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Painting the Glorious Revolution (Discworld fan art)

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Are hobbies dead?

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Glazing and underpainting - for the frugal oil painter (grisaille, brunaille, verdaille, etc)

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Seth's Lazer-Focused, Long-Winded, Lively List of Lab Lessons (BEL)

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The Glorious Revolution - 25th of May - Pratchett and discworld

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Making my own watercolors with natural pigments (both homemade and storebought)

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Americans with recent experience buying from Canada? (Summer-fall 2025)

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What do you do for work?

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JP and The Eternal Now (BEL)

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Dwarfing black cherry, what a thought

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33 F Still Desiring the One

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