Chantelle James

@tinystart

Canadian. Sometime artist. Love flowers, bees and other pollinators, birds, and wildlife. Active on Reddit's SketchDaily as OldestSisterAIiMH.

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Chantelle James@tinystart· 13h

Doggust Day 11: Glen of Imaal Terrier. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Fountain pen portrait of Glen of Imaal Terrier with its right side facing the viewer and its head turned to look at the viewer.

Chantelle James@tinystart· 1d

Doggust Day 10: Gordon Setter. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Loose conte sketch of a black and tan Gordon Setter dog on toned (light brown) paper. The dog has its right side to the viewer and its head faces the viewer. It's standing on an indistinct green and brown ground.

Chantelle James@tinystart· 2d

Doggust Day 9: Teddy Roosevelt Terrier. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Black and white fineliner portrait of a Teddy Roosevelt Terrier on Canson 224gsm mixed media paper. The dog is in three-quarter view with the head to the viewer's right.

Chantelle James@tinystart· 3d

Doggust Day 8: Northern Inuit Dog. Fun fact: these played the direwolves in the Game of Thrones show. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Chantelle James@tinystart· 4d

Doggust Day 7: Otterhound. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Graphite pencil drawing of a wet Otterhound dog. The dog's right side faces the viewer and its head is turned to the right.

Chantelle James@tinystart· 5d

Doggust Day 6: French Spaniel. These Inktense pencils I've used here are new to me, and this is the second time I've used them so I'm still very much learning what they can do and how to use them. I think they'd do well on hot-pressed or marker paper so I'll try that next. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Portrait of a French Spaniel facing the viewer's left with its tail wagging straight behind it. The brown and white spotted dog stands on a greenish ground against a blue sky. This portrait was done using Derwent Inktense pencils on Canson 224gsm mixed media paper.

Chantelle James@tinystart· 6d

Doggust Day 5: Australian Terrier.

Graphite pencil portrait of an Australian Terrier dog. The dog's left side is visible with the front and head turned slightly towards the viewer.

Chantelle James@tinystart· 7d

Doggust Day 4: Sealyham terrier. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Soft pastel portrait of white Sealyham Terrier standing in breed standard position, looking to the viewer's left. This dog has the breed standard fall and beard. It's standing on a greenish-brown ground against a blue sky.

Chantelle James@tinystart· 7d

Doggust Day 3: Jagdterrier, or German Hunting Terrier. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Soft pastel portrait of the black and tan head of a Jagdterrier dog (also known as a German Hunting Dog) facing the viewer. Its paws are resting on an indistinct reddish-orange surface and it's posed in front of a light green background.

Chantelle James@tinystart· 9d

Doggust Day 2: Jämthund, or Swedish Elkhound. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Portrait of a Jämthund dog, also known as a Swedish Elkhound. The black and white spitz-type dog faces the viewer with the hind end to the viewer's right. She's standing on a roughed-in greenish-brown ground against a pale blue sky. This portrait was done using Derwent Inktense pencils on 300gsm hot-pressed arches paper.

Chantelle James@tinystart· 10d

It's August and that means Doggust! Day 1: Mutt. This is my late dog Gozer, who was a rescue. #Doggust #Doggust2026

Watercolour portrait of black and white dog named Gozer on a cream background. The dog faces the viewer with the hind end to the left. Gozer is just starting to bark and her ears and tail are flying.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Jun 8

The nestling robins outside our door fledged today. Fly safe little birdies! These pictures were taken earlier today, before these last two fledged. As you can see they were definitely ready to go.

An American Robin nestling looking like it's fledging, but really it's just testing its wings while its nestling sibling looks on.

A nestling American Robin showing its parent how big and strong its wings are.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Dec 22

Ruby-throated male hummingbird. Watercolour on arches hot-pressed paper. It turns out everyone was right when they said arches is better. #Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #Watercolour #ArchesPaper

Watercolour painting of a male ruby-throated hummingbird hovering while drinking from a reddish-orange flower on the viewer's left.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Dec 19

I got some new soft pastels in and so I did a version of that gorgeous photo. #ArtistsOfBluesky #Art #Landscape #SoftPastel

Soft pastel interpretation of a photo of a sunrise photo over water with gorgeous magentas and oranges and purples. 17.5cm x 22cm.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Dec 6

