Thomas Schmall

Who's going to stop the US from starting another unprovoked war? Maybe in Europe? He clearly doesn't think he needs to even state a reason for his actions.

Unfinished landscape painting. Marsh, trees in the distance.

🚧Work in progress🚧
Pastels on Sennelier paper
50x65 cm

For the first time since I use pastels, I'm using some black for the shadows.

#WIP #pastel #pastelpainting #pastelart #pastelartist #landscape #landscapepainting #art #thenetherlands #holland #natureart #Sennelier #light

Bedside mat made with blue gradient chunky chenille yarn, that transitions softly from dark blue in the middle, to light blue towards the edge. The edge itself is made with pale orange yarn. Oval shape. Double crochet stitch. Edge half double crochet.

The mat in my bedroom, at my bedside.

Super soft crocheted bedside mat, aimed at covering the stains on the carpet.
Made with gradient yarn Big Darling Monochrome (color414+439 edge) by Scheepjes. Hook 8 & 9 mm.

#crafty #fibercraft #crochet #yarn #scheepjes #textilecraft #chunkyyarn #gradientyarn #soft #doublecrochet #crochetaddict

Unfinished painting of 3 cats sleeping on a messy couch. Only one of them and the background of cloths and pillow has done definition at this stage

Sleeping feline trio 🚧in progress🚧. I'm enjoying working on 50x70 cm paper sheet and I will try soon a 60x80 cm format.
But first these cats.

#cats #pastelart #pastel #softpastel #pastelartist #animalportrait #petportrait #art #dailyart #WIP

Pastel painting depicting a gaggle of 8 geese swimming on still water. The sunlight creates a reflection of the birds on the water surface. Reeds on the foreground.

Domestic geese in the wild
Pastels on Sennelier La Carte
30x40 cm

Geese quietly (sun)bathing at Twiske nature reserve.

#pastelpainting #pastelart #pastelartist #softpastel #pasteldrawing #pastelartwork
#pastelpainter #natureart #originalart #Sennelier #artoftheday #geese #goose #ornithology #NL

Pixel version of the photo that follows. Colours are way brighter than in the photo and the composition doesn't perfectly match the dispositions of items in the real landscape. Very subjective rendition.

Picture of a local landscape of a wetland. The landscape appears almost stopped. From bottom to top: a stroke of green grass, a stroke of blue canal water with brown reflection of the reeds, then ocre reeds, then a stroke of purplish shadow, followed by a stroke of orangey light, then olive green and mason trees and a bright pale blue sky.

Decomposing landscape (1)
Markers on school notebook page
21x16 cm

I have plans for this landscape I captured a few days ago. Maybe something with yarn, or a pastel painting, or a carpet. We shall see...

#paintingstudy #pixelart #landscape #natureart #naturereserve #markers #Holland #winterlight

Unfinished pastel painting depicting White geese swimming on calm lake water in the sun.

Work in progress...
🚧🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿🚧
I'm scared of adding the reed tops on the foreground 😬
#pastelpainting #pastelart #pastelartist #softpastel #pasteldrawing #pastelartwork
#pastelpainter #lifedrawing #originalart #wip #geese #birds
#natureart #twiske #nederland #holland #lake #ornitology

Unity says its AI tech will soon eliminate the need for coding Company CEO Matt Bromberg claims AI will empower non-coders and seasoned developers alike.

Godot's marketing strategy for 2026: let Unity exist.

Am I mixing things up, or wasn't it Stoltenberg who recently blocked that Norway would give guarantees to Belgium for the frozen loans of Russia? So that by that they weren't given to Ukraine?

Pastel painting depicting a snowy winter landscape at sunset.

Winter sunset
Pastels on Sennelier La Carte
30x40 cm

So bright yet so cool.

#pastelart #softpastel #pastel #pastelartist #landscape #winterlandscape #ice #snow #holland #TheNetherlands #painting #sunset #skies

1 SCHMINCKE 2 BLUE EARTH 3 GREAT AMERICAN 4 SENNELIER 5 UNISON 6 ART SPECTRUM EXTRA SOFT 7 RICHESON HANDROLLED 8 TERRY LUDWIG 9 J. LUDA 10 GONDOLA 11 DIANE TOWNSEND TERRAGES 12 BLOCKX 13 GIRAULT 14 MOUNT VISION 15 REMBRANDT 16 ART SPECTRUM 17 HOLBEIN 18 NUPASTEL 19 CRETACOLOR

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Useful classification of the most renown manufacturers' pastels, from soft to hard.

#Pastel #pigments #hardpastels #softpastels #artmaterials #dakotapastels #pastelart

i can’t stop laughing

This sent me. I find nothing wrong with this description

Crocheted orange and yellow bedside mat in the making. The stitches are dense and fluffy and the carpet is round.

