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J.W. Ellenhall

@jwellenhall

Novelist. USA-born, but raised abroad. Married. // Insta @j.ellenhall // www.jwellenhall.com // My Cozy Sci-Fi Comedy series (with once a month writing insights) is at jwellenhallnovelist.substack.com

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I don’t just need “comfort food” these days. I need these “WTF is going right now?” Owls that fully share in my wide spectrum of emotions as I revise my novel in a time where everyone is questioning everything & are we all have an existential crisis…but at least we still have sugar.
#revising #write

09.03.2026 10:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ok @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social , I finally got the Tarot deck you made & it’s officially my favorite deck now 🖤 It’s incredible that you painted all these. How long did that take to create? They are so beautiful for the Night Circus world!
#tarot

06.03.2026 14:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The color contrasts here are stunning 🤩

06.03.2026 13:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh my 🖤these are the best special editions of these books
#booksky 📚💙

08.02.2026 18:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ok, I for this exercise I drew my happy shoes, my slippers I got for Christmas because nothing has to be adult at all when it comes to slippers😂
#sketch #pencil + #pastels #traditionalart

25.01.2026 18:08 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What’s in my
#sketchbook: random things I love, 1 done per day, 10-20 minute sessions each

#traditionalart #draw with #pastels #artsky

23.01.2026 16:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The colour combinations are so lovely here

20.01.2026 20:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Wow great detail!

20.01.2026 20:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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exercise on #drawing only what I saw through this cutout for 10 minutes. It’s my bookshelf screen room divider 😊
#sketching #pastels

20.01.2026 19:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The shading and the color tones here are superb ❤️

18.01.2026 16:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Catching up on my daily #drawing challenges on Substack with DrawTogether:

An exercise on positive vs. negative space (tree outside my window)

And…
A castle I went to, composed from 4 different angles/frames
#pastels #sketching #traditonalart

18.01.2026 16:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nice way to capture an identity crisis. 😊well done

16.01.2026 17:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great detail in the wings!

15.01.2026 20:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wow the mirroring effect is awesome

15.01.2026 20:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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bent my mind in pleasant new ways to consider the way light moves for today’s intro to #drawing lesson:

Look at my silly sketches of a dog made of shapes & a dragon 😂
#sketching #traditionalart

15.01.2026 19:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Holy hell this is why I need to get pastel pencils! This level of detail in the feathers is stunning 👀

#art by humans for humans!

13.01.2026 20:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The contrasts are lovely here 😁

13.01.2026 19:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Today’s exercise was #surrealism #sketching & I used hard chalk #pastels
It felt like it kinda wanted to be a flower & then exploded!
#traditionalart

13.01.2026 19:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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exercise: the 7 types of lines, (plus my addition) then used in an abstract drawing

#sketching
#draw #traditionalart #abstract

12.01.2026 18:16 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Holy hell I love that door AND your drawing!

12.01.2026 18:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Wow excellent use of lines and shading

11.01.2026 16:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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bilateral drawing (different color in each hand. #Drawing with both at the same time, mirroring.) I took inspiration from a photo of the Monet flower garden, & added the enchanted sword from the Lady in the Lake 😉
+ A to B path #sketching 😝
Breaking through perfectionism!
#traditionalart

11.01.2026 16:39 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I’m doing a drawing per day for January to rediscover my creativity but also…

It just makes me feel more calm. A breath of peace in chaotic days.

Today’s challenge: Drop perfectionism

Doodle blindly. Eyes closed. 1 minute per sketch.
🤣who else wants to show me blind sketches?
#sketchbook #drawing

09.01.2026 18:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My Gods that’s so beautiful

09.01.2026 18:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That is so cute with his little table 🤣

08.01.2026 20:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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This all started with just 5 wet-pastel splatters on paper, and when I looked for the faces in this daily #drawing challenge, I saw dragons, so I sketched a family of them within 10 minutes. How’s that for #fantasy novel inspiration ?

#traditionalart

08.01.2026 20:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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today’s daily sketch challenge was to do 10 minutes of a silly self portrait, but I had to add fantasy #folklore into it & made it me shifting into an eagle form.
#drawing #art

07.01.2026 18:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Love the depth here in the design 😊

07.01.2026 18:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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My daily challenge, sketching 10 circles, 1 minute each maximum! I scrolled through my Pinterest board of novel inspiration and picked random objects 🤣
#art #fantasy

06.01.2026 16:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nice use of color here 😊

05.01.2026 17:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0