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Posts by JRB’s Art Journey

A watercolour painting of a mountain scene with windblown flowers in the foreground and more mountains and sky in the background.

A watercolour painting of a mountain scene with windblown flowers in the foreground and more mountains and sky in the background.

My #watercolour #hsigw for the @jrbhaiku.bsky.social #haiku:

across the mountain
the stems of fresh Spring flowers
bending in the wind

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A watercolour painting looking through two archways in a Marrakech street.

A watercolour painting looking through two archways in a Marrakech street.

Memories of Marrakech.

#watercolour #ArtJourney

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Imaginary view of a student hard at work at a large desk in a vast library

Imaginary view of a student hard at work at a large desk in a vast library

Thrilled to hear that my painting "A World of Design" (30x22) received the Edgar A Whitney Award in the Transparent Watercolor Society of America 50th Annual Exhibition. Thank you so much to the jury of awards and to TWSA for all they do. #art @bsky.art

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Muted is The Way.
Japanese Watercolors on cotton cold press. #Watercolor #Art #Artsky #Landscape #painting #HumanArt #NOAI

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Here is another simple palette: green + burnt umber + ultramarine + cadmium yellow(flowers center).
I like how the sky turned out, but also the little flowers :)
#art #bskyart #painting #watercolors #field #sky #flowers #sciart

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A Procreate painting of a bushland scene with a dirt track running through trees.

A Procreate painting of a bushland scene with a dirt track running through trees.

Another play with Procreate, drawing on an original painting hanging in our lounge of bushland at Anstead.

#ArtJourney #DigitalArt

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What a wonderful tradition.

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BlueSkys gouache community really grew over the years. If you're like me interested in all those amazing paintings, I created a feed you can browse and pin:

bsky.app/profile/fred...

It's curated to be sfw and free from scam. Browsing it gives me a lot of joy and I hope it does for you as well!

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A Procreate digital painting looking across Pumicestone Passage to Bribie Island from Golden Beach, Queensland.

A Procreate digital painting looking across Pumicestone Passage to Bribie Island from Golden Beach, Queensland.

Having a fiddle with Procreate for the first time.

#ArtJourney #DigitalArt

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A water colour and pen painting of a bright orange sunrise over a moorland with power generating windmills silhouetted.

A water colour and pen painting of a bright orange sunrise over a moorland with power generating windmills silhouetted.

My #watercolour and pen #haiga for the @jrbhaiku.bsky.social #haiku

rising with the sun
windmills, across moorland fell
a deep orange sky

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A three panelled watercolour and ink painting:

Top panel: a blue sky with a single cloud
Middle Panel: a field of daffodils
Bottom panel: the silhouette of a person meditation surrounded by multiple colours of an aura of calm.

A three panelled watercolour and ink painting: Top panel: a blue sky with a single cloud Middle Panel: a field of daffodils Bottom panel: the silhouette of a person meditation surrounded by multiple colours of an aura of calm.

My #watercolour and pen #haiga for the @jrbhaiku.bsky.social :

blue sky, lonely cloud
host of golden daffodils
words worthy of calm

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A watercolour paint and ink painting in three panels:
The top of a young colt running on a field
The middle of Pegasus, the winged horse from Greek mythology, and
The bottom of magic mushrooms growing.

A watercolour paint and ink painting in three panels: The top of a young colt running on a field The middle of Pegasus, the winged horse from Greek mythology, and The bottom of magic mushrooms growing.

My watercolour paint and ink #haiga for a @jrbhaiku.bsky.social from this morning.
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charging round the field

the colt thinks he’s Pegasus

magic, those mushrooms

~

#watercolour #ArtJourney #haiku

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A painting using watercolour paints showing Tea Tree Bay looking towards the point.

A painting using watercolour paints showing Tea Tree Bay looking towards the point.

A #watercolour painting of Tea Tree Bay, Noosa. I used a photo I took there last week as a prompt, and removed the humans scattered around.

#ArtJourney

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#BlueSkyArtShow
#Edge #Art #watercolor

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Painting of a sunset at Fox Lake, Yukon, Canada.

Painting of a sunset at Fox Lake, Yukon, Canada.

From my artist in the window duties.
Sunset, Fox Lake.
#Watercolour on paper, 11x14 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt
Painting of the day 2244.

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Ah yes, I didn’t read the replies.

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Hazy sunset, Thrumcap Island. Plein air watercolor from summer, Maine.

#pleinairwatercolor #maine #summer #watercolor

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It’s a learning journey. Keep going, one image at a time.

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How to appreciate art slowly – and why doing so is good for you In an age of scrolling and speed, we’ve forgotten how to truly see art. Can the ‘slow looking’ movement reclaim our attention?

How to appreciate art slowly – and why doing so is good for you

In an age of scrolling and speed, we’ve forgotten how to truly see art. Art historian Olivia Meehan explores the practice of ‘slow looking’.

#ArtJourney #GoodNews

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Listen for the soft murmur of the tide and the soft creak of wood on water. Feel the warmth as you squint against the sun-dappled surface. My soul yearns for peace especially these days.
#boat #peace #tranquility #relax #watercolour #marineart #fishing #skyart #watercolor #serenity

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I really love this. Bravo 👏👏👏

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Finished today in art class, happy with it ❤️

#art #watercolour #cityscape

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Finalists 2026 Congratulations to the finalists of Local Contemporary Art Prize 2026

Congratulations to the finalists of Local Contemporary Art Prize 2026 on display at Caloundra Regional Art Gallery now.

#BlueskyArt #art

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A watercolour pencil and ink sketch of three witches around their cauldron under a full moon with a crow looking on from a branch.

A watercolour pencil and ink sketch of three witches around their cauldron under a full moon with a crow looking on from a branch.

My #watercolour pencil and ink haiga for the haiku

the withered witches
around their cauldron sowing
Macbeth’s undoing

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A watercolour painting of the ocean with the sky on the horizon done in a rather impressionistic way.

A watercolour painting of the ocean with the sky on the horizon done in a rather impressionistic way.

A somewhat impressionistic #watercolour painting of an ocean view with the sky on the horizon.

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A watercolour painting from a beach looking out to the ocean and horizon.

A watercolour painting from a beach looking out to the ocean and horizon.

A #watercolour beach scene from today.

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Hi Anna, I’m not sure if you know that this feed and your #watercolour feed are both down?
They have a message to say the server is not responding.

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A watercolour pencil and ink sketch of a country scene with daffodils in the foreground and a lamb, still with its tail behind.

A watercolour pencil and ink sketch of a country scene with daffodils in the foreground and a lamb, still with its tail behind.

My #watercolour pencil and pen #haiga for the @jrbhaiku.bsky.social #haiku:

stems of daffodils
trumpeting the start of Spring
fleeting, like lamb’s

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Painting of pine trees silhouetted by sunset in the Carcross Desert, Yukon, Canada.

Painting of pine trees silhouetted by sunset in the Carcross Desert, Yukon, Canada.

Carcross Desert.
#Watercolour on paper, 11x14 inches. #Watercolor #YukonArt
Painting of the day 2231.

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A painting of a small yacht in a bay with the sun behind it and the haiku:

clear blue sky
a perfect day to 
sail away

A painting of a small yacht in a bay with the sun behind it and the haiku: clear blue sky a perfect day to sail away

A watercolour pencil and ink painting of a canal train arriving at an oasis and, a four-leaf clover.

desert travellers 
the fresh water oasis 
a four-leaf clover

A watercolour pencil and ink painting of a canal train arriving at an oasis and, a four-leaf clover. desert travellers the fresh water oasis a four-leaf clover

A water colour pencil and ink sketch of a women in period dress hanging laundry on a washing line with the haiku:

bleach and elbow grease
the washer woman can smell
her job in the line

A water colour pencil and ink sketch of a women in period dress hanging laundry on a washing line with the haiku: bleach and elbow grease the washer woman can smell her job in the line

A few more of my #watercolour pencil and ink haigas for my @jrbhaiku.bsky.social haiku.

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