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Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

My sister in law has a lovely little poodle I tried my hand at drawing with my Albrecht Durer #FaberCastell pencils. I think it turned out really well! And the pencils are awesome to use.

#colorpencils #petportrait #brownpaper #albrechtdurer

A front-facing portrait of a small white poodle made with coloured pencils on brown paper. Only the upper chest and face/ears are visible in the portrait, centered on the paper.

December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

Bay bolete more like gay bolete
(It was really tasty in a cream sauce)

#mushrooms #foraging #bolete #porcino #naturephotography #mushroomportrait #gay

A photograph of a mushroom called a bay bolete found in Denmark. The mushroom is surrounded by moss and fallen pine needles.

August 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

A sketch before I paint!

#petportrait #petart #portraitart #sketchbook #watercolor #aquarelle

Initial pencil sketch of an English Staffordshire Bullterrier dog. She's looking inquisitively at the viewer as if trying to understand what's going on.

July 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

Closeup

#catsofbluesky #watercolour #painting #petportrait #petart #animalart #gingercat

June 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

Love this damn cat so much.

#blueskycats #catsofbluesky #watercolour #painting #petportrait #gingercat #tabbycat #redcat

Watercolour painting of a red cat sitting in a sunny windowsill. The cat looks directly at the viewer and is partially in shadow. Next to the cat are two glass jars, and surrounding the cat there is a lot of house plants. The foreground is quite dark and difficult to make out. There is a halfway open window in the background and blue skies.

June 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

The shirt and overall look that inspired this painting followed me to both a pride demonstration and a carnival two weekends back to back!

#loveislove #pride #protectthedolls #transrights #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #sketchbook

A femme person wears red stirrup socks, open black short shorts, a red garter belt with a bow on it, and a pink t-shirt that says "protect the dolls" she stands in contraposto and shows off the peace sign with one hand while resting the other on her hip. She smiles with closed eyes and has her long undercut hair in a bun. She also wears an earring that looks like roadkill.

June 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

A little study from a plane I was on! For some reason my seat wasn't next to my family.

#sketchbook #art #pencilstudy #stilleben #stillife

A pencil drawing in a sketchbook. The drawing depicts the upper end of the plane with both first class row seats visible and the cabin crew's work area. You can just about make out the door to the pilots. The plane is on a European KLM flight. On the seat at the very front of the plane there's just the top of a hat visible.

May 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

Third photo of my painting, I couldn't resist the beautiful afternoon light!

#watercolor #watercolour #portraitart #petportrait #portrait

A painting of a young girl and her dog. The painting itself is lit by the sun with a few shadows here and there running across the paper. The young girl in the painting is stretching her head away from the black and white dog that wants to lick her face.shes looking out into the distance and with one hand petting the dog while with the other hand tucking her ginger hair behind her ear.

April 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

A close-up of yesterday's painting!

#watercolor #watercolour #closeupart #candidart #portraitart #portrait #petportrait #petportraitart

A close-up of a red haired young girl stretching herself away from a black and white dog wanting to lick her face. The young girl has one hand on the dog's head and another is pushing hair away from her face. She's looking away from the dog , out into the far distance.

April 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

My niece and my dog
Now you really see how often I actually make art lmao

#watercolor #watercolour #portrait #portraitart #petportrait #kidsportrait

April 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

My most recent watercolor painting of my niece and her mother. They're taking photos of a frankly beautiful January sunset.

#watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #sunset #winter #portraitart #portrait #candidart #art

It's a watercolor painting of a cold January day where a mother is looking over her young daughter's shoulder as the daughter is looking at her phone. In the background there are small birch trees. The daughter is wearing a purple flower patterned winter jacket and the mother is wearing a hoodie. Shadows from the trees above are cast on the mother's forehead.

February 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

Another close-up of the watercolor painting I did of my nieces, this time my younger niece squinting at the sun. I personally really like the light reflection on the back of her hand.

#redhair #gingerhair #watercolor #watercolour #painting #portraitart #portrait

A close-up of a watercolor painting of a young girl with red hair. She's squinting at the sunset and uses her left hand to remove a strand of hair from her face.

February 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM

Becca

@silverpaperplate.bsky.social

Bedbound with hip pain so here's a close-up of one of my paintings of my nieces. I really like how the hand and face turned out despite the challenges posed by subpar paper.

#watercolor #watercolour #childportrait #portrait #portraitart #sunset