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cymphomaniac.bsky.social
Cympho
@cymphomaniac.bsky.social
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Hello there, I'm a beginner artist with an interest in traditional mediums. Mostly gouache, watercolour and ink.

Drawing and painting for the fun of it 🖌️🎨
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Cympho @cymphomaniac.bsky.social · Aug 7
New Holland honey eater birds in #watercolour

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Some paintings of birds in watercolour
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Attempting to get better at painting portraits. After a few fails I decided to try and start with simple and learn the planes of the face. I've got a lone way to go!

#art #traditionalart #watercolour #sketch
Some studies of the planes of the face, sketched in pencil and then watercolour over the top for values.
August 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Simple form study in #watercolour

I can definitely see my brushwork and technique improving!

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Sketches of some simple forms like spheres, a nose, dog ears and more. Painted over with monochrome watercolour to give depth and practice brushwork.
August 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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My on the go #watercolour supplies. I love using travel brushes, very satisfying.

Pretty minimal stuff, 4 round travel brushes, mechanical pencil, knead able eraser, water container and some Winsor and Newton tubes. Cad red, Cobalt blue, yellow ochre and Ivory black.

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A watercolour sketch of my watercolour supplies
August 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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First time attempting a landscape, tried to go for a looser look with #watercolour.

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Watercolour landscape painting with a field in the middle ground and some distant hills in the background with a blue sky
August 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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This is my little #watercolour palette. Cheapest Kmart one I could buy, removed the trash half pans in there and stuffed these Winsor and Newton tubes instead. Works a treat!

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My basic watercolour setup, a tin case with Winsor and Newton tubes inside
August 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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New Holland honey eater birds in #watercolour

#art #painting #traditionalart
Some paintings of birds in watercolour
August 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Some baked goods practice. Honestly breads and cakes are underated as practice! Simple forms but looks so good when you get it right! The top cake in watercolour I'm not so happy with but the gouache croissant I love!

#watercolour #art #gouache #painting
Cake painting in watercolour up the top & gouache croissant painting down the bottom.
July 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Little bit of #watercolour #art today

Using a limited palette to experiment a little and get better at mixing colours.
Watercolour painting of a tree branch with some seeds and leaves on it.
July 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Drew up some goblins from imagination and decided to ink them as a little practice. I'm much more comfortable with a brush at this point I think but it was good to push myself.

#ink #art #drawing
Dip pen drawing of a goblin Dip pen drawing of a goblin
July 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Sketched these ages ago. Finally came back and gave them a touch of colour with #gouache. Pretty happy with a few of them even if it looks mostly like watercolour.

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Pencil sketches with gouache added over the top
May 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Played around with some cheap markers, was fun and fell in love with this quick sketch. I think I'll be using them in the future for simple figure studies to get better with shape and value!
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Some simple marker sketches including a head study.
April 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Some Easter paintings, a pinecone, tree stump with fungus on it and a bucket. Mix of #gouache and #watercolour.

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Painting of a bucket, pinecone and tree stump in a mix of watercolour and gouache
April 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Some watercolour today. I think it turned out alright 😄

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Watercolour portrait of red headed woman in drapery
April 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Trying to paint more after a stressful couple of weeks!
Some figure studies, still working on colour and value mixing.

#gouache #watercolour #traditionalart
Watercolour and gouache figure painting studies.
April 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Been a while since I've had time to paint 😞 but managed to get 15 mins today. Did a small "thumbnail" of some Donuts I want to paint soon. Will have to play around with a few more to get the values in the right ranges then I might do the same thing but with colour too!
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Small thumbnail painting of some Donuts in greyscale.
April 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Finished a quick small value study of a pair still life. I think my darks are too dark and I need to try being a bit more subtle. But I think my brushwork and water control is improving :)

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Gouache painting of a pair.
March 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Some figure drawing practice today in charcoal. I love taking a pose and then pushing it to add life! I feel like I nailed down the proportions a lot more the second time too

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Figure drawing charcoal practice sketches
March 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Some torso/breast studies. I find focussing on a smaller part makes the study relaxing and fun because you can do more! Soon I'll go back and paint over them in gouache, hence doing them in my new etchr book.

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Torso and breast study sketches.
March 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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More monochrome gouache practice, this time a quick sketch of a hand. I need to work on my brushwork and water control!

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A gouache painting of a hand as well as a sketch of a Pair Initial sketch of a hand before painting with gouache.
March 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Some super quick ink sketches. Added some watercolour to the top one but I don't know if that ruined it!

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Ink and watercolour sketches of a young lady sleeping.
March 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Fun quick study with 2 values only. Interesting that even with simple things like this you can communicate a lot about a pose and lighting.

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Some 2 value studies of people, painted in gouache.
March 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Some eyes from imagination. I really suck at painting right now haha, clearly not ready for colour. Going to go with a monotone palette for a while to up my value skills

#art #eyes #gouache #painting
Some study paintings of eyes, open and shut in gouache
March 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Small sketch with some watercolour added. Aiming to draw/paint something daily now!

#art #watercolour #armour #sketch
March 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Definitely my best painting yet in gouache! Armour from a buhurt fighter.

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March 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Page of penis study sketches. I went back and decided to play with some watercolour on them too. A lotta fun!

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Penis study sketches and some watercolour
March 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM