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Drawn to drawing. Art lecturer turned author and online art tutor https://linktr.ee/helenbirch_drawdrawdraw

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#MusinkSessions every Wednesday. Free portrait drawing over ZOOM! (1/2)

12.02.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us on Wednesdays. DM for details! It's free! 2/2
#portraits #zoomdrawing

12.02.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Red Siliceous Remains 12/2023 13 X 13 inches [33 X 33 cm] Colored Pencil on Paper #sciart #gawoski #plankton

12.02.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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work in progress 🐦✍️

12.02.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1547    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 2
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#Collage 048.2026
~18 x 20 cm

#Acrylic #paintedpaper and #mixedmedia in an old sketchbook
#art @bsky.art

12.02.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Christchurch Gate is the principal entry into the cathedral close in the Buttermarket. It was built between 1504 and 1521. The original statue of Christ and the gates were destroyed by the Puritan iconclast Richard Culmer in 1643. The gates were restored in 1660. The original towers were demolished in 1803, allegedly so Alderman James Simmons could see the cathedral clock from his bank. They were rebuilt in 1937. The new statue of Christ was installed in 1990, not long after I made this drawing. In the 1920s Buttermarket  became the site for a fine war memorial to the fallen of the 1914-18 war.

Christchurch Gate is the principal entry into the cathedral close in the Buttermarket. It was built between 1504 and 1521. The original statue of Christ and the gates were destroyed by the Puritan iconclast Richard Culmer in 1643. The gates were restored in 1660. The original towers were demolished in 1803, allegedly so Alderman James Simmons could see the cathedral clock from his bank. They were rebuilt in 1937. The new statue of Christ was installed in 1990, not long after I made this drawing. In the 1920s Buttermarket became the site for a fine war memorial to the fallen of the 1914-18 war.

Christchurch Gate is the main entry into the cathedral close from Buttermarket, Canterbury. Built 1504-21. The gates were restored in 1660. In the 1920s Buttermarket became the site for a fine war memorial to the fallen of the 1914-18 war.

#ArchitecturalIllustration
#Pencil #drawing
#ArtShare

11.02.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Castle keep
Mitchell P
#art

12.02.2026 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drawing snow, after Van Gogh. With @artistinresidence.co

24.01.2026 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some experiments with monoprints #monoprint #print

29.01.2026 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Monoprint+Collage. I wanted to know what a collage copy of a cellar window that I posted one month ago would look like... #monoprint #collage #cellarwindow

31.01.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Still life - first attempt after a veeery long time - water color on paper (without photo) #watercolor #stilllife #naturemorte #stillleben #art #painting

03.02.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last week I found the 6th portrait by the unknown artist #photography #portrait #portrΓ€t #vienna #wien

11.02.2026 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pimped up Viennese cellar windows #viennesecellarwindows #cellarwindows #kellerfenster #vienna #wien #streetphotography #wienerkellerfenster #photography #ornament #pattern #strukturen

11.02.2026 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FASZINATION PAPIER

"Faszination Papier", Fantastic exhibition at Albertina, Vienna, including different printing techniques, paper reliefs, Japanese katagamis, paper objects, about 15 Rembrandt etchings with self portraits etc. albertina.at/ausstellunge...

11.02.2026 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Analog coloring is still one nerve-wracking experience after another!

#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls

12.02.2026 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 195    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Corinne McNamara @Mcnamaracorinne is a versatile artist that teaches a mixed media class every week for us at Artist in Residence! You never know what she is going to think up!

18.12.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Helen Birch is a multitalented #artist and author who teaches weekly LIVE classes at AIR. Give her a follow at @drawdrawdraw.bsky.social and come join AIR for Inspiration. This was a class based on the Expressionists in #oilpastel.

21.12.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Helen Birch is a multitalented #artist and author who teaches weekly LIVE classes at AIR. Give her a follow @drawdrawdraw.bsky.social and come join AIR for Inspiration. This class worked on #portraits of David Hockney.

22.12.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Joan Martin is a fabulously creative artist who uses so many different interesting mediums in her classes. She teaches workshops and a weekly class for us at AIR! You can't miss her, she's amazing and will unlock so much creativity in your art!

28.12.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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12.02.2026 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This #acrylic #collage #art is by Natasha Laity Snyder. AIR is an online art community and school and we love sharing our work!

29.12.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Three drawings of gateau and the media used to draw them. 
A bright, layered cake of pink, green, blue with cherries on the top; a stick drawn gateau with fancy piping coloured with light and darker pink; lastly - a book page stained pink with a black line drawn gateau.

Three drawings of gateau and the media used to draw them. A bright, layered cake of pink, green, blue with cherries on the top; a stick drawn gateau with fancy piping coloured with light and darker pink; lastly - a book page stained pink with a black line drawn gateau.

This week I have been teaching the drawing of ridiculously tall and fancy gateaus @artistinresidence.co - mark making with sticks & ink, a loose approach, colour play.
A friend called them "Miss Haversham cakes". I'll take that!
#drawing #cakes #arttutor #onlineartclass

12.02.2026 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Artist Isabel Quintanilla (Spanish, 1938 - 2017)
"Glass", ca. 1969.
Pencil on Paper, 34 Γ— 25 cm.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

07.02.2026 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 9. Bottle

found papers, foil, and acrylic

#art #artist #collageart #mixedmedia #februllage2026 #artsky

10.02.2026 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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wild heights

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10.02.2026 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 10. Oblivious

found papers, foil, and acrylic

#artist #art #collageart #mixedmediacollage #februllage2026 #artsky

11.02.2026 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#painting #collage #artwork

12.02.2026 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 10. Plant

found papers, foil, and acrylic

#art #artist #artwork #collageart #mixedmedia #februllage2026 #artsky

12.02.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A loosely painted watercolour of flowers in a glass jug

A loosely painted watercolour of flowers in a glass jug

One of my watercolours, Flowers and apples with linear work using a dip pen.
#watercolour #stilllife

10.02.2026 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3765    πŸ” 305    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 8
Open sketchbook page with collaged printed baking paper and old book pages. Mostly neutral and black. Drawing blob shapes over in watercolour pencils in contrasting night green.

Open sketchbook page with collaged printed baking paper and old book pages. Mostly neutral and black. Drawing blob shapes over in watercolour pencils in contrasting night green.

Open sketchbook page with yellow ink ground and collaged printed baking paper and old book pages. Drawing over in black and violet watercolour pencils.

Open sketchbook page with yellow ink ground and collaged printed baking paper and old book pages. Drawing over in black and violet watercolour pencils.

Sketchbook pages. Art matters. My favourite Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencil gets a run out
#nightgreen
#nachtgrun
#artmatters
#blueskyart
#art

11.02.2026 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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