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@tamouse.art
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nana, mom. trans, retired. artist: watercolours, acrylics, charcoal, printing, collage; still exploring new media and materials, and learning new ways to look at the world and record it. DO NOT GIVE UP w/o a FIGHT!

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Boxes from today's #Origami class. Descriptions in alt text
A fairy box, closed. On a desktop with a gridded cutting mat, a small white box folded from a sheet of 8.5 x 11 inch paper sits, closed. Fairy box, open. The same small white box from the previous image has been opened to reveal the inside. Three traditional origami "star" boxes on a desktop with a gridded top. There is one in the rear made with some yellow & white paper; the yellow is the color of the box walls & white the color of the points of the star. Two more boxes sit in front side by side. The one on the left is inverted showing the bottom of the box has a picture of a bird on it. On the right. The same type of paper design only showing the bird inside the box, made by flipping the paper over.
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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another set of affirmation discs in watercolour ready to add words of encouragement and hope. #art #watercolour #gifts #crafts #CraftFodder
a downward view of a masonite sketchboard with several circular disc that have painted with watercolors. White stripes lie across each disc in ines, twos, and threes. The intention is to write words or phrases in the stripes to provide affirmation, encouragement, healing, hope, and joy.
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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dunno what i'm doing out why, just doing it
mixed media art journal 2 page spread in an A5 journal of collage, magazine cutouts, painted and printed papers, old book pages, white and black acrylic paint via ultrafine dispensers, posca dots, printed text cut out and scrubbed with distressed ink. probably more atuff ice forgotten images include sone sort of cook in the left and their assistant on rhe right. there are some cooking implements and a bowl if ateaming liquid, a sliced chicken, and a potion bottle. i guess it might have something to do with a heavy meal for a certain holiday. text on the spread reads: - "Feed your body." - "Feed your heart." - "Feed your mind." - "Fill your soul with joy."
November 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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a little halloween painting study
any array of paintings, 3 small ones in a column in grid. One large painting onthe right. Flicks of bats on a field on evening sky. Watercolour on paper.
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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some recent painting
two horizontal pose of flowers and other botanical items in a fall color, pale tones, muted, still gorgeous. "Autumn Botanicals," watercolor on paper.
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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a wee tiny demo of the frogs jumping into the box.
September 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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#Origami jumping frogs and box. so much fun! video follows #oriogamiart #origamifrog
A red, yellow and blue striped jumping frog, sitting on a grid. Low side view 3 paper frogs, 2 sporting googly eyes, sitting on a grid. The box is in the background. Three paper frogs in front of the paper box.
September 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Tuesday at noon we had a new class on origami featuring the lovely and illustrious Karen Elaine karenelaine.com teaching. We made talking fish, from a design by Junior Fritz Jaquet juniorfritzjacquet.com/jfj/formatio... (in French) which were a lot of silly fun.
an origami talking fish. The body of the fish shows a pink coral floral pattern, while the lips are solid pinkish coral. 4 talking fish, including the first one. Pink-coral fish is in top left. The bottom left is a fish in black with pink, white, and yellow flowers, and black lips. Top right is a smaller fish in floral reds, and red lips. Finally, bottom right is a fish with blue florals, and blue lips.
August 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Tuesday night observational drawing, I did it in charcoal. The subject was a photo of 3 eggs on a table. #art #drawing #charcoaldrawing #observationaldrawing
3 eggs lie against each other on a grooved table. There is one egg behind the other two. White highlights down to the deepest shadows typify this work in charcoal.
August 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Another "virtual" urban sketching class on Monday of "Little Man Ice Cream" in Denver, CO, with the iconic gigantic milk can. #art #urbansketching #inkandwashpainting
The Little Man Ice Cream with its iconkc gigantic milk can is a whole dang thang. So many references were taken from the same or similar location, and the perspective was all wonkey due to camera lens distortion. I found a reference I could live with, and didn't succomb to the forced perspective. A tightly cropped image of a lit up sign reading "Dips Express" from another angle of the big milk can Initial practice sketch done in just ink.
August 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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More in the sumi ink & watercolour series. #art #sumiinkdrawing #watercolour
A sumi ink sketch of a eucalyptus branch with delicate, rounded leaves painted a soft teal green. Pale lavender watercolor washes form soft circular accents and square marks around the plant, balancing black ink outlines with airy negative space. A sumi ink sketch of a eucalyptus branch with delicate, rounded leaves, some of which are painted in a soft teal green. Pale lavender watercolor washes form soft rectangular accents and vertical strokes around the plant, balancing black ink outlines with airy negative space. A sumi ink sketch of a eucalyptus branch with delicate, rounded leaves with some painted a pale lavender. Pale teal watercolor washes form soft circular accents and vertical strokes around the plant, balancing black ink outlines with airy negative space. A sumi ink sketch of a eucalyptus branch with delicate, rounded leaves mostly painted pale lavender. Pale teal watercolor washes form soft rectangular accents and vertical strokes around the plant, balancing black ink outlines with airy negative space.
August 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Jellyfish from painting class. #watercolor #watercolour #art #seacritters #jellyfish
a colourful painting of 3 jellyfish floating near each other. The central jelly is rendered in oranges and pinks. The right jellyfish is rendered with reddish purples. The left side jelly is rendered in greens and blues. Lots of spattert indicating bubbles ascending around them.
August 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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A floral meadow. An atmospheric study of a sunlit meadow filled with scattered wildflowers beneath a serene sky. Gentle light and layered washes create a peaceful, meditative mood. #art #watercolour #watercolor #landscapeasrt #landscapepainting
A watercolor landscape of a floral meadow with tall green grasses and scattered violet blossoms in the foreground. A band of leafy foliage spans the middle ground beneath a lavender-gray sky brushed with golden clouds. A large tree on the right frames the scene, evoking a calm and airy mood.
August 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Eucalyptus leaves. I found an artist on Youtube, www.youtube.com/@Nianiani, with a great tutorial and style for painting and drawing eucalyptus leaves. I copied her style and am leaning into it fopr a series. #art #watercolour #watercolor #botanicalpainting #ink
A sumi ink sketch of a eucalyptus branch with delicate, rounded leaves. Pale indigo watercolor washes form soft circular accents and vertical strokes around the plant, balancing black ink outlines with airy negative space. A sumi ink drawing of a eucalyptus branch with clustered leaves, accented by layered teal, lavender, and gray watercolor washes. The composition mixes bold black contours with soft translucent circles and lines, creating a lively yet serene atmosphere. A sumi ink sketch of eucalyptus branches with small, delicate leaves, surrounded by overlapping lavender circles and pale blue vertical washes. Dense black lines create a strong compositional structure while soft, transparent colors lend depth and subtle vibrancy.
August 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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@charliejane.bsky.social 's latest novel "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" arrived toiday from Green Apple books. The book looks and feels so awesome. The pages are just so soft and comfy. Charlie Jane's inscription is just absolutely wonderful and marvelous, and I love it completely.
inscription in the front piece for "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" from the author held by the recipient. Features a cat dancing and another making cat commentary, as they do. The inscription reads "To Tamouse — So grateful for you!! You Rock!!!" The recipient holds their face against the open book, in a moment of bliss. The image is black and white, with a dark vignette to focus entirely on the relationship between reader and book, and presumably with the author. the paper in this book is so soft and sorta fluffy, so i wanted to feel it on my face. The recipient is holding up the book without the dust jacket an is pointing to a debossed (indented) image of a rhinoceros on front cover. A spoiler? A clue? A MYSTERY??!
August 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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I learned how to make blizzard books, following the instructions in Hedi Kyle's book "The Art of the Fold", which is awesome. These make a booklet of pockets that you can use to slip things into. #bookbindingart #bookfolding
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The artist's studio desk with black grid in white on it. On the desk sit 3 small folded paper booklets, designed to be pockets which hold small cards and be a self-binding booklet, held together with just the paper folds, no sewing or gluing required. The larger booklet shows two 3x4.5 cards in two of the pockets as an example.
August 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Second in my “Plein Car” series — Wentworth Park pavilion on a rainy day, drawn from the parking lot. Ink lines, bold brush details, and layered crayon colour bring the scene to life without ever stepping into the rain. #art #pleinair #InkAndWash #neocolourII #sketching
A plein air ink and crayon sketch of a picnic pavilion at Wentworth Park, viewed from the front on a rainy day. The brown-roofed, brick-columned structure stands centered in the scene in front of a yellowish-green pond, with brown picnic tables visible inside and a black trash bin near the right front. To the right, a blue recycling bin sits beside a path that curves in from the foreground. Surrounding the pavilion are loosely sketched trees in soft greens and yellows, suggesting diffused rainy light. The ground is a mix of muted greens and grays, and the artist’s signature is in the bottom right corner with the date “2025-08-09” and the text “Wentworth Park” below the image.
