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Currently a caregiver rediscovering and making art to de-stress. 🎨✍🏻
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Rough day, so only a quickie sketch ✍🏻. Longnose Hawkfish (Oxycirrhites typus). Pen on scrap paper. Do what you can, when you can. Practice makes better. Keep trying.

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Shortnose Gar, Lepisosteus platostomus. #SundayFishSketch #SciArt

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Saddled Snake Eel, Leiuranus semicinctus. Daily sketch. ✍🏻 Practice makes better. #SciArt

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Hyacinth Macaw. Photo reference of Mabel, a resident at the @nationalaquarium.bsky.social . Daily sketch. ✍🏻 Practice makes better. #SciArt #bird

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Hey #SundayFishSketch fans, an account you should follow. @lifesciencestudios.bsky.social does really beautiful fish illustrations. 🐟 🐠

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Daily sketch 2- WIP. Something different. Hyacinth Macaw. Sometimes we learn best by simply doing. Beginner feather shading up next. Practice makes better. #SciArt

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Daily sketch practice. Yellowstripe Goatfish. Some references pics show barbels on the chin. Photo I used didn’t. #SciArt #fish

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#SundayFishSketch #SciArt Largetooth Beardie, Lotella rhacina

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#dailysketch I’m not sure what this fish is. 🤔 The reference photo didn’t name it. Any idea, fish fans? Irl it’s shades of blue and has a very tall/long dorsal fin.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

What would it mean for you to finish your current chapter well? Whether it's a job, relationship, or season of life, in his latest newsletter, @jerrycolonna.bsky.social considers the questions that matter most when navigating major transitions with intention.

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Little Leopard Frog sketch after a weather drama filled day. #SciArt #frog

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#SundayFishSketch Cichla ocellaris Peacock Bass. #SciArt -Apologies for posting the unfinished sketch earlier.

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Daily sketch practice inspired by a Torben Kuhlmann illustration. #KidLitArt #fish #mouse #illustration

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Hey fish loving folks, quick question as I work on outlines for tomorrow’s #SundayFishSketch. Subject is a Peacock Bass (Cichia ocellaris). Some photos show this fish with a fleshy head bump and some do not. What is this fleshy protuberance? Gender/age related? TIA

submitted 16 days ago • 2 comments

Some days I sketch fish. Other days I sketch deep sea diving mice. Inspired by Torben Kuhlmann’s Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure. 🐟

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When leaders go first—when they honestly say “I’m yellow today, because I didn’t sleep last night”—they model something transformative: that it’s okay to be human. @jerrycolonna.bsky.social‬ explores how vulnerability creates the foundation for trust & collaboration:

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Daily sketch. Practice for #SundayFishSketch False Cleanerfish, Aspidontus taeniatus. aka Mimic Blenny.

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Old Wife, Enoplosus armatus #SundayFishSketch #fish #graphite

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Hydrangeas putting on a show this year. 🌱 #blooms #gardening

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Fish can be surprisingly expressive. WIP Flathead Congoli Halaphritis platycephala Practicing for #SundayFishSketch #SciArt ✍🏻🐟

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Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl. #dailysketch #SciArt #owl

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Parrotfish Cichlid #Sundayfishsketch #SciArt

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Happy Mother’s Day. #SciArt #bears #Mother’sDay

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Humans still haven't seen 99.999% of the deep seafloor

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

Carp. #SundayFishSketch #SciArt

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Pajama Cardinal Fish. #SundayFishSketch #SciArt

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Rhino calf for yesterday’s #worldrhinoday . Challenging to sketch.✍🏻 Will keep trying. Practice makes better. #SciArt #rhino #dailysketch

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Damselflies. Watercolor and ink. #inverteFest #SciArt

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Little mind break. Watch the Jellyfish.🪼 Live Jelly cam. 7am-7pm Pacific Time. @montereybayaquarium.org www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live...

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