Mark Vasey

#Shadow #SensoryArt #HarvestSuperMoon #art #FullMoon #Luna #Moon #drawing #sketching #graphiteOnPaper

In this hanging scroll (掛物) from the 1600s by ground-breaking Japanese female artist Kiyohara Yukinobu (清原雪信), a luminous goddess sits cross-legged on a low rise of grass, centered against a softly glowing silk background. Her long, dark hair falls in smooth strands over layered robes that shimmer with gold highlights and fine patterns. Resting diagonally across her lap is a pear-shaped lute (aka biwa or 琵琶); her left hand steadies the neck while her right hovers to pluck, pausing at the threshold of sound. The oval of a moon-like disc halos her upper body, and the faintest traces of landscape suggest open air around her. Her face is calm, eyes lowered in attentive focus; the body reads feminine and composed. The spare setting, precise ink line, and restrained color bring all attention to touch, listening, and breath create an image of music about to begin. Benzaiten (弁財天), adapted from the Indian goddess Sarasvatī, is the patron of music, eloquence, learning, and good fortune in Japan; the biwa is her emblem. Meant to be unrolled for intimate viewing or devotion, this work channels blessing through stillness and refinement. Yukinobu (1643–1682), a professional woman artist of the early Edo period, trained within the Kanō network that blended Chinese ink-brush discipline with Japanese color and decoration. She often signed “Brush of Yukinobu, Daughter of the Kiyohara clan,” affirming lineage and authorship in a male-dominated art world. Yukinobu’s career traversed Kyoto and Edo; celebrated in her lifetime, she received commissions across social ranks as a rarity for Japanese women painters. The Kanō school’s courtly elegance is evident in the rhythmic drape of sleeves, the poised hands, and the controlled negative space that amplifies the goddess’s presence. As a woman depicting a woman deity of the arts, Yukinobu scripts a doubled advocacy: for music’s power to shape character, and for women’s creative authority to shape culture.

弁財天と琵琶 (The Goddess Benzaiten and Her Lute) by 清原雪信 / Kiyohara (Kanō) Yukinobu (Japanese) - Ink, color, & gold on silk / 1660s–1680s - Denver Art Museum (Colorado) #WomenInArt #WomanArtist #JapaneseArt #art #artText #artwork #BlueskyArt #清原雪信 #Yukinobu #KiyoharaYukinobu #雪信 #(清原 #狩野派 #WomensArt #掛物

This is quite a spooky and sureal graphite sketch. It was drawn from the prompt "Monster Under Bed" its an old prompt from the halloween tag but im finding it quite fun.

#31SaysOfHalloween #graphite #drawing #art #MonsterUnderBed #graphiteOnPaper

This is a graphite drawing of some fly tipped rubbish next to a garage that is lit ip by the moons light.

#Shadow #SensoryArt #HarvestSuperMoon #art #FullMoon #Luna #Moon #drawing #sketching #graphiteOnPaper

Silhouette of a girl with beret and long pony-tail, facing left on a cream-coloured card. The caption at the bottom reads "PARIS – BUTTE MONTMARTRE, Claude Marin".

The white, reverse side of a silhouette of a young girl, held between thumb and forefinger away from its backing card.

Recently arrived silhouette by Claude Marin, cut in Montmartre in the 1930's or 40's. The silhouette and backing card are kept loose in a glassine envelope, so you can turn the cutting over to see the white. #montmartre #claudemarin

This is a photograph of the harvest super Moon that has been taken from a telephone. its a bit blurry and dark but it has a autumnal feel about it. there is a couple of silhouetted house and a hedge too. the main thing in the photo is the clouds that have been illuminated by the moon.

#HarvestMoon #HarvestSuperMoon #FullMoon #Luna #Moon #TorchWalks

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This is a loose watercolour painting of three duck swimming towards you.

#watercolour #painting #mallards #ducks #art #WatercolorOnPaper

Flower study
pen/acrylic
#BlueSkyMonday #blue #art #drawing #mixedmedia #sketchbook

I google image search the letters and this came up...
"The letters in the image spell out the Russian word "Кисловодск" (Kislovodsk)
This is the name of a resort city in the Stavropol Krai region of Russia."
im not convinced thats correct but it might give you some ideas

Thank you Stine :)

Studio Essentials : Chinese Painting : Bamboo Brush Pen : Medium : brush on one end : pen on the other

Hi Sillouettist, I realised my reply from the otherday hasn't sent.
I got it from Jacksons art supplies in the UK.
www.jacksonsart.com/jas-chinese-...

Abstract Landscape #7
8" x 8"
Acrylic on paper
September 2025

#art #painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #abstract #abstractart #series #acryliconpaper #expressiveart #modernpainting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #traditionalmediums #artshare #paintingoftheday
@bsky.art

I've Been Inside the Mist
8" x 8"
Oil and cold wax on paper
October 2025

#art #painting #oilpainting #oilonpaper #coldwax #expressiveart #abstract #abstractart #modernpainting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #paintingoftheday #artshare #series #louisvilleartist
@bsky.art

Our wild shared garden was “landscaped” into neat borders & a chipbark wasteland. After some storms, I tossed native bird seed from my window. Now Native Violets spread, erasing the edges. The garden is remembering itself.
gouache
#art #painting #nature #flowers #garden #peaceful

Very kind of you to repost although it wasn't necessary. Im glad it boosted your spirits as your portraits boost mine, I thought after seeing your portraits.. "Id love to paint someone who inspires me too" .. and here we are :)

oh wow, thats a compliment! please don't feel obliged to , im happy you like it though :)

Home from the sea
Mitchell P
#art

Beautiful :)

The Mossy Tree of Kylemore
2025
12”x9” oil on panel
#oilpainting

🌞 my pleasure.

@mattsnee.bsky.social

Presented by the artist 1981

Josef Herman, Three Seated Miners, Miner with Pony in Background, 1958
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1125510

I did yes, the river was like a mirror.

Ghis is a watercolour painting of the artist and writer Matt Snee.

"Portrait Of Matt Snee." #WatercolorOnPaper #art #artsky #painting #blueskyart #painter #BlueSkyMonday

Snee is "Neurodivergent writer and painter living in Phoenix Arizona." He often paints portraits of inspirational artist, shining a light on their work and into those who see his paintings.

thank you :)

A watercolour painting of gum leaves in a rustic terracotta vase.

Gum leaves in a vase.

#art #watercolor #watercolour