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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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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
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A detail shot of " A Nuthatch 'Lichen-ness' ," watercolor and ink piece 2025 by Donna Letterese
March 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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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
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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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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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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
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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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#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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#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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#ThrowbackSunday, to one of many overdue #urbansketching posts from 2024, done at  @woodlandparkzoo.bsky.social . Photos of the sketchbook spread, and/or the Otter and habitat.

#usk #uskseattle #urbansketch #pnwart #urbansketch #watercolor #animalart #animalconservation #woodlandparkzoo #otters
Ink and Watercolor Illustration of Otter in habitat at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo Photograph taken as reference (along with drawing on site) of Ink and Watercolor Illustration of Otter in habitat at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo Otter facing forward and swimming towards glass, with Ink and Watercolor Illustration sketchbook spread in the foreground, of Otter in habitat at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo Otter facing sideways and swimming in profile behind glass, with Ink and Watercolor Illustration sketchbook spread in the foreground with the Otter/Habitat in the background, at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo
January 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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*Waves Hello*

Posting this Sunset in Kitsap County from mid January as my first Bluesky post. Technically, this is a purple/pink/orange sky post, but I think it is close enough ☁️🌄
January 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM