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The Strangers’ Case I don’t normally say this, but if you watch one thing on kottke.org today, this week, this month, make it this speech written by Shakespeare and performed by

The full clip, including McKellen's setup of the scene, is here, along with info about the riots (Evil May Day) and the text of the speech itself. kottke.org/26/02/the-st...

It's been a little while since I posted any art. It's been crazy busy over the holiday period, but I finally managed to find time to complete this one I've been working on for a while.

As a forever DM I wanted something to hang in my games room :-)

An acrylic painting of a hooded man gesturing towards a floating, glowing 20-sided die.

The Dungeon Master.
Acrylic on A2 canvas board.

#art #art #people #acrylicpainting #artistsonbluesky #portrait #blueskyartshow #dungeonsanddragons #d&d #dm #dungeonmaster

Well, the FIFA Peace Prize committee must be feeling very silly today.

An acrylic painting of a woman pushing her boot towards the viewer.

Best foot forward.
Acrylic on A2 canvas board.

#art #people #portrait #acrylicpainting #artistsofbluesky #blueskyartshow

An acrylic painting in greyscale of a woman wearing colourful christmas lights.

Jingle Belle.
Acrylic on A2 canvas board.

#art #people #portrait #acrylicpainting #artistsofbluesky #blueskyartshow

A table showing an art canvas being prepared with a red ground

Love the anticipation and mess of preparing a new painting.

#alizarinered #artistsofbluesky
#acrylicpainting

An acrylic painting of Ball Hill near Newbury at sunset.

Ball Hill, Newbury.
A companion piece to my painting of Donnington Castle.
Acrylic on A3 360 gsm Elements acrylic paper.
So lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the country.
#art #places #acrylicpainting #artistsonbluesky #landscape #newbury #berkshire #blueskyartshow

An acrylic painting of a tree with red autumnal leaves against a green background.

Fuego.
Acrylic on heavy acrylic paper.

#art #places #objectsandstilllife #acrylicpainting #artistsofbluesky #blueskyartshow

A watercolour painting of a lady with her arms raised above her head, as if lying back. Decorative fish swim above her.

Floating.
Watercolour paint on cold pressed cotton paper.
#art #people #portrait #artistsofbluesky #watercolour #watercolor #blueskyartshow

An acrylic painting of Donnington Castle, near Newbury, at sunset.

Donnington Castle at sunset.

Trying new style, and really pleased with the result. Using a magenta ground really made the colours pop.
Acrylic on A3 360 gsm Elements acrylic paper.

#art #places #acrylicpainting #newbury #britishcastles #artistsofbluesky

School of beauty, school of culture by Kerry James Marshall

Black star 2 by Kerry James Marshall

The club by Kerry James Marshall

Went to see the Kerry James Marshall exhibition at the Royal Academy at the weekend, and have been thinking about it ever since. Astonishing, impactful and beautiful.
#kerryjamesmarshall #royalacademy #art

A "travel sketch" style drawing in mixed media on toned paper showing scenes from Costa Rica.

Travel sketching. Costa Rica.
Mixed media on toned paper.
#art #places #pastel #mixedmedia #artists

Thanks Jack! Means a lot coming from you 🙏😊

An impressionistic painting of the rooftops of Edinburgh.

“Rooftops”
Acrylic and pastel mixed media on cold pressed cotton watercolour paper.

A bit of an experiment this, going for a more impressionistic style.

#art #places #acrylicpainting #pastel

An oil painting of wonder woman looking up.

Crimson and gold.

My first ever oil painting! So difficult, but really satisfying to see the final result, even if I made a million mistakes.

Oils on gesso-coated mdf board.

#art #people #portrait #practice #oilpainting #wonderwoman #dcfanart

An acrylic painting in the style of a vintage travel poster that shows a beach on the island of Curaçao.

Vintage travel poster style.
Acrylic with Liquitex matte gel on heavy acrylic paper.
#art #places #acrylicpainting #curaçao #vintage #travel #travelposter

An acrylic painting of a woman's head and shoulders.

La Belleza.
Acrylic on acrylic paper.
#art #acrylicpainting #portrait #people

Finding it hard to process the terribly sad news about Diogo Jota. Such a talent. Thoughts with his Andre's family.
💔🖤💛

Bob Vylan Artist · 220.8K monthly listeners.

I see Bob Vylan are upsetting all the right people 😀

Give them a listen, they are a fucking amazing band.
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Pulp opening a wormhole directly back to 1996 at #Glastonbury. Love it 🕺

A watercolour painting in red showing a broken down bus in a tropical forest.

Red Bus.
A value study in one colour, in watercolour.
#art #stilllife #places #watercolour #red

Finally got round to seeing Sinners on Saturday.
Wow, have been thinking about it ever since. Best film of the year so far.

A painting of a man's head looking into the distance.

Self portrait.
Mixed media.
#art #people #portrait #watercolour #pastel

A slightly abstract portrait of a young girl in glasses.

Portrait of my daughter.
Trying new things. Mixed media (graphite, fine liner, watercolour, and pastels) on Canson Smooth light grey.
#art #people #portrait #watercolour #pastel

Pencil art of two people standing at the Plaza de España, Seville.

Plaza de España, Seville
Self-portrait. Graphite pencils on cartridge paper.
#pencil #art #graphite #people #pencil art #places #seville #spain #españa

A biro sketch of a frog person

A biro sketch of a penguin perched on someone's head

A biro sketch of a face

A biro sketch of a famous rock star

Scribbles and doodles because sometimes work meetings go on a little too long...
#art #doodles #sketches #biro

An acrylic painting of a scene from the movie "The Neon Demon", showing a young woman wielding a knife.

More practice with acrylics. I learned a lot with this one, both what to do and what not to do! Theme was "thriller".
#art
#people
#practice
#acrylicpainting
#acrylic
#theneondemon
#thriller

I have been rewatching Twin Peaks recently, and just got up to THAT episode. 8 years on and it remains a unique piece of screen storytelling. It's a reminder of the power of imagination, that so much of today's tv and film seems to have forgotten.
#twinpeaks #lynch #gottalight

An acrylic painting of a boat sailing into an orange sunset.

Practice with different acrylic and texturing techniques.
#acrylic #painting #practice #art