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He/him/his. Cat butler. Shuffling with a bovine grace πŸ„

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Actor Bob Grant from On The Buses looking just like John Lennon

Actor Bob Grant from On The Buses looking just like John Lennon

Er...

09.10.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A scribbly colourful energetic drawing of the front half of a small young deer, with effortful strokes

A scribbly colourful energetic drawing of the front half of a small young deer, with effortful strokes

Deer (oil pastel)

12.09.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.

08.10.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 396    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7
A squiggly wibbly skull in oil pastels on grey paper, slightly collapsed

A squiggly wibbly skull in oil pastels on grey paper, slightly collapsed

Oil pastel drawing of Matthew Corbett, a white man with reddish brown hair, Sooty Sweep and Soo, three hand puppets, part of a 1980s tv programme that’s fondly remembered by some

Oil pastel drawing of Matthew Corbett, a white man with reddish brown hair, Sooty Sweep and Soo, three hand puppets, part of a 1980s tv programme that’s fondly remembered by some

Oh go on then. I’ve also added the skull and Corbett. These are a bloody bargain, there’s 45 years of wisdom infused and contained within them

www.chloecumming.com

08.10.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

08.10.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 25181    πŸ” 9561    πŸ’¬ 414    πŸ“Œ 174

Choosing to believe that Count Orlok and Count Dracula existed at the same time, carrying out the same plan, and it was just a really bad year for estate agents

31.10.2024 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

nobody freak out but there is an owl right outside my bedroom window and it is looking inside and this feels cursed

08.10.2025 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Mathew Corbett with Sooty Sweep and Soo, an energetic oil pastel drawing based on an innocent 80s publicity photo of a white man with reddish hair and three small famous hand puppets, a yellow bear a grey dog and a femme panda

Mathew Corbett with Sooty Sweep and Soo, an energetic oil pastel drawing based on an innocent 80s publicity photo of a white man with reddish hair and three small famous hand puppets, a yellow bear a grey dog and a femme panda

As a lemony cloth for my brain’s art hands, it’s Matthew Corbett and his family

07.10.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

😲

07.10.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IMPORTANT

All freelancers, self-employed, creatives

This is the first I've heard of this, but the Department for Business and Trade is running a consultation on the scourge of late payments, they want to introduce new legislation to tackle poor practices

Deadline to respond is 23 October

1/2

07.10.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8

"If I kneel down, I'll start praying!" Wit. Under those circumstances. 🫑

07.10.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A white Samoyed smiling at the camera in front of a blue flowery dress.

A white Samoyed smiling at the camera in front of a blue flowery dress.

I slag off Vinted sellers a lot but this is the perfect way to sell your item.

06.10.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI still can’t do this

06.10.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2717    πŸ” 972    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 16
Beatles drawing where Paul has pink hair

Beatles drawing where Paul has pink hair

Soft grey monkey, semi monoprint textured drawing

Soft grey monkey, semi monoprint textured drawing

Test card f, girl and clown and blackboard

Test card f, girl and clown and blackboard

King Charles thumb up scribbly fun fun fun times, coloured pencil drawing

King Charles thumb up scribbly fun fun fun times, coloured pencil drawing

I’ll try again.

Here’s some of my nice art which I’d like to sell because that’s what enables me to keep going, and to live. Please think about sharing these posts cos it helps.

www.chloecumming.com

13.11.2024 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 13
Squirrel and mask, colourful textureful scratch drawing with yellow and purple

Squirrel and mask, colourful textureful scratch drawing with yellow and purple

Squirrel in profile, simple but squiggly

Squirrel in profile, simple but squiggly

Blue squirrel with reddish watery backdrop and pink balloon

Blue squirrel with reddish watery backdrop and pink balloon

Squirrels. Some available here: www.chloecumming.com/squirrels

(Looking back through work and finding things I think are alright after all)

13.09.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Light and Shadow at Nine Elms London Underground station

Light and Shadow at Nine Elms London Underground station

Light & Shadow

I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day.

If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor.

So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.

06.10.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 298    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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"Gary Sambrook eats big dinners"

06.10.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right) 
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy? 
What the hammer that hath hewn it 
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee, 
Or an external franchisee?

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins: Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright (Not sure if I spelled that right) What immortal hand or eye Could fashion such a stripy guy? What the hammer that hath hewn it Into such a chonky unit? Did who made the lamb make thee, Or an external franchisee?

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

02.10.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3617    πŸ” 1392    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 59

[My first day as a detective]
Me: It's one way glass he can't see you. Just point at the killer.
Witness: All I can see is our reflection.
Me: Ah, ok. Everybody swap rooms.

04.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A blue squirrel with red inkness, interesting Markmaking

A blue squirrel with red inkness, interesting Markmaking

An oil painting with cones and street furniture, arranged in a pleasing composition, yellowness, very textured

An oil painting with cones and street furniture, arranged in a pleasing composition, yellowness, very textured

A big bold silly spontaneous oil pastel drawing of Henry VIII rendered benign, bright sweetie colours

A big bold silly spontaneous oil pastel drawing of Henry VIII rendered benign, bright sweetie colours

A life drawing of a curved woman facing downwards, red and black pastel pencils

A life drawing of a curved woman facing downwards, red and black pastel pencils

A periodic reminder of some of the work that’s still for sale on my website. It’s hard out here. I try to put nice things into to world and express whatever might be valuable within me. Thanks

www.chloecumming.com

05.10.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Now available in our shop! www.worldofmoose.com/products/inf...

21.09.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A club statement from Blackpool saying Steve Bruce has been sacked along with coaches Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence. Stephen Dobbie and Steve Banks will take temporary charge.

A club statement from Blackpool saying Steve Bruce has been sacked along with coaches Steve Agnew and Stephen Clemence. Stephen Dobbie and Steve Banks will take temporary charge.

You don’t have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.

05.10.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1118    πŸ” 366    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 43
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...is coming like a ghost town...

05.10.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The waxing moon showing up and showing off again.

04.10.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Music/Shop The discography page and merchandise shop of Roberta Fidora and CURXES, where you can find records, CDs, t-shirts, patches and more.

I didn’t post anything for #BandcampFriday yesterday (because I was finishing the next video among other things), so here’s my #Mirlo page and website today instead. πŸ¦β€β¬›πŸ•ΈοΈ

https://robertafidora.com/music-shop

https://mirlo.space/robertafidora/releases

#Music #Synth #Electronic #Indie #Musician

04.10.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cartoon of a small badger in the centre of the drawing playing a child's xylophone. Caption, in large, bold text: ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?!

Cartoon of a small badger in the centre of the drawing playing a child's xylophone. Caption, in large, bold text: ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?!

www.worldofmoose.com/products/roc...

04.10.2025 06:45 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a cover. A ruse. We do not observe the moon for educational purposes, we observe it to keep an eye on it in light of its CRIMES

03.10.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

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