August 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Exploring the surreal side of landscapes with rainbow-colored clouds and layered washes. Painted with MaimeriBlu watercolors and a nod to traditional expressive landscape painting. 🌈☁️ #landscapeart #art #painting #watercolour #watercolor
A watercolor landscape painting showing a wide sky filled with rainbow-colored clouds. The horizon is low with scattered trees and grassy fields in green washes. Layered clouds stretch across the composition in warm reds, deep blues, and purple tones, with subtle yellow highlights. The clouds appear heavy and expressive, as if lit by an unseen sunset or transformed by imagination. Light blue splatter mimics rainfall. The artist's initials, 'tt', are in the bottom right corner.
August 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Study of Grand Prismatic Spring, a visually striking natural wonder. I wanted to express the way heat, minerals, and microbes create vibrant rings of color that seem to pulse with life. #watercolour #Yellowstone #GrandPrismaticSpring #geothermal #art #painting #landscapepainting
A watercolor painting of the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, viewed from above. The image features a vivid blue center, surrounded by concentric rings of green, yellow, and rusty red, representing the microbial mats of the hot spring. These colors radiate outward into textured brown and grey terrain with hints of white steam. The brushstrokes are loose and expressive, blending colors fluidly while maintaining a strong circular structure. The painting captures the natural geological wonder with artistic abstraction. The artist's signature appears in the lower right.
August 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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ridiculously plain, i know
July 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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#Art #Collage #Journal spread from the prompt "beauty" #art #artjournal
A mixed media art journal spread featuring layers of acrylic paint, collage, and handwritten text. The background is sage green, overlaid with a horizontal band of fiery red, orange, and yellow suggesting poppies. The left page includes torn, textured imagery in earthy browns and blacks. The word “BEAUTY” is stamped at the top. On the right, a piece of torn paper displays a handwritten excerpt from John McCrae’s “In Flanders Fields,” accompanied by a small red painted flower. The whole composition evokes themes of memory, war, and enduring beauty.
July 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Day 26 of #WWM25 — Prompt: ‘Sea.’ + Prussian Blue
This is Sunny, the mola mola at Monterey Bay Aquarium, my favorite place on Earth—especially the pelagic tank and Sunny. 🌊🐟 #WorldWatercolorMonth #WorldWatercolorMonth2025 #art #painting #watercolor #watercolour #scannedimage #nofilter
A watercolor of Sunny, the ocean sunfish (mola mola), shown in profile swimming leftward through a deep blue sea. The background is a textured Prussian Blue wash representing the water in the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Pelagic Tank. Sunny’s round, flat body is painted in soft greys with hints of green, gold, and pink light reflecting across her scales. Her large black eye and trailing fin stand out against the sea.
July 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Day 25 of #WWM25 — just Indigo, Burnt Umber, and a whole lot of moonlight. 🌕🖤 Prompt: “Howl”, paints Indigo and Burnt Umber. #WorldWatercolorMonth #WorldWatercolorMonth2025 #art #painting #watercolor #watercolour and sometimes #ink #scannedimage #nofilter
A stylized wolf howls in profile at the base of a large glowing moon. The moon is centered in the image, framed by rough, dark brushstrokes in Indigo and Burnt Umber that form a tunnel-like circle. The wolf is painted in angular, expressive strokes with Indigo. The entire scene is dramatic and moody, with high contrast and minimal color.
