5:00 AM, February First | Bend, Oregon

#Stunday #Sunrise #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #Scape #Snow

When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take) YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen

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Art Challenges: January 26 – February 1 Monday, January 26 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #JanuArty2026 (#vice) Tuesday, January 27 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #JanuArty2026 (#light) Wednesday, January 28 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) #JanuArty2026 (#easy) Thursday, January 29 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#GrandEstates) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty2026 (#sharp) Friday, January 30 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty2026 (#connection) Saturday, January 31 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#clouds) #JanuArty2026 (#ending) Sunday, February 1 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #FebruArty2026 (#frost) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#floral)* #SmArtist (purposeful art) #Abstractia (#industrial) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekDForDramatic) #SensoryArt (#spots) *2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Your art challenge cheat sheet for Jan 26–Feb 1 is here!

NEW: #FebruArty2026 #FebruArty (daily prompts)

See comments for host details.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#DailyArt #art #TraditionalArt #painting #drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #ArtChallenges

North Shore | #LakeTahoe, California

#Stunday #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #Scape #Snow

Tongue Sticking Out

#SmallBirdSaturday #Hummingbirds #Nature #Photography #BackyardBirds #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #eastcoastkin

Thanks Barry! Sorry to say that these trees were destroyed in a storm a few years back. They were by the Ghost Trees at Pescadero Point.

3 Sisters | Pebble Beach, California

#Scape #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel

Thanks Merisi!

Root Octpus

#Abstractia #Nature #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography #DailyArt

Red Tulip

#ColorADay #RedWed #bloomscrolling #flowers #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #FlowerReport #nature

Art Challenges: January 19–25 Monday, January 19 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #JanuArty2026 (#bow) Tuesday, January 20 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #JanuArty2026 (#soft) Wednesday, January 21 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) #JanuArty2026 (#green) Thursday, January 22 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#ThroughTheFrame) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty2026 (#long) Friday, January 23 #Scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty2026 (#heavy) Saturday, January 24 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#cold) #JanuArty2026 (#permanent) Sunday, January 25 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #JanuArty2026 (#season) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#collage)* #SmArtist (purposeful art) #Abstractia (nature) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekCforCloseUp) #SensoryArt (#broken) *2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Your art challenge cheat sheet for January 19–25!

NEW: #Abstractia (weekly abstract themes)

See comments for host details.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#DailyArt #art #TraditionalArt #painting #drawing #ArtChallenge #ArtPrompt #ArtChallenges

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Thanks Alina! It's always special when the mountains are out.

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Mount Baker as seen from the Port Townsend, Washington harbor.

#Stunday #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel

Wow..thank you!!

Nothing special. Just point and shoot.

Japanese Koi

#FishyFriday #Koai #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #nature

King Tides - November, 2025 | Depoe Bay, Oregon

#RockinTuesday #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #Scape #BlackAndWhite

Thanks for the compliment! That is the real sky. However, I did adjust the contrast and haze in photoshop.

#Sunrise | #GreatSmokyMountains

#MountainMonday #Scape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #travel #LandscapePhotography

Oops. This is the art challenge cheat sheet for January 12–18! Too many things to remember to update.

Holiday Beach | #OregonCoast

#Stunday #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel #Scape

The Grass Is Always Greener

#ColorADay #GreenSat #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky

Cape Cove | #OregonCoast

#Scape #Scape #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel

Frozen Falls Detail | Rock Island State Park, Tennessee

#WaterfallWednesday #Scape #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #LandscapePhotography #BlackAndWhite

#OregonCoast

#TidesOutTuesday #Scape #seaccape #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Travel

Thanks Jilly!!

#PointLobos | Monterey, #California

#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #travel #LandscapePhotography #Sacpe #Seasacpe

Art Challenges: January 5–11 Monday, January 5 #BlueSkyMonday (anything blue) #MacroMonday (any macro) #MountainMonday (mountains) #MinimalMonday (minimalism) #ColorADay (#PinkMon) #JanuArty (#pet) Tuesday, January 6 #RockinTuesday (rocks) #TidesOutTuesday #TagTuesday (graffiti/street art) #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay (#BlueTue or #CyanTue) #JanuArty (#brush) Wednesday, January 7 #WaterfallWednesday #WindowsOnWednesday #WackyWednesdayArt #ColorADay (#RedWed) JanuArty (#sticky) Thursday, January 8 #HumansOfBlueSky (people) #UrbanGaze (anything urban) #PalacesAndGardens (#SunriseOrSunset) #ColorADay (#YellowThu) #JanuArty (#flavor) Friday, January 9 #scape (any kind of scape) #FishyFriday #ForestFriday #FoodOnFriday #FlyDay (critters that fly) #ColorADay (#BWFri) #JanuArty (#blue) Saturday, January 10 #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#GreenSat) #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow (#vibrant) #JanuArty (#woven) Sunday, January 11 #Stunday (stunning) #ImageAndVerse (photos with poems written by you or anyone) #BNWmacro #ColorADay (#OrangeSun) #JanuArty (#clothing) ALL WEEK #ArtYear (any art) #ArtOfSelfPortraiture #BirdOfTheDay (see Alan H or Rob Crank for daily prompt) #ClassicMono (monochrome) #MixedMedia52 (#watercolor or #watercolour)* #smArtist (purposeful art) #AlphabetChallenge (#WeekAforAbstract) #SensoryArt (#fire) *2 or more mediums Compiled by @handcranked.bsky.social Questions? @young-spartacus.bsky.social

Your art challenge cheat sheet for January 5–11 is here!

NEW: #MixedMedia52 weekly prompts for art with 2 or more mediums

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt