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Tanoui Art
@tanouiart.bsky.social
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Currently trying to develop my skills, mostly in watercolours, while managing health issues and disability. Aiming to tell more stories but at this moment relying on tutorials and other people's art to find my way.
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Working on skies #Watercolour #Landscape #WatercolourLandscape #Art
Watercolour painting of a stormy sky at dusk in the background. The centre includes sunlight and other light areas such as breaks in clouds. Dark clouds are coming from the left, while lighter blue skies are on the right. There are three hills in the mid-distance. In the foreground there is a meandering river with dark shrubs, and yellow-light brown fields.
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I'm trying different papers and techniques using a simple image and a limited palette. I'm loving the results and learning a lot in the process, but I'm getting a bit obsessed 😬 #watercolour #penAndWatercolour #art #sketch
An image with two paintings of the same church. The top half painting is a quick sketch of the church standing against a blue sky, with the light coming from the left. The roof is grey and the walls are brown. There are a couple of windows at the top of the tall building, on the light side, and windows at the bottom of smaller building. There is the suggestion of a wall in the foreground. The painting in the lower half is similar but painted using pen and watercolour.
October 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Quick sketch #watercolour #art #sketch #church
Sketch of a brown church, with the light coming from the left. The sky is light blue and the roof is a warm grey. There is the hint of a wall in the foreground.
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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A simple painting of a Norwegian church, based on a picture by Paul Clark #watercolour #church #mountains #norway #LandscapePainting
Watercolour painting of a church, with snow-capped mountains in the background. The church has a red roof and white walls, and sits on top of a hill painted using different mixes of burnt sienna and French ultramarine. There are rocks by the shore. The bottom third of the image is a reflection in a lake, with the red roof standing out. A yellow light illuminates the left side of the church.
October 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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A wee trip to Scotland #watercolour #landscapePainting #art

Tutorial by Paul Clark.
Watercolour painting of a Scottish loch at sunset. The sky is yellow with dark clouds on the edges, and the outline of three mountains is visible in the background. There are four boats on the water. One is to the left of the centre and is blue. A green boat is in front of it, to the right of it. Another blue boat is next to the green boat, partly hidden by the jetty. Finally an orange-brown boat is near the shore, in front of the jetty. The foreground includes a sandy beach and a jetty made of golden brown stones. There are several poles around the jetty, with nets hanging over one of them.
October 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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A scarf I knitted recently being blocked #knitting #handmade #winter #GermanShortRows #colourwork
Hand-knitted scarf made up of seven blocks. Four blocks have a green background with white leaf-like shapes, while three blocks have a white background with green leaf-like shapes.
September 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Lost a bit of confidence following an unfortunate incident but picked up the brushes again and tried a simple painting #watercolour #stillLife #avocado #art
Watercolour painting of an avocado cut in half. The flesh is a mixture of diluted mid-yellow and sap green, and the core is a mixture of diluted mid-yellow, burnt umber and indigo mixed with burnt umber. The skin and shadow are a combination of indigo and sap green with a hint of burnt umber.
September 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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A picture of the suspension bridge in Bristol, on a nice, calm sunny day.

#reflections #BlueSkyArtShow
Photo of the Bristol Suspension Bridge and its reflection in the River Avon. The bridge is located in top centre section, with the reflection in the middle of the image. The sky is blue, becoming darker in the reflection at the bottom of the image. To the left there is green vegetations, with trees starting to change colours. On the right there are houses. The vegetation and houses are reflected as if the surface of the water was a mirror. The cliffs can be seen in the distances, under the bridge.
February 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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31. Angle

Knitted jumper, a present for my mum.

#JanuArty #Knitting #Art #Craft
Knitted jumper in progress. The yarn is grey, and it's on an orange blanket. The edges are in stocking stitch, while the central panel looks like a wired fence running diagonally in both directions, which creates diamond shapes. There are two cables on either side of the central panel.
January 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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30. Green

A misty landscape, which needs something in the foreground but someone wanted it as it was because she found it peaceful.

#JanuArty #Watercolour #Art #Landscape
Watercolour painting of a misty landscape. The bottom half is a water body, with trees and the sky reflected in its quiet surface. There are trees in the middle ground on the left, and further in the distance in the rest of the image.
January 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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29. Curve

A wind map based on Storm Doris that hit Ireland and the UK in 2017.

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Image representing the winds that hit Ireland and the UK during Storm Doris in 2017. The different colours indicate wind speed, going from the lowest blue to dark red, the strongest winds. Yellow and orange dominate the image, running across diagonally from the top left to the bottom right. The winds swirl around a blue dot in the middle of the image, representing the centre of the storm.
January 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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28. Flat

Bristol Suspension Bridge, with the observatory, lying flat on a path along the river.

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Photo of the reflection of the Bristol Suspension Bridge and the observatory in a puddle. The puddle runs diagonally from top left to bottom right. The observatory is at the top of the puddle, while the bridge takes up the bottom half. The puddle is surrounded by the muddy path, with a though of grass in the top right corner.
January 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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27. Red

A tamarillo. Apparently they have "a rich sweet-savoury flavour that tastes like smokey, spiced tomato", and now I feel I absolutely have to taste one.

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Watercolour painting of a tamarillo, a red, egg-shaped, tomato-like fruit. The stem is at the top, and there is a highlight in the upper-left quadrant of the fruit. The background is plain white.
January 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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26. Broken

Thought I'd try something different. My thoughts on today's politics.

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The word maxism, as a symbol of the broken world we live in at the moment. The initial letter m is the Meta logo, the a is the Amazon logo and the x is the symbol of the platform formerly known as Twitter. The x is holding a flame, representing the destructive power of this triad.
January 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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25. Vegetable

The humble peapod

#JanuArty #Watercolour #StillLife #Art
Watercolour painting of an open peapod. It runs from bottom left to top right and it contains seven peas. the light comes from the right, with shadows of the peas on the left side of the peapod.
January 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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24. Sweet

A bowl of plums in watercolour.

#JanuArty #Watercolour #Art #StillLife
Watercolour painting of a bowl of plums. The bowl is light blue in colour, with golden stripes running along the top, bottom and handles. There are eight plums visible, painted in blue and purple.
January 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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23. Opposite

Plant vs herbivore, purple vs yellow

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Photo of a tiny snail on an iris flower. The snail's shell is yellow and stands out against the deep purple of the flower in the middle of the photo. The background consists of vegetation and another half flower on the right, and is blurred.
January 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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22. Monochrome

I was treated to a murmuration in my garden a few years ago, and snapped this photo.
Black and white photo of a murmuration. The bottom and right sections are vegetations. The sun is left-centre, nearer the top. The starlings are flying in a curved band, along the diagonal that goes from the top left to the bottom right of the image.
January 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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21. Happy

A lavender field, on a sunny day. Based on a Paul Clark tutorial.

#JanuArty #Watercolour
Watercolour painting of a lavender field. The lavender is in the foreground on the left, in several rows. There is an old outbuilding to the right of the field casting its shadow on the lavender, and a tree next to the building cast its shadow on it. In the background there are trees and vegetation, and hills can be seen in the distance.
January 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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20. Primary

Abstract plant using only primary colours. I took a three-colour palette with me to work on simplified images. This was the result.

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Simple watercolour painting of a plant, with a loosely drawn stem and three leaves. One leaf is on the left of the stem, and the other two are opposite it. The leaves were loosely painted in grey and brown tones, using only cyan blue, magenta and cadmium yellow.
January 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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19. Liquid

A close-up of a photo of dew on a leaf.

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Close-up photo of a leaf with morning dew. Three main veins run from the centre bottom left of the image, with the stem just visible below them. Other veins branch out from them. There are many droplet of dew, in different sizes.
January 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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18. Yellow

An old painting of lemons, for my mum who loves lemony food.

#JanuArty #Watercolour #WatercolourPainting #Art #StillLife
Watercolour painting of three lemons, with shadows indicating the light is coming from behind the fruit. The lemon in the centre is sitting in front of the two.
January 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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17. Furniture

Bug furniture, to be precise. Suitable for solitary bees, beetles, lacewings, butterflies, centipedes and more.

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A bug hotel in mixed media. The frame is blue-green and the roof is red. There are three levels. The bottom layer has two sections. The left section is purple and has three horizontal openings for butterflies, while in the right section there are four wooden logs (orange at the bottom, green at the top, and two small red ones on the sides) with drilled holes, suitable for solitary bees. The middle level has cardboard tubes to provide shelter to mayflies. The top layer's left section is made up of bits of bark and twigs and has a metal grid to hold it in place. It provides shelter for different insects, including beetles. Finally, the top right section is yellow and has drilled holes for solitary bees.
January 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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16. Clothing

A scarf in progress.

#JanuArty #JanuArty2025 #Knitting #Art #Craft
Purple scarf knitting, in progress, on an orange blanket. The design can be interpreted as three sets of two leaves side by side.
January 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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15. Animal

A lil' rabbit, done a few years ago.

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Watercolour painting of a rabbit. The image is of the back of the rabbit, with the light coming from the left. The left side of the animal is light brown in colour, while the left side is dark, cool blue. The rabbit is looking to the right, and there's a shadow extending on the right. The background is white.
January 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM