Z J
zslettersandart.bsky.social
Z J
@zslettersandart.bsky.social
Opinionated sassy pants who occasionally does something artsy.
Too beautiful not to paint!
May 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Paint what you feel like painting, unrestrained from reality.

#watercolor #painting
April 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
April 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Just over here drawing portraits of the current US administration.

#drawing #art #demonsamongus
April 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Because I needed a break from it all.

#watercolor
April 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Do you think MAGA have Men's and Women's only bathrooms in their homes, or are they All Gender?

Happy Trans Day of Visibility!
March 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Weird name for a creature, but this was fun to draw.

Don't know why, but this keeps making me think about a group of a**holes in DC ... Maybe they're all these things wearing human forms.
March 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@dazza1639.bsky.social posted this spiral galaxy awhile ago, and I wanted to paint it...but spiral galaxies are weirdly hard to paint.

Anyway...I finally painted it!

#watercolorspacescape #watercolorgalaxy #watercolor #painting
March 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's #spacescape time!

Painted this while listening to On Freedom by Timothy Snyder as my contribution to #BookSkyClub today.

Though I'm about to switch it up and go read more of The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind. 😂 I have eclectic tastes.

#watercolor #painting
March 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Bugg O' Neer.

Lisilinka watercolors used for the metallic elements - her metallics are the absolute best I've found. The white dots are done with white watercolor layered until it was opaque enough.

#watercolor #painting #drawing #watercolorpirate #watercolorsketch #lisilinka
March 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I might be kind of obsessed with the Eastern Bluebird. He's a very delightful subject to paint.

#watercolor #painting
February 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Bugg-O-Neer, from a "how to draw" book I bought ages ago and now finally feel like I can follow!

How to improve painting? Draw!

Also a chance to do some Copperplate calligraphy with the pencil and practice some flourishes. 😍

#drawing #calligraphy
February 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My first attempt at painting a bird up close.

Eastern Bluebird. He's a bit chonky. I keep seeing photos of these on Bluesky and loving them! I need to lighten the blue, though. Time to break out the sketchbook!

#watercolor #painting
February 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I saw images of the Elephant's Nebula the other day and did an incredibly terrible job of painting it here. 🤣

So, this is an abstract watercolor painting *inspired* by the nebula, because we need more rainbows everywhere.

#watercolorpride #watercolor #abstractwatercolor #painting
February 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
First attempt at a recreation of @sailgirldesign.bsky.social 's #StunDay photo from a few weeks ago!

I'm trying this again, because the fade up into the clouds didn't quite work as I'd hoped.

If you couldn't tell from my last few paintings, I LOVE bright color! 😂

#watercolor #watercolorsunset
February 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This executive order gives POTUS power to direct the actions of the *Federal Election Commission.*

"officials who wield vast executive power must be supervised and controlled by the people’s elected President."

Of all the EOs, this may be the worst by far. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
February 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Original photo: @billmontei.bsky.social - stunning colors!

Attempt at recreation: me. Thanks for letting me take a swing at this, Bill!

#watercolor #watercolorsunset
February 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I mean, this doesn't look like an update on what the"office" is doing.
February 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Inspo: astrophotography by @dazza1639.bsky.social of the California Nebula.

#watercolor #watercolorspace
February 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Bunnyman Bridge - astrophotography by @rockfish-gap.bsky.social who did an INCREDIBLE job capturing this over 50 hours with his telescope!

Admittedly, my version looks like a cartoon, but it was fun to paint!

#watercolor
February 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Photo inspiration from Matthew Nichols via @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social

I haven't done a landscape in forever, but the colors in this photo were too stunning to pass up!

It's nice to be shocked by something beautiful.

#watercolor
February 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Pinwheel galaxy!

Inspiration image to the right, again, don't know who to attribute it to. 😕

#watercolorspace
#watercolorspacescape
#watercolorgalaxy
#pinwheelgalaxy
#watercolor
February 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The inspiration image - can someone tell me whose it is so I can properly attribute it? - and the painting I created using Neocolor 2 watercolor crayons on cotton sketchbook paper for something a little different.

#watercolor #watercolorspace #watercolorspacescapes #neocolor2crayons
February 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
A little paint on paper, some of it really shiny. 😂

Because I needed something distracting.

#watercolor #watercolorspacescape #watercolorescape #shinywatercolor
February 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Shiny!

No, the black space encroaching on the planet has nothing to do with this week. At all.

#watercolor #painting #spacescape
January 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM