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@miinx.bsky.social
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KJ Bowen, Melbourne-based geek grrrl, art & music maker, animal & nature lover, user of ampersands, cruciverbalist.
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miinx @miinx.bsky.social · Dec 16
Good morning Bskies on this hot windy Monday in Melbourne, with an expected top of 41C (106F) eek 🥵

For #ArtAdventCalendar day 16 though, here are some apples I drew in April ‘22.

Continuous contour line drawing with left hand, coloured in with my right.

#art #drawing #polychromos #prismacolor
Continuous contour line drawing of 3 red apples, then coloured in with coloured pencils.
miinx.bsky.social
For #ArtAdventCalendar day 16, here’s a face I sketched last weekend.

I really love drawing faces, they’re so interesting. Not overly happy with this one but meh, it was fun.

Drawn with #Polychromos #pencil 191 Pompeian Red in a mixed media sketchbook.

#drawing #face #art #sketch
A monochromatic, rusty red pencil drawing of a girl’s face, scrunched up, caught in a big laugh. She has a mass of wild curls framing her face, her eyes squeezed shut in mirth, and her teeth all visible behind her wide grin.
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Annie Rie, contemporary stained glass artist inspired by the UK countryside #WomensArt
Stained glass artwork featuring a rural landscape with a copse of trees on top of a green hill under a dark sky
December 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
miinx.bsky.social
For #ArtAdventCalendar today, here’s a gouache painting I did in Feb ‘22, one of my faves.

#painting #art #gouache
A gouache painting in a sketchbook. The landscape orientated painting is an abstract progression of loose, textured, vertical coloured stripes blended into each other, moving from left through deep red, scarlet, orange, golden yellow, light brown, a thin band of dark brown, dark to lighter green, lemon yellow, golden yellow again then finishing with another thin band of orange on the right edge.
December 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
miinx.bsky.social
Happy #ArtAdventCalendar everyone!

Here is an artichoke from August. Been playing with oils a bit this year and I have a lot to learn 😅

#painting #oils #artichoke
An oil sketch in a sketchbook of an artichoke, with the reference photo showing on an iPad sitting next to it.
December 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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starskynder.bsky.social
Alae ke'oke'o (Hawaiian Coot) #avianaugust day 4.

Watercolor and colored pencils.

#avianaugust2025 #birds #animals #art #sciArt #birds 🦉
#coloredpencils #watercolor #wildlife #sketchbook #coloredpencils
August 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
miinx.bsky.social
So proud to be Australian right now! 🇦🇺

Our country has resoundingly said a hearty Fuck You! to right wing bullshit everywhere 👏🎉

#leftwinglandslide #auspol
May 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
miinx.bsky.social
Currently in Savona, Italy!

Here are some tomatoes from a local grower 🤤

They’re called Datterini aka “little dates”.

Happy Easter everyone! Hope you are all doing ok ❤️
Some local Italian farmer-grown tomatoes called Datterini aka “little dates”! 🍅 Some local Italian farmer-grown tomatoes called Datterini aka “little dates”! 🍅
April 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
miinx.bsky.social
Face drawing from last week 💙

Drawn with Faber-Castell Polychromos coloured pencil in shade 110 Phthalo Blue, in a mixed media sketchbook.

#drawing #face #portrait #polychromos #art #artyear #FebruArty #monochrome #OnlyBeautifulThings
Faber-Castell Polychromos coloured pencil drawing of an interesting face I found on the internet. I love doing monochrome pencil drawings and value studies, particularly of faces.
February 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
miinx.bsky.social
Little froggy I drew a couple of weeks ago 🐸

A wee Northern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria bicolour 💚

How good is art for stopping doom scrolling?

Progress pics in comments. More info in alt text.

#drawing #polychromos #copic #pencil #art #artshare 🐡 🐍
Multimedia drawing of a Northern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria bicolour, from a photo by David Clode in Northern Queensland, Australia. The frog is mostly green, sitting vertically on a stalk. The drawing was made with Polychromos coloured pencils, over Copics. My first time using Copics as a base layer under the pencil, and as you’ll see in the progress pics, the Copic layer was kinda messy, but saved me a bunch of time!
February 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
miinx.bsky.social
We’ve all been thinking it! 🤞
mcuban.bsky.social Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Jan 22
I have and will continue to. But you know why I say it here ? Because @bsky.app is 30m strong and growing quickly. The collective wisdom and influence of users here is far greater than any individual democrat.

I can't say it enough. Bluesky can be the influence that can counter RW media.
freedomsareatstake.bsky.social freedomsareatstake.bsky.social @freedomsareatstake.bsky.social · Jan 22
No offense, Mark, but you have influence and power most of us don’t. Why don’t you speak up to those in DC you have connections with? Actions speak louder than words as you well know.
January 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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subversivesocial.bsky.social
pls take a 10s emotional break and look at my cat
January 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
miinx.bsky.social
Look at what just arrived from the UK! 🤩

“Bad Garden Party Stare”, original artwork by @kazland.bsky.social, the 2nd of two I’ve purchased recently.

The other is still in its postal tube as I want to get it framed too. Sooo happy 🥰

#art #artyear #kazland #fineart #OnlyBeautifulThings
Photo of an abstract art piece by Kazland titled “Bad Garden Party Stare”. It is predominantly red, black & white, plus a touch of yellow & pink, in a black wooden box frame, also made by the artist.
January 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
miinx.bsky.social
Incels be incelling
krishere.bsky.social Kris Here @krishere.bsky.social · Jan 20
Zuck seems to be enjoying himself.
January 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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gm

this series of four pics were to participate in raising awareness of australian climate change crisis. each picture features an endangered animal whose habitats are threatened by the rising temperature of the world

they are a bit bleak

tw for #horror themes

#ink #art

my ink pen died, i think
ink drawing of a burnt forest with a burnt young girl, holding a koala ink drawing of a burnt forest with a skeletal boy sitting on a scorched tree branch with a Yellow Bellied Glider ink drawing of a boy standing in flames with a Rock Wallaby Ink drawing of a dry landscape with nothing growing on it under a burning sun. there is a dead tree at the far distance and a child's skull at the foreground with the Regent Honey Eater bird.
December 6, 2024 at 12:41 AM
miinx.bsky.social
Another artist I found on TT & am excited to see here! I’ve actually bought 2 of Kazland’s pieces 😍

Check out his work. So witty & whimsical & full of beautiful dark humour 🖤

#art #blueskyart #artyear
kazland.bsky.social Kazland @kazland.bsky.social · Nov 27
It’s always nice to start fresh in a new app. Here’s a painting I’ve made five versions of over the years. This is my favourite I think.
“Gracefully lurching from one nightmare to the next”
January 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
miinx.bsky.social
See a duck, post a duck. Doesn't have to be the same duck. 🪶

(it is tho)

#birds
Colour pencil drawing of a Mandarin Duck.
January 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
miinx.bsky.social
Today has not started well 😣

#coffee
Photo of a large green coffee canister that has fallen on the floor, opened, & spilled its ground coffee contents everywhere. Damn.
January 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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liztaysum.bsky.social
Day 15 of #JanuArty is 'animal' so here's some tiny deer standing at the edge of a wood. It's about 3 inches wide.

#micron #artwork #handdrawn #inkdrawing #ink #art
A highly detailed pen drawing with ferns in the foreground, a field of flowers, then in the background there are trees and some deer grazing. It's in a folk art type style. At the bottom of the image is a micron pen to indicate scale.
January 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
miinx.bsky.social
Frank Capra, producer & director of the classic “It’s A Wonderful Life”, warned of the issues of climate change in 1958!

Nice article with clips of the great man, below.
January 15, 2025 at 4:37 AM
miinx.bsky.social
Sadly, I haven’t arted since before Christmas!

But I’ve had some ideas swirling around, so this is the week to get back into it 🎨👩‍🎨
January 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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starskynder.bsky.social
Phainopepla #birbfest day 13.

#birbfest2025 #drawing #sketchbook #animals #wildlife #illustration #art #artwork #coloredpencils
A colored pencils drawing of a phainopepla bird in three poses, two full bodies and an headshot.
January 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Oh myyy, a million followers here at The Good Place! That’s an unexpected milestone, especially in my 88th time going ‘round the sun.

Let’s make the world a bit of a better place together, shall we?
January 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
miinx.bsky.social
Omfg
womenwarriors.com WomenWarriors @womenwarriors.com · Jan 3
#TAX - fix this, and everything else will fall into place.

#Australia
January 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
miinx.bsky.social
Gina Rinehart is a greedy, ruthless, dangerous environment killer.

I already knew that. What I didn’t know was that she’s doing it in other countries too, and getting away with it because of her sheer wealth.

Eye-opening read.
January 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
miinx.bsky.social
Drop something black & white
Charcoal drawing of a metal gravy boat in a sketchbook.
January 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM