Julia Laing

I'm trying to do it as early in the day as I can but am not being too rigid about it. I'm not too worried about missing the odd day, as long as I do most days.

Thank you! I highly recommend it. It's taken me a long while to let go of inhibition to do this but I'm enjoying it so much now.

A sketchbook lying open on a white table. The pages are covered with colourful paper collage elements, including circles and scribbles. There are also pens and notebooks on the desk.

15 minute collages in my sketchbook. They're just a kind of brain dump exercise and don't really relate much to my other work. I do find them really fun, and look forward to this daily ritual now.
#visualart #collage #sketchbook #sketchbookpages #abstractcollage #abstractart #artists #art #play

Blooming February Postcard Art for a Cause

Here's the latest news from my studio.

#visualart #artists #artblogs #floral #crocuses #pae2026 #postcardartforacause #postcardart #paintings #mixedmediaart

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Why, thank you! Really enjoying my sketchbook time just now.

Summerhall Arts Group Show 2026 Callout - Summerhall Arts In light of the success of the first annual Summerhall Arts group show it is with great pleasure we can confirm that we are opening applications for

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a selection of doodlecats stuff. notepads with cats on. coasters that say all cats are beautiful. badges and stickers saying felines against fascism and stickers of cats holding pride flags

I am having a very expensive month (my mobility scooter died)
If you like cats, I have lots of cool stuff in my shop! All orders much appreciated.
doodlecatsshop.co.uk

A raw burlap background with a torn edge piece of light brown fabric with a mid brown floral pattern coming down and across from the top right corner. On top is a torn, fragmented hand embroidered portrait of a white female head with blue eyes and black hair. The head is turned two thirds to the left.

"Everybody Has A little Piece Of Someone They Hide"

It's been eleven years since I began the wallpaper inspired series, this is the first one made in 2015. Currently thinking about the next one.
#embroidery #PortraitArt #HumansOfBlueSky

Messy white desk seen from above with sketchbook open showing two pages of charcoal drawings of flowers. There are also scissors, paint inks and charcoal scattered around the book.

Such a good sketchbook session this morning working with charcoal, gouache and acrylic inks. It's messy work so I'm off to clean down the table and wash my hands.
#visualart #sketchbookpages #artists #artistsdesk #artistsstudio #iloveart #charcoalsketches #flowerdrawings #julialaingstudio

Collage and Crocuses Hello again, internet friends, How are you?

My latest studio notes are ready to read!

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#artists #collage #substackartists #artbloggers #Crocuses #spring #sketchbooks #landscapeart #visualart #drawings #artblogs

Sketchbook page with a drawing of crocuses. Drawn with pencil on white gouache paint.

Sketchbook crocuses. Pencil and gouache. Love seeing these wee flowers appearing 💚

Prepared some 7 x 5 inch boards with gesso...hoping to get some studio time later on.

A rectangular portrait mode artwork. A hand embroidered swallow flys to the right against a backdrop of French lace clouds on a grey/blue fabric background

"Swallow"
Hand embroidery thread painting artwork
Clouds are made from French lace.
#BlueSkyArtShow #clouds #embroidery #WildlifeArt #birds

Thank you @catbed.bsky.social :)

An angled shot of an acrylic painting hanging on a white wall. The painting shows an abstracted representation of a fir tree and shadowed birch tree covered in snow and pale yellow winter light filtering in from behind them. There are paint drips and squiggles and a lot of layered lozenges in grey, grey blue, Prussian blue, whitened teal, and yellow.

New work available for purchase at Taiko.art:

Snow Cover 1, acrylic on stretched canvas, 100 cm x 80 cm, 2025

Straight from my studio to your wall. See more info at www.taiko.art/petrakaminen... (with international shipping)

#art #painting

A raku fired cat sculpture with glazing in iridescent greens, yellows, reds and blues. The cat wears a top hat and monocle. Front view, full body.

A raku fired cat sculpture with glazing in iridescent greens, yellows, reds and blues. The cat wears a top hat and monocle. Closeup of the face including a red and blue mustache.

A raku fired cat sculpture with glazing in iridescent greens, yellows, reds and blues. The cat wears a top hat and monocle. Back view, full body.

Introducing Cuddles Von Profit, a capitalist cat-astrophe and a purr-fect reminder that billionaires are ridiculous, but cats are essential.

100% less morally reprehensible than a billionaire.

Adopt Cuddles and own a billionaire instead of them owning you.

Warning: Do not eat.

#Caturday #cats

Thank you :) @kaminenmosher.art

An oil painting of a landscape featuring an ochre grassland with touches of green. A horizontal line of dark green bushes runs across the middle of the composition, intersected by a curving road that disappears behind one of the bushes. On the right side, an ashy green hill slopes gently to the left. Behind it, a second hill appears in a slightly lighter shade. The sky is a soft light gray.

Created this painting from a reference in class (reference unknown). It’s one of the few oil paintings I’ve made so far. After seeing so many beautiful landscape pieces on BS, I wanted to share mine as well 🖼️ 🏞️.
#landscape#art#oilpainting

Title: Untitled

Medium: Oil on canvas

I really appreciate the reposts, thanks! I did a bit more to these last nigh. Hope to have something finished soon.

Hand Embroidered 'Hello' Bundle Special clearance offer You will receive: A beautiful completely unique textile artwork, made from ivory coloured silk, featuring hand-embroidered text. Original price £70.00 A greeting card which fea...

Any #textileart fans on Bluesky today?

There is a fantastic offer in my shop at the moment - it's an archive piece, completely hand stitched and now available at a ridiculously low price.
#hello #textileartists #embroidery #mixed-media #visualart
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Two kittens are standing together on a black and white basket chair. Behind them is an orange and pink geometric print cushion.

One from the vaults for #caturday today. Here are Melba and Marco when they were cute kittens. Can't believe they'll be 5 this year! Constant companions, sometimes they argue but usually end up snuggling together soon after #😻
#cats #kittens #catsky #tabbycats

Postcards From Perthshire Long weekend in the Mackintosh Building, Comrie

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Graphic for a substack post called Postcards From Perthshire, it features a photo of a shop and flat above it which were designed by the scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

My latest blog is ready to read!
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A wistful little conté stick squirrel, light yellowy orange, looking sideways

A greenish front of a hare being leisurely, grainy textures

A sideways schematic rabbit and pink candy floss dove

A squirrel in oil pastels with orange hot sun, small

I’ve had a cabinet reshuffle on my website so the rodents from the monoprint drawings gallery are now in the Rodents gallery and it’s looking a bit more richly populated in there. Here are a few of the nice dudes to be found there. Look, share, buy, thank you x

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A gathering of several botanically based oil pastel drawings on black and white paper, with a scattering of the media used to produce them. As well as pastels that includes masking tape, craft knife and a 2B mechanical pencil. The greens are saturated hues. All bright and breezy.

#Januarty2026
21. Green
Lots of green oil pastel drawings of Spring based plants - an online class I taught @sketchbookskool.bsky.social ....when the weather was warmer and we had more light.
Looking forward to 🔅 again soon 💚

#botanical #oilpastel #onlineart #onlineclass #artyear

Got a few collage pieces on the go.
#visualart #wip #collage

Totally up to no good.

Silly Cat No 23
Oil pastels on cardboard

No Mice Were Harmed in the Making of this... Happy New Year / Christmas crafting / Cat and Mouse / SSA exhibition

Sent out my first Sketches and Snippets update of the year. Read it here!
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Writing my first newsletter of the year and trying to remember what's been happening since December... it seems forever ago.
#substack #artblogger #artist

A hand holding a little textile doll with yellow eyes. It is shaped as a crescent, earth colour fabric pinned on it and the bottom end has a snail shell on it. In the background, pieces of dyed fabric on a black plastic.

Working on a new little Forest Spirit 🌿

#art #textileart #handmade