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Kate Anderson
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Artist, farmer, plant lover. Central Massachusetts. 🌈🌿

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Folktale week day 3: rain 💧✨ 🌧️

Thanks to the hosts For putting this challenge togethe!
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#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #zines #storybook
Drawing of a night sky with a swirly cloud and blue and white raindrops of all sizes with the words: rain summons
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Folktale week day 2: echo 🦉✨ #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #zines #bookart
Drawing for folktale week of a barn owl at night with the words: a warning echo
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Here's the cover of my prototype zine for folktale week for the prompt night. I was hoping to develop it further before posting... but I'm making it up as I go along this week :) #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #zines #bookart
Photo of the cover of a small zine for folktale week with a sketch of moon and stars
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Ok, here goes... I'm joining folktale week! I'm planning to make a tiny book, a foldable zine, this year... of course featuring an owl 🦉 This is part of my prototype. Is anyone else joining in? #folktaleweek #birds #zines #folktales #bookart
Illustrated announcement for the folktale week challenge with a sketch of a barn owl and a magic book
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Stream therapy from my morning walk.
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Chickadee sketch on the (recently unearthed) drawing table. I've been having a hard time getting back to digital drawing so I figured I'd play with some paint. #birds #wildlifeart #natureart
Inky blue sketch of two chickadees
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Juncos are back! Still working on getting back into the drawing habit after summer, but here's a favorite one from a few years ago to celebrate their return. #birds #wildlifeart #natureart #juncos
Digital painting of two dark eyes juncos on a dark blue background.
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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I guess I took gardening season off from drawing and posting :) Here's a bit of what was keeping me busy.
Chicken of the woods mushrooms Cabbages in the garden Longnook beach with dramatic lighting Wild overgrown garden mustard greens
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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These orioles have been around our yard more than usual this year. 🧡 They are so brilliant! I actually had to go back and make my drawing brighter after watching them. #wildlifeart #birds #natureart
Drawing of male and female baltimore orioles in a white flowering tree
June 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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My most colorful sign for tomorrow 🌈❌👑
A protest sign reading WE THE PEOPLE in rainbow paint with stars
June 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Love these tiny bog violets that are blooming around the beaver pond near my house. 🦫
#natureart #botanicalart
Drawing of a bog violet flower on a rippled yellow background
May 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Yellow billed cuckoo. Hoping to see one someday… it took me ages to identify their weird knocking call. (This was before Merlin :)
#birds #SciArt #wildlifeart #natureart #birdart #yellowbilledcuckoo
Drawing of a yellow billed cuckoo sitting on a branch on a green background surrounded by white stars.
May 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Looking for a bit of joy with a drawing of some river otters :)
#wildlifeart #natureart #riverotters
Illustration of three north american river otters playing underwater among water lilies
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Happy May Day! Happy Beltane! Let's go!
Illustration of a maypole with multicolored ribbons and mayflowers with the words Rise Up! May Day
May 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Here's how it looked after the rainy rally 😆
A sign saying Hands Off Libraries with the ink all running from the rain
April 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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A sketch of my sign for the rallies this weekend. I am on my small town’s library board. We met this week and went over the cuts coming because of the gutting of federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Infuriating!
A poster that says hands off libraries
April 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Happy spring! The peepers are waking up and so are the people of the US... #riseup #spingpeepers #worldfrogday #wildlifeart
Illustration of three spring peeper frogs saying Wake up! Rise up! Sing out!
March 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Onion babies! The first seedlings of the growing season. Not sure if I'm ready yet 😆
A tray of onion seedlings
March 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Robins used to be a sign of spring but now with a warmer climate lots of them stay in new england year round. They looked like they were regretting it the past few weeks of ice and snow 😆 Now that it's melting they are busy poking around in the grass.
#birds #SciArt #wildlifeart #natureart #birdart
Drawing of two american robins on yellow green grass with a dark blue green sky. The birds have bright red orange chests and blue grey heads and backs and white markings around the eyes.
March 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Red bellied woodpecker. It's been a struggle to focus on drawing what with the nightmare playing out in my country. Watching these guys in my yard helps my focus a bit. I'm trying not to let it derail me again. 💔 #birds #woodpecker #wildlifeart #animalart
Drawing of a red bellied woodpecker with red markings on the head (not the belly) and striking black and white bars on the back. He is on the ground looking up on a background of dark green with trees in the distance.
February 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Got some postcard test prints in the mail today. Always fun to see them in "real life."
#birds #animalart #ravens #indigobunting #mammals #wildlifeart
Photo of four postcards of illustrations, first one of a squirrel with an acorn, second one of two skunks and blue moths, third of three ravens, fourth an indigo bunting perched on a tansy stalk.
February 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Morning walk #streamtherapy #breathe
February 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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A little saw whet owl 🦉 Not a sports fan but I love #SuperbOwlSunday 🪶
#art #birds #owls
Whimsical illustration of a tiny colorful saw whet owl with a mouse on a dark background with a sliver of moon.
February 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Seeing all the fisher tracks in the snow lately reminded me of this drawing from a couple years ago. I might have to revisit this subject :) #art #animalart #fisher #mustelid #natureart
Illustration in brown and black of a fisher, a member of the weasel family native to North America, walking in the snow. The night sky is dark blue with crescent moon and stars.
February 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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It seems like there was a fisher convention in the woods behind our house yesterday. I've never seen so many tracks at once! Trying to calm my nervous system through tracking... a small distraction from watching our government crumble before our eyes. #animaltracks #naturemedicine
A photo of fisher tracks in the snow.
February 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM