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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah I can see that :)

Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 3d

Aw thanks!

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 3d

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.

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 3d

Aw man what even is your life I am so jealous. Not just the very cute riding thing straight out of a storybook, also these buildings? And that background view of mountains?

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 3d

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.

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 10d

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

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 15d

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.

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 16d

These look crazy cool :)

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 18d

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

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 24d

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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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · 27d

I'm having a hard time these days but I saw this so everything must be alright ✨️
#nature #mentalhealth

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Sep 7

Oh wow that looks very interesting so far! Excited to see what it will look like in the end :)

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Sep 4

Aw thanks!

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Sep 4

Loosely working on these magnificient sunflowers from my garden to focus on something simple :)

#wip #natureart #art #artist #sketch #sketchbook #sciart #illustration #traditionalart #drawing #colouredpencils

A big bunch of bright yellow sunflowers in a green glass vase on my messy blue garden table

A sketchbook opened to a double page depicting the sunflowers in their green vase drawn in coloured pencils. It is a rough sketch so far.

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Sep 3

The sky is giving me life these days!
I am having a horrible time, I keep waking at night hearing planes that started flying over my area more frequently lately so quiet moments like this are healing 🥲

#nature #natureart #photography #art #artist #autistic #neurodivergent #artreference

Picture of a bright yellow and orange evening sky with a bird flying in it, black against the light

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Aug 31

I went on my little #mentalhealth walk today feeling all low and hopeless and this felt like a gift.

#nature #artist #artreference #natureart #sky #hope #naturephotography #photography #art

A crazy pink mass of clouds at sun down over green hills

More evening light over green hills, this time peach and orange

Dark blue clouds, a soft lemon sky and bright red light of the dusk sun.

More lemon sky and bright deep red sunrays

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Aug 30

Oh noo too relateable I cannot right now

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Aug 29

Aw thanks! I like the outside but you wouldnot believe how wonky it gets on the inside, I can not wrote nicely for the death of me 😅

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Aug 29

A set of card and envelope I made for a family end of summer event 🌿
#art #artist #artsky #drawing #illustration #natureart #traditionalart #medievalart #colouredpencils #letter #greetingcards

A set of envelope and greeting card illustrated with red and green blackberry vines and stars

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Aug 19

These little guys of yours are just giving me life right now ❤️

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Aug 18

That is delicious colouring!

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · Aug 18

Francis Hamel (British Artist, born 1963)
"Great Cedar", 2016.
Oil on Linen, 122 × 102 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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Elisa @rootsandbrambles.bsky.social · Aug 17

Some views of our very #wild #garden that was just green lawn until 4 year ago. Wild flowers have come in so quickly and every year it becomes more alive. And there is more harvest too. #rewilding #gardening #nature #permaculture #nodig #foodforest #solarpunk #hope

A photo of a wild mess of white flowers in the foreground, a big oak in the back.

Picture of an overgrown pond full of waterlilies and wild watermint.

An assortment of garden vegetables on a table - Zucchini, onions, tomatoes, aubergines.

A big field of corn and beans and zucchini plants.

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