Nathaniel Mellor

"Resistance"? Yeah, like a wet noodle holding a door closed.

Headed to Rome this summer?
Stay hydrated, validate your ticket, and eat good gelato.

Text reads, “New episode! Honest Downsides To Living In Italy.” Under the text is an image of Italian buildings in Florence lit by later afternoon Sun.

New episode: Honest Downsides To Living In Italy! We’ve talked about beautiful destinations and how to get visas, but we want to give you a full picture. Here are some of the pitfalls of living in Italy.

#travel #travelpodcast #podcast #podcasts #travelblog #traveltips #italytravel #worldtravel

An image overlaid with text. The text reads “How to live in Italy: golden visa, elective residency visa, birthright citizenship.” The image in the background is an Italian olive grove on a sunny day.

New episode! Want to live in Italy? Let’s talk about the Golden Visa, Elective Residency Visa, and Birthright Citizenship. Check out all of our episodes about visiting and living in Italy wherever you listen to podcasts!

#podcasts #italy #italytrip #traveltips #travel #travelpodcast #italytravel

A painting of a large lime green vase with a handle. Inside the vase are several sprigs with green leaves. The vase sits on a wood table and the wall is a gray-blue. A gray shadow of the vase is cast on the wall.

I painted this #limegreen vase last spring, when the weather was still chilly, but the days were getting sunnier. Happy as ever to be seeing the first signs of spring again! Also loving all the nature I’m seeing today in #acoloradaypril! 🌞💛

#oilpainting #oilpainter #stilllife #art #painting #spring

Is there someone else with his reach and pull also trying?

Love this!

Text over an image of the city of Matera, Italy. The image is of the Sassi di Matera which is made of 7,000 year old cave dwellings. The text reads “the most beautiful city in Italy you might not have heard of: Matera.”

Everything we could fit in one episode about this incredible 7,000 year old cave city, Matera!
Listen now wherever you listen to podcasts!

#travel #traveling #italy #travelitaly #podcast #podcasts #travelshows #travelpodast #travellovers #traveltips #travelblog #travelblogger #italy #italia

Oil painting of a milk pitcher. The pitcher as well as the background are shades of white and gray. The pitcher sits on a white table and has a bright highlight on it’s right side near the handle.

Little milk pitcher for today’s color #gray for #acoloradaypril 🩶

Oil on wood panel
8x10 in
2024

#oilpainting #oilpainter #painting #blueskyartists #art #stilllifeart #stillifepainting #art

Two Caucasian people (a woman and man) pose smiling for a photo. To the right of the image is an orange graphic with lighter text that reads “Tips for traveling with someone else.”

It’s a two-parter!!! How to travel with someone else: a partner, a friend, family, new friends on solo trips, the list goes on. We’ve got all the tips on communication and setting expectations for your trip!

#travel #solotravel #podcast #italy #italytravel #travelpodcast #travelgoals #traveltips

Check out our new episode! This was a fun one and it was so long it became a two-parter! ✈️ ➡️ 🇮🇹🍝

A landscape oil painting of marsh and a river running through it in Savannah, Georgia.

Another marsh-scape for the #grass theme for #smArtist 🌾 Love the marshes and rivers of my hometown #savannahga

#scape #savannah #savannahartists #savannahart #landscapepainting #marshpainting #oilpainting #oilpainter #painting #blueskyartists

An oil painting of a March with a river running through it.

So excited to find two new art feeds on Bluesky and today I have a piece that fits both themes! Day 5 #grass for #smartist and #blue for #acoloradaypril

Love meeting fellow #blueskyartists 💛

#art #blueskyart #oilpainting #oilpainters #landscapepainting #marsh #landscapepainters #painting

On the left is a painting of a cabbage on an artist’s easel. To the right is a real cabbage on a white stand.

First pass on this beautiful cabbage!

Oil on panel
20x30 cm

#oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter
#painting #paintings #painters #bskyart #art #contemporaryart #traditionalart

An oil painting of a blonde Caucasian man wearing a white shirt and blue sash. The painting is square and the figure is visible from the shoulders up, he is turned at a quarter angle looking to the right of the painting. The background is a deep blue arch with a light blue frame around it. There are four orange butterflies in the painting, three resting on the figure and one clinging to the underside of the arch.

This is my first #blueskyartshow! I hope this piece, featuring an #arch detail, is appropriate for the theme today. This piece, called “Farfalla” 🦋, recently sold at a local art gallery in #savannahga!

#oilpainting #portraitpainting #artist #artists #blue #painting #paintings #art

Finishing touches on this limited palette still-life! It was fun, but challenging to get back to my artistic roots using only 4 colors: ultramarine blue, burnt Siena, cadmium yellow, and titanium white!

#oilpainting #stilllifepainting #art #artist #artofbluesky #bskyart #painting #painter

A small 6x8 inch still-life painting in oil of an apple with a slice cut out and an apple slice. A slice of green apple sits to the left of the rest of the apple which is to the right. The background is modeled tones of blue and gray over a bright orange-red underpainting.

A detail of the apple slice from the previous image.

A detail from the first image, an apple with a slice taken out.

I’m stoked with how this quick study came out! I like the background unfinished with the orange-red tone showing, but I can’t decide if it’s too distracting.

What do y’all think? Keep the orange-red or paint the background neutral/gray to unify it?

#oilpainting #oilpaintings #painting #art

Text reads “New episode! Tap water, tipping, and toilets.” To the right of the text is an image of a public drinking fountain in Rome, Italy.

Is tap water safe to drink in Italy?
What's the deal with tipping?
Do they expect me to use the bidet in a public bathroom? 😂

We answer those questions and more in our latest episode!

Find us wherever you listen to podcasts!

#travelpodcast #travel #italy #tripplanning #travelitaly #podcasts

Text reads “Travel tips you didn’t know you needed.” The background of the image is a view of the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy.

New episode: Travel Tips You Didn’t Know You Needed

We’ll address questions like: “Can you be fined for sitting in the wrong seat on a train” and “what to do if you get separated while traveling?” +much more!

#podcast #travel #travelpodcast #italytravel #podcasters #applepodcasts

This detail from a painting shows the hand of a Caucasian woman, fingers gently outstretched. The forearm is resting on the subject’s knee.

Detail from a piece that I just submitted to Figurativas! Recently, I set goals for myself to submit to more competitions. I know I won’t get into everything, but it feels good to put myself out there.

Do you submit to art competitons?

#art #artist #figurepainting #oilpainting #artgoals #artists

An unfinished painting sits on an easel. The figure in the painting is a woman seated on a chair with her hand to her head. She is wearing a black top and light green pants, but the rest of the painting is in gray scale.

Finally getting a little color on this piece! It’s giving me vibes of the gray spell being lifted in Halloweentown 2 ✨
#oilpainting #artistsofbluesky #art #figurepainting #portrait #painting #artists #womensart #90skids

A large painting sits on an easel on the corner of an artist’s studio. It’s an unfinished painting of a woman seated in a chair with a hand to her forehead. The figure is painted in grayscale on a red background.

I’m hoping to finish the grisaille on this piece today with a good 6+ hours in the studio.
I find it hard to get myself in the studio before noon. What is your most productive work time?

#oilpainting #art #inthestudio #figurepainting #artistsofbluesky #artists #artoftheday

As well they should!
Otherwise it can look like the MAGA theory holds true and the people they’re firing are inept/incapable at their jobs.
Showing the world how much they care and loved their work is a vital step in fighting back.

Yeah cause the only other option is a Boeing plane.

An unfinished oil painting. A partially painted face of a woman with a hand to her head. The figure is in white and black on a red background.

Plodding along with this painting and resisting the urge to stop and snack on some potato chips.
Do you eat and paint at the same time or do you resist the urge?
#art #artists #painting #oilpainting #artistsofbluesky

Which, I think, is the only way to look at it. But their current base model is the SE which is (I think) $400?
In the article, it talks about how this is a bid to get some of that market share back that seems to have abandoned Apple in favor of cheaper ($200-$500) phones.

What's formerly taboo about life-saving drugs and medicine? It's not "taboo" to want to bring polio back, it's monstrous.

And these too!

I appreciate the rundown!
Makes sense as far as the taxes and regulation goes.

I'm sure the paywall article has the reason for leaving, but the fact they're moving to Texas is kind of wild to me. Like, there was no way KFC was going to be a progressive company, but they're really going back in time with that move.