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Love the rhythm-motion in these doodles πŸ‘€

07.03.2026 10:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A monochrome β€˜spot the mistake’ scene featuring a postman cycling along a lane besides a half timbered thatched cottage

A monochrome β€˜spot the mistake’ scene featuring a postman cycling along a lane besides a half timbered thatched cottage

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
Can you spot 12 deliberate mistakes?

From Treasure magazine, 1965
Official answers coming soon

(Even if you don’t reply, could you please β€˜like’ or share this one?)

07.03.2026 08:19 πŸ‘ 1241 πŸ” 406 πŸ’¬ 164 πŸ“Œ 69
Frog and spawn illustration

Frog and spawn illustration

🐸 #FrogForFridayEvenThoughItIsn’tFriday

07.03.2026 09:53 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Susannah Clapp Β· At the British Museum: β€˜Hawaii’ Traditional fabrics bring unifying stories. The most distinctive Hawaiian material, kapa or barkcloth, was wonderfully...

β€˜Think​ of a loincloth as an act of diplomacy: the malo loloa, a long loincloth made of barkcloth, was a metaphor for Hawaii forming alliances.’

Susannah Clapp visits the British Museum’s Hawaii exhibition.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

07.03.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Small square with a snowflake-like print in black, that has petals and hearts. The design hangs off the edges in several places. It is painted in spring colors of pink, lime, tangerine, and blue.

Small square with a snowflake-like print in black, that has petals and hearts. The design hangs off the edges in several places. It is painted in spring colors of pink, lime, tangerine, and blue.

#the100dayproject day 20
"It's under an inch and a half, how long can it take?"
As it turns out, 2.5 hours from design, to carving, to turning the kitchen upside down looking for the stupid stamp pad, to printing and discovering it's still too big, to watercolors. Good thing there was no rush.

06.03.2026 08:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Watercolor and colored pencils - a forest path with fireflies

Watercolor and colored pencils - a forest path with fireflies

Day 8 of #The100DayProject is actually from yesterday - had to let it totally dry before removing the tape.

It's from a Let's make Art tutorial - I want to practice trees and also darker watercolors.

I went back in with colored pencils, natch.

#Art #IMadeThis #Watercolors

06.03.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve been pasting leftover scrap pages (from cutting out petals) into my sketchbook. They provide inviting spaces in which to do some meditative mark making. #Collage #MixedMedia #The100DayProject #MarkMaking

06.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sketchy painting of stylised coral in oranges and blues

Sketchy painting of stylised coral in oranges and blues

Messing about in my sketch book #coral #printsky

06.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
an illustration in a limited colour palette of 2 shades of green, brown, and hot pink with a lightly green/taupe-ish background. The illustration depicts an elf with a medium skin tone, wearing striped shorts, pink shoes, and a backpack, staring up in amazement at giant blooming flowers. The flowers are drawn in an abstracted style but they resemble coneflowers with petals surrounding a spiky middle. There are abstracted smaller flowers and sprouts making up the background of the image, and there is a border depicting budding flowers, leaves, and daisy-like blooms.

an illustration in a limited colour palette of 2 shades of green, brown, and hot pink with a lightly green/taupe-ish background. The illustration depicts an elf with a medium skin tone, wearing striped shorts, pink shoes, and a backpack, staring up in amazement at giant blooming flowers. The flowers are drawn in an abstracted style but they resemble coneflowers with petals surrounding a spiky middle. There are abstracted smaller flowers and sprouts making up the background of the image, and there is a border depicting budding flowers, leaves, and daisy-like blooms.

elf with blooms and buds 🌱 | elf 62/365 | #art #artsky #elfyear #The100DayProject

04.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely sketch of a lovely singer!

05.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here is my portrait sketch for today in watercolour- who do you think it is? #The100DayProject

05.03.2026 06:56 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn't even notice! I do like this drawing/painting.

05.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A table is set with painting supplies - a cloth bag, a water cup with a bush perched across the top, a closed palette. Against the palette is leaning a small square watercolor of a table with painting supplies - a water cup, an open palette with a rainbow of colors. A pale hand is holding a paintbrush that is painting a purple swish on a small square watercolor.

A table is set with painting supplies - a cloth bag, a water cup with a bush perched across the top, a closed palette. Against the palette is leaning a small square watercolor of a table with painting supplies - a water cup, an open palette with a rainbow of colors. A pale hand is holding a paintbrush that is painting a purple swish on a small square watercolor.

#the100dayproject day 19, in which I try out water in a piston-filling brush fountain pen. As anticipated, I like it better than the squeezy kind of water brush.

05.03.2026 07:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seed of the dogwood tree II Cornus Sanguinea ( UK dogwood) 11/100
#the100dayproject

05.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Watercolor and ink 3x3 #scribbly doodles of green bottlebush with red blooms against white plaster wall under cloudy blue sky.

Watercolor and ink 3x3 #scribbly doodles of green bottlebush with red blooms against white plaster wall under cloudy blue sky.

A local building with pollinators kind landscaping of red blooms on evergreen bush on a beautiful blue sky day.

A local building with pollinators kind landscaping of red blooms on evergreen bush on a beautiful blue sky day.

"Pollinators Yield" 10/100
The #bottlebrush offers pollinators to yield,
to fill their thirst
on crimson red blooms.
#100inkandwash #dothe100dayproject
#WindowsOnWednesday
#RedWed #ArtYear
"Where trees won't grow, bushes thrive. Nothing and no one is insignificant in this world." B. Thapaliya

04.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It took me a moment to realise that these donuts are not food!
They look so yummy though πŸ˜‹

04.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#The100DayProject2026 Day 11 Crayola Krampus #DoThe100DayProject

04.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman

04.03.2026 08:16 πŸ‘ 463 πŸ” 252 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 29
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First three days of my #100daychallenge
#dothe100daychallenge

My rules -
Keep it simple
square, small, non seamless placement prints
Some botanical element
Some animal element

24.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really like the anenome? on the rock.

03.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Love that account!

03.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really like the daffodil silhouettes πŸ’™πŸ€

03.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An open sketchbook with two vertical blocks visible on the left page. One is painted in with three silhouettes of daffodils in white and shades of blue against dark blue. The other is painted with outlines of daffodils in wiggly ink.

An open sketchbook with two vertical blocks visible on the left page. One is painted in with three silhouettes of daffodils in white and shades of blue against dark blue. The other is painted with outlines of daffodils in wiggly ink.

Experimenting with Paynes grey ink for days 9 and 10 β€” the blue-gray matches the weather here. #100dayproject #The100dayproject

03.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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🦴 Fig. 10 : Turkey Vulture
@dothe100dayproject
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#the100dayproject2026 #art #illustration #animalbones #turkeyvulture

03.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is great πŸ‘ I would definitely find it difficult to minaturise like this.

03.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 9
#100DaysofMiniatureWatercolourPainting
#The100DayProject
#DaysEndStudio

I have decided to dive into a course I signed up for this year…
An Introduction To Miniature Watercolour Painting with Lorraine Loots -of Painting for Ants fame.
100 days of painting, but not necessarily 100 paintings.

02.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Watercolour study of piglets in a muddy field

Watercolour study of piglets in a muddy field

Day 10 #the100dayproject2026 A5 watercolour study of piglets ... unfinished? πŸ€” Should i add more detail?
#drawingisfree #the100dayproject

03.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ink drawing of piglets

Ink drawing of piglets

Day 9, week 2 of #the100dayproject2026
Piglets! Quickie ink drawing on A5 postcard
#drawingisfree #the100dayproject

02.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Watercolour sketch of a figure amongst vegetation

Watercolour sketch of a figure amongst vegetation

Underwater watercolour sketch of a seal amongst seaweed and the beginnings of a human figure

Underwater watercolour sketch of a seal amongst seaweed and the beginnings of a human figure

Watercolour sketch of Rousseau's painting The Sleeping Gypsy projected onto a model in the studio

Watercolour sketch of Rousseau's painting The Sleeping Gypsy projected onto a model in the studio

Projected landscape, seascape & Rousseau painting onto the model in the studio for online drawing class themed as '#Watercolour Worlds' with the Royal Drawing School last Monday. Made for very powerful visual effects that were challenging & fun to engage with.
#rdslivestudio #drawingisfree

01.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Oil pastel and ink sketch of a berkshire boar lying down

Oil pastel and ink sketch of a berkshire boar lying down

Day 8, week 2 of #the100dayproject2026
Meet Mars, the resident Berkshire boar of my local farm, Stepney Green City Farm.
He is my absolute favourite πŸ₯°
#drawingisfree #the100dayproject #berkshire

01.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0