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sydandart

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{syd}ney ✨ chaotic good 🙃 35 y.o. bostonian (nsa) & artist 🎨 still self teaching me, since 2021 🖌️ art helps keeps my 🧠 distracted from my 🧠

“I don’t know if I’m extremely sensitive or life is unbearable." -v.v.g. 🤍

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sydandart

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I've never done a portrait before. I've attempted them, but gave up quickly. This is by far the furthest I've ever gotten. Still, something looks...off. Gotta start somewhere I guess tho. #art #artwork #digitalart #procreate #portrait #digitalportrait #selftaught

A work in progress shot of a portrait I'm working on digitally in Procreate. So far I've gotten down parts of the platinum blonde hair, half up in pigtails, and lots of black. From eyeliner, mascara, and lipstick to a choker and gloves. Much left to do though.

November 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM

sydandart

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Almost done & just thinking/curious...does a market for commissioned almost photo realistic digital paintings of your fave landscape/scenic view/special spot exist? 😃 Cause like, I so got that. Wedding painters exist. Why can't your special scenic spot painters exist? #art #digitalart #landscapeart

Procreate digital painting work in progress, in a portrait orientation, of a sunset landscape. The sky is a warm gradient starting with light blue's fading to oranges, with purple and blue clouds scattered throughout. In the far background theres a line of dark trees splitting the landscape, the sun setting and meeting at tops of them on the further left side. The middle ground is water showing the reflection of the sky but in more pink tones instead. The foreground has some scattered grass like areas with their reflections and then three larger trees, two of which are the pine variety all in a dark almost black silhouette fashion.

November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM

sydandart

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MORE

PROGRESS

ahhhhhhhhhh

#art #artwork #artist #digitalartist #digitalart #procreate #landscape #digitallandscape #landscapeart #scenic #nature #natureart #wip

A piece I'm working on in procreate of a landscape. The sun is bright and setting, the sky is a gradient of warm colors from blues to oranges, there's tons of trees far away in the distance, water in the middle ground showing the reflection of the sunset, and three larger trees at the very front.

November 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM

sydandart

@sydandart.bsky.social

Gotta be the most progress I've ever made on a digital landscape thus far.

#art #artwork #artist #selftaughtartist #digital #digitalart #procreate #procreateart #landscape #landscapeart #digitallandscape #nature #natureart #wip

November 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM

sydandart

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We are back to digital again.

#digitalart #art #artist #selftaughtartist #procreateart #procreate #landscape #landscapeart #digitallandscape #natureart #wip

A recently started landscape painted done digitally in Procreate. So far there is a basic sketch of where land, trees, and water will be, a gradient of blue, orange, and pink applied for the sky, and a faraway background mass of trees/land.

This is the reference picture I am going off for my piece which is of a landscape that shows a warm orange sunset over some water, dark clouds in the sky, a lot of trees far in the distance, a few very tall pine family type trees up close, and some marshland looking land in the foreground.

November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM

sydandart

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And another one ☝️🤩

Painting number 2, after a 5 year hiatus, completed 😌

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 🥳

#art #artist #artwork #selftaughtartist #watercolorart #watercolorartist #watercolor #nature #natureart #watercolorlandscape #landscapepainting #pastels

My arm/hand holding up a small square watercolor sketchbook outside that has a recent painting I did in it showing. The painting is yellow around the “sun”/top middle of page, fading to pink then purple, with some marsh reeds poking up. The top of reeds near the “sun” have some pink and yellow tips to show the “glow” of the sunlight.

A close up of my arm/hand holding up a small square watercolor sketchbook outside that has a recent painting I did in it showing. The painting is yellow around the “sun”/top middle of page, fading to pink then purple, with some marsh reeds poking up. The top of reeds near the “sun” have some pink and yellow tips to show the “glow” of the sunlight.

November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM

sydandart

@sydandart.bsky.social

First painting I’ve completed in 5 years 😭

#watercolor #watercolorpainting #painting #art #artist #selftaughtartist #natureart #splatters

Circular-ish abstract/atmospheric landscape of pine trees in watercolor paint. Granulating colors used mainly in a mix of blue, green, yellow, and black. Lots of splatters. Some birds in the sky. And white sparkles around the bottom half to top it off.

November 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM

sydandart

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Been working on this lil guy 💖💚💛

Ballpoint pen.

#art #selftaughtartist #pendrawing #ballpointpen #coloredballpoint #sketchbookart #sketchbookpage #natureart #animalart #mothart #wip

Close up of a sketchbook page with a moth sketched perched upside down that is being done in colored ballpoint pen. Not completed but so far yellow, pink, light green, greenish blue, and cyan blue have been added to it.

October 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM

sydandart

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ribbit ✨

#art #artist #sketch #sketchbook #animalart #traditionalart #wip

A picture of a sketchbook opened to a page with a frog sketch in blue colored pencil.

