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Satu Manninen
@satuma-art.bsky.social
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I'm a Finnish artist focusing mostly on horses and other animals with a fantasy twist. My main mediums are colored pencils and pastels.

I also like to crochet magical creatures.

https://www.satumanninen.com/shop/
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Satu Manninen @satuma-art.bsky.social · Jan 9
Hi! I'm Satu and I'm new here in Bluesky. Very excited to meet and connect with you all!

I'm a traditional fantasy artist focusing mostly on horses but I like to draw all sorts of magical creatures.
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It's usually difficult for me to come up with names to my drawings but this time the name came to my mind first. I then started to build this piece based on the name. So here is a WIP photo of "Strawberry Heaven" 🍓🍓
Horse reference photo by Dotty Weber / Wildlife Reference Photos.
#art #horseart
August 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Oil pastel practice piece (25x35cm)🌺 A difficult medium but I'm eager to learn more.

Horse reference photo by Karen Broemmelsick / Wildlife reference photos.
#art #drawing #oilpastel #horseart #horsedrawing #animalart
August 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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That feeling when you wanna be friends with the cool guy 👀
Coloured pencil & pastel piece from 2021.
#art #dragonart #colouredpencilart #fantasyart #smaugust
August 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Another older coloured pencil piece that I updated with some acrylic markers. 🌿🩵 I've recently had so much fun with different kind of art experiments and creating in general.
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#acrylicmarkers #coloredpencildrawing #horsedrawing #horseart #hevonen #hevoset
July 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Decided to spice up an old coloured pencil drawing with some acrylic markers 🌸🦓
#art #animalart #drawing #taide
July 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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My attempt to use a limited colour palette. Couldn't resist adding a little bit of contrast colour to the background though.
Coloured pencils and pastel on Pastelmat paper. Size about A4. Jaguar reference photo by Mike Rodenburg / Wildlife Reference Photos.
#art #drawing #animalart #taide
July 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Today's oil pastel experiment 🦄🌌 It's definitely a tricky medium but it has certain appeal, at least for me. (Just realised that I forgot to finish the other ear 😂 but oh well, I think I'm too tired now to do that and take another photo lol) #art #oilpastel #horseart #pasteldrawing #drawing
July 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reposted by Satu Manninen
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Glaurmir, The Ancient.

Watercolour on illustration board. Prints available here: www.emilyhare.co.uk/collections/...

#dragon #dragons #dragonart #art #fantasyart #folklore #fairytale
A peaceful scene of a swamp, with greens, blues and purples, a tree in the foreground and the head of a huge dragon visible resting in the water. A white heron takes off next to the dragon and it's eye is open. A peaceful scene of a swamp, with greens, blues and purples, a tree in the foreground and the head of a huge dragon visible resting in the water. A white heron takes off next to the dragon and it's eye is open. Angled view of a peaceful scene of a swamp, with greens, blues and purples, a tree in the foreground and the head of a huge dragon visible resting in the water. A white heron takes off next to the dragon and it's eye is open. close up view of a peaceful scene of a swamp, with greens, blues and purples, a tree in the foreground and the head of a huge dragon visible resting in the water. A white heron takes off next to the dragon and it's eye is open.
March 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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A wee video of all the paintings for sale here buff.ly/UDRlQEO
#unicorn #fantasyart #mythicalbeasts #watercolour
July 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Summer Wings 🌸☀️
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From 2022 archives. Colored pencils and pastels on Pastelmat paper, size about A4.
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#art #drawing #horseart #coloredpencilart #animalart #fantasyart
July 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Finished this pastel piece yesterday 🌺
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Size about A4. Horse reference photo by Nick Bossenbroek Photography / Wildlife reference photos
#art #horseart #horsedrawing #taide #animalart
July 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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"Sweet Dreams" from 2022 🩵🌿🌙. An ode to blue and turquoise, my favourite colours.
Fawn reference photo by Stephanie Swayne / Wildlife reference photos.
#art #taide #animalart #fantasyart #coloredpencilart
Drawing of a blue and turquoise fawn laying on a flower bed. Drawing of a blue and turquoise fawn laying on a flower bed.
July 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Just finished! 🌺🐈‍⬛
Coloured pencils on Pastelmat paper. Size about A4. Cat reference photo by "I.P." in Wildlife Reference Photos.
#art #cat #drawing #animalart #taide
A dark coloured cat sitting with colourful flowers. There's moon on the background.
July 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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From the archives 🌌🌸 A work in progress photo of my "Day & Night" piece from 2022. I'm always very inspired by the theme of opposites in art, I wish I'll have time to explore this theme more in my future work.
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#coloredpencilart #colouredpencildrawing #horseart #fantasyart #hevostaide #art
Drawing of two horses, the other one represents day and the other one night.
July 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Underwater pegasos in progress 🦄🌊 I think I'm also gonna draw some jellyfish, corals and fish friends of course 🐠 #art #horseart #drawing
May 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Finished this pastel drawing yesterday 🌿

#art #drawing #artwork #horses
March 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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"Waiter, I think I have a pegasos on my fruit plate" 🍊 Lol, just something that I've wanted to draw for a while 😄😊

#art #drawing #fantasyart #horse
March 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Work in progress 🌺🐈‍⬛ Haven't drawn a cat in a while so decided to give it a go.

Colored pencils on Pastelmat paper.

#art #drawing #cat
February 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Some candy colours on my drawing board today 🩷🩵🍭
#art #drawing #horseart
February 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Little dragon drawing made with colored pencils. I've been experimenting with this drawing style that is slightly different than my usual work. Having fun!

#art #drawing #dragon #dragonart #fantasyart
February 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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"Dream Horse"
Colored pencils on Pastelmat paper, size 17.5 x 20.5 cm.

🌌 Got the idea for this drawing two days ago, just before falling asleep.

Original is for sale in my Ko-Fi shop.
#art #drawing #horse #horses #animalart
Colored pencil drawing of a horse. There's blue abstract shapes in the background.
February 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Reposted by Satu Manninen
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Two for joy - 💕
Two magpies in a circular design made up of blackberry vines forming a heart in the center Drawing process
February 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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My Element horses-series 💧🔥🌿☁️ Done with colored pencils and pastels. This was a fun project to work on.

#art #horses #artwork #traditionalart #drawing
February 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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This rainbow unicorn pony is now finished 🦄 I was a little bit unsure how to pose the tail but then decided to go with a strategy that has saved me also many times before: when in doubt, draw some sparkles ✨️

Pastel pencils on Pastelmat paper. Size about 28x37 cm.

#art #unicorn #drawing #horse
February 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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"Garden Visitor" 🌿🌸
Colored pencil & pastel piece from 2022. Size about A4.

It's not always just the deer that might be interested in the plants in your garden...

Original available in my Ko-fi shop ko-fi.com/satumanninen...

#art #horse #horses #drawing #artwork
Drawing of a green, winged horse munching flowers in a garden.
January 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM