I've been sick. Hubs, too. Starting to get better, but very very slowly. Busy spending majority of day in bed.

@FFIBS thanks! Yes, it was to improve. Trust the process, right? I started at not very good at all with massive flaws. Didn't see progress for months (although my friends say otherwise). I can see it now.

Enchanted
By Jennifer Lommers

#trees #mastoart #painting #flowers

@Krisss thanks! Me, too!

Dark Sky

2023-02-20/21 day 248/249 of doing art every day for a year (mostly – I took sick days off). 

I followed a Joel Create tutorial. It’s a bit different from the usual, which is its charm.

For more info, follow this link: https://lmashton.com/dark-sky/

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A sunset image in pinks and pur…

@DaNanner oy. The husband doesn't touch mine. I have to know where everything is, and if he puts it away, it's like it doesn't exist.

A few days ago, I switched over to using the Microsoft Edge browser since it had a few nifty features that I really liked — like the sidebar tools, the ability to “sleep” unused tabs, the Bing search integration with chat (I was testing it out) and so on …

I was happy with things till yesterday when I started noticing subtle issues:

1. Text copied from Edge and pasted into an edit box in macOS behaved strangely. This was rather weird because I’d try to delete (rather than backspace) using the “fn” key and it would go in the opposite direction for some text. Perhaps some leftover invisible encoding?

2. Sometimes you couldn’t click on elements around the edge of the browser window. This one was again weird because the issue would go away if you restarted the browser but over time would re-appear.

I finally had enough of it and switched back to Firefox today 😛

But …. After so many years of using Google as my default search engine, I switched to Bing since I like the Bing results better and I do want to keep testing the Bing Chat feature …

#Browser #Edge #Microsoft #Firefox #Search

Psychoticat

2023-02-18/19 day 246/247 of doing art every day for a year (mostly – I took sick days off). 

I loosely followed a Tatyworks tutorial. Emphasis on loosely.

Her tutorial is for a bear. I did one of a cat.

So my quick sketching skills need work and my cat looks a little bit crazy. And yes, I see the things that could be improved, alas. And yes, that is a blep.

For more info, follow this link: https://lmashton.com/psychoticat/

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A peach coloured cat standing o…

@DaNanner lol! Yeah, reeeeeally tame.

Windmill

2023-02-16/17 day 244/245 of doing art every day for a year (mostly – I took sick days off). 
I followed a Tatyworks tutorial. In this tutorial, Tatiana demonstrated the use of the vanishing point guidelines. (I think. This is why I shouldn’t wait a month to do a write up. Sheesh.) I messed it up and didn’t quite follow the instructions properly, so I should do this again (but using another subject, of course.)
And this demonstrates what I like about her tutorials – I learn how to use the bits and bobs of the app.

For more info, follow this link: https://lmashton.com/windmill/

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A windmill in the distance with…

Indian Ocean Sunset

2023-02-14/15 day 242/243 of doing art every day for a year (mostly – I took sick days off). 

This is a very basic painting that’s basically me playing with oil brushes and seeing how it would go.

For more info, follow this link: https://lmashton.com/indian-ocean-sunset/

#ArtMatters #AYearForArt #Procreate #DigitalArt #WomensArt #ArtistsOnMastodon
A sunset over an ocean. Paintin…

An early morning bird is singing a beautiful song and wishing you all a wonderful day!

Find my watercolor painting here: https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/early-morning-bird-karen-kaspar.html

#MastoArt #art #AYearForArt #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #artist #MastodonArt #BuyIntoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #kunst #contemporaryArt
#watercolor #watercolour #creativeToots #ArtBooster
#bird #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdArt #birding #nature #NatureLover #BirdWatching #vogel #cute #animals #robin #GoodMorning #song #singing

A #SilentSunday throwback to my favorite place in the world, #Heidelberg, Germany, in 2013.

#MastoArt #Photography #Landscape #Cityscape #Sunset

@DaNanner not as far as I know in terms of bigotry. He has a show called House of Games which we mostly enjoy. He plays favourites, blatantly. He once broke a contestant (they're all relatively famous people, Iike comedians and actors and such) when that contestant was doing particularly well. So on that score, we find him annoying. But it's not JKRowling levels of problematic.

@DaNanner she looks comfy and happy. :)

@DaNanner cool. I've been thinking of reading it, but I have biases against Richard Osman. 🤣

@AngelaPreston Thanks! and some of the choices can be... well, let's just say it's a good thing I can change things. 🤣 @fahim

Sea Turtle

2023-02-13 day 241 of doing art every day for a year (mostly – I took sick days off). 

I followed a Tatyworks tutorial. I went rogue in spots, which is becoming increasingly common. It was fun!

For more info, follow this link: https://lmashton.com/sea-turtle/

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Watercolour painting of a blue …

The Columbia River separates Oregon and Washington States. There are many beautiful views of this area from both sides of the river.This Image is taken looking east with the Vista house in the Distance.

"Columbia River Gorge Vista"
https://1-mark-kiver.pixels.com/featured/columbia-river-gorge-vista-mark-kiver.html

#BuyintoArt #Ayearforart #Oregon #PacificNorthwest #ColumbiaRiverGorge #Vistahouse #photography #MastoArt #Sunset #Wallart #SpringintoArt