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Donna Letterese
@drawdvl.bsky.social
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Over 🐨-fied Teddy Bear Enthusiast

Western WA Based🌲

Creator of Comics/Illustration, Botanical Art, Kidlit, Cut Paper/Book Arts, Urban Sketch/Nature Journal-er, Teaching Artist & Continuing Education Instructor

www.drawdvl.com / www.donnaletterese.com
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arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
Hey it’s both #WorldMusicDay and #Caturday today! 🎶🐱
arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · Jun 22
For #WorldMusicDay:
The Cat Symphony, Moritz von Schwind, 1868, H 31.6cm W 25cm, pencil/brown pen/brown brush on paper. "A humorous depiction of a melody for violins in which, instead of notes, numerous cats move across the paper." 🐈
www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de/kunstwerke/M...
#CatsInArt
The Cat Symphony, one of his best-known hand drawings, is a humorous depiction of a melody for violins in which, instead of notes, numerous cats move across the paper. The composition can be interpreted as a caricaturing dig at Richard Wagner's music, which the artist did not appreciate very much. Schwind gave the sheet to one of his friends, the violinist Joseph Joachim. The reason for the gift was Joachim's appointment as director of the Berlin Academy of Music. Schwind sent a letter and a photo of the drawing to Eduard Mörike on January 19, 1869.
June 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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morriebird.bsky.social
If you see this post a witch!

#Witch #Comic
A four panel comic reading from left to right. First panel: A young witch girl stands over a bubbling cauldron reading from a book. She says "hmmm...This recipe calls for eye of newt." A newt sits on a stack of books behind her. Second panel: The witch girl looks at the newt and it looks startled with an exclamation point over its head. Third panel: A close-up of the newt's face and it looks very sad and pathetic with pleading eyes. Fourth panel: The newt now has an eyepatch. The witch girl, back at her cauldron, irritably reads from the recipe book "AND toe of frog?" Black and white digital drawing. Comic series in upper left reads "a circle is round." Artist name in mid right reads "morriebird."
May 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
drawdvl.bsky.social
Posting as Bremerton's First Friday Art Walk is this week 🐿️

I'll have the graphite squirrel drawing shown here up at Rimbert Illustration by @daniellerimbert.bsky.social, on Callow Ave, 5-8:30 PM.

It is based on the poem "Observe" by Jane Nelson for Ars Poetica ❤️

#pencilart #grayscale #animalart
Graphite illustration of a Puffy Squirrel in an Old Growth Forest, drawn for Jane Nelson's poem "Observe," for the 2025 April Ars Poetica and shown in Bremerton, WA, at the Rimbert Illustration Gallery.
April 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
drawdvl.bsky.social
This should've attached earlier, but here's" A Nuthatch 'Lichen-ness' ," my watercolor/ink piece up currently at Gallery North in Edmonds.

Many thanks to Gallery North for the chance to be part of this really fun show 💚 Check them out for the Edmonds Art Walk 5-8 this Thursday night, March 20 💚
March 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
drawdvl.bsky.social
Here's one of the two pieces I have up at the "Small Works" show at Gallery North in Edmonds, WA: "A Nuthatch 'Lichen-ness' " (yay puns) 💚 

Photo 1 is a photo of the piece on the wall at Gallery North & Photo 2 is a detail shot 🐦

#nuthatch #lichen #edmondsWA #gallerynorthedmonds #watercolorandink
" A Nuthatch 'Lichen-ness' ," watercolor and ink piece by Donna Letterese, framed on the wall for the Small Works 2025 show up at Gallery North in Edmonds, WA
March 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
drawdvl.bsky.social
Happy #WorldWhaleDay 🐳 I drew this icon of an Orca as one of several themed on Central Kitsap County, and they are all shown in a series of little double sided accordion books I've made.

🤍🖤🤍

#icon #illustration #accordionbook #pnwartist #pnwart #kitsap #bremerton #pnwart #silverdale #psba #orcas
Black and White Ink Illustration of an Orca Whale
February 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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pushpullseattle.bsky.social
3 weeks until 7pm sunsets. 👀
February 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
drawdvl.bsky.social
Happy #ValentinesDay from this little digital Tree Swallow w/Pink Heart Flower Sketch from some time ago. May your day be filled with whatever brings you the kind 🩷 feeling that you need 
🌸🐦🌸
#animalart #animaldrawing #treeswallow #illustration #birdart #birbart #pnwart #birb #pinkgoesgoodwithgreen
Digital Painting of a Bluish Green Tree Swallow sitting on a Brown Branch with a Pink Flower turning into a Heart Shape from a Flower Bud at the end of the Branch
February 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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mc2x.bsky.social
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake

web.archive.org/web/20231206...
NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
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February 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
drawdvl.bsky.social
@prism-sentient.bsky.social, I think you would like this!
February 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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samicreates.bsky.social
My local bookstore, @ballastbookco.bsky.social put up an amazing display for black history month 😍 but also, read black authors all year long. #booksky
Display of books at a book store for black history month. Death of the Author Black Powerful An African History of Africa Bad Witches Between Friends and Lovers Dear Black Girls King, a life Children of Anguish and Anarchy Skin and Bone The Selected Works of Audrey Lorde In the Shadow of the Fall At the Fount of Creation Self Care for Black Women Pritty Get a Life Chloe Brown Jamaica Ginger Lore of the Wild All About Love All Boys Aren’t Blue The City We Became
February 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
drawdvl.bsky.social
Repost, with alt text!

Bremerton First Friday at the @daniellerimbert.bsky.social February art show.

This is my piece, "Dad's Hug," inspired by a zoo photo of me & my Dad when I was little.

In memoriam, "Love, Loss, and Light," 💔❤️

#bremertonfirstfriday #rimbertillustration #love #loss #light
A photo of me, wearing my Dad's blazer, posing next to an illustration I did of him in memoriam, which is an ink drawing with brown ink on brown paper of he and I years ago (him holding me up at the zoo while the seals were behind us). Closer view of an illustration I did of my Dad in memoriam, which is an ink drawing with brown ink on brown paper of he and I years ago (him holding me up at the zoo while the seals were behind us). Zoomed in view of an illustration I did of my Dad in memoriam, which is an ink drawing with brown ink on brown paper of he and I years ago (him holding me up at the zoo while the seals were behind us). A selfie I took, wearing my Dad's blazer, posing in front of an illustration I did of him in memoriam, which is an ink drawing with brown ink on brown paper of he and I years ago (him holding me up at the zoo while the seals were behind us).
February 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
drawdvl.bsky.social
First post for Bremerton First Friday at the @daniellerimbert.bsky.social February art show.

This is one of my pieces, "Dad's Hug," inspired by a zoo photo of me & my Dad when I was little.

In memoriam, "Love, Loss, and Light," 💔❤️

#bremertonfirstfriday #rimbertillustration #love #loss #light
February 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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pushpullseattle.bsky.social
Store-made standard colors keep expanding for both gouache and watercolor! 🌈🎨
Store-made gouache display featuring both tubes and Sticky Caps. Stack of tins featuring half pans of standard colors and an accompanying swatch page. Swatch sheet of standard watercolors on display under individually available half pans of store-made watercolor.
February 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
drawdvl.bsky.social
The "Love, Loss, and Light" art show opens Friday night, February 7th, at Rimbert Illustration Gallery on Callow Ave in Bremerton during First Fridays Art Walk ❤️ Come check it out, 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM 🩷🖤🕯️
February 5, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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kitsapimages.bsky.social
A Winter Morning
We got an inch or so of snow overnight which helped create this unique light. It was extremely still and the water was very calm except for the ripples caused by the birds.
#photography #PhotographersUnited #KitsapCounty
#gallery365in2025 #gallery365
February 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
drawdvl.bsky.social
#TBT since Art & Science are both important.

Seattle's #BurkeMuseum has a great show up called "Rare Air: Connecting with Species of Flight." It was great to do #urbansketching at this exhibit. Please visit & find out ways to help flying animals 🌎

#natureconservation #beeart #birdart #uskseattle
February 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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pushpullseattle.bsky.social
We've still got space in ALL the weekend classes! Join us 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 for Cartooning & Character Design, 𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗔𝗬 for Watercolor Pet Portraits and/or DIY Screen Printing, and 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 for Intro to Alcohol Markers! So many different subjects and mediums to explore! www.pushpullseattle.com/classes.html...
Photo of people working with small 4x6 screen printing frames at a table. Photo of an in-progress watercolor painting of a small dog. Artist hand holding paint brush in foreground. Photo of a smiling person holding up a pencil drawing of two characters in a ballroom setting.
January 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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lukelukeluke.bsky.social
Here are some nice mushrooms
A family of grey Mycena semivestipes mushrooms grow from the rotted punk of a mossy log. Gossamer bug threads crisscross their caps All photos by me
January 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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daniellerimbert.bsky.social
The only bandit I want to be in cahoots with.
January 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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bremertonzinefest.bsky.social
Unsure how to connect on a new social media app? Check out your friends and local business' followers and following lists! It's a great way to find your people. I've been looking at @ballastbookco.bsky.social @krampusbremerton.bsky.social

Tag ur fav PNW peeps and businesses to help build community
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
drawdvl.bsky.social
#Throwback to a comics character post from January 2021, originally insomnia inspired. Not quite fully there now, but, fell asleep unexpectedly/now awake at what should be a proper bedtime. A bit hard to properly rest of late.

#illustration #ink #sleepy #sad #grayink #characterdesign #comics #fae
January 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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missylynn77.bsky.social
“The past helps explain our present circumstances.” - Dr. Dillamond #wicked
a goat wearing glasses and a black coat
ALT: a goat wearing glasses and a black coat
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January 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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bremertonzinefest.bsky.social
Excited to see so many familiar faces joining BlueSky! It's scary to rely on social media to share public events and spaces, especially when the overlords are behaving badly. We love building the Bremerton &zine community so we can stay connected.
January 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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tomkimmerer.bsky.social
In this cold weather, a fun thing to do for kids and adults is to bring some trees indoors. Take cuttings of small branches, put them in a warm place in some water, and watch what happens. Some trees will do nothing, but many, especially the early-flowering trees, are eager to show their stuff.
A stem of serviceberry, Amelanchier arborea, beginning to open. The twig is red-orange, the bud is showing green leaves and flowers. Copyright Tom Kimmerer A stem of red maple, Acer rubrum, beginning to open. The bud scales are deep red, and the young flowers are brilliant red. Copyright Tom Kimmerer A stem of sassafras, Sassafras albidum, beginning to open. The twig is brown, the openng bud is showing yellow-green flowers and bud scales. Copyright Tom Kimmerer An opening bud of yellow-poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera. Dark bud scales open to reveal bright yellow-green folded leaves and bud scales. Copyright Tom Kimmerer
January 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM