Black and white illustration of an abstract landscape created with large black patches and simple lines. Small houses and housing clusters mix with drooping flowers and small hills.
I'm working on my portfolio and realized I draw like the landscape is at a distance. It's like driving by and wondering what is over there and having enough respect to leave it be unless invited in.
#art #illustration #landscape #abstractart
A little more than a day 🥹 before RAYE's next album is out. I said I wouldn't buy another vinyl this year. Oh well. Things happen 🤣.
open.spotify.com/track/5PspYm...
#raye #music #soulful #vinyl #dreaming
A large and fluffy tree with green leaves in front of a parking lot and behind the top of a bike locker. The sky is blue and the sun is shining bright!
We're walking and my wife sees a tree and asks if it's lonely. I'm like 🤨. They explain the tree was probably once surrounded by other trees and they probably chatted and never imagined being alone 🥹.
*This isn't the original tree.
#nature #trees #story #life #love #outside
An ureal depiction of two villages built on individual blades of grass.
I like the notion that where we are can be somewhere else.
#art #latenight #inkdrawing #fantasy #simple #elsewhere #blacklifeandliving #drawing #beart
Square plate with round edges featuring a rough watercolor-style moon against dozens of tiny stars.
Collage of 36 pieces of space pottery over the last 10 years, featuring teapots, yarn bowls, bowls, cups, mugs, vases, and plates.
Today is the 10 year (!!) anniversary of my first space pottery. (Thread)
a fake riso illustration in blue and pink of a shrimp or prawn or whatever throwing pottery at the wheel. the brand of wheel is SHRIMPO as a play on the popular brand SHIMPO
shrimpo #art
Black lines and abstract buildings on top of a group of colorful abstract flowers. The background is a pale mint green with hints of pale yellow and pale blue.
Live Wild & Bloom - Saturday doodles and mantra for creating.
#create #flowers #art #beart #bloom #spring
😲 = the moment you get the shipping notification for a vinyl you forgot you ordered Feb 3. Shoreline Mistward by @tottomori.bsky.social reminds me of living in Santa Cruz and playing video games at night with the windows open. There's nothing like the chill of the waves 🌊. #music #exited #chill
Book announcements are one reason I'm back on Bluesky. Adding this to my reading list! Definitely read The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa if you havent ✨️
This post features an abstract scene. A green house is on top of two domes. One yellow the other soft blue. The domes sit on a checkered half oval that is rust orange and cantaloupe orange. The scene is surrounded by white clouds and abstract trees or bushes that are dark green and rust orange. Live Softly is written in the lower left of the scene. The background is a 5 x 3 checkered grid. The far left is a rust color. The middle a blue and green moss color. The right side a lighter version of the middle.
Is it too late to share my New Years promise? Nope. Cool. My promise to myself this year is to share my work more. With more people. In more places. Last year was about making and writing without fear of sharing. Just do a thing and be happy. As Olivia Dean says ... Baby Steps 🤭.
📣 New website www.beartceramics.com. I'm excited to stop tip toeing around being an artist and explore why making is so important to me. Revamping my website was the first step in adding clarity to my online presence. Which is surprisingly hard to do.
Photo study painting of a Buc-ee's mascot sign with "KEEP GOING" written underneath where a city's name would be. There are mountains, trees and sunset clouds in the distance. A pigeon themed witch sits on the sign. Drawn by gdbeeart, Aug 2025
Photo study, added a pigeon witch
Excited to order Positive Obsession by Dr. Susana M. Morris from @sistahscifi.bsky.social !
Close up of a vase painted in blue, white, and orange swirls on dark brown clay. Landscapes are etched into the underglaze. The top is splattered with white glaze. The vase sits on a shelf. The studio is blurred out in the background.
Close up of a vase painted in blue, white, and orange swirls on dark brown clay. Landscapes are etched into the underglaze. The top is splattered with white glaze. The vase sits on a shelf. There are three white vases with designs on them in the back and one to the side of this pot.
Personally, life has been lifing the last few months. I'm just grateful to be a part of a wonderful #pottery studio that took care of my pieces while I was figuring everything out.
Close up of a vase painted in blue, white, and orange swirls on dark brown clay. Landscapes are etched into the underglaze. The top is splattered with white glaze. The vase sits on a shelf. The studio is blurred out in the background.
Studio day: Waiting for the second fire ✨️. I can see where the underglaze will fade a little more 👏🏾. Made with reclaim ...so... we have a surprise coming in the next few weeks 🫠. #excited #ceramics #pottery #art #landscapes
Thank you for the signal boost!
Thank you!
Thank you for these recommendations!
Definitely! He's profiled in the book pretty early. I want to learn more about his ceramic paintings!
Just a baby on the edge of the world
Four small vases on a wooden desk with paint brushes and a silver bucket. Each has a different set of writing on them.
Four test vases for a new project combining clay, text/emotion, and landscapes. I'm still working out my process for including text. But I think I like imperfect inlay. Next is a bisque fire and maybe another layer of underglaze or dip glaze. Or both #experiments
#pottery #ceramics #clay #art
Oh, Insta isn't showing the preview? here you gooooooo
Suggestions please 🙏🏾
I'm reading "Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists" by donald a. clark and Chotsani Elaine Dean. It's BIG and worth the muscle I'll gain reading it.
I want to go down a rabbit hole so...What books about ceramic artists do you recommend?
#booksky #pottery #ceramics
Thanks for the tip!
Thank you! I'm going to try this trick once I've rehydrated them. I definitely don't want to purchase more right now 🫠.
I'll try water to rehydrate them. I've been in and out of the studio so much that I forgot to maintain them 😅.
i'm challenging myself to step out of my comfort zone (mugs + cups) to improve my teapot forms. not ready to commit, but am going to TRY and make a teapot every day.
This is unfired porcelain. decorated and ready for the kiln!
#pottery #art #kentucky #spring #horse #handmade #teapot #tea
Studio photo of a vase in progress. The vase is sitting on a wooden table with a metal bucket, purple bag, and pottery wheels in the background. The vase is a rounded v shape with a narrow and small neck. The vase is painted in orange and white swirls on the bottom and middle and blue and white swirls on top. The middle of the vase has carved lines that look like small homes resting on a blurry landscape.
Went to the studio and discovered most of my underglaze dried out 🤦🏾♂️. Had just enough to paint and start sgraffito designs on some vases. Lesson: check your underglaze.
#potterylesson #pottery #ceramics #vases #art
Woah. Yeah, I see that now!
Thank you! I gave them to a coworker because I didn't like the cone shape 😅. But, the underglaze experiment was a success 😌.
