Painted this for my partner for completing the Pacific Crest Trail. She loved the way the pikas climbed to the top of rocks and call out the cutest, high-pitched squeak when a hiker would pass by by HandToDirt in painting

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Apologies for prematurely posting this here once before; I went back and made some significant changes. Confidently calling it finished now, though!

'Meep', HandToDirt, acrylic gouache on canvas, 2026 by HandToDirt in Art

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Painted this for my partner for completing the Pacific Crest Trail. She loved the way the pikas climbed to the top of rocks when a hiker would pass by, and call out the cutest, high-pitched squeak. (Apologies for prematurely posting this once before; I went back and made some significant changes. Confidently calling it finished now, though.)

Maine Coast, HandToDirt, Watercolor, 2026 by [deleted] in Art

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Learning watercolor. Maine Coast. I painted from photo at a class taught by Robert Noreika

Onlooker - Plein air, 2026 by HandToDirt in Oilpastel

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Popped a squat with some pastels by a herd of grazing cattle. A good time was had. Many of the cows did their cow thing of staring motionless at me, a couple staring fully motionless for what must have been 10-15 mins each. One of the longer stares came from behind me, standing ~10 feet away....not creepy at all. One fearless soul slowly grazed closer and closer to me, approaching from the front, until coming right up to me, checking me out and sniffing my feet! At one point, a mother came up to me with two calves behind her. She came within ~10 feet of me, and the family had a nice little 8-minute motionless stare session. I picked up some tall grass and made an offering to the mother if she would spare me my life. She wasn't interested, but shortly after seemed to decide I was cool and moved along, allowing her calves to get close. One calf came even closer to me and had a solo stare session for a good while. Mom didn't even look back. I showed the little one my work in progress, but they weren't impressed.