My late dog Gozer. She was my heart dog; she died almost two years ago but I miss her every day. This is soft pastel on sanded paper. #Art #ArtistsOfBluesky #Dog #DogPortrait #SoftPastel #GozerDog

Soft pastel portrait of the head of a black and white dog with brown eyes, a white forehead blaze, and white muzzle. Her ears, eyes, and cheeks are black. Her head is tilted to the viewer's right and she's looking at the viewer. Her name was Gozer and she was a very special girl and very much loved.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Nov 11

This went well. I'd also like to brag a little: with today's result I'm now on my longest Connections streak ever of 36 days. (Reposted with a smaller image) Connections Puzzle #884 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

Cropped screenshot of NYTimes Connections result. Categories were guessed in Green, Yellow, Blue, and Purple order with no mistakes. Circled, and the point of the image because it's proof of the accomplishment (sort of, because there's no date on the image), are the Current Streak and Max Streak, both of which are 36. That may not seem like a lot to many people, but I'm proud of it.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 31

Birdtober Day 31: Artist's Choice: Blue Jay. Go Jays! Watercolour and gouache on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #BlueJay #Watercolour #Gouache #GoJaysGo #Birds

Watercolour portrait of a Blue Jay on a brown branch and against a white background. Its back is to the viewer and its head is turned so the right eye faces the viewer.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 30

Birdtober Day 30: Gallirex (Rwenzori turaco). Water-based markers on ohuhu marker paper. #Birdtober2025 #Gallirex #RwenzoriTuraco #WaterBasedMarkers

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 29

Birdtober Day 29: Varied Bunting. Watercolour and gouache on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #VariedBunting #Watercolour #Gouache #Birds

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 28

Birdtober Day 28: Sultan Tit. Water-based markers on ohuhu paper. #Birdtober2025 #SultanTit #WaterBasedMarkers #Birds

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 27

Birdtober Day 27: California Condor. Water-based markers on ohuhu marker paper. #Birdtober2025 #CaliforniaCondor #WaterBasedMarkers #Birds

Water-based marker portrait of a flying California Condor from below, the way most of us might see one. It's such a huge bird, with a 3m wingspan - imagine seeing one! All you would really see are the wings outstretched, as shown here, as it looks for food. This bird is shown against a white background.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 26

Birdtober Day 26: Pacific Wren. Watercolour on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #PacificWren #Watercolour #Birds

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 25

Birdtober Day 25: Acorn Woodpecker. Water-based markers on ohuhu marker paper. #Birdtober #AcornWoodpecker #WaterBasedMarkers #Birds

Water-based marker portrait of an Acorn Woodpecker to the left of a vertical tree, about to plunge its beak into the tree to create holes for acorns and other nuts and seeds. On a white background.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 24

Birdtober Day 24: Olive Warbler. Watercolour on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #OliveWarbler #Watercolour #Birds

Watercolour portrait of a male Olive Warbler. His right side faces the viewer and he is standing on a brown branch against a creamy white background.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 23

Birdtober Day 23: Northern Waterthrush. Watercolour on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #NorthernWaterthrush #Watercolour #Birds

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 22

Birdtober Day 22: Tree Swallow. Watercolour and gouache on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #TreeSwallow #Watercolour #Gouache #Birds

Watercolour and gouache portrait of a Tree Swallow in flight from above, with its wings outstretched and the sun highlighting its iridescent feathers.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 21

Birdtober Day 21: Eurasian Tree Sparrow. Watercolour and gouache on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #EurasianTreeSparrow #EurasianSparrow #Watercolour #Gouache #Birds

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 20

Birdtober Day 20: Golden Plover (European). Water-based markers on ohuhu marker paper. #Birdtober2025 #GoldenPlover #WaterBasedMarkers #Birds

Water-based markers portrait of a European Golden Plover with its left side facing the viewer. It is standing on a greenish brown ground against a white background.

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 19

Birdtober Day 19: Red-footed Booby. Watercolour on 300gsm hot-pressed paper. #Birdtober2025 #RedFootedBooby #Watercolour #Birds #Bird

Chantelle James@tinystart· Oct 18

Birdtober Day 18: Crowned Parrot (red). Water-based markers and InkJoy pen on ohuhu marker paper. #Birdtober2025 #CrownedParrot #WaterBasedMarkers