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@amberart.bsky.social

Artist for sculpture trails round the UK; dabbler in watercolour; learning and improving my art is my main aim.

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Painting on a heart-shaped canvas of a red kite's head with beak gaping and fierce look in its eye. Bird of prey, pale minty coloured eye

Painting on a heart-shaped canvas of a red kite's head with beak gaping and fierce look in its eye. Bird of prey, pale minty coloured eye

Remembered I opened this account for arty things and need to stop getting sucked into the quagmire.
So have a feisty red kite I painted for my Valentine this year.
For those interested in such details -#gouache #traditionalart #myart #paintingoncanvas #birdsonbluesky #redkite

15.02.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

If they start using nuclear weapons there won't be anywhere we can go to be safe.Maybe some remote island in the middle of the Pacific?

15.02.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly many of us will witness a cardiac arrest in our lifetime - let’s all be ready to save a life. Learn CPR in just 15 MINUTES. And its absolutely FREE πŸ‘‡

15.02.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Slope and the Switch In Search of the Perfect Measure.

The Slope and the Switch - (or why why Ai can't art).
open.substack.com/pub/joemorse...

15.02.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think this is probably the best photo I have ever taken? Chiffchaff looking at its reflection at the local spring. What do you all think? Hopefully I might get a re-post or two? View full screen. #birds #birdphotography

19.01.2025 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 556    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 3

All artists posting their art should check this out - and Glaze too. Still completely free.
#artists #artistsagainstgenai #ai

19.11.2024 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's my mum's 90th birthday today - what an absolute trooper. Her mahjong peeps made a mahjong-themed cake for her yesterday.

19.11.2024 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The internet says carpenter bees usually hibernate in empty nest tunnels in wood. Maybe you can offer her a bit of bamboo then pop her outside somewhere safe.

17.11.2024 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great analogising. πŸ˜†

15.11.2024 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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To sign up for our LGBTQ+ Hackathon on November 29th, click here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Please repost, share with friends, and let us know if you're coming! This is a brilliant collaborative opportunity for budding librarians and anybody interested in LGBTQ+ histories.

15.11.2024 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I just did that myself! Very satisfying πŸ‘πŸ˜‚

15.11.2024 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful!

15.11.2024 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bootiful!

15.11.2024 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
What were you wearing? - Tracey Ullman's Show: Season 2 Episode 6 Preview - BBC One
YouTube video by BBC What were you wearing? - Tracey Ullman's Show: Season 2 Episode 6 Preview - BBC One

here is an old clip of a tracy ullman skit, so on point.
youtu.be/51-hepLP8J4

12.11.2024 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Points - THIS!

14.11.2024 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Busy submitting designs for next year's charity trails. Stomp Around Leicester Elephant no:1 is done, just got to decide what theme to pick for design no: 2...
#traditionalart #myart #sculpturetrails

14.11.2024 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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finallly a place for my art

27.04.2023 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 267    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Home - AG Literary Agency Books to Traditional Publishers Books to TV/Film

Fake literary agency alert: AG Literary. Web domain 17 days old so a bit hard to figure how they sold so many books already 😜 What they're really selling: a "compelling book proposal", provided by a "third-party vendor" aka the actual scammer agliterary.com

09.11.2023 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 171    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7

this looks like a perfect birthday gift for @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com - time to repost!

10.11.2023 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, those matte pencils feel harder than ordinary graphite too - it's good because they don't smudge but also means they don't blend...

05.10.2023 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you are an artist, or know someone who is, then you know how much love they put into their craft.
This UK artist has been battling a US company who tanked their work. After years, they've almost prevailed! If you can help out, please do! Alex Norris - creator of Oh No Comics
gofund.me/036eed2a

05.10.2023 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 509    πŸ” 270    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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BlueSky Invites for the Chronic Illness Community Please fill out this form if you're the chronic illness community and you'd like to either (1) donate invite codes or (2) request an invite.

Hey, all. Julie Rehmeyer has made it easy to donate Blue Sky invite codes to folks in the disability community for whom Twitter was a crucial support. If you have extras you can drop them here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

30.09.2023 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1087    πŸ” 873    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 67
Space Unicorn!

Space Unicorn!

PLEASE RP Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine is OPEN to short story submissions from October 2 to October 16! WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ YOUR STORIES!!! www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/

02.10.2023 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

me too! πŸ‘

01.10.2023 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The only problem with acrylic gouaches is they dry very fast, so a wet palette is useful and helps save wasting paint too. You can use a kitchen snap lid container, use a thin sponge for the moisture, and put a sheet of tracing/greaseproof paper on top to mix on.

01.10.2023 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
So you decided to join BLUE SKY
[it's not twitter]
#1 upload an avatar
#2 set Moderation Settings

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So you decided to join BLUE SKY [it's not twitter] #1 upload an avatar #2 set Moderation Settings (box showing moderation hand symbol) Moderation (arrow pointing to) Content Filtering

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#3 Go to SETTINGS
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(arrow pointing to drawing of toggle) Toggle to enable Adult Content THEN choose Hide, Warn, or SHOW (star) tip: images are AI moderated so some slip thru & some G-rated images get tagged as "explicit", so "Warn" may be the bet choice atm #3 Go to SETTINGS (box with drawing of toggle) toggle require alt text on images (please β™₯) (arrow points to) Home Feed Prefs (star) Use these settings to control seeing reposts & replies on your TL

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#4 Go to My Feeds Go to "Discover New Feeds" to search for interesting feeds like "Only Posts" Click the "+" to add the feed (box) Go to the (gear icon) [edit my feeds] here you can pin and unpin feeds (side note) pinned feed will appear at the top of your TL Don't forget to "β™₯" the feed when you click on it to preview, this helps others find it!

Hey I made a quick welcome guide to BlueSky :)

There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.

21.08.2023 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6891    πŸ” 4136    πŸ’¬ 169    πŸ“Œ 313
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β€˜Chatoyant’, having a changeable luster like that of a cat's eye at night. I love fancy words.

Mostly graphite on paper washed with iridescent watercolor. 6”x6”. Warming up for a bigger piece, with pretty bloodsuckers… *cracks knuckles*

(Enjoy my Dark Art ;))

26.09.2023 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I did not know this. I know nothing. πŸ˜‚

10.09.2023 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

art is not a competition.

10.09.2023 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
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