July 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Days 23 & 24, for #WWM25. "Parlement [sic] of Birds" for "group"+mixed greys, and "My 70s Retro Kitchen" for "avocado"+Olive Green

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A whimsical watercolor painting of birds gathered beneath a leafy tree. The background is a soft blue sky filled with simple silhouettes of flying birds in blue and lavender tones. The tree is lush with green and blue foliage, accented by hints of pink. Beneath it, a variety of abstract and semi-abstract bird figures are painted in muted greys, blues, purples, and splashes of yellow and pink. Two prominent pink birds with long legs stand on the right. The ground level features layered and overlapping birdlike shapes, conveying a sense of assembly or meeting. Text written below the image reads: “WWM 23/31 Group + Mixed Greys 2025.07.23,” “Parlement [sic] of Birds, inspired by Charlie Jane Anders,” with the artist's signature at bottom right. WWM25 Day 23: Parlement [sic] of Birds Today’s prompt—“Group + Mixed Greys”—took me into a dreamy assembly of watercolor birds. Titled *Parlement [sic] of Birds*, this piece was inspired by the speculative and wildly imaginative writing of Charlie Jane Anders, who often explores themes of transformation, identity, and collective strength. I envisioned a kind of surreal council under a large tree, where birds of all colors, shapes, and degrees of abstraction have come together. The mixed greys in the prompt gave me an opportunity to unify wildly different characters and tones, while still leaving room for some bright, whimsical color play. There’s something about the randomness of form in watercolor blobs that, once inked or shaped slightly, reveals life and personality. That’s the magic of this practice for me. Some birds remain purely suggestive, just a sweep of color and shadow. Others—like the pink long-legged pair—stand out as focal points. In the tree above, pink blossoms and watching birds suggest a layered, lively space. The background wash kept it soft and airy. This was such a joyful painting to make—almost like painting a dream parliament where stories are told by chirp and flutter. A stylized watercolor kitchen interior with orange-toned cabinets and appliances. A green refrigerator stands on the right, a bright orange oven is centered, and a reddish-orange microwave is mounted above. The backsplash is a light blue wash. The entire scene has a soft, vintage aesthetic evocative of a 1970s kitchen. "My Retro 70s Kitchen Is Done!" — WWM25 Day 24/31 A loving tribute to avocado green appliances and burnt-orange cabinetry, this playful watercolor channels the spirit of a 1970s kitchen renovation. The composition features a centered stovetop oven painted in a rich orange, flanked by warm wood-tone cabinets. Above it, a boxy microwave sits snugly between matching upper cabinets, rendered in loose sienna tones. The true star, however, is the olive-green refrigerator on the right—a nod to the avocado color trend that dominated midcentury kitchens. Its flat facade and brown handles keep the shape iconic and bold. A cool blue backsplash spans the wall behind the appliances, providing welcome contrast and a hint of modernity. The watercolor technique combines bright washes, minimal contouring, and expressive brush shapes. The edges remain soft and fluid, helping the colors vibrate against each other while preserving a charming, sketch-like quality. This piece celebrates nostalgia with affection and a wink, fully embracing the prompt “Avocado” and showcasing how color can evoke an era. Number 24/31 in World Watercolour Month July 2025 #WWM25 #WorldWatercolorMonth #WorldWatercolorMonth2025 #art #painting #watercolor #watercolour and sometimes #ink #scannedimage #nofilter
July 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Day 22 of #WWM25! The Grantham twins were *eager* to try their new jackets in the snoooh. Phthalo Green (with Alizarin) makes a shadowy mix for those puffy coats. ❄️🎄 #WorldWatercolorMonth #WorldWatercolorMonth2025 #art #painting #watercolor #watercolour #ink #scannedimage #nofilter
Two small children in large navy bubble jackets face each other in a snowy field, each wearing a red Santa hat, yellow scarf, red-orange pants, and brown boots. Tall zigzag green trees frame them on both sides, and soft spatters suggest falling snow. The figures are symmetrical, creating a whimsical and festive winter scene. WWM25 Day 22: Jacket and Phthalo Green Today's watercolor piece is all about *volume* and *whimsy*. The Grantham twins appear again—this time in puffy bubble jackets so large they nearly swallow them whole! I used a deep mix of Phthalo Green and Alizarin Crimson to create a rich, shadowy navy tone for the coats. The hats, pants, and boots are kept bright and warm to balance the cold surroundings. The trees were painted with fast, loose zigzags using juicy Phthalo Green creating a stylized forest that frames the twins like bookends. The snowfall was added with delicate spattering after the paper dried. This is one of my more playful takes this month and it makes me laugh every time I look at it. The exaggerated scale of the coats and the symmetry between the twins gave me just the right setup for a funny little winter tale.
July 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM