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Tara Gibbs 🍁

@burntflowers.bsky.social

Rolling dice to decide on my daily watercolour painting practice. Details here: https://bsky.app/profile/burntflowers.bsky.social/post/3kpbsyb5e4g2q See galleries of all my #rollandpaint practice at https://www.taragibbs.com

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Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 24h ago

September 5, 2026 Eerie Visions #5 Dominant colour: Orange Rules: +Frame, +Ink & Wash, +Complementary Colour #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #eerieVisions #orange #skull

A watercolour painting of a skull on a speckled, deep orange background. The skull is pale yellow with faint blue and orange marks. Its brow is prominent. Its teeth and jawbone are missing. It is only partially visible in the painting, with the right third of the skull out of view. The left eye has a blue pupil staring back at the viewer. Around the edges of the painting is a thin dark orange border.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 2d ago

September 4, 2026 Eerie Visions #4: Jellyfish Ghosts Dominant colour: Yellow Rules: Black Paper, +Complementary Colour, +Masking #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #eerieVisions #yellow #ghost #ghosts #spirits

A watercolour painting of a mass of jellyfish ghosts with hollow black eyes in shades of yellow and violet. They are floating in every direction, over lapping each other. Their eyes are so black and so empty that they are visible through any jellyfish ghosts in front of them.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 3d ago

September 3, 2026 Dominant colour: Violet Rules: +Neocolor II, +Orb, +Ink #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #eerieVisions #violet #tentales #orb

A watercolour painting of large purple tentacles reaching up from a deep, dark void to wrap around a translucent purple orb.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 4d ago

September 2, 2026 Eerie Visions #2: Hungry Flora Dominant colour: Orange Rules: Divide Painting, +Grid, Random Photo Inspiration #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #eerieVisions #orange #carnivorousFlower #checkerboard

A watercolour painting of a carnivorous orange flower and a checkerboard background. The flower is peeking up from the bottom of the painting, showing just half of its petals. Around the centre of the flower is a ring of sharp teeth. Beyond the teeth is a dark void. The checkerboard background pale blue and grey, save for a diagonal slice in the top left corner where the checkerboard is pale orange and grey.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 5d ago

September 1, 2026 Eerie Visions #1 Dominant colour: Red Rules: Divide Painting, +White Ink, +Complementary Colour #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #eerieVisions #red #skull #snake

A watercolour painting in shades of red and green. A large skull fills the centre of the painting. A snake coils around the skull, from the bottom left, around the right side, and then over the top of the skull so that its head rests next to the skull’s left eye socket. The painting is visually divided on a slight diagonal about halfway up the page. Above this line, the background is black with a large white spider web, the snake is dark red, and the skull is lime green. Below the line, the background is thick pink and white stripes, the snake is lime green with a dark green stripe, and the skull is red.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 6d ago

August 31, 2026 Dominant colour: Yellow Rules: +Repeating Element, +Masking, Black paper #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #yellow #spiral #dots #abstract #abstractArt #abstractWatercolour

An abstract watercolour painting in shades of yellow & purple on black watercolour paper. A large smear of yellow paint fills the page. From the middle expands a slightly wonky spiral with dots repeating along its outside edge. In several spots on the yellow paint are dots of other yellows and deep violet. Yellow and violet dots also extend past the edge of the yellow smear to fill the page.

Jerry's Map @jerrysmap.bsky.social · last wk.

For those of you wanting to get started on a Map of your own or just learn more about mine, I will be running a workshop at the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Grand Rapids, MI this October 3rd! More details & registration: www.artmuseumgr.org/events/artis...

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · last wk.

August 30, 2026 Dominant colour: Green Rules: Black paper, +Scratches, +Symmetry #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #green #orbs #abstract #abstractPainting #abstractArt

An abstract watercolour painting in shades of green on black watercolour paper. A large orb, mottled with emerald & neon greens, fills the middle of the painting. A light neon green line runs diagonally through it. At the top, two bright green circles appear from behind the orb, with a large circle of pale green dashes beneath them. A small green orb sits at the very top of the diagonal line. At the bottom are two concentric circles, one bright green, one pale green and dashed. They peek out from behind the large orb. In the centre of the large orb is a smaller neon green orb, and near the bottom of the large orb is a small pale green orb. In the top left and bottom right are two small orbs in mottled shades of green. Many of the shapes are outlined with dots or dashes.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · last wk.

August 29, 2026 Dominant colour: Green Rules: Black paper, +Orb, +Neocolor II #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #green #landscape #watercolorLandscape #necolorII

A watercolour landscape painting in shades of green on black watercolour paper. The moon hangs above a range of green mountains in a sparsely cloudy sky dotted with stars. A sliver of a still lake is visible at the base of the mountains with the moonlight gently glinting off it’s surface.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · last wk.

August 28, 2026 The frogs are unimpressed by the wallpaper Dominant colour: Blue Rules: +Mark Making, +Creature, +Stripes #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #blue #frog #frogs #wallpaper

A watercolour painting of two blue frogs looking unimpressed in front of a blue wallpaper comprised of stripes and wiggly lines and big blotches that kind of look like the top bit of a jellyfish. The frog on the left is large and teal. The frog on the right is small and dusty navy blue.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · last wk.

I was saddened to hear that Yayoi Kusama passed away this week. When I started painting, I took a class on her art style through @caseformaking.bsky.social and incorporated that lesson into my brand new daily art practice. This is the first daily painting that kicked off this multi-year practice.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 2y ago

March 29, 2024 #rollandpaint Exercise: Yayoi Kusama inspired circles Paints: Yellow ochre, Payne’s gray, Rose madder

A watercolor painting of three large red circles and many small dark grey circles of various sizes on a medium yellow background.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · last wk.

August 27, 2026 A tribute to Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026) Dominant colour: Orange Rules: +Frame, +Splatter, Divide Painting #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #orange #circles #dots #yayoiKusama

An abstract watercolour painting in shades of orange and grey. In the centre of the painting is a large orange circle. Inside it is a thinner grey-green circle, and within that is a deep orange dot. These are surrounded by orange dots and smaller grey-green circles. Around the edge of the painting is a thin grey-green border.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 2w ago

August 26, 2026 Dominant colour: Green Rules: +Orb, +Frame, +Masking #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #green #circles #orbs #abstract #abstractArt

An abstract watercolour painting in shades of green. A grouping of small to medium filled circles and medium to large rings overlap each other on a mottled blue green background. Around them is a deep teal border.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 2w ago

August 25, 2026 Dominant colour: Green Rules: +Stripes, +NeoColor II, +Ink & Wash #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #green #stripes #neocolorII #inkAndWash #abstractLandscape #abstractArt

An abstract watercolour landscape painting. A scribbled yellow sun hangs in the roughly striped blue sky above a green mountain. In the foreground is a hill that’s striped with wide bands of olive green grasses.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 2w ago

August 24, 2026 Dominant colour: Violet Rules: +Mark Making, +Random Paint, +Analogous Colour #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #violet #abstract #abstractArt #tentacles #markMaking

An abstract watercolour painting in violet with blue and shimmering mossy green. Deep violet tentacles reach up from the bottom and wrap around the top left corner of the painting. Through the middle swim a school of long bright blue fish with shining eyes. Three shimmering mossy green squares are placed over the fish. In a few places there are blue dots or rows of short violet lines.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 2w ago

August 23, 2026 Dominant colour: Red Rules: +Grid, +Orb, +Masking #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #red #grid #abstract #abstractArt

An abstract watercolour painting of a grid against a textured pink, burgundy, and pale orange background. The grid is on the diagonal with most of the lines in magenta, while a handful, mostly on the right half of the painting, are in white. In a few of the cells of the grid are orbs in red, orange, pink, and deep burgundy.

Reclusive Dug Rusin @captainpurple.bsky.social · 2w ago

😈👍 I’m Winky the Fire Demon, and I approve this message!

A pen and marker drawing of a red cartoonish, bat-winged devil complete with goat-like legs and long pointy tail, clutches a pitchfork with a mischievous grin on its face.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 2w ago

August 22, 2026 Dominant colour: Red Rules: +Symmetry, +Stripes, +Ink & Wash #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #red #weirdLittleGuy #devil #imp #demon

A watercolour landscape painting of a red, very round-headed demon. He has two large white horns with dark tips above his temples. He is smiling slightly, with his fangs showing over his bottom lip. His eyebrows are, frankly, a little weird. Behind him is a barren black plain. Above, the sky is radially striped with red, orange, and yellow.

JayIsPainting 🍁@jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 2w ago

Hey Canada. Support Canadian artists

JayIsPainting 🍁@jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 2mo ago

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 2w ago

August 21, 2026 Dominant colour: Blue Rules: +Ink, +Mark Making, +Orb #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #blue #abstractLandscape #abstractArt #abstractWatercolor

An abstract watercolour landscape painting in shades of blue and orange. A mountain covered in towering blue growths stands beyond a still, deep blue lake. Scraggly little plants mark the shoreline. In the sky, hangs a dark orange orb.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 2w ago

August 20, 2026 Dominant colour: Green Rules: +Ink & Wash, +Orb, +Grid #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #green #grid #abstractArt #abstractWatercolor #abstract

An abstract watercolour painting of a deep, dusty green grid on a mottled green background. In the bottom left, the grid connects to a circle that’s filled with a glowing yellow-green and dotted around the green grid with that same colour. Each open space in the grid has an outline around its edges and a smudgy dot at its centre. Two clusters of deep red squares sit next to the circle in the bottom left and in the top right.

Elle Skinner @elleskinner.bsky.social · 2w ago

Look, I watched and sketched a movie that ISN'T horror! I found out my wife hadn't seen Singin' in the Rain, and since that is one of the very few classic Hollywood movies I HAVE seen I thought we should do a watch together #fanart #watercolor

Watercolor sketch of the big reveal from the end of Singin' in the Rain

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 3w ago

August 19, 2026 Dominant colour: Violet Rules: +Masking, +Creature, +Symmetry #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #violet #pufferfish #deepSea #cute #monochromatic

A watercolour painting of a dusty violet pufferfish staring straight at you. It has large black eyes and a round mouth. Its body is covered in small spikes. It’s floating in the ocean with light streaming in from the top left corner and the deep darkness of the depths to the lower right. There are a couple of streams of bubbles coming up from below, alongside clusters of long, ribbon-like seaweed.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 3w ago

August 18, 2026 Dominant colour: Green Rules: +New Rule, +Random Paint, Black Paper #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #green #abstract #abstractArt #abstractWatercolour

$An abstract watercolour painting in shades of green and red on black paper. A rough, fractured, textured rectangle in various shades of green fills the painting. In the gaps around the pieces of the rectangle are small dots in the same shades of green. Across the rectangle is a swath of small red-orange circles. Another grouping of three red-orange circles sits in the bottom right corner.$

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 3w ago

August 17, 2026 Dominant colour: Orange Rules: +Complementary Colour, Divide Painting, Random Photo Inspiration #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #orange #birds #ducks #doNotFeedDucksBread

A watercolour painting of a duck standing on a blue-grey brick wall in front of a pale orange background. Its head is dark blue-green and is directly facing you, staring you down. Above its head is a speech bubble that says “Bread!”. Under no circumstances should you give this, or any other duck, bread.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 3w ago

August 16, 2026 Dominant colour: Yellow Rules: +Complementary Colour, +Creature +Neocolor II #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #yellow #frog #frogArt #neocolorII

A watercolour painting of a bright yellow blob frog with purple spots on its belly. Behind it is a yellow to violet gradient.

Lex Sugden 🌈🦇🪡@alexisdraws.bsky.social · 3w ago

Omg it’s finally here! It was a career highlight to be able to spend my time making something like this! It came at a point when I was feeling very burnt out and it this was a project that breathed life into me again. I am so grateful to Cartoon Network for this opportunity youtu.be/IarVMeWtFVU?...

Unravel | Cartoon Cartoons

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Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 3w ago

August 15, 2026 Dominant colour: Violet Rules: +Ink, +Stripes, +Splatter #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #violet #abstract #abstractArt #galaxy #stars

An abstract watercolour painting in shades of violet. A collection of orbs of different sizes and shades of violet rises against a galaxy over a striped flat landscape.

Tara Gibbs 🍁@burntflowers.bsky.social · 3w ago

August 14, 2026 Dominant colour: Orange Rules: +Creature, +Neocolor II, +Frame #watercolour #watercolor #painting #art #artYear #artSky #rollandpaint #dailyArtGame #OnlyBeautifulThings #orange #bird #birdArt #neocolorII

A watercolour painting of an orange bird standing on a grey rock. Its eye is large, black, and oval, surrounded by magenta feathers. It has a band of this magenta near the top of its wing. Behind the bird, the sky is pale orange. A small magenta orb hangs in the sky. Around the edge of the painting is a thin bright orange border.

Violet Blue®@violetblue.bsky.social · 3w ago

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NPR@npr.org · 3w ago

Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines. n.pr/45oln5k