"Moonlight". #ArtYear #Watercolor #Gouache #Ink "No Mind" art.

Cashmere https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/cashmere

OMG OMG OMG 🤦🏽‍♀️

Very bright setting #moon this morning on Corte Madera Creek #Larkspur #California.

Glad everyone else thought Oliver said "Brad" at the beginning of today's ep. I though he was holding a grudge against him for the bench incident of yore (actually George's doing of course). Anyway, glad he said "Brian," apparently so poshly that even British people didn't grok it. #TheArchers

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #weather a favourite shot in any weather we can see…..rain, wind, snow etc. Here's a silhouette of a Raven in some classic #SanFrancisco fog (shout out to @karlthefog.bsky.social) with the Golden Gate Bridge looming in the background. 🪶

A cheerful #Abstract in #Watercolor and #Gouache for this Friday. I was playing around with a new brand of paper. #ArtYear

Per @robcrank68.bsky.social Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LargeBirdsInFlight, birds LARGER than Ducks in flight. Here's a Brown Pelican, a truly magnificent bird in flight. 🪶

Another Tree of Life experiment in my "Fade" series in honor of my mother. Her favorite color was orange, so I tried incorporating that into this composition. #ArtYear #Gouache #Abstract

This is catnip for legal nerds like me. The original sin was the govt granting the mark in the first place: it’s clearly a natural language term. Having gotten it, Sando has to enforce or risk losing it. The reputational hit that may outweigh the value of the mark. If so, he can always withdraw it.

#Earthquake good sharp shock Larkspur

I'm working on a series to process my mom's recent passing. My theme is "fade," as she had a very long 5-year decline. I dropped black liquid watercolor into white liquid watercolor, then moved the black around to evoke an abstracted tree of life (Etz Chaim) #ArtYear #Abstract #Watercolor

It's been almost 3 weeks and I'm still expecting to see Cindy on her heating pad on the foot of the bed when I walk into our room 😭😭😭

The #BirdofTheDay theme is #snacks, any bird eating. Here's a Raven enjoying a sweet treat: a lollipop. 🪶

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth, your best bird capture/s of March. Without a doubt that would have to be my life-lister Vermilion Flycatcher, found at a golf course in #SanDiego. What an absolute star 🪶

Landscape with Yellow Birds https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/landscape-with-yellow-birds-1923

I'm convinced the "When the dog lies easy, best you watch the door" gambit is a new technique for #TheArchers scriptwriters to develop plot ideas: they say something vague, then run to the socials to see what people *think* it means, then pick the one they like best for the next storyline. Clever.

These days I take my hilarity where I can 🍌🍌🍌

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #RuffledFeathers. No one ruffles their feathers better than a Wild Turkey on the prowl for a mate! 🪶

The SF Asian Art Museum has a wonderful exhibit called "New Japanese Clay," featuring works by contemporary Japanese ceramicists. Such delicious colors and shapes, all beautifully lit. I painted two in my #Sketchbook. #ArtYear #Watercolor

We sometimes get #HarborSeals up Corte Madera Creek, lolling lazily about. But today I watched one chase down a fish for several minutes with intention, hurling himself dramatically ashore as he made the catch! Looks like a Striped Bass to me, but I'm no expert. Good job, little seal #MarineMammal 🦭

Suck it, my Trump-voting family members who make fun of my EV and are now complaining about gas prices! I haven't pumped gas in 5 years. ahahahahahahahahahha

For #caturday, I painted one of those fanciful ceramic garden statues - are they a worldwide thing or just California? I liked it's smirking face and imperfect eyes. #ArtYear #Watercolor #Gouache

The #BirdOfTheDay theme for Saturday is #Blue, any bird with blue in its coloring. Here's one of our northern California/Pacific Northwest specials, the Steller's Jay. They are loud, brazen and, in the right light, glorious. 🪶

Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Eating. Two years ago, a Ferrero Rocher was sitting on a picnic table next to me. While I was considering whether I should take it, this crow grabbed it, flew up to a branch, delicately unwrapped it, then gobbled it down with pleasure. #YouSnoozeYouLose 🪶

Good one for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, a Double-crested Cormorant I snapped just yesterday. Love the iridescence on its neck. 🪶

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Loved this delightful article from @lamaterial.bsky.social, a new, independent, digital news outlet featuring journalism about #LosAngeles. Check it out.

Plate 205 - Virginia Rail Illustrated by John James Audubon🪶

We're getting into Eldin from Murphy Brown territory with the electricians who have been trying to replace our Zinsco electrical panel for the past week. At this point, I think I'd rather have the condo burn down.

I do warmups from my Taschen photo books. Every day, I turn to the next 2-page spread and make a drawing or painting based on what inspires me. This is a Diana Monkey in graphite (watercolor for the eyes) from a 2005 photo by Jill Greenberg in the Taschen book "Animal". #Graphite #AnimalArt #ArtYear

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For #AnimalArtTuesday I have a #Gouache painting of a White-tailed Kite, form my own photo. #ArtYear #BirdArt

For today’s #birdoftheday the theme #tricolour #tricolor I selected the American Avocet. Such a pretty shorebird. 🪶

These long chats with Papa Bear are paying off: I got to take a whack at the Red-shouldered Hawk I photographed and posted here a couple days ago while I heard all about the cracks and leaks in his galvanized pipes. #ArtYear #Watercolor #BirdArt

#WIP #Gouache #Watercolor Almost done! #ArtYear

Mary Blair vibes.

Les Ibis https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-metzinger/les-ibis-1907

For #ColorADay #PinkMon here is my dearly-departed little Cindy, gone too soon even at age 17. She was so cute in her little pink onesie #ArtYear #PetPortrait 🥹

I don't usually post the #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme, but I took a pic a couple of days ago that fits #Finches. I really like this composition, how the House Finch is leeeeeeeaning into those flowers, clinging tightly with to the stem with his little feet. 🪶

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #Preeners&Scratchers. It just so happens I have one of each, from the same, obviously very satisfying, session. These were taken at the #Presidio #GGNRA #SanFrancisco 🪶

Have you seen @gettymuseum.bsky.social's new acquisition, Purrquoise the Cat? Google informs me that it's a Chinese porcelain cat that was owned by Mme de Pompadour.[provenance seems sketchy] Anyway, they're developing merchandising around it, and I'm here for it. TAKE MY MONEY PURRQUOISE. #Caturday

Possibly the best photo of a Red-shouldered Hawk I've ever taken with my little point-and-click. The lighting was just perfect. Santa Venetia Open Space Preserve #SanRafael #California 🪶

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtMe. I was surprised how many really good candidates for this theme I had. I chose a funny one. Nothing like a Cooper's Hawk for giving you the classic "You looking at me!?!" look. 🪶

Poppies in a Chinese vase - 1883 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110035

I don't care if Carol has friends; she can live a long, lonely life if that's what she wants, bitter old cow. But she has to live in a clean, orderly, safe environment for her daughter's sake, if not her own. Let's not #BothSides this one. She's being a complete twat. #TheArchers

#WIP #Watercolor #Gouache #ArtYear

77 minute call with my dad as he told me the whole story of his defenestration from Warner Bros, where he was an exec in the 80s -- more interesting than usual, despite frequent breaks to discuss his lip that keeps bleeding. Luckily I had something fun to draw while he talked #ArtYear #Watercolor

Betting against every Texas team in my #MarchMadness #NCAA bracket felt really good at the time, but is looking pretty dumb now 😅

@robcrank68.bsky.social has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme to #MarriedCouples. This is one of my favorite photos of a very happy couple of Mallards, looking they''re posing for their wedding picture. 🪶