A #LoopStitch bedside mat in the making. Too bad chenille yarn feels heavenly but it's actually made in hell (100% polyester=plastic & shedding a lot of fibers=micro plastics). I had some skeins in my possession. Once used up, I'll try to resist the temptation of buying any more
#crochet #WIP #yarn

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

Pastel sketch, depicting a flamenco dancer in a red long dress and black shawl over her shoulders, sitting next to a table. Holding a glass of red wine.

Flamenco dancer
Pastel on Pastelmat
30x40 cm

Flamenco dancer sketched at a life model drawing session.

#pastelpainting #pastelart #pastelartist #softpastel #pasteldrawing #pastelartwork
#pastelpainter #lifedrawing #originalart #portrait #artoftheday #pastelportrait #flamenco #redwine #dancer

Pastel painting of a snowy winter landscape in the Twiske national park (North Holland, The Netherlands). My son and dog are running towards eachother on a broad snowy plain. Dry vegetation on the background.

Winter joy
Soft Pastel on Sennelier pastel paper
30x40 cm

My son, my dog, snow: a cocktail for moments of pure joy❄️

#pastelart #softpastel #pastel #landscape #winterlandscape #ice #snow #holland #TheNetherlands #painting #pastelartist #softpastels #family

Ink doodles, sort of kokedama plants with faces on

Kokedama spirits or something

Pastel painting with light soft colours depicting two stylish young men seen from the back, who are walking in the middle of an empty street. Surrounding: typical Parisian building, trees on the sidewalk and work in progress in the background.

Les batteurs de pavé
Gouache and Pastel on Pastelmat
40x30 cm

3rd panting of a Paris-themed series. #Gouache underpainting.

#pastelpainting #pastelart #pastelartist #softpastel #pasteldrawing #pastelartwork #originalart #Paris #artoftheday #cityscape #dailyart

Underwater seascape. Fairly realistic depiction of rocky substrate eith sea star dominating the foreground. 3 fish swimming towards the water surface. Sparse seaweed. Rays of sunlight penetrating the water. Perspective from the sea bottom looking up to the water surface.

#Ophidiaster Ophidianus
Pastel on pastelboard
50x40 cm

Underwater seascape featuring a O. Ophidianus (purple #starfish)

#sciart #marinebiology #marineillustration #underwater #seascape #pastelpainting #pastelart #pastelartist #softpastel #pastelartwork
#pastelpainter 🦑 #ocean #seastar #echinoderm

Pastel painting of a snowy landscape in the Twiske national park (North Holland, The Netherlands). High contrast picture of a countryside's path with visible wheel tracking in the snow, surrounded by dark trees casting a blueish shadow onto the path in the upper half of the picture. Greyish sky.

Snow trail
Soft Pastel on Sennelier pastel paper
24x16 cm

Little sketch of a local snowy landscape. Contrary to general belief, ice and snow are rare events in the Dutch winters nowadays.

#pastelart #softpastel #pastel #landscape #winterlandscape #ice #snow #holland #art #TheNetherlands #painting

Pastel painting winter landscape in the Twiske national park (North Holland, The Netherlands). Lake in the foreground, ocre/yellow reed in the middle ground and trees in the distance. Pale blue and purple sky. Geese in Chevron flight.

Chevron flight
Soft Pastel on Sennelier pastel paper
30x40 cm

A peaceful sunny winter afternoon at Twiske nature reseve.

#pastelart #softpastel #pastel #landscape #winterlandscape #ice #snow #holland #waterscape #wetland #naturereserve #TheNetherlands #painting

Nude pastel drawing of a young model resting on a yellow cloth.

Beatriz
Pastel on Pastelmat
30x40 cm

Beautiful, exhausted model who fell asleep while posing during a live model drawing session :)

#pastelpainting #pastelart #pastelartist #softpastel #pasteldrawing #pastelartwork
#pastelpainter #lifedrawing #originalart #portrait #artoftheday #pastelportrait

Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...

Pastel painting of a snowy winter landscape in the Twiske national park (North Holland, The Netherlands). A frozen pond surrounded by snow and dry reds emerging from it. In the background, reddish dead bushes and leafless trees to the left, snowy plain too the right. Dark undefined trees in the distance. White, light petrol, brown, maroon, dark purple are the dominant colours.

Frozen pond
Soft Pastel on Sennelier pastel paper
30x40 cm

Ice-cold air and the crunch of footsteps in the snow

#pastelart #softpastel #pastel #landscape #winterlandscape #ice #snow #holland #TheNetherlands #painting

ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’ The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...

"[M]asked agents apprehended 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway on Tuesday...[the agent] led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”

YouTube video by DRM News FULL SPEECH: Von der Leyen Explosive Remarks at Economic Forum, Fires Back at Trump Over Greenland

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Finally some sense and clarity, some courage, some leadership and a challenging but clear path forward. Thank you Donald, we couldn't have done this without you 🌟
#europe #eu #davos #wef #greenland #vonderleyen #slavaukraini #ukraine #eu-inc
#mercosur #canada #urgencymindset

Is it just me that thinks it's insane that *anyone* even considers this?
Besides everything else: he literally just wrote a letter explaining he won't care about peace anymore.