#positivityposting — Public Fediverse posts

if i had a dog tail, i would be wagging that thing 24/7

Sometimes I stray away from my nature art to create comics (like this) more about current events. Read more on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/its-time-for-another-comic

#art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #blog #environment #nature #outdoors #cactus #PricklyPear #arthropod #bug #bugs #bugstodon #butterfly #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #positivityposting #positivity #positive #MentalHealth #comic #comics #cartoon #webcomic #USPolitics #coup #USPol #UnitedStates #US #AmericanCoup

My kid turned 15 yesterday and I made this mantra ray for her. (A gift and a dad joke all in one!) She hung it up right away and I think that's a very high complement from her! The message from the school of fish following the ray might be a bit hard to read in this photo, but it says "You got this!"

From an art perspective some experimentation here. It's #watercolor with #ink and #gouache as well as a some posca pen for highlights. I hope you enjoy!

#art #MastoArt #PositivityPosting

1 of my favorite travel moments occurred 5 years ago today in New Zealand: I watched a Kiwi snuffling in the dirt looking for grubs - from 1’ away! Here’s my Visual Trip Journal from that day of my trip. See more of my art from New Zealand at https://paulaborchardt.com/illustration/new-zealand.html

#ArtAdventCalendar #NewZealand #NZ #Kiwi #TravelThursday #SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #positivityposting

Here’s a recent “Year 3” Perpetual Journal page of mine featuring my 2022-2024 art of a Cloudless Sulphur butterfly, a Queen Butterfly larva, an eclipse & a recent comet!

#ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #nature #milkweed #insect #arthropod #entomology #bug #bugstodon #butterfly #larva #caterpillar #positivityposting #comet #eclipse

We often see a Western Screech-Owl in our owl box at dusk & often hear Curve-billed Thrashers serenading us in our Tucson, AZ, USA yard! Here’s my art of both in my Perpetual Journal.

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #ecosystem #ecology #nature #wildflower #BloomScrolling #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #birdsong #owl #thrasher #positivityposting

Please enjoy this ruby-throated hummingbird!

#art #MastoArt #watercolor #aquarelle #hummingbird #birds #nature #PositivityPosting

Painting makes me happy and hopefully sharing them can make you happy too! I just finished this #EasternBluebird.

#art #MastoArt #watercolor #aquarelle #birds #nature #PositivityPosting

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Please enjoy this #watercolor of a #BaltimoreOriole

#art #MastoArt #birds #aquarelle #nature

Here's some more #PositivityPosting to help you not let the news get you down. This time it's a #cardinal flying low over the snow. It's in #watercolor with #ink and a bit of #gouache.

#art #MastoArt #birds #nature

#PositivityPosting this morning. A recently finished #TuftedTitmouse in #watercolor, #ink, and #gouache

#art #MastoArt #nature #birds #aquarelle #QuickCritter

The world feels a lot darker today, but I'm going to keep #PositivityPosting

I painted this chickadee yesterday and the adorable little blorb brought me some happiness, and I hope he brings you some too.

#art #MastoArt #bird #chickadee #watercolor #aquarelle #nature

A little more #PositivityPosting from me.

Not one of my works of art, but probably my favorite. Andrew Wyeth's painting "Christina's World". There's so much I love about it and I can't help but be deeply moved looking at it.

By http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78455, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8005786

#art #MastoArt #ClassicArt

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I can' believe I haven't posted this one here yet. I did this sketch in pastel pencils from a photo of a honey bee I took as it hovered over some flowers (that was a very lucky cellphone capture).

This is soft pastel on 9x12" mixed media paper.

#art #MastoArt #bee #nature #flowers #bloomscrolling #pastel

I'm #PositivityPosting today! My art and some classic pieces that mean a lot to me.

Here's a watercolor I recently finished. It's of the first Blue Bird school bus that was made in 1927. We saw it recently at the Henry Ford museum. It's ink, watercolor, and a tiny bit of gouache on mixed media paper. It's about 8x6"

#art #MastoArt #watercolor #aquarelle #ink #gouache #bus

Damn I can do more than 2 pushups without immediately dying! I got to 10! That's some progress and I didn't expect for it to come so fast, since I only started doing upper muscle training around a month ago #positivityposting #hopecontent #hopepunk haha fuck you #depression !