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Charlotte ❄️

@charlottefriday.com

I just posted my 2025 Favourite Art Supplies & Books on my Patreon (free to read). I thought it would also make a nice gift guide if you're looking for last-minute presents for your artsy friends... or for yourself!
✏️ patreon.com/posts/my-2025-art-gift-145885407

A photo montage of all my favourite supplies from this year (pastels, watercolour, sketchbooks, pens, crayons, pencils...). All are listed in details in the linked blog post.

December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM

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alexia winterhalter

@alexiawinterhalter.bsky.social

this month’s wallpaper is up on patreon!

a photomontage showing this month's wallpaper on a desktop and a phone. the painting showcases a cabin in the snow, with warm lighting

December 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM

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Liz Wong

@lizwong.bsky.social

One night I was waiting for the bus and the moon was really pretty.

Illustration of a dog sitting on a bench at a bus stop. The dog is holding a hat in their lap and has a suitcase on the ground nearby. The dog is looking up at the full moon.

December 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM

Charlotte ❄️

@charlottefriday.com

I finally hit "publish" on this post I've been working on for months! Not perfect by any means but I wanted to share the alternatives I found and some helpful resources.
⟶ patreon.com/posts/moving-away-from-145280760

A digital illustration of an open laptop with a steaming cup of coffee on the side. Title above says "Moving away from Big Tech".

December 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM

Charlotte ❄️

@charlottefriday.com

What I Read & Loved Lately 🤍
⟶ patreon.com/posts/what-i-read-140854145

A photo of a stack of books on a wooden desk seen from above. The book on the top is Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. The cover shows a blue and pink cloudy sky with a shuttle and its trail seen from afar.

December 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM

Charlotte ❄️

@charlottefriday.com

My newsletter is now available in English AND in French!
✉️ charlottefriday.com/newsletter

Every month I send a cosy newsletter including studio & personal diaries, behind-the-scenes content, seasonal favourites, shop news & more. Signing up is free and you can unsubscribe at any time. ♡

A digital illustration of a swallow flying while holding an envelope in it beaks over a beige background.

December 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM

Reposted by Charlotte ❄️

Reports From Unknown Places

@clever-reports.bsky.social

We report as our expert is taking note of the altitude of the clouds: it is cold in the wintry sort of way that there is simply not enough sunlight in the day to meaningfully warm up the air anymore. There is a thin bit of radiation fog rising near the ground.

Digital painting of a sunset sky, a gradient of a pale blue to orange. In the middle of the frame, there is one orange cloud surrounded by a few much smaller wisps. At the very bottom of the frame, there are thin, long, purple clouds arranged in tidy rows.

December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM

Reposted by Charlotte ❄️

MossyPine 🍂🍄 Cozy Art

@bymossypine.bsky.social

The 2026 calendar stickers are back!

Each month has a different kitty to stick in jour journal, planner or sketchbook ✨️

#cuteart #artshop #journaling

photograph of a label with the text "2026 calendar stickers. 12x cat shaped stickers. 5.6 x 5.3 cm" it is surrounded by cat shaped stickers with calendars for each month of 2026

December 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM

Charlotte ❄️

@charlottefriday.com

A Little Life Update Post-Surgery ❄️
patreon.com/posts/little-life-post-144431829

A photo of a tabby cat sleeping with its leg extended among fluffy blankets.

A photo of an illustrated card on a table picturing a blue teapot. The steam coming out of it is shaped in letters saying "Feel better".

November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM

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Reports From Unknown Places

@clever-reports.bsky.social

We report in the early afternoon, when the sun is still high and white. Something has changed in the atmospheric pressure, after weeks of the same. We do not know the exact correlation between all these warm, cold fronts, anticyclones and depressions… But we know it is cold now.

Digital painting of a bright blue sky filled with tall clouds: in the foreground, voluminous and bubbly, one white, and the other, dark grey. In the background and to the right, something much wispier, a cumulonimbus with fuzzy edges, grey and white.

November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM

Charlotte ❄️

@charlottefriday.com

A friendly and important reminder 💛

Repost from @sugarhouseceramicco on Insta.
Their website: sugarhouseceramicco.com

A digital illustration of a cat holding a paintbrush with its mouth open on a yellow background. Above it, text says: "AHEM - Please don't give billionaires more of your money this holiday season. Buy something cool and handmade from some fun weirdo instead and help them eat. Shop small y'all."

November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM

Reposted by Charlotte ❄️

Olivia When

@oliviawhen.com

Some sketchbook paintings from a recent trip to NY! 🍂🍁

A gouache painting of an intersection with yellow, green, and red trees in the bg. There are yellow taxis and school buses waiting at the light with some other cars. A long haired person is walking a big grey dog, waiting to cross. The green street sign reads "5 Av". Below the painting in the white space reads "11/3/25 - 5 Av, NYC"

A little white and brown spotted dog with a red collar and leash is waiting behind the yellow line in an underground subway stop. A train with the number 7 in a red circle is approaching. The floor is tiled, and there's an escalator in the bg. Text below reads "11/2/25 - 7 line"

November 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM

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Jessica Elena

@byjessicaelena.bsky.social

Good morning!!!

#art #illustration

A digital drawing with lots of items scattered on a page: a flower character, a cat, a fish,birds, a heart with legs and arms, and lots of flowers and leaves.

November 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM

Charlotte ❄️

@charlottefriday.com

Autumn Walk 🍂🍄🐴
www.patreon.com/posts/autumn...

A photo of orange, yellow and green autumn leaves in front of a tree trunk.

A photo of two horses (one black, one brown) grazing in a field with autumn trees and hills in the background.

A photo of three mushrooms surrounded by fallen leaves.

A photo of black boots (mine) taken from above on a carpet of orange leaves.

November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM

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Faelantern Art

@fae-forest.bsky.social

Barn owl, snowy field :)

#sciart #birdart #artist #procreate #illustration

November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM

Charlotte ❄️

@charlottefriday.com

Garden Diaries 🪵🍂🌼 Vol. 8
www.patreon.com/posts/garden...

A photo of a bunch of pumpkins (small orange ones, bigger blue ones and butternut squashes) on a table taken from above.

A photo of white wildflowers with a bee on top.

A photo of a yellow and orange nasturtium surrounded by its leaves.

A photo of a branch with autumn leaves in green and brown hues.

November 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM

Charlotte ❄️

@charlottefriday.com

There's a new illustrated playlist on my channel! 🎵

Coffee & Fallen Leaves ☕️🍂
An autumnal, hopeful & folksy guitar playlist

🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urec...

A YouTube thumbnail with an illustration depicting someone's feet and legs seen from above (wearing brown boots, beige socks and leggings) and an arm holding a coffee cup (wearing a rusty orange coat). There are leaves and musical notes on the "ground". Above the illustration, the title says "Coffee & Fallen Leaves".

November 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM

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Reports From Unknown Places

@clever-reports.bsky.social

We report in the wake of the hundredth shower of this day. We almost slipped on wet, dead leaves earlier, and we are now very busy watching our feet, lingering adrenaline tickling our fingers. Even then, we stop to look up every few steps, hungry for the dying light.

Digital painting of a sunset sky, blue with a swathe of orange running along the bottom of the frame. There are small, grey and pink clouds peppered in groups all over the sky. A dissipating contrail splits the frame, and a small, yellow half-moon glowing tucked between some of these clouds.

November 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM

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Cloudy🐈

@hellocloudy.bsky.social

My halloween costume this year is a tired artist working to meet a deadline under a blanket because putting the heating on is too indulgent

October 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM

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Fia.amanita

@fia-amanita.bsky.social

More mushies 🍄
#fungi

October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM

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Reports From Unknown Places

@clever-reports.bsky.social

We report: amidst the fluttering of thousands of wings, we spot some kind of vulture circling the murmuration. Every time it attempts a strike, the cloud of birds dissipates, and immediately, smoothly finds its shape again. Eventually, after a long time, it seems to get tired.

Digital painting of a grey, cloudy sky, filled with a large murmuration composed of two parts joining in the middle. The clouds in the background are slightly wavy, bluish at the bottom of the frame.

October 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM

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Jessica Elena

@byjessicaelena.bsky.social

Little landscape drawing!!

#art #illustration

A digital drawing of a hilly landscape with a lake, a cottage, trees and flowers. There's smoke coming out of the chimney of the cottage, and the colours are lush shades of green and warm shades of orange, and some purple.

October 25, 2025 at 4:54 AM

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Reports From Unknown Places

@clever-reports.bsky.social

We report on the morning after the storm: we were woken up with hail showers in the night, and the south wind rattled the tiles on the roof in a way we had not heard before. It is still windy, but it is the kind of wind that chases clouds away instead of stirring up a tempest.