MmeButterfly

Since becoming chronically ill in 2022 I've been unable to do the things I used to do. So I started to search for new things that might bring joy: art journaling, drawing, painting, photography and other creative stuff.
Here I share that journey.

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2026-04-21 14:52:21 UTC

#Nuthatch with his cute funny zorro-mask.
#The100DayProject 59/100
#sketching #colouredpencil with marker underlay #garden #birds #nature #takingcourses
I experimented with a very few very small stripes of Gelly Roll, but I don't think I really like that medium. Sometimes you win, sometimes you loose. 😅
(I have to interrupt the project for a while now btw, because of an eye surgery next week, need to give my eyes some rest beforehand. 🥰)
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2026-04-09 16:42:48 UTC

Still joining the project! Playing and practicing every day, just don't post every day. 🧡
Here is a sweet little sparrow. 🧡
#The100DayProject #Day47/100
#Sketching #ColouredPencil with marker underlay #Artjournaling #Birds #Sparrow #Nature #Courses
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2026-04-02 16:37:28 UTC

#The100DayProject #Day40/100
I love this little creature so much. I hope you can see that in the drawing, although it's far from perfect.
#Birds #Gardenlife #GreatTit #Colouredpencil with marker underlay #Courses #artjournaling
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2026-03-30 17:08:45 UTC

Different subject, different medium. Hard to say goodbye to watercolor, but there is still so much to find out and discover. My first bird.
#The100DayProject #Day 37/100
#birds #gardenlife #courses #ColoredPencil with marker underlay #sketching #artjournaling
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2026-03-18 13:20:04 UTC

Election day! I voted for more (wild)flowers!
#The100DayProject
Day 19-25/100
#FlowerPower 🌸🐌🐝🐞🪲🦋🌱🌼
#drawing #sketching #painting #watercolor #nature #flowers #wildflowers #artjournaling
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2026-02-25 13:19:37 UTC

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2025-07-03 15:36:48 UTC

Housebound for a while, so no #littlewalks at the moment. So, I took a picture of a giclee hanging on the wall of our kitchen. It's a painting by Dutch artist #HenkHelmantel. (So it's not a picture from the internet. 😉)
#Fotovorschlag - Farbe grün (aber nicht vegetation)
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2025-06-22 07:55:10 UTC

I made this old fashioned plate rack some years ago. You see them hanging outside on houses in the rural area where our boat was. The birds are very happy with it. 😉
I got the old worn clog (Holzschuh) from a friend.
Ps 1. Of course I don't use those peanut- nets anymore!
Ps 2. The photo is in winter. It's too hot for me now to go outside and take a photo. 😵‍💫
#Fotovorschlag #Holz (alles aus)
#Handmade #Create
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2025-03-30 13:58:55 UTC

#SilentSunday
Gorgious #art by Dutch artist #HenkHelmantel
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