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@brianthompstone.bsky.social

Some art, some photography, and if you're really unlucky, some poetry.

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The Tap, at #EasthamFerry, #Wirral.
Pen and watercolour
with #WirralUrbanSketchers, 20250807

#art #sketching #UrbanSketching #WUS

07.08.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A study in #colouredpencils and waterbrush; a young birch tree in #CallisterGardens, #Wirral,
with #WirralUrbanSketchers, 20250727

#art #sketching #UrbanSketching #WUS

07.08.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A housefront near the centre of West Kirby. Brushpens and watercolour in wc sketchbook. The pens misbehaved in this new book, and the sun burned my neck. Par for the course. πŸ™ƒ

20250630

20.07.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

darwin award

20.07.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The watercolor painting depicts a group of silhouetted figures walking against a dramatic, smoky sky, with a dark, ominous shape looming overhead. The style suggests a scene of conflict or aftermath, rendered with loose washes and expressive brushstrokes.

The watercolor painting depicts a group of silhouetted figures walking against a dramatic, smoky sky, with a dark, ominous shape looming overhead. The style suggests a scene of conflict or aftermath, rendered with loose washes and expressive brushstrokes.

The Scent of Teargas in the Morning

#art #watercolour #news #painting

09.06.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you might need to click to see the full image - it's very tall

27.05.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"On Loss"

The Kelpies, #Fife, #scotland.
My #photography, plus twiddling.
2022

#Art #kelpies #photograph #digitalArt #noAI

27.05.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No, it's not a sleeping hedgehog; rather, an inkblot from my ageing platinum deskpen whose nib occasionally blurts out something inappropriate. At some other times it refuses to provide ink at all. Sigh. My preferred pen, but irreplaceable/end-of-line AFAIK. #UrbanSketching #sketching #ink

27.05.2025 07:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Black ink portrait drawing of Guillaume Asselin (EHC Olten)

Black ink portrait drawing of Guillaume Asselin (EHC Olten)

An additional ink drawing from last week...

#kleineKunstklasse
#wattiskunst #EastCoastKin
#art #artist #ink #Tusche #ArtYear 🎨

26.05.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

superb!

26.05.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Blue and orange bird with a white and black head perched upside down on a leaning, half-dead tree.

Blue and orange bird with a white and black head perched upside down on a leaning, half-dead tree.

Red-breasted nuthatch. Coloured pencil on cotton paper. I used several of my own photos for reference but want to thank Linda MacMillan for the use of her nuthatch photo which gave me details that mine lacked! #Birds #SciArt #WildlifeArt

02.05.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 167    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
Amsterdam, Magere Brug, Urban Sketch, drawing on location

Amsterdam, Magere Brug, Urban Sketch, drawing on location

Amsterdam, Prinsengracht, CafΓ©, urban sketch, drawing on location

Amsterdam, Prinsengracht, CafΓ©, urban sketch, drawing on location

Amsterdam, Prinsengracht / Reguliersgracht, urban sketch, drawing on location

Amsterdam, Prinsengracht / Reguliersgracht, urban sketch, drawing on location

Amsterdam sketches. On a short trip to Amsterdam I meet Haarlem sketcher and friend Anne Rose Oosterbaan to chat and draw together. Thank you for the great afternoon!

21.05.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks ☺️

26.05.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Watercolour Newport Pembs houses red house trees shrubs power cables

Watercolour Newport Pembs houses red house trees shrubs power cables

Trefdraeth

04.05.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Nah, it's a crack in Reality, man. These are usually covered up pretty sharpish by you-know-who, so you were damned lucky to see it. Or just damned. Time will tell

πŸ˜‰

25.05.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Recently got this stillman & birn zeta series #sketchbook in A4. Can't recommend it enough, fantastic heavy weight paper. I've only done a little bit of light washes so far but it feels like it'll handle full water colour
#art #drawing #urbansketching

19.05.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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IFA Country Store grain elevators. Draper, Utah.
A5, line and wash.

#usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #saltlakecityurbansketchers #ifacountrystores #grainelevator

21.05.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Burway Road, Church Stretton, Shropshire. 10 May 2025
A watercolour sketch.
#urbansketchers #usk #ChurchStretton #Shropshire #Shropshiretowns #placestovisituk #watercolour #watercolor #sketchbook #travelsketches #bakuma #bakuma_art #bakumaart #burway

15.05.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

great range of textures

25.05.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

your quick foliage ... βœ…

25.05.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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View of Safranbolu from the Dadibra Konak β€’β€’ Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) and Prismacolor pencil on brown Stonehenge paper β€’ 15” x 11” β€’ TΓΌrkiye β€’ May 2025 β€’ #urbansketching #urbansketchers

25.05.2025 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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20250427

Close to #BurtonManor on the #Wirral with #WirralUrbanSketchers.
#Ink and #charcoal.
#art #sketching #UrbanSketching #WUS

25.05.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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From 20250223
Too much howling wind and rain for #UrbanSketching in #NewBrighton so I made this #sketch from a photo I took earlier.
The wind still played havoc with perpsective πŸ˜‰
#ink #Pencils #art #Wirral

25.05.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Matt...

25.05.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Bryan ☺️

25.05.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today at St Matthew's Church, #Bromborough #Wirral
#UrbanSketching #sketching
with #WirralUrbanSketchers #WUS
#Ink, #BrushPen, #Graphite
#Art

25.05.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Unfinished coloured pencil drawing of a grey and blue bird with red eyes and a blue and yellow beak. The bird is perched on one branch, with a second branch in the background.

Unfinished coloured pencil drawing of a grey and blue bird with red eyes and a blue and yellow beak. The bird is perched on one branch, with a second branch in the background.

I always forget how long it takes to draw the branches …

#birds #BirdArt

11.04.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 280    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
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Scientists crack what they say is the perfect way to boil an egg Linda Geddes tests new approach developed in Italian lab that involves alternating egg between different temperatures

how many scientists or chefs (or reporters) does it take to ruin an egg?

This article certainly cracked me up:
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Hint: don't try this at home

@theguardian.com #cooking #recipe #eggs

06.02.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

... but something's afoot

15.01.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Footloose ...

(#found today on the #Wirral. )

15.01.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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