To help promote and improve the artistic community here on Steemit I am doing a weekly curation! Most of the artists I have chosen are still minnows and are waiting to be discovered and others that I will feature have just plain impressed me! All of these posts will be voted on by me and also our curation account msp-curation :)

First up is @daio with this interesting portrait and discussion of the grisaille technique:
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https://steemit.com/art/@daio/i-know-you-don-t-really-like-such-portraits-but-i-just-adore-them

@whornung always makes me smile when seeing his whimsical art in my feed, this piece is called *Falling in love with a Panda*:
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https://steemit.com/ntopaz/@whornung/ntopaz--whornung--1043581210--ntopaz-art-digitalart-poetry-video--2019-01-17-15-18-24--artwork--none

*the battle of the ghost knights* by @armandosodano is another wonderful post that shows off his painting skills:
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https://steemit.com/ntopaz/@armandosodano/ntopaz--armandosodano--871739905--ntopaz-ita-art-science-history--2019-01-18-01-50-17--artwork--none

@gooze made this simple but striking pencil drawing *Female God of the nature*:
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https://steemit.com/art/@gooze/pencil-drawing-of-female-god-of-the-nature-original-drawing

Last up is the always lovely @donnadavisart, I love how she made this woman and animal become one:
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https://steemit.com/ntopaz/@donnadavisart/ntopaz--donnadavisart--19932704--ntopaz-dogs-art-adsactly-artzone--2019-01-18-12-27-45--artwork--none

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If you enjoyed these artists please give them a follow and some encouragement!
I would like to invite all the artists featured and those who are reading this to join the Minnowsupport Project! It's a great way to network, gain followers and chat with your peers in a more relaxed environment https://discord.gg/p5tYmdW

See my last curation: [Ocean of Art 66](https://steemit.com/art/@juliakponsford/ocean-of-art-66-dive-in-and-discover-some-promising-new-steemit-artists-minnowsupport-curation-team)

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