Persephone Arethusa
@persephonearethusa.bsky.social
(She/Her) Trans Empress and Gin-drinking Calligraphist. TTRPG player, amateur writer, and aspiring immortal witch. If you are interested is some custom Calligraphy pieces shoot me a DM.
Juniper berry and hazelnut shortbread is done! Merry Imbolc, all! Next up, mushroom stew, followed by bangers and colcannon! Embrace the return of the light, new beginnings, the reinvigoration of energy and motivation, and the changing of the seasons. Best wishes to all. *bear hugs*
That's it for me for #artAdventCalendar 2025. Thanks to all 630 of you who participated. We finish with over 8500 images with 97% AltText usage. That's remarkable. Know that you made a difference to someone in the last 24 days. Sam approves.
One of my favorite poems in needlepoint calligraphy. Needlepoint calligraphy with a Zebra G nib Ink is Robert Oster Lake of Fire fountain pen ink. #ArtAdventCalendar
My last study I did on the English alphabet. I need to do a new one. Calligraphy is done with a Zebra G nib Ink is my favorite ink Diamine Writer's Blood fountain pen ink. #ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar day 17 #artist #oilpainting My maple trees show off every fall, much to my delight.
A capital T in needlepoint calligraphy. Working on some of the capital letters I didn't quite like how they flowed. Made using a Zebra G nib. Ink is Diamine Claret fountain pen ink. #ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12 “Bay Waves”, an 18”x24” oil painting of a bright, open seascape. A large wave crashes onto the shore, as cliffs and clouds sit in the background.
My day 12 #ArtAdventCalendar Is actually a thread on how I saved and restored a 125ish year old violin destined for the trash. Full thread > bsky.app/profile/jayi...
JayIsPainting 🍁@jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 3y agoAbout 10 years ago, Kim & I bought an old violin for $150 in a liquor store in Eatonville, WA. It was in terrible shape. 2 large cracks that had been "repaired" with wood glue (which failed) and the top plate had come right off.
#ArtAdventCalendar day 12 🦇 a garnet bat commission i just finished that i think ended up soo cute <3 #art #mammals #SciArt #bats
A capital R in flex calligraphy. Playing with my capital letters. Ink is Waterman Tender Purple. Written with an antique Waterman fountain pen. #ArtAdventCalendar
My first experiments with monograms. Written with a Zebra G nib. Ink is Waterman Tender Purple fountain pen ink. #ArtAdventCalendar
A piece of needlepoint calligraphy. This piece is my character in a #BurningWheel campaign. Done with a Zebra G nib Ink is Iroshizuku Rikka #ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 4 Oscilloscopic Dance 1, 2025 (Number 1 in a series of 4) Two sets of self-similar 3D Lissajous Figures dancing with each other, rendered as metallic tubes. Created with my own Javascript code based on threejs - no AI #SciArt #MathArt #PhysicsArt
One of my first pieces today. I made this for my friend @shin-bearamedic.bsky.social back when I had just started calligraphy. Made with a pre-1917 vintage Waterman fountain pen with a flex nib. Ink is Waterman Tender Purple fountain pen ink. #ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 3 Poinsot's Gyroscope, 2025 Physics of the spinning top again - its motion visualized via these dancing cones! The yellow one is moving, and its axis is also the axis of the gyroscope. Axonometric projection, watercolor pencils #SciArt #MathArt #PhysicsArt
Spectrum of Stardust was my first nebula in oils. I started it in January 2023 right after I made the bold, slightly unhinged decision to leave academia & become a full-time space artist. ✨ #ArtAdventCalendar
Day 2 of the #ArtAdventCalendar #artist #artistsofBlueSky #oilpainting This is from a beautiful garden I visited in Wales. Tal-Y-Cafn near Colwyn Bay.
OK...whew. Mostly caught up. Here's my Day 2 #ArtAdventCalendar Tarantula Nebula 30x37in 76x94cm Oil on Canvas 2023 Based on the JWST image of 30 Doradus #Art #Painting #SciArt
If you are thinking about joining #ArtAdventCalendar but are thinking you missed a day or you won't be able to post every day, remember you get to be like Gandalf and arrive (or leave) precisely when you mean to...
a wizard is never late nor is he early he arrives precisely when he means to ..
Alt: man with a long beard and a big wizard's hat saying a wizard is never late nor is he early he arrives precisely when he means to ..
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Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar Celebration of Diffraction, 2024 Overlay of - Code-generated diffraction curves for the double slit (threejs, no AI). - Manual construction of one curve, mimicking compass and ruler in traditional descriptive geometry with a digital pen. #SciArt #MathArt #PhysicsArt
Needlepoint calligraphy of the lyrics to the chorus of Spite by Charlotte Sands. Written with a Zebra G nib Ink is Sherwood Green fountain pen ink from Diamine #ArtAdventCalendar
And let's get December going! #ArtAdventCalendar Day 1 Nightwatch 22x44in 56x112cm Oil on Canvas 2023 #Art #Painting
Calligraphy of a poem by Lostling. Calligraphy done with a stub nib fountain pen. Ink Robert Oster Lake of Fire. #ArtAdventCalendar
I'm old. If you're not, listen to this. Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder. Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever. It's literally never been more important.
