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Sometimes I do things, usually I’m in trouble. Some photo stuff: http://joshgatesphotography.com
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Honestly, I’m kind of liking the smaller size for a quick sketch, feels less intimidating for a beginner. Too cold for me to venture out today, but good excuse to practice with some vacation photos of somewhere warm. #watercolor #artyear

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

It finally came! Ordered this pocket #watercolor palette from bluestarcraftmx on Etsy awhile back to have an all in one tiny kit for #urbansketching and it got here earlier this week. Filled it with some of my favorite colors and today seems perfect for a test run. After it stops snowing.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

Donated to Ukraine. If our government is going to do the wrong thing, I’m at least going to do the right and help show that we do support them. u24.gov.ua

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

“Elon Musk Has Plunged America Into a Constitutional Crisis. He Must Be Stopped.” Powerful and much-needed appraisal from Will Stancil of the meaning of, and fallout from, this weekend’s takeover of the Treasury and USAID by Musk and his minions.

submitted 28 days ago • 142 comments

I love the feeling of solitude in more remote places. Even with others around you can forget about everything and just enjoy the peace of nature and forgetting the rest of the world exists temporarily. One of our guides checking for crevasses ahead of us in #Antarctica #photography

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Zodiac rides will always be one of my favorite parts of #Antarctica trips. Sure, I’ll say that about every part of them, but it still counts, right?

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

First evening we saw land in #Antarctica everyone was up on the top deck watching the sun slowly set, or at least come close! Most of the trip was cloudy, but this was a remarkable way to spend the first evening after the Drake Passage. #photography #landscape

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Spending a lot of today deleting news apps and social media to protect my mental health. Going to keep Bluesky and focus more on creating than consumption this year. Minimal #landscape from #antarctica #photography

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Back in Ushuaia after my second trip to Antarctica. Much to reflect on, this was a completely different experience from the first time and my desire to return has not dwindled in the slightest. #photography #antarctica

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Got the first page of a sketchbook filled out with my view during breakfast, going to try keeping an ongoing journal and sketchbook with travel throughout the year. #watercolor #urbansketching but not really urban!

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

Made it to Ushuaia with a few days to explore this time!

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Two of the quick sketches I did on the last vacation while slowly learning how to use watercolors. Two weeks left to practice before heading back to Buenos Aires and Antarctica to add to this sketchbook

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment