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The Wee Owl Art (Scotland) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @theweeowl.bsky.social · 20h

Harvest mice among the wheat stalks. A little autumnal piece, A5 size (148 x 210mm / 5.8 x 8.3") on pastel paper.
folksy.com/items/8561646

#HarvestMouse #AnimalArt #Autumn #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #PenAndInk #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop

An A5 size drawing of harvest mice in a wheat field. The mice are climbing stalks of wheat. The artwork is in browns, beige and peachy tones. It is on peach toned pastel paper.
Harvest mice are Britain’s smallest rodent, weighing only 4-6 grams. In the British Isles, harvest mice are mainly found south of central Yorkshire, although they do also occur in Scotland and Wales.
An original art work, please note that the frame is not included.
Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper
Size A5 (148 x 210mm / 5.8 x 8.3")

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Emily Tull ASGFA @artbyemilytull.bsky.social · 19h

"Sparrow And The Skull"
Thread painting
This is the only hand embroidery on wallpaper full image artwork I have ever made. I love it but it was incredibly fragile to make. I've only shown it a couple of times because I couldn't part with it, but it is in my webshop.
#Stunday #31DaysOfHalloween

A low light pink flower pattern wallpaper with black paint drips on the upper left corner. In the middle is a hand embroidered human skull with a male house sparrow standing on top. Both skull and sparrow are looking towards the left.

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 2d

Whoever said two wrongs don't make a right has never tried to plug in a USB cable

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 6d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 6d

Nothing says "I'm a generic-looking white guy" like opening a game's character creation screen, seeing the default option, and, without making any changes, going, "yeah, that's pretty close" (although, that might say more about what some games consider "default" than it does about me...)

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 9d

We watched House of the Long Shadows tonight. Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing - how could we say no? Very silly but a lot of fun - and surprisingly gory in places, for something made in a rather Hammer Films style

A poster for the movie, House of the Long Shadows, starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 9d

SG1 and Atlantis play on a loop in our house too. What more does anyone need?

Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 9d

Rewrite a horror to be zine-acceptable:

Stephen King's IT (didn't hurt us, we're fine)

https://kolektiva.social/@noescape_vg 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com · 11d

Then what the fuck is the point of you

Important: The Horror Zine does NOT accept any material that contains adult or sexually explicit content; abuse or harming of women or children; any rape scenes; serial killers; slasher; gore for gore's sake, or splatter punk. We do NOT accept any religious or political themes. We do NOT accept any submissions written in Olde English, Victorian, or 19th Century styles. We do NOT accept any submissions told in a diary or letter or journal format, written in numbered chapters, told as memories, or told entirely as dialogue (someone recounting past events). We do NOT accept any submissions created with the use of, or any assistance form, Artificial Intelligence (AI). We do NOT accept fan fiction.

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 9d

Philosophical conundrum: if a horror zine would reject Nightmare on Elm St, Seven, the Exorcist, the Omen, Frankenstein, Dracula, and every M. R. James story, is it still a horror zine?

https://kolektiva.social/@noescape_vg 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com · 11d

Then what the fuck is the point of you

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 9d

I love your uniquique approach to spelling!

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 10d

Whenever I'm on a crowded bus I think to myself, "I can't stand telepaths" just to see if anyone looks around

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 11d

Oh, go on, since it's the start of spooky season, I drew this for you

A scratchboard portrait drawing of Frankenstein's creation, in white on a black background.

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 11d

Post a meme made by you

A picture of Teal'c from Stargate S G 1, wearing a black woollen hat and sunglasses, with the caption: "I am here to chew bubblegum and to do battle - and my supply of confectionery is depleted."

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 23d

✨ We’ve Moved! ✨

Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.

🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 12d

September 30/October 1st

A scratchboard drawing of a human skull in white on a plain black background, facing off to one side, jaw slightly open

A photo of a human skull against a plain white background, facing off to one side, jaw slightly open

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 26d

“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”

—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...

Iain Banks: the final interview

Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .

www.theguardian.com

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you so much!

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 14d

Happy 50th anniversary, Brad and Janet! #RockyHorror

Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · Feb 8

I drew a new picture! It's been a year and a half since I last put pencil to paper, but I finally decided that my portrait of Brad needed a Janet

A colour pencil drawing on black paper of Janet Weiss from Rocky Horror, with a corset on and a boa across one shoulder. Her face is painted white in a green-rimmed oval, with green makeup around her eyes and red lipstick on her lips.

A colour pencil drawing on black paper of Brad Majors from Rocky Horror, with a corset on and a boa across his shoulders. His face is painted white in a red-rimmed oval, with red makeup around his eyes and on his lips, and he is holding one hand up to his chest

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Tori Kate @torikateillo.bsky.social · 19d

HAPPY FALL Y’ALL ! 🍁🍂

time for cozy sweaters, fluffy socks (!!!), rainy days, changing leaves & pumpkins!

my absolute fav season - i could live in a cozy autumn town forever.

whats your fav part of Fall? ✨

@andreabrownlit.bsky.social
@analiacabello.bsky.social

A fox in the middle of the illustration is wearing a light green sweater and holding a cup of tea. Surrounding him are a bunch of ‘Autumn’ objects - a scarf, umbrella, mushrooms, socks, books, pencil, apple and leaves changing colours

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 16d

Scooting around the map on Rightmove, daydreaming of a life elsewhere

Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 16d

I've seen the real thing and some lucky person is going to bag themselves a bargain when this goes on sale!

The Wee Owl Art (Scotland) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @theweeowl.bsky.social · 16d

#WIP More progress with this blackbirds and rowan drawing. Had an incident with the masking tape, did not want to come off and the white edge is a bit on the scruffy side as a result. I will list it as a 'Perfectly Imperfect'. It won't look bad when it's framed.

#WorkInProgress #Drawing

Further progress with this drawing of blackbirds with rowan. two thirds of the drawing is coloured now, one bird, some leaves and a background to go.

Finished drawing, a male and female blackbird in among rowan berries and leaves in autumnal colour. The drawing has a black background.
Some damage has occurred to the paper edge, but that is not visible in this photo.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 16d

One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

petition.parliament.uk

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Nicholas Nada @nixnada.bsky.social · 16d

I took a test that showed I'm one- eighth Scotch.

You mean Scottish?

*hic* nope.

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The Wee Owl Art (Scotland) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @theweeowl.bsky.social · 17d

⭐️New⭐
Another new larger painting. A winter forest in oil pastel on fine art green pastel paper, A4 size.
Winter Forest - available now on Folksy...
folksy.com/items/8558965

#Landscape #Trees #Winter #Snow #OriginalArt #Drawing #OilPastels #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #bsnm

An A4 size painting of a forest in winter with tall trees and pale sky and snow on the ground.
The artwork is on dark green pastel paper.
An original art work, sold unframed.
Fine art oil pastel on toned pastel paper
Size A4 (210 x 297mm / 8.3 x 11.7")

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The Wee Owl Art (Scotland) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @theweeowl.bsky.social · Sep 9

Deliveries to the USA are back!
-All parcels will be sent duty paid, no nasty surprises!
-Art is exempt from the tariffs
-Simple packaging will be used to make it safe and easy to get through customs.
folksy.com/shops/thewee...

#Drawing #Painting #Artwork #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #bsnm

A photo collage of some of my artworks that are currently available:
A blue tit perched on a branch of white blossom, Glencoe mountains, a swift in flight, a hedgehog with lavender, fly agaric mushrooms and yellow cosmos flowers.

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