Close up of a sketchbook page with a frog sketch done in blue colored pencil.

October 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM

sydandart

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Did someone say...chickens? 🐓✨

September 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM

sydandart

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Newest additions to my daughters school lunch paper towel animal doodles I've recently began doing

If you get the second ones reference, you're pretty freaking cool 💁🏼‍♀️

September 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM

sydandart

@sydandart.bsky.social

Being an adult means...

I can decorate my smoking area for Halloween none of you lil bitches can stop me 😌🐦‍⬛🚭

September 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM

sydandart

@sydandart.bsky.social

Nothing says 'muricaaa like FREEDOM FLARES 🇺🇸🗽🍔

September 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM

sydandart

@sydandart.bsky.social

every day I ask my daughter how school was.

every day she says, "horrible!"

it's not like she has issues at school. she doesn't. she just doesn't want to go.

so. one morning i decided to draw her a little "fren" on her napkin. she was a fan.

i've been drawing them everyday since 💁🏼‍♀️

#art #doodles

Cut up paper towel squares taped onto a sketchbook page using unicorn and rainbows washi tape where one has written in red pen "OPEN 4 Fren..." and a little buzzing fly. The other cut paper towel square has a bullfrog doodle, also in red pen, who is wearing a cowboy hat, has a piece of straw in his mouth, and a speech bubble that says "HOWDY!".

Two more cut up paper towel squares that are taped onto a sketchbook page with rainbows and unicorns washi tape. One square has a blobfish doodle in light blue ink who is waving and has a speech bubble that says "Hi.". The other has a snake doodle on it in red ink who has a little mustache, and is wearing a top hat, with a speech bubble that says "SMILE!", for that day was picture day at school 📸

A folded up paper towel with a cat doodle on it in blue pen. The cat is sitting and has a balloon tied to it's tail with a speech bubble that says "HAPPY WEDNES-DAY!".

A folded up paper towel, being held in front of Dunkin' Donuts delivery service bags, that has a doodle on it of two chickens, which is drawn in pink ballpoint pen ink. One chicken is sort of dancing, wings tucked into his sides, wearing a fedora and fancy striped boots, with a speech bubble that says "BOCK!". The other chicken appears to be floating, while wearing fairy wings, it's own wings flapping, and little sparkles drawn around it, also with a speech bubble that says "bock.", but written in lowercase cursive instead.

September 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM

sydandart

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I'm thinkinggg...

acrylic markers, anyone? 🤔🧐🤔

#art #sketch #sketchbookart #wip

A photo of my sketchbook, being held above assorted plants/flowers/weeds that are growing against a fence for a backdrop, that is opened to a page which has a pink mechanical pencil sketch of a scene with a fat mushroom, plants like strawberries, flowers, clovers surrounding it, and two cute little snails. One snail sitting a top said fat mushroom.

September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM

sydandart

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still trying to teach myself digital...

but she is absolutely, without a doubt, one of my most favorite yet 🤌

#digital #digitalart #procreate #art #artwork #WIP #shebad💅

A digital art piece work in progress, made in Procreate, of an old statue bust on a dark background.

September 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM

sydandart

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Went to draw dog ✍️🧐

Dog moved ✍️😒

Proceeded to draw...

~legs~ ✍️😌

#art #artist #sketch #sketchbook #drawing

Picture of sketchbook in lap opened to a page with just completed sketch of my surroundings, aka my legs and pencil case below.

September 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM

sydandart

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I spy with my little eye...

...something that needed to go in that corner cause frankly, it. just. felt. ~off~. 🤿🐋

Now it feels better. Sketch 98% complete. Then on to color 🤩 #art #artwork #drawing #sketch #sketchbookart #animals #animalart #whales #humpbackwhale #ispywithmylittleeye

Sketchbook page work in progress shot where a hot pink pencil was used to sketch out a bunch of differently positioned humpback whales sort of weaving in and out of each other with a little woman scuba diver sort of hidden under a whales fin who is snorkeling and looking up, admiring the whales.

January 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM

sydandart

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Damn. That's cold cold. 🥶

January 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM

sydandart

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Bit more detail to finish sketch & then, color time baby 😈 at last. Thinking alcohol markers, then those brush tip acrylic markers & maybe a little colored pencil action here & there to finish it off 🤔

I'm excited. Hopefully it turns out how I'm envisioning. Or even better 😅

#art #sketch #whales

January 8, 2025 at 7:05 AM

sydandart

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LOOK I FINISHED SOMETHING FROM LIKE *THE* BEGINNING TO *THE* END omg 🥳👏

Art block? Who are you?

No really. I hope this stays lmao

#art #artist #artwork #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #penandink #ink #inkillustration #floralart