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Gem
@najimni.bsky.social
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I occasionally have insightful things to say. Art, music & death angels, baby. they/she
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Approaching Clarity 🌘
My watercolor painting spread of a nighttime cloudscape with a waning crescent moon appearing over the edge of the clouds
July 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Elderberry is blooming! Peep the little baby mantis hanging out in the flowers 🥺 hope the lil guy helps us pollinate! I'm pretty sure this mantis was born on the maple tree nearby.
June 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Our baby elderberry tree is finally budding for the first time 🥰
A cluster of elderflower buds hidden inside my very bushy elderberry tree
June 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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My partner took this unbelievable pic of him, I'm screaming
A lower shot of my graybie kitty King Bradley looking very intense in front of a blue light background
June 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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I got the cutest picture of her today 🥰
My cat Anri sunning herself on the carpeted floor, her head partially obscured by a hair. She's a blue eyed siamese kitty with brown tabby stripes.
May 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Baking bread for a salmon BLT tomorrow 😋
Two loaves of fresh bread straight out the oven, dusted with bread flour on a golden brown crust
May 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Verdi, I Lost My Bear, Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, Hank the Cowdog series... I loved animal books. Verdi was also really special to me
Cover of the book Verdi by Janell Cannon, creator of Stellaluna. The cover features a yellow baby tree python folded up on a tree branch
May 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Happy Earth Day 💚

Here's a photo of my watercolor painting titled "Ecocide: Rockdale County, GA Sept 29, 2024"

Painting description included in the thread 🧵
April 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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It's a vicious cycle
Meme of a vicious cycle of suffering edited to say "I just need to reduce injury", "I just need to recover from this injury", just rest -> just rehab that injury -> just take a break -> just work around it. Dad bro asks, "Are u okay bro?" The miserable response is "yes I just need to heal from this injury." Bro is down bad.
April 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Saw these beautiful dewberry flowers growing in my backyard and thought they would be lovely to photograph and paint
A pretty white dewberry flower blooming, with buds in the background Five white dewberry flowers blooming White dewberry buds preparing to bloom
April 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The total lunar eclipse at maximum. The moon is red and full in the night sky
March 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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What it feels like to choose me
Francine with beaded locs and a turban holding a shot and a blizzy
March 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Love painting these misty landscapes 🌲
Photo of my watercolor painting of a misty pine forest with phalo turquoise undertones Photo of my watercolor painting of a misty pine forest in undersea green and yellow colors
March 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Finally did the cold pressed cloud study 😭 I feel so much better about this technique after doing this. I think I'm ready for the first test attempt for the whole piece!
Photo of my watercolor cloud study swatches in my process book. #1 is labeled "wet on wet without lifted pigment, size 4 silver round". #2 is labeled "wet on wet layers with lifted pigment at the top, size 4 silver round and size 4 filbert, segmented clouds". #3 is labeled "wet on wet layer of lifted pigment, size 4 filbert". #4 is labeled "wet on __damp__ layers of lifted pigment, size 4 silver round and size 4 filbert, segmented clouds"
February 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Real ones know
Spirituality (beginner) featuring chakras, crystals, tarot and astrology compared to Spirituality (advanced) featuring a mug of coffee and a lit cigarette
February 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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I was an outside kid 😭
Me and my grampa. We cheesin hard Me and my lil brudda
January 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Sharing a bit of my process towards this larger painting project. I'm learning how to incorporate multiple cloud techniques and been making some progress.
Photo of my watercolor scrapbook on a cloud study page with 4 swatches of hot pressed paper using different cloud painting techniques for sunset clouds. Each swatch has a written description of the technique and brush used. From bottom left around to bottom right numbered swatch #1. Wet on wet layers with lifted pigment at the top, size 4 silver round #2. Wet on wet layers without lifted pigment, size 4 silver round #3. Wet on wet layers of lifted pigment, size 4 filbert #4 Wet on wet layers of lifted pigment, size 4 filbert, segmented clouds with gradient at bottom
January 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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He took a couple steps in the snow and said nah, lemme go back inside lmaoo
My cat's paw print deeply embedded into the snow
January 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Basically everything I was practicing to 😭 & Sidibe is everything
December 4, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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All six polaroid paintings finished! This one is my favorite 🥰
Little polaroid shaped watercolor painting of a green speckled meadow with a deer looking out towards a full moon over a mountain range
November 28, 2024 at 3:50 AM
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A 19 hour video????
Thomas the engine mad as hell
November 26, 2024 at 4:56 AM
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Post you from a different era of your life.
Me wearing my hair in a curly fro with blonde speckles and a green bomber jacket over a black graphic tee at a Halloween event in Atl, circa 2017
November 20, 2024 at 2:14 AM