Outside The Mass

Photo of people at my private viewing of 'Urban Folklore'

Poster detailing the exhibition

'Urban Folklore' in person...

It's so nice seeing your work culminate into something that people can interact with for free in physical spaces. Gives me so much joy!

The exhibition is still on, if you are based in the West Midlands, please come along!

#Exhibition #Westmidlands #QueerArt #Art

Fine Art piece of a faerie covering herself with her hands

'Lantern' 2026
Watercolour & pencil on paper
From the series: 'Urban Folklore'

#QueerArt #FineArt #Art #Artist #TraditionalArt #Watercolour #Fairy #Faeries #Fae #Folklore #Gothic #Fantasy

Faerie man sat on a log.

'Guardian of the hill' 2026
Watercolour & Pencil on Fabriano.

Each hill has a different Faerie monarch to reign over the life that resides there. As these hills continue to disappear, the Fae lose their purpose, wandering around aimlessly for a place to call home

#QueerArt #FineArt #Folklore #Art

Faeries rushing around flowers that have been picked by a human.

'Nursery' 2026
Watercolour & Pencil on paper
From my series: 'Urban Folklore'

#QueerArt #FineArt #Art #Artist #Folklore #Fairy #Faeries #Fae #TraditionalArt #Illustration #Watercolour

Art piece of a faerie inflicted with blight

'Blight' 2026
Watercolour & pencil on paper.
From my series: 'Urban Folklore'

#QueerArt #FineArt #Faerie #Fairy #Folklore #Gothic #TraditionalArt #Watercolour #Drawing #Mythology

A faerie woman holding flowers with a bird behind her (fine art piece)

'Procession' 2026
Watercolour & Pencil on Paper
From my series: Urban Folklore

#QueerArt #Folklore #Faerie #Fairy #Mythology #Bird #FineArt #Fantasy #TraditionalArt #Watercolour #Art #Artist

Faeries rushing around flowers that have been picked by a human.

'Nursery' 2026
Watercolour & Pencil on paper
From my series: 'Urban Folklore'

#QueerArt #FineArt #Art #Artist #Folklore #Fairy #Faeries #Fae #TraditionalArt #Illustration #Watercolour

Art piece of a faerie inflicted with blight

'Blight' 2026
Watercolour & pencil on paper.
From my series: 'Urban Folklore'

#QueerArt #FineArt #Faerie #Fairy #Folklore #Gothic #TraditionalArt #Watercolour #Drawing #Mythology

A faerie woman holding flowers with a bird behind her (fine art piece)

'Procession' 2026
Watercolour & Pencil on Paper
From my series: Urban Folklore

#QueerArt #Folklore #Faerie #Fairy #Mythology #Bird #FineArt #Fantasy #TraditionalArt #Watercolour #Art #Artist

Hey artist! Quote with your red art! ❤️

#WorkInProgress
'Moth in Lantern Light' 2026

Time lapse of the final flourishes of this piece! I've realised that the final 30 minutes of work have the power to bring an artwork to life...

#FineArt #QueerArt #Fairy #Faerie #Timelapse #TradtionalArt #Art #Artwork

Work in progress photo

#WIP
Are you sick of my Faeries yet? I'm not.

I'm taking this series in a darker direction...

#QueerArt #Art #Artist #TraditionalArt #Fairy #Faeries #Folklore #Watercolour #FigureDrawing #LifeDrawing #Gothic

Work in progress photo

#WIP
Are you sick of my Faeries yet? I'm not.

I'm taking this series in a darker direction...

#QueerArt #Art #Artist #TraditionalArt #Fairy #Faeries #Folklore #Watercolour #FigureDrawing #LifeDrawing #Gothic

The charcoal makes this so visceral... Love it!

Faerie man

Man with flowers growing out of his eyes

Mandy portrait

Hi! I'm @OutsideTheMass, a fine artist working to disrupt the norms within the art industry.

My work is surreal, unabashedly queer and often rooted in folklore. I work fully traditionally, no ctrl-Z to save me ✨

#QueerArt #Art #FineArt #TraditionalArt #Artist #Surrealism #Folklore #PortfolioDay

Close up- piece mistakes

Full piece

Well, the curse of overworking strikes again. The Faerie of Light has now become the Faerie of Blight...

Low-key works better this way though!

#QueerArt #Fairy #Mythology #Folklore #Art #TraditionalArt #Faeries #Artwork #Watercolour #Gothic

Sketch

Just an FYI: sketches are AS important as finalised pieces, and I'm tired of people pretending they are not.

#QueerArt #FineArt #Sketch #Concept #Illustration #Art #TraditionalArt

Photo of an artwork in progress

Almost complete!
'Flora Nursery' 2026
Watercolour and Colour Pencils on paper.

#QueerArt #Flowers #Fairy #Fairies #Faeries #Folklore #FineArt #TraditionalArt

Outside The Mass UK based Illustrator/Fine Artist. Art to disrupt/distort/erase the 'ordinary'. https://msha.ke/outsidethemass

Honestly I need to get my act together with my channel, working on it through! youtube.com/@outsidethem...

In progress fine art piece of a fairy man.

Yet another #WIP...
I used a 1900's reference for this, a little tricky to follow, but super fun!

The next in my series of modern age faeries, all affected by the worlds changing landscape.

#QueerArt #FineArt #Fairies #Fairy #Faeries #Watercolour #TraditionalArt #Art

Photo of an artwork in progress

Almost complete!
'Flora Nursery' 2026
Watercolour and Colour Pencils on paper.

#QueerArt #Flowers #Fairy #Fairies #Faeries #Folklore #FineArt #TraditionalArt

YouTube video by Outside The Mass Black Hole Human// Stop Motion Animation

'Black Hole Human' a stop motion animation, with a snippet of live music by the talented @DroneandToneCollective on IG
youtu.be/WvTzFEic2GU?...

#Visualiser #StopMotionAnimation #Animation #FineArt #TraditionalArt #Art #LiveMusic #Signalis

All in a day's work...
The next chapter in my modern Fae Folklore series.

#QueerArt #FineArt #WIP #Faeries #Fairy #Folklore #TraditionalArt #Art

Sketch

Just an FYI: sketches are AS important as finalised pieces, and I'm tired of people pretending they are not.

#QueerArt #FineArt #Sketch #Concept #Illustration #Art #TraditionalArt

'Before the revision' photo of my art

After the revision photo of my art piece

'Woman?' REVISION

On occasion, I will revisit and rework pieces that were half baked...

This is one such piece- look out for a video on my revision process soon!

#QueerArt #FineArt #Rework #FemaleNude #Woman #Commentary #Art #TraditionalArt

#WorkInProgress
'Moth in Lantern Light' 2026

Time lapse of the final flourishes of this piece! I've realised that the final 30 minutes of work have the power to bring an artwork to life...

#FineArt #QueerArt #Fairy #Faerie #Timelapse #TradtionalArt #Art #Artwork

Angel carrying a sword, and holding an olive branch.

'Angel of Bronze' 2025
Watercolour & Pencil on watercolour paper.

She's currently getting reframed, can't wait to see how it elevates the piece!

#QueerArt #FineArt #TraditionalArt #Angel #Illustration #Art #Artwork

Faerie man sat on a log.

'Guardian of the hill' 2026
Watercolour & Pencil on Fabriano.

Each hill has a different Faerie monarch to reign over the life that resides there. As these hills continue to disappear, the Fae lose their purpose, wandering around aimlessly for a place to call home

#QueerArt #FineArt #Folklore #Art

Concept sketch of a moth faerie

Work in progress moth faerie piece

Concept vs Work in Progress...

I'm having a jolly of a time experimenting with how I can inject colour into my pieces, breaking out of my usual routines.

#QueerArt #FineArt #Mythology #Folklore #Fairy #Faeries #Moth #WIP #Illustration

Faerie concept: 'pterophorus pentadactyla' moth.

I'm starting to experiment with my own faerie mythos, and thought I'd try and record a sketch I was doing...

Not got the hang of recording yet though, the angle is tricky!!

#QueerArt #Faeries #Fairy #Concept #Sketch #Sketchbook #Art #Artist