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Elisa
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Making nature art // growing food // finding magic 💫
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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Sep 17
Hi there, I'm Elli - I make #nature and #wildlife art, often with a folkloric twist. ✨️
I also share photos of nature around me and my #permaculture vegetable and wildflower garden.

#art #artist #artsky #illustration #sciart #natureart #nature #traditionalart #drawing #painting #gardening
A photo of me in a mirror, there are pots of flowers and seedpods in front of it. The corner of a large drawing depicting a blue tit and an ornamental border in green and blue.
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Pieces of something on my desk tonight :) searching for a bigger painting in these.
#art #artist #artsky #wip #traditionalart #painting #oilpainting #sketch
Photo of an open sketchbook depicting a hare, small painting of a winter landscape and a series of paper cutouts on a wooden desk.
January 24, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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Two little parts of my painting I'm enjoying today :)
#art #artist #artsky #painting #oilpainting #traditionalart #wip #trees #landscape
A closeup of a painting of wintery tree branches against sunlight More tree branches against a broghr green fiels
January 23, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Progress on these two small practice oilpaintings. (13×20cm)
Its hard to know when to stop here!
#art #artsky #artist #painting #oilpaint #traditionalart #wip #smallart #landscape #nature
Two oil paintings of nature scenes in rough brush strokes. One a big tree trunk in a sunlit field, the other a shaded forest walk.
January 19, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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The other two studies I am playing with atm! Hope I will not ruin the glow in the left one.
#wip #artist #art #artsky #painting #traditionalart #oilpainting #natureart #nature
Two oilpaintings of nature scenes. One is the trunk of a big tree in dappled light, the other a shades forest path looking out into a bright opening.
January 16, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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Another day on these two - I really enjoy taking my time here, even though they are relatively small. Learning a lot.
#wip #oilpainting #oilpaint #painting #art #artsky #artist #study #natureart #landscape
Two small oilpaintings of trees and landscape scenes, they have a winter mood.
January 16, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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Working on my two little practice trees today really enjoying the tiny branches!
#art #artsky #artist #painting #oilpaint #traditionalart #wip
Two oil paintinfs of trees and landscapes, still in progress.
January 15, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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Choose what to pay attention to. There are bad things to care about, but we also have to keep looking at what is beautiful and good so that we know how to repair the world. Slow down. Feel beauty. Be kind. Do not let youself be paralyzed.

#hope #kindness #beauty #thoughts #solarpunk #hopepunk
January 15, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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A little test painting I am working on to get back into oil paint :)
(Ca. 20×10cm on paper)

#wip #painting #oilpaint #art #artist #traditionalart #artsky #natureart #landscape
A rough winter landscape painting with two dark trees in the foreground.
January 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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Am I the only person who at some point in their life realised the difference between a forest and a monoculture tree farm and now has a hard time enjoying some landscapes other people love? Sometimes I wish to go back 🥲
#forest #nature #conservation #oldgrowth #landscape #rewilding #ecology
January 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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I'm having a hard time enjoying the dark season but todays walk was kinda sweet. The snow makes it easier to convince my brain to get outside, too. #winter #photo #photography #art #germany #mentalhealth
Photo of a treehouse in snow against a dsrk grey blue sky A snowy landscape with a big tree in the foreground
January 4, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Always worth it to get up early on a cold sunny winter morning!
#winter #frosty #ice #photo #art
Photo of a bunch of plants and grasses frozen with white ice crystals Close up shot into a frozen hedge all white with ice
January 1, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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I have been struggeling to be creative, experiencing a bit of #artblock. I think I was very much too in my head about the art I make and what I want it to say so I'm so happy I managed to let go and just enjoy colour with this one.
#artist #art #drawing #traditionalart #artsky
An abstract coloured pencil drawing of organic shapes in different shades of cool green blue and purple.
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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The oak tree in the valley, seconds before the sun is gone looks absolutely glorious.
#fall #autumn #magic #nature
Picture of an oak tree in a cool green valley bright alight with golden colours in the last sunlight
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Hermann is enjoying the autumn morning sun very much, and I think it suits him :)

#cat #nature #autumn #fall #happy #cosy #animal #garden #gardening
A small siamese cat with bright blue eyes seated on a blue table in front of a fall garden in golden sunlight
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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A very pretty one today :) Good morning!
Photo of a beautiful sunrise in all shades of red gold and purple
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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My little piece of fall colours visible from my porch where I am sat tucked in a blanket with a big mug of tea and a book, being sick.
#cosy #autumn #fall #leaves #cozy #season #samhain
A picture of a bright orange tree against dark green garden background A closer shot of the leaves against the blue sky
October 16, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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My very big coloured pencil panorama drawing of the wildlife in my home hills is finally about done! I'll need to take a pic of the whole wide thing next.
#art #artist #artsky #traditionalart #drawing #natureart #sciart #wip #wildlife #outsiderart
A coloured pencil drawing of a landscape at dusk with a bird of prey in the foreground and a small dog illuminated by streetlights in the corner. There is an ornamental border around it. Another piece of the same drawing depicting a fox and a house, a city in the distance
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Hermann, my assistant cat and I did a first little sketch in my new workspace yesterday. (The beams and wall behind us are 250 years old!)

#artist #sketch #artsky #cat #art #workspace #atelier #Kunst #Künstler
A photo of me dressed in loose black clothing standing in a room under construction, beams and earthen wall exposed. I am holding a blue sketchbook and my cat is standing on a table beside me, climbing up my arm to seemingly look at what I am drawing.
October 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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A gift that made me furious while making it - Claudias Dahlia for her Birthday.

#art #artist #traditionalart #drawing #flowers #artsky
A drawing of four different kinds of dahlias, all shades of red and pink in a vase. There is a big pear on the table too.
October 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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My garden looking all moody in the first morning light, a fresh fall chill in the air making me come alive.
#permaculture #garden #gardening #fall #autumn #nature #nodig #solarpunk
Photo of a wild chaotic garden with all kinds of shapes and colours of leaves. A big sunflower growing in the middle of it all Another bed in the garden and the pink morning sky in the background
October 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Some sunflowers to rest your weary eyes upon 🌼
#art #artsky #artist #drawing #sciart #illustration #traditionalart #natureart #flowers #floral #sketch #wip
A big two page sketchbook drawing of a bunch of sunflowers in a blue green vase.
September 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Three stages of my new gouache painting :) I have not painted with an actual brush in ages, follow along to see how I do.
#art #artist #wip #painting #traditionalart #natureart #wildlife #sciart #gouache
A painting with some blues in the distance and greens in the front roughly painted in A painting with just its dark umber undersketch A rough pencil sketch of the painting Layout
September 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Hi there, I'm Elli - I make #nature and #wildlife art, often with a folkloric twist. ✨️
I also share photos of nature around me and my #permaculture vegetable and wildflower garden.

#art #artist #artsky #illustration #sciart #natureart #nature #traditionalart #drawing #painting #gardening
A photo of me in a mirror, there are pots of flowers and seedpods in front of it. The corner of a large drawing depicting a blue tit and an ornamental border in green and blue.
September 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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I'm having a hard time these days but I saw this so everything must be alright ✨️
#nature #mentalhealth
September 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Cosy fall bonfire season is upon us 🍂 I took a couple of photos in night mode that turned out pretty interesting imo. Might reference them for future paintings too :) #photography #nature #fall #autumn #cosy #naturephotography #spooky #witchy #natureart
Photo of a group of people around a bonfire, illuminated by warm light. Photo of a big tree framed by bushes illuminated with red fire light
September 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM