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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · 10d

I’m still a day behind but day 8’s prompt is Reckless, so I painted El Capitan (thinking of the free solo attempts there).

#inktober2025 #inktober #inktober2025reckless #gouache #elcapitan #yosemitepainting #yosemite

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · 12d

Day 7’s prompt is Starfish! I’m a day behind but hope to post my Day 8 painting for “reckless” a little later.

#inktober #inktober2025 #inktober2025starfish #gouache #beachart #landscapepainting #waterpainting

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · 14d

Today’s prompt is Pierce. I started this painting thinking I would try capturing the way that sunlight can pierce through the leaves later in the day, but as I kept painting, it started to take on a more radiating effect instead.

#inktober2025 #inktober2025pierce #inktober #landscapepainting

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · 15d

Today’s prompt is deer. This painting ended up a bit blockier than I was going for, but it was good practice. Next year I want to practice more animals/people.

#inktober2025 #inktober2025deer #inktober #deer #deerpainting #deerart #wildlifeart #wildlifephotography

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · 16d

Day 4 of inktober! Today’s prompt is Murky, so I had to paint this little frog hidden among the lily pads.

#inktober2025 #inktober #inktober2025murky #frogart #frogpainting #gouache #frog #cottagecoreart

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · 17d

Day 3 of Inktober and today’s prompt is Crown. This is a painting of an Elegant Grey Crowned Crane done from photo reference.

#inktober #inktober2025 #inktober2025crown #cranespotting #birdwatching #birdpainting #gouache #gouachesketch #strathmoreblackpaper #mgrahamgouache

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · 18d

Day 2 of #inktober2025 and today’s prompt is Weave. Both the hat and basket are woven and I love how the sunlight illuminates the lavender gatherer’s skirt. This was painted from a royalty free reference photo.

#inktober #inktober2025weave #gouache #sketch #mgrahamgouache #photostudy

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · 19d

Day 1 of #inktober2025 and today’s prompt is mustache! Today’s painting is a film study from the “newer” Lorax movie (which I still haven’t actually watched because I have good memories of the original 1972 version).

#inktober2025mustache #inktober #gouache #lorax #thelorax #mgrahamgouache

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · 21d

What an outstanding experience for the first ever Watermark event! Thank you to all the organizers, sponsors, volunteers, and participants! I was honored to be one of the demo artists and had such a great time geeking out about gouache!

#urbansketcherstwincities #watermark2025 #urbansketchers

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · Jun 22

Here are some watercolor paintings from today’s #urbansketcherstwincities event at O’Shaughnessy Distillery Co in Minneapolis

#oshaughnessydistillery #minneapolisart #pleinairartist #nopleinnogain #urbansketchers #urbansketch #urbansketching #streetpainting #downtownminneapolis #summerpainting

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · Jun 20

Plein air painting dump - June 2025

#watercolor #gouache #minnesotaart #exploreminnesota #pleinair

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · May 24

It’s so satisfying to finally have some flowers to paint; they add the perfect pop of color to these forest scenes

#pleinair #nopleinnogain #sevenbridges #southmilwaukee #milwaukeeart #lakemichigan #gouache #newwaveart #travelpainting

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · May 19

Weekend Stats:

✅ Paintings: 12 (the ones not pictured were tiny thumbnail sketches, film studies I’ll share later, and a few that I started late Sunday afternoon and need to make some finishing touches on).

✅ Fishermen encountered: 3

✅ Materials Lost: 1 (a fineliner pen)

✅ Chatty passersby: 6

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · May 16

This one was painted live at #laclavonpark in #lakevilleminnesota

#pleinair #nopleinnogain #localartist #watercolor #landscapeart #minnesotaart #twincitiesart #twincities #exploreoutdoors

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · May 14

Here are a few still photos from my painting yesterday afternoon. This was my first time using my new Pochade box setup.

#pleinair #pleinairsetup #newwaveart #ugopochadebox #watercolor #colorandlight #watercolorsketch #modernimpressionist #minnesotaart #localart #outofmycomfortzone #trysomethingnew

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · May 13

My goal this summer is to find some bigger/dramatic scenes. I remember going to a park a few years back (before I was obsessed with painting) that had winding rivers and rocky shores, but I can’t remember what is was called; I only remember that it was somewhere between the Twin Cities and Duluth.

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · May 10

Finding beauty in the simple little scenes near my neighborhood

#gouache #landscapepainting #pleinair #twincities #lakevillemn

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · May 7

This painting was done at Richard T Anderson Conservation Area in Eden Prairie, MN. This was done completely in watercolor (as opposed to the gouache I normally work with
#pleinair #pleinairpainting #outdoorpainter #outdoorpainting #landscapesketch #watercolor #watercolorlandscape #edenprairie

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · Apr 29

An underwater sketch

#underwater #landscape #oceanart #gouachepainting #watercolor

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · Apr 28

A little greenhouse sketch

#gouache #greenhouse #botanicalart #dakotacountymn #botanical #plantart

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · Apr 25

For day 25 of #pleinairpril hosted by @warriorpainters.bsky.social I ended up doing some 5 minute map crunch studies because it has been rainy outside all week and I haven’t figured out a waterproof setup for painting outdoors yet.

#valuestudies #blackandwhite #artexercises

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · Apr 22

Aaaand DONE! For day 22 of #pleinairpril I decided to finish my page of color studies from The Art of Luca. There are so many other films I would love to take some time to make studies of, maybe Encanto or Lightyear next?

#filmstudy #colorstudy #gouache #quicksketches #disney #disneyfanart

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · Apr 21

I added two more mapcrunch studies to the bottom of this sheet. I’m not happy with the bottom left one, but it was good practice and is motivating me to keep trying to figure out how to best capture rocky/watery scenes.

#valuestudy #watercolor #landscapesketch

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · Apr 20

For day 20 of #pleinairpril I did studies of artwork from the book Art of Luca. Because I only have myself a max of 10 minutes per painting, my focus was solely on capturing color and large shapes, not details. These are based off of paintings by Daniel López Muñoz, Josh West, and Daniela Strijleva.

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Han Collins @hancollinsart.bsky.social · Apr 19

A few mapcrunch studies in watercolor and gouache for Day 19 of #pleinairpril hosted by @warriorpainters

#pleinairpril2025 #mapcrunch #artstudy #blackandwhite #valuestudy #monochromeart #gouache #watercolor #winsorandnewtonwatercolors

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