Art Challenges: April 13–19 Your art challenge cheat sheet for April 6–12 is here! Make art, have fun. See comments for host list. #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #ArtYear #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt Tuesday, April 14 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) Wednesday, April 15 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) Thursday, April 16 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#outtakes) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) Friday, April 17 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) Saturday, April 18 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#edge) Sunday, April 19 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #ShowHeart (hearts) #Abstractia (#watercolour) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekOForOld) #MixedMedia52 (#sweet) #PostProcess (#EraShift)** #SensoryArt (#urban) **Edit the new photo posted by Rock on April 12 to make it feel like it was taken in a different decade or century Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Your art challenge cheat sheet for April 13–19 is here! Make art, have fun.

See comments for host list.

#EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt

A lone pine silhouetted against a night sky just past twilight, with clouds of stars peeking out.

Sky river 😉 #digitalPainting #art #artyear #space #stars Just for pretty, as a companion to the nebulae abstracts.

San Juan Capistrano, CA station in watercolour

The train station in San Juan Capistrano, CA. Love these old colonial buildings. #watercolor #watercolorArt #artYear #art

A yellow defibrillator sits bottom left, with a green sign telling you what it is above. On the top right sits a red rectangle of colour - presumably installed to contrast with the yellow. And, of course, liven up a grey breeze-block wall.

#DeFibMonday presents, in association with #MinimalMonday & #ECK a #Nondrian Defibrillator after @cocofoto.bsky.social

A fine example of modernist art assemblage located on the sea wall at Plymouth Hoe.

#Photography #PhotographersofBlueSky #artYear #art #PhotographersUnited #Plymouth #Devon

Nearly 40 yrs ago, I'd recently been told, "Photograph me! I'm an abstract in nature!" by this individual. I was horribly averse to the inclusion of people in ANY of my artistic endeavors! -Little did I yet know that dozens of people would soon approach me/us to give representations of themselves in this art. It was very humbling in short order, as well. Here is that person napping. It's a whole negative exposure print through my new Beseler enlarger. Our kitchen was also newly converted into a part-time darkroom/photolab! She's asleep, with her sheets bunched about her upper body, with one elbow jutting out straight towards the viewer. Her face is incredibly calm, surrounded by her very thick, smooth & dark hair. My very first art photography professor held this print up & said, "This is a fine example of what you should aspire to, from composition to print." -I was stunned.

I was ALWAYS creating sepia toned prints & proofs, from film into the digital era. Here's our print enlargement (approximately 8x10) of the previous image, but given a sepia bath before rinsing, hanging & drying. I usually worked in 4x6, 5x7, 8x10 & 11x14 inch enlargement prints. Most often my choice fell upon 8x10 prints mounted upon 11x14 boards, placed in all types of frames, plain to ornate. I also seldom made negative strip proof sheets, in favor of 4x6s or 5x7s in order to more easily share our endeavors with others. There's THOUSANDS (if not more!) of proof prints, carefully stored & in the possession of collaborators/'models'. -There was seldom much money involved with the prints, aside of gratuities -if so desired to be given. Collaboration was our joys being shared with the end products of our work, together. Enjoy. Truth be told, this portion of doing film photography didn't begin until my early thirties! -Start late, but DO get started. Study other mediums, perspective and composition. I chose to rarely view other photographers' works, in order to not imitate, even without thinking that I'd been influenced!

*seeALT text* #rare #debut #unpublished #filmphotography #analog #film #ArtYear #ECK #EastCoastKin #portrait #mood #photography #ClassicMono #HumansOfBluesky #Stunday #nap #bnw #SensoryArt #sepia #WestCoastKin #portrait #fullnegative #monochrome #SensoryArt #people #grayscale #PhotographersOfBluesky

Floor painting
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNonsense
#artyear

Sensational capture Briana!!! I adore this shot my friend 🤩🖤🤍🩶

“Your body needs peace more than your mind needs answers.”

-We The Urban

#classicmono #artyear #stunday #findyourpeace

“Who’s taking the minutes?!”

“We don’t have pens, or opposable thumbs, Fred”

Great capture Jenny lol 😂

“Attention! Emergency meeting!"

#StunDay #BirdOfTheDay #LongNeck #WildLife #Landscape #Scape #Photography #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #ECK #Scotland #NorthSea #Travel

A glowing pink heart hangs from a glittering pink chain. Four sparkling curves radiate from the heart, imitating spider legs. The background is very dark red with pink spots.

"Spider Heart"

I swear, I only meant to draw a pretty heart. It turned creepy on its own.

(Art is available --> buymeacoffee.com/isabelcaves/e/528520)

#art #digitalart #EastCoastKin #Stunday #artsky #artyear #heart #spider #pink #artistsofbluesky #Procreate

An image of a gathering of shags on a rather consistently pooped upon rock. At the highest peak of the rock in the right third of the frame a shag stands, neck extended, facing the rest of the birds. The remainder of the shags are all in the left two thirds of the frame and facing towards the single bird like they are listening to a speech. The reddish-brown stone has a significant amount of green algae or mosses growing on it as do two other large rock forms at the outer edges of the frame. The foreground rock is almost entirely covered in white droppings. The out of focus ground in the background slopes upwards quickly. It appears to have the same type of reddish-brown rocks, but there is more grassy vegetation growing.

"Attention! Emergency meeting!"

#StunDay #BirdOfTheDay #LongNeck #WildLife #Landscape #Scape #Photography #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #ECK #Scotland #NorthSea #Travel

#rare #debut #unpublished #filmphotography #analog #unretouched #proof #film #unedited #Stunday #ArtYear #Paris #ECK #EastCoastKin #mood #photography #ClassicMono #HumansOfBluesky #bnw #SensoryArt #WestCoastKin #portrait #monochrome #SensoryArt #people #art #France #grayscale #PhotographersOfBluesky

#Birds and #people alike enjoy the ocean #stunday #sesnoryart #alphabetchallenge #weekNforNonsense

Sand art festival
#scape #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #allthephotos #thephotohour #sandscape #art #bluesky #PismoBeach #photography #humansofbluesky #blueskyphotography #photographersunited #poetryofnature #WestCoastPhotography #sandartfestival #Sunlight #Sunshine #BlueSkyArtShow #New #artyear

Purple azalea surrounded by a carpet of petals.

Purple azalea at Dawyck Botanic Gardens.

#photography #photographersofnluesky #bloomscrolling #stunday #alttext #nature #scotland #artyear #flowerphotography #naturephotography #fotografia #flowersky #flowersonsunday #photosky

Photograph of a pair of Imperial Shags, The left hand bird is standing at the edge of a nest with its long neck bent until its head is resting against its back, its face, beak and eyes facing backwards. The bird on the right has bent its neck to the side to preen its shoulder with its long beak. The monochrome black and white feathers of Imperial Shags is offset by two bright orange fleshy areas just above the beak, a yellow throat and blue eyes. Canon R5 400mm f/8 1:1600 Iso800 -0.3EV

"Marge? Why are all the penguins upside down?"
"Stop being such a clown Homer, I'm trying to preen here"

Imperial Shags on a nest in a colony shared with Rockhopper Penguins #FalklandIslands

#BirdOfTheDay #LongNeck #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNForNonsense #ArtYear

Close-up view of a fluffy dandelion seed head/clock. Several bright yellow dandelion flowers in various stages of bloom are scattered across the bokeh'd green grass in the background. To the right, another seed head is partially visible, while the slender brown stems of the plants lead down into the lush lawn. 0315e5d3-a221-4330-b3fe-b2422db4b50d

Dandelion head/clock, enlarged to show lost detail (thanks to Bluesky's insane compression). 0315e5d3-a221-4330-b3fe-b2422db4b50d

Perfect until the wind blows.

#photography #nature #macro #bloomscrolling #botanical #flowers #gardening #dandelion #spring #stunday #macromonday #art #artyear #eck

A bright orange halved apricot rests on a surface of imitation weathered wooden boards. The cut side faces upward revealing the flesh and a textured hollow center where the pit has been removed. 58608b60-15ce-4d1c-825d-226f7c73bea8

Foreshadowing

#photography #nature #macro #apricot #stunday #macromonday #minimalmonday #coloraday #orangesun #art #artyear #eck

A busy green, blue and yellow background with bronze/gold small round and rectangular shape. Two thin black circles connected by a square on the foreground.

Incoherent thoughts (mixed media)

My sensory system is blown from a gig last night. High price that will go on for a couple of days but worth it every once in a while.

#art #abstractart #mixedmedia #printmaking #sensoryoverload #artyear #autism #blackmetal

Mixed media abstract art in yellow, orange & black. Mediums used: pencil, colored pencil, stabilio all, texture paste, watercolor crayons, acrylic ink on watercolor paper.

#craft #artsky #mixedmedia #artjournal #abstractart #acrylicink #watercolor #texturepaste #texture #abstract #artyear #smartist #art #artist #grunge #coloraday #orangesun #colorful #artchallenge #humanmadeart #mixedmediaartists #stunday #weeknfornonsense #alphabetchallenge

Bright sun shines on the right side of a cloudy blue-orange sky, casting a warm golden glow. A band of textured clouds stretches across the center, contrasting with patches of deep blue sky on the left. Below the sun, dark and heavy clouds partially block the light, creating faint rays that highlight a hazy orange-tinted atmosphere near the horizon. a83e1250-b494-4775-a317-94c68745f6d5

Afterstun

#photography #nature #landscape #scape #sunset #goldenhour #clouds #silhouette #travel #stunday #coloraday #orangesun #art #artyear #eck

From 2013, Monarch Butterfly.

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #Bloomscrolling #Art #ArtYear
#Watercolor #EastCoastKin

A sky full of fluffy clouds, some filled with dark shadows, with the dark silhouette of a tree and its bare branches off to the left of the frame.

“Your body needs peace more than your mind needs answers.”

-We The Urban

#classicmono #artyear #stunday #findyourpeace

black and white photogaph of a small wooden christian church in Burma

A rare Christian church in Myanmar (Burma) (may have since been bombed by the military)

#ClassicMono

#photography #art #photographersofbluesky #weareroamers #artyear #explore #monochrome #blackandwhite #myanmar

Photograph of the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland with the surf crashing below. The sky had a few clouds.

Seriously, the Cliffs of Moher, are stunning. Today was windy but quite clear.
#photography #travel #getoutthere #mypics #journalsauce #cliffs #cliffsofmoher #Ireland #wildatlanticway #eastcoastkin #artyear #stunday

A double-crested cormorant flying just above the water toward the right. The left wing is almost touching the surface. The light is coming through the wing. The water surface is a gray-blue with a metallic sheen to it and there are sparkles from the low sun everywhere. The bird's wing is reflected below it.

Sparkly Stunday

I took this about a month ago & was waiting for a good #BirdOfTheDay #Stunday crossover event. I was kind of shocked at all the sparkles when I got home. I wish there wasn't one on its head, but oh well. #LongNecks
#EastCoastKin #ECK #birds #ArtYear #PhotographersUnited #photography

#DiddleDaddleDoodleADay #doodle #drawing #TinyAndTerrible #DoAnArt #ArtYear #ArtInvite #artist #marker #stars #CreateDaily #HumanMadeArt #day102 almost like a #quilt #week16 this one is a little less like a quilt, at least in my feeling. But still, the whole thing still feels a bit that way. 🤷‍♀️

Snow and cloud-covered mountain range bird's eye view in black and white.

Mount Somers, South Island Alps, New Zealand.

#stunday #ECK #westcoastkin #photography #scape #landscapephotography #photographersofbluesky #landscape #photographersunited #blackandwhitephotography #classicmono #mountainmonday #mountains #artyear

9:30am Redwoods Unsettled Santa Cruz Mts
.5" overnight 3" total 50f 95%rh 28.99mhg
#CAwx #PhotographersUnited #WestCoastKin #Photography #nature #naturephotography #California #Stunday #redwoods #Scape #Art #weareroamers #Landscape #solitude
#PhotographersofBluesky #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

Three in a Row

#photography #amateur #Kelowna #Simpsonwalk #ArtYear #artist #ArtByHumans #CanadianArtist #BCArtist #BlueskyArtists

An image of a sunset made on Cape Sounion next to the Temple of Poseidon. The lower portion of four ancient stone columns and the temple's foundation have been focused on. They fill the right 60 ish per cent of the image entirely and some of the lower foreground on the left. The left side of the frame is slightly out of focus beyond the temple steps in the foreground. A glowing sun hangs slightly above the silhouetted curve of a landform across a narrow slice of the Aegean Sea. The cloudless sky is shifts from a bright yellow halo around the sun in an ombre effect through shades of orange. The warm light causes a deeper orange flare over the land and orange highlights on some of the steps in the temple foundation.

Another somewhat minimalist framing of the Temple of Poseidon for #StunDay.

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #Scape #Sunset #Landscape #Architecture #Photography #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #ECK #Travel #Greece #CapeSounion

An acrylic painting of a gecko done in multiple colors and designs. A palm tree, sand and what looks like a pyramid. A crescent moon shows in the sky.

9” x 12” Original acrylic painting on canvas panel. #BlueskyArtShow #Art #ArtYear #AcrylicPainting #Gecko #Tropical #AmateurArtist #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin