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GhostoftheSea

@ghostofthesea.bsky.social

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EL - She/Her - 29 - UK Watercolour artist, digital illustrator. Zookeeper and bird/dog/snake/plant parent. Will sometimes babble about zoos, conservation, and the environment. Prints and other socials - https://linktr.ee/GhostoftheSea #art

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · Feb 13

Welcome to my corner of the internet!
I’m an artist from England who specialises in paintings and illustrations of pets and wildlife, particularly in watercolour.

Links to other social media and to purchase artwork: linktr.ee/GhostoftheSea

More in thread below!

#Introduction

Collection of several illustrations and paintings of a variety of animals in different media and styles.

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · 16h

I have another animal day for you---
#WorldOctopusDay :D
🐙

#art #linedrawing #marinelife #natureart #invertebrate #octopus #commonoctopus

Photo of a line drawing on beige toned paper of a common octopus using sepia and white ink.

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · 16h

I have another animal day for you---
#WorldOctopusDay :D
🐙

#art #linedrawing #marinelife #natureart #invertebrate #octopus #commonoctopus

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Annie Shao Art @annieshaoart.bsky.social · 16h

One week of #Birdtober down. So many colors! Which one of my drawings is your favorite so far?

#BirdArt #SciArt #AnimalArt #ArtYear #dailyartchallenge

8 of my Birdtober 2025 marker drawings laid out on a black surface

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Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 16h

Lil duckling ✨
Original painting

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Artist holding painting of black duckling among ferns and water.

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · 1d

Completely winging it without checking, but I think it's just "Hammer head" in relation to it's large triangular crest.

When you look at them from the side with their necks outstretched, it gives them a pretty unique silhouette

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JuliArtWorld @juliartworld.bsky.social · 1d

🔸Day 7: illuminate
The universe has more stars with you.

#artober2025

fineliner and ink drawing of a big black and a small white fox. Inktober

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apofiss @apofiss.bsky.social · 1d

Ever changing 🍂✨

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · 2d

Another on my list of favourite birds-

🪶 The Hamerkop! 🪶

#art #linedrawing #bird #natureart #birdart #hamerkop

Photo of a drawing on 7x5 inch brown toned paper of a hamerkop, stood with it's back to the viewer and head turned to the side to look with one eye. Black ball-point pen and white ink have been used. In the background is wood grain, and artificial plants.

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · Aug 4

August 4th is #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay ! :D

#art #linedrawing #ink #natureart #birdart #birds #owl

Photo of a 7x5 inch illustration of a eurasian eagle owl on brown toned paper, in ball-point pen and white ink. In the background is wood grain and fake plants.

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · 2d

Here's one of the goobers I looked after a few years ago!
Very fun and charismatic, and they make unique noises and cool nests!

10/10 bird

Photo of a hamerkop bird stood on a rock, surrounded by gravel and trees. The bird is about 1 foot high, with all brown feathers, and black beak and legs. It has long legs, and the crest on the back of it's head is just barely visible, and it is wearing a blue leg ring.

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · 2d

Another on my list of favourite birds-

🪶 The Hamerkop! 🪶

#art #linedrawing #bird #natureart #birdart #hamerkop

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · Nov 11

Peafowl - May 2019

For one of my earliest watercolour paintings, I'm incredibly proud of how these two turned out!

#art #painting #watercolour #watercolor #animalart #animalportrait #birds #sciart #peacock

Watercolour painting on white paper of a portrait of the head and neck of a male and a female peafowl.

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · Mar 14

Fennec foxes have been some of my favourite animals for the longest of times

#mammals #watercolor #art #painting #animalart #fox

Photo of a watercolour painting of a fennec fox in bright pinks and oranges, with splatters and drips of paint and white highlights

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Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · Dec 31

Sea-Wing

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J. Noah Walker (Commission Open!) @noahwalker.bsky.social · 14d

A painting of a character holding a peacock feather

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Evi 🌼 @evenlyevi.bsky.social · 6d

˖᯽ ݁˖ Blossom ˖᯽ ݁˖ #art #illustration

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Chrissy 🌜 @blackteachai.bsky.social · 6d

Desolate ❄️

#art #artsky

A person sitting in the snow with a lantern in the middle of a snowy landscape with a pine forest im the back, and aurora in the sky

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Emily L'Orange 🦆🍊 @emilylorange.bsky.social · 7d

It's finally time for Skinktober!

What's that? No, I'm pretty sure it was never called anything else.
#art 🦢

a digital painting of a juvenile five-lined skink sitting on a decorative pumpkin. it is surrounded by vine and leaves. the lizard is striped lengthwise down its body in white and black, transitioning to a bright blue tail about halfway down. the colors have been very saturated, and the shapes are abstracted to be rigid angles.

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Iveta's Aviary @ivetasaviary.bsky.social · 7d

Venezuelan Troupial #birdtober

This stunning oriole is the national bird of Venezuela, which makes its name particularly fitting.
This time I loosened up a little bit, and also used some half-dry copic marker I found among my art supplies. I like how it subtly smudged my hatching. #birdart 🪶 🐡 🎨

Two black and white sketches of a Venezuelan Troupial in a sketchbook

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TAKAO★WATANABE🎨10/29～11/3 solo exhibition @watanabetakao.bsky.social · 7d

The baby sea turtle entered the ocean world for the first time. It was a vast, beautiful, and terrifying place. I hope this baby sea turtle grows up safely into a magnificent adult.

#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · Mar 6

Green bean

#art #animalart #bioart #birdart #watercolour #painting #parrotsky #birds

Photo of an A5 watercolour painting of a lineolated parakeet, a small parrot, primarily in green with hints of yellow. Black and white ink is used for details.

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Kathryn Garner @kathryngarner.co.uk · 8d

I'm not sure how many of these I'll manage, but I felt inspired by the first #invertober2025 prompt -

So here's my Japanese sea nettle (Chrysaora pacifica) with its tangly tentacles!

Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper, A4.

#invertober #sciart

Japanese sea nettle (Chrysaora pacifica). The bell is pale orange-pink with darker segments radiating out from its centre with dark purple or maroon edges. The tentacles are a similar colour to the bell and are tangly (difficult to draw!) against a turquoise (lower) and khaki green (upper) sea behind.

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BlindCoyote 🔜 BLFC @blindcoyote.com · 7d

Smolder
🦌✨

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · 9d

Another gift painting for a friend, this one was one of my favourites with how it turned out!

#art #painting #watercolour #petportrait #cat

Photo of an A5 sided watercolour painting of a cat, sitting and looking to the side. Shades of bright green and yellow watercolour have been used, with drips and splatters of paint, and black and white ink for details.

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Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 9d

Cozy fall!!

#art #cuteart

A digital drawing featuring a black cat sitting among some mushrooms and pumpkin.

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