9 Banded Creative
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Nature Inspired Art and Gifts Block Prints | Gouache Paintings | Pet Portraits www.9bandedcreative.com
Week 4 is “moonlit roost” Wild turkeys roost in trees at night to protect themselves from ground predators. Young turkeys will roost in trees at around 2-3 weeks old, or when they are able, tucked under the protective wings of their mother until they develop more weather resistant juvenile feathers.
9 Banded Creative@9bandedcreative.bsky.social · 7mo agoI’m bringing the #sketchyhabitats drawing challenge back this month! Here’s the full creative prompt list of you’d like to join in!
#sketchyhabitats2026 “Rocky underside” with an American Mink. These carnivorous, solitary nocturnal predators build their dens along waterways.
Week 2 of #sketchyhabitats2026 “twisted brambles” and these are all birds you’ll find among the brambles, but only one of them is singing its own call. The other three are known, to varying degrees, for their mimicry skills. Mockingbirds, blue jays and brown thrashers are all capable of mimicry.
9 Banded Creative@9bandedcreative.bsky.social · 7mo agoI’m bringing the #sketchyhabitats drawing challenge back this month! Here’s the full creative prompt list of you’d like to join in!
Harbinger of spring (Erigenia bulbosa) is a member of the Apiaceae family, the same family that brings us parsley. Reported to be in only a few northwestern counties in Georgia, it is nevertheless found in other parts of the US where it is a welcome early sign of spring. (1/2) #nativeplants
Week one of #sketchyhabitats creative prompt list is “shallow inlet” and I’ve chosen the Atlantic Blue Crab!
I’m bringing the #sketchyhabitats drawing challenge back this month! Here’s the full creative prompt list of you’d like to join in!
So excited to be a part of this with such an incredible group of artists! Check out the prompts now so you can join in and draw along with us next week! #birdartweek2026
Cornell Lab of Ornithology@cornellbirds.bsky.social · 9mo agoWe’re kicking off the new year with a week full of beautiful artwork during our annual art-a-day challenge, #BirdArtWeek2026! Celebrate and create with us, January 18-24. Now announcing this year’s artists. Please look forward to seeing their challenges and artwork on our Insta, @cornellbirds!
I was devastated to hear the news that a fire broke out in @southriverartstudios last week. Artists not only lost their art, they also lost the tools and spaces they needed to continue to create. I am donating the proceeds from the sale of this print I made at a Big Ink workshop hosted by SRAS.
Hey Marietta! Grab a cup, pull up a chair, and chat with Sam. Every Saturday at Cool Beans until Election Day ☕️ 31 Mill St | 8:30–9:45 AM
The best way I can describe why Wikipedia is the optimal model for all of us is that it is a knowledge base that is crowdsourced BY HUMANS with discussions, revisions, moderation BY HUMANS. It is also transperant (we can see who makes edits) The dumb AI slop is like an opaque synthesis by machines.
More progress on my #bigink block. Already have one divett that will need repairing. #printmaking #woodblock
I’ve started transferring my design for #bigink2025 to the 36x24” wood block! I feel like I’m a little behind on this but it feels good to move onto the physical block so here hoping I build some momentum!
Slowly, one by one, getting stickers listed on my website.
“I asked chatGPT-“ ok, and I asked Tinsel, and she said you’re an uninspired, vapid dork who needs a computer to think for them.
#woodblockprint #reductionprint #woodblock #woodcut #woodcutprint For a while now I've desperately wanted to make a new woodblock print, but I was super nervous lol. I did it though!! Based on a picture of a restaurant at dusk I made when I was in Japan. I'm super happy :))
It’s #mothweek and to honor these under appreciated pollinators I’ve illustrated a Giant Leopard Moth in the shadow of a Hoary Bat on the hunt! I may end up carving this into a linoleum block.
Recent commission I completed for a t-shirt design! Congaree National Park is home to the incredible synchronous fireflies, who, as the name suggests, flash in unison! Would love to plan a trip to see them one day!
So proud of little Marietta, GA for standing up yesterday. Even the pouring rain couldn’t put a damper on this crowd.
“Szczygieł na gałęzi granatowca” prints it’s a block i carved two years ago as a part of a small birds of fruit trees series, but printed only recently. i like the textures used, especially on the bird #printmaking
The most intimidating part of carving a giant woodblock for the Big Ink workshop is coming up with a design that 1. I can actually execute in this new medium and 2. I like enough to commit to. #bigink
Wood samples and carving tools ordered to start my woodcarving journey! #bigink
