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Helen Birch - drawdrawdraw
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Drawn to drawing.
Art lecturer turned author
and online art tutor

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"Der Weg zum blauen Horizont"

Photo - Drawing - Painting on Hahnemühle Torchon FineArt Paper 43x43cm.

#art #artwork #artonbluesky #artistsonbluesky #artist #photoart #nature #natureart #artwork #artexhibition #professionalartist #drawingart #painting

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December 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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harryfrost.bsky.social
The Pine & The Path - my original hand-drawn fountain pen ink drawing illustration on paper ✍️

#inkdrawing #illustration #fountainpen #penandink #drawing #art
An ink drawing illustration on a white paper background. The drawing is of a pine tree and a footpath with a fence line. The drawing is monochrome blue and created with a fountain pen line hatching shading technique
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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The Hills & The Cottage - a collection of my fountain pen ink drawings inspired by my walks in nature earlier this year ✍️⛅
An ink drawing of a hill landscape. The drawing is monochrome blue and created with a fountain pen line hatching shading technique An ink drawing illustration of a cottage. The drawing is monochrome blue and created with a fountain pen line hatching shading technique
December 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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"Sister Agnes, plinthed up and caked out for all eternity," mixed media on paper, 2025.

#art #collage #blueskycollage #analogcollage #handmade
A bizarre and shifting stone room room, in the center a plinth. Standing upon this is a wallaroo, coquettish, dropping her veil.
December 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Morning value sketches.

They say some rain will come in and take away the snow I have grown fond of adding to these... even reaching a little out of my comfort zone. I usually steer away from trees.

#drawing #marker #sketch #notan
Gray-scale marker drawing of a shoveled, crooked sidewalk leading to a church in Middlebury, VT. Snow sets on either side of a sidewalk - jaggedly shoveled clear - in front of houses lining the right. In the center distance rises the steeple of a church. To the left telephone poles carry wires to the residences. Gray-scale marker drawing of a sloping bed of snow, grasses and branches poking out below a thick tree trunk rising to the right. In the far distance, buildings balance with straight angles. Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in Middlebury, VT. A shoveled street with clearly marked cross walk cuts through the scene from the right down to the lower left. On either side of the street are snow covered lawns. On the left, a church sets with its steeple rising above several angles entrances, wrapping the street corner. Gray-scale marker drawing of the back of apartment buildings in Brattleboro, VT. A snow filled parking lot cuts a triangle through the lower part of the scene while big, blocky brick apartments stand, towering over. Various windows dot the facades as chimney towers shoot up into a cold, cloudy sky.
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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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 class focused on #drawing #portraits based on the #oldmasters.
December 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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The Lady Parker Holbein copy today. Very tricky this one as there's very little to it. #mastersketch #sketchcopy #portraitsketch #dailysketch
Holbein drawing sketch copy.
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Really enjoyed this one. A lot of the ladies have a hint of double chin. Fashionable? #dailysketch #mastersketch #holbeinsketch #portraitsketch
Holbein drawing sketch copy
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Frances, Countess of Surrey 1517-1577. Holbein sketch copy. Proportions very hard in this as there's so little form. #mastersketch #portraitsketch #dailysketch
Holbein drawing sketch copy
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Beards, shmeards. Nice shifty look in the eyes with this Holbein. Thomas, 2nd Baron Vaux 1510-1556. Done while gallery sitting. #dailysketch #mastersketch #portraitsketch
Holbein drawing sketch copy. In situ shot of Holbein sketch copy.
December 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Elizabeth, Lady Vaux. Wife of the previous portrait. Probably had to put up with a lot. #dailysketch #portraitsketch #mastersketch
Holbein drawing sketch copy , Elizabeth, Lady Vaux.
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The final Holbein (that I have). And a fine one to end on - Willima Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury. Nice to draw someone with some miles on the clock. #portraitsketch #mastersketch #sketchcopy
Holbein drawing William Warham sketch copy
December 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Dec 17 #artadventcalendar
White drawings on black paper.
Mostly working from photographs of wintery scenes:
white pencil / semi-blind contour drawing
distorted reflection in bauble / winter scene - white pens
#drawing #white #blackpaper #whitepen #whitepencil #artyear #blackandwhite #sketchbook
Photo of four separate pages of an A5 black paper sketchbook, each with a white media drawing on the dark background. 1. A figure walking away down a rain shiny pavement 2. An aerial view of a Scottish town in snow 3. a hand holding a large silver bauble with distorted view of holder 4. winter trees in a park - all drawn with white pencil and pen, next to a picture of their source.
December 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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December 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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December 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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SAIGON
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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blushandmumble.bsky.social
For yesterday’s art I drew a hibiscus. Pelikan Edelstein ink in apricot achat. #inkallyear
Orange ink drawing of a hibiscus flower.
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Cat in ink and watercolor on mystery paper. I’m almost through the little book of mystery paper, soon it will rest on my shelf. This is my grandma’s watercolor set with pilot iroshizuku ink in murasaki-shikibu, which is to say, fantastic glittery purple. #watercolor #InkAllYear
Ink and watercolor image of a stripey cat. The background is purple with blue and bits of color and the cat lays across it, head to the right and tail to the left, feet to the bottom. The cat is purple and yellow and blue and green with glittery purple ink over the top of the watercolor.
December 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Watercolor portrait of Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings as “Jim” from late in season five. Watercolor and pen on hot press paper. #watercolor
A white man with blue eyes and brown shaggy hair looks slightly to the right. He wears bluish aviator sunglasses and a muddy yellow shirt. The background is a muted and uneven purple.
December 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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December 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Dec 16 #artadventcalendar
Another 'forgotten' page.
Scratching and scraping away oil pastel to make a simple still life of pear, mushroom and ginger on a spotted plate. Sgraffito technique. Black layered over white and touch of yellow oil pastel.
#drawing #oilpastel #stilllife #artyear #sgraffito
Photo taken from above of a spotted plate with three items arranged on it. It is next to a black oil pastel square with a scraped away drawing of the same set up - a reverse drawing. Pear in centre, mushroom and ginger root nestled behind. The sgraffito determines areas of light and dark.
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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December 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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harryfrost.bsky.social
A pleasure creating this bespoke illustration for The King's School Macclesfield to use on their note cards ✍️⛅

#inkdrawing #illustration #fountainpen #penandink #drawing #art
A hand-drawn fountain pen ink drawing illustration on white paper background. The drawing is monochrome blue and created with a fountain pen line hatching shading technique
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Today’s face is Jolina drawingfaces.home.blog/2025/12/15/j... #ArtSky
Jolina
Jolina drawn with coloured pencils.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Marcus McAllister
”SB147.16 the courage to enter deeply” 2025 - Sketchbook drawing - 23x15cm

#sketchbook #drawing
Watercolor drawing: a haloed woman holding sandals, over concentric zones blue, orange grey, with veils pff bright green
December 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM