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Only 3 days behind! #3x3thumbsup
Photo of the next row of thumbnails showing landscapes in austria painted in watercolours.
August 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
Feels a little like the "are you human" captcha form. So... spot the squares with feet in them I guess? #3x3thumbsup
A photo of watercolour drawings showing the first 9 thumbnails of the 3x3thumbsup challenge. The last row is new. It shows two thumbs with my feet on the ground. The last one shows nasturtium.
August 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
Back on track! #3x3thumbsup
Two tiny squares of the 3x3thumbsup challenge showing potted plants and a tiny bouquet
August 11, 2024 at 2:43 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
I fell behind a lot, first due to holidays and then due to an injured hand (I am clumsy af). But now that I'm better I am slowly catching up on #3x3thumbsup
The second big square of my 3x3thumbsup challenge. The first two rows are finished, the third shows only sketchy linearts. Thr second row shows "table top views" of jewlery, breakfast and dinner
August 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
And... we're done! #3x3thumbsup
Happy September everyone!
Last four squares of my 3x3 thumbsup challenge showing a plate with food and a pinic in the first row and two tinx landscapes in the second row.
September 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
August seems to be the shortest month of the year? #3x3thumbsup
Photo of two rows of thumbnails from my challenge "3x3thumbsup". The second row is new it shows from left to right: my feet while entering a balcony, a yellow door and a hidden garden spot. Everything is painted in watercolours.
August 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
I've made it! The first big square is complete just in time #3x3thumbsup
The first 9 tiny thumbnails of the 3x3thumbsup challenge. The new one shows another street view in Leipzig with a church and old houses, all painted in watercolour.
August 9, 2024 at 7:25 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
And I'm only 7 days behind now! #3x3thumbsup
Photo of the finished 2nd big square of my tiny drawing challenge. The last row shows ruins and wild housings with summery greens.
August 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
Next row: architecture it is!
#3x3thumbsup
Anither tiny square drawing in watercolour this time showing a church.
August 4, 2024 at 1:49 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
Seems the first 9 are all about miniature architecture? I definitely want more simple ones for the next 9... #3x3thumbsup
Another miniature architecture thumbnail from the 3x3thumbsup challenge showing WERK 2 in Leipzig in watercolours.
August 8, 2024 at 9:02 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
Something pooped on my watercolour sheet shortly after taking this picture. Just garden things I guess... well played! #3x3thumbsup
Photo of the first 8 squares of this year's #3x3thumbsup challenge. There are 8 watercolour painted 3x3cm thumbnails showing scenes from everyday life. First row is food, second windows and the last shows awkwardly placed furniture.
August 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
pushcart.bsky.social
#3x3thumbsup challenge 2024 (by @fruchtdrop.bsky.social )
Chose a comfort theme to maybe stick to it till the end! LETS GOOO!!
3x3cm thumb challenge, two boxes filled with electricity poles
August 2, 2024 at 8:11 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
I've made it. I'm up to date! (Yes today is missing but today isn't over yet, right?!) #3x3thumbsup
Photo of the 3rd big square of mx tiny thumbnailing challenge. The last row shows different situations with my backpack.
August 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
pushcart.bsky.social
Second batch of #3x3thumbsup
9 3x3 cm drawings of Japanese utility poles
August 18, 2024 at 6:23 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
I'm almost up to date again! #3x3thumbsup
The same tiny panels as yesterday but colour was added.
August 24, 2024 at 4:52 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
Catching up on #3x3thumbsup
Another 3 x 3 square of tiny panels showing landscapes in watercolours.
August 20, 2024 at 5:34 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
Almost up to date - only 4 tiny thumbnails are missing to finish this year's #3x3thumbsup challenge!
A photo of the next 9 thumbnails of the #3x3thumbsup challenge. There's: a latern, a plant shelf, garden temple (1st row), blueberry cake, bread and fruits, a tomatillo (2nd row) and sheep, grass hopper and a butterly (last row)
August 31, 2026 at 7:03 PM
pushcart.bsky.social
3rd one #3x3thumbsup
3 tiny drawn power poles
August 3, 2024 at 7:12 PM
pushcart.bsky.social
First batch done!
#3x3thumbsup
9 3x3 cm drawings of Japanese utility poles
August 9, 2024 at 2:30 PM
pushcart.bsky.social
#3x3thumbsup 4.-6.8.
Three 3x3 cm drawings of Japanese utility poles
August 6, 2024 at 3:24 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
I catched up on #3x3thumbsup - I'm still on vacation and enjoying daily trips in nature. Can't imagine myself back at my desk on monday...
Photo of the next sheet from my yearly #3x3thumbsup challenge showing thumbnails 10 to 13. I drew two interior shots (10, 11) with orange accents and the solar eclipse I witnessed in a valley so no sun there but a beautiful light and a green meadow from a hiking trip (13). All are painted with watercolours with a fragile lineart underneath.
August 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
It's THAT time of the year again: happy thumbnail season! #3x3thumbsup
Photo of 3 3x3 cm sized thumbnail squares showing (from left to right) my backpack with the keys to my new car, my new car and my stuff when visiting the public pool. They are painted in watercolours.
August 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
cyluho.bsky.social
#3x3thumbsup all done 💪
cyluho.bsky.social Lucy @cyluho.bsky.social · Aug 12
Bit late with posting but actual paintings were done on time! Little recap of July for #3x3thumbsup2025, my favourite annual challenge by @fruchtdrop.bsky.social - this is actually the 5th year I'm doing something for this challenge?!
For #3x3thumbsup A white square with 9 square little paintings, 3 in 3 rows. All painted naturalistic with black lined sketches and watercolours. From top left to lower right: 1: Close-up of a hawkmoth in a museum display. The moth has different shades of brown, the background is white. The moth is not fully within frame. 2: A street scene as seen slightly from above out of a window. A purple ice-cream van is parked in front of a bus stop. 3: A close up of a Japanese beetle on a wooden background, turned towards the camera. The beetle has a shiny green head and thorax, its abdomen is a light brown. 4: Part of a German small-town train station as seen from the top floor of a passing train. The platform shown is very grey and unremarkable with some shrubs and greenery in the background. 5: Two people in the fields. One is picking straws from a field of yellow wheat and definitely not cutting her hand by doing that. The other is standing in the path next to the field, watching her. There’s trees in various shades of green and purple in the background. 6: Frontal view of a pot-bellied pig at an enclosure. It has its snout on the ground, looking for food. 7: Top-down, very close view of a Valais Goat. It has a dark brown head with a big, very stylish hairdo and a little beard. 8: Close up of a dead may beetle lying between wooden chips with its little legs dangling in the air. 9: A freshly painted garden shed sits under the trees. Its metal roof is red, the sides are blue and the framing of the doors is white.
August 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
After a wild month of August with lots of deadlines and overtime I fell behind with my tiny thumbnails of #3x3thumbsup
I was able to catch up some today and I hope to finish this year's series next week!
9 tiny thumbnails showing impressions from everyday life in watercolour.
August 30, 2026 at 8:53 PM
fruchtdrop.bsky.social
I am up to date with #3x3thumbsup !
The next three thumbnails of my 3x3thumbsup challenge. They are painted in watercolour and show from left to right: a tin cup on a table with a piece of bread and marmelade in the foreground and a glass of fruit juice to the right; a freshly made bed with a striped pillow and a window in the background; a shelf with a retro lamp and a few empty vases, only one is decorated with a dry flower.
August 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM