #slavaukraini #spider #war
Creeping up the nettle Soft pastels and Panpastels on Pastelmat 40 x 30 cm I drew this a few months into the war in #Ukraine, in an attempt to process and voice the absurdity of war and the surreal new world it propelled us into.
January 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Tulips
Soft pastels on Pastelmat
40 x 30 cm

Still life from a life drawing session.

#lifedrawing #pastel #softpastels #pastelart #drawing #painting #art #stilllife #tulips #holland #thenetherlands #flowers
Tulips Soft pastels on Pastelmat 40 x 30 cm Still life from a life drawing session.
January 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM