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Wil Freeborn
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Artist, illustrator
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Painting towards the sun, Isle of Bute
Watercolour of a field with mountains in the background looking towards the sun
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Day on the Isle of Bute
Watercolour of a house by a road with mountains in the background, sunny winter day
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Croissant study for your morning
A watercolour of a fresh croissant
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Painting this tree line before the rain came in
Watercolour of a line of bare trees in silhouette with an overcast day with slight sign of the sun through the clouds
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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It’s a chilly day for painting but the light was really nice, Cove Road
A watercolour of a house in sunlight near a coastline with hills in the far background
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Hi, my new 2026 calendar and diary planner are available to pre order over on my Etsy store

www.etsy.com/shop/wilfree...
A photo of a calendar cover with lots of baked goods illustrated A 2026 diary planner and a small watercolour of a pastry with cherry on top A photo of a café table with cup of coffee, green plate with a brownie and a diary planner An open calendar page, January with an illustration of a bakery counter selling donuts An open diary page with an illustration of a café interior 2 people having coffee looking out of the window
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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A set of bakery illustrations I’ve been working on
Watercolour paintings (nine) of various baked items
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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A recent piece, low sun on Barrhill Road
Watercolour of houses on a street with orange/yellow sunlight on them, church in the distance
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Kitty’s donuts, chocolate sprinkle
A watercolour of a chocolate donut with multi coloured sprinkles
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Burnfield Bakery donut
A watercolour of a donut with cream and a raspberry on top
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Full moon tonight, a small fused glass test piece based on this view. I’m hoping to a larger version soon
Holding a small piece of glass artwork in front of a coastal view at night, hill with lots of building lights with a full moon in the night sky
November 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Little Inverkip colour study
A watercolour of a Scottish village with houses on either side of a road with a low yellow sun in the top left
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Edinburgh bakery, Twelve Triangles
A watercolour of a bakery window filled with lots of shelves of baked goods, fresh loaves, focaccia, croissants, cookies and cakes
November 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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St Mocha, café in Balmaha Loch Lomond
Watercolour of a café with a barista making a coffee behind the counter, it’s a busy counter with an ice cream cabinet to the right, a fridge with cakes to the left and boxes of crisps and snacks
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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View of Moniaive village just as the sun was starting to set
Watercolour of a small Scottish village with white houses along a road
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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View of Tyrnon Doon from Penpont
Watercolour of a Scottish road with a house and hills in the background
October 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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A short video (no audio) from a trip to Dunkeld to enjoy the autumn and paint some ancient oaks in Birnam wood
October 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Painting this ancient oak, near Dunkeld (it was one of the last great oaks of Birnam forest featured in Shakespeare’s Macbeth!
Watercolour of an old ancient oak tree, some of its arms are held up by wooden supports
October 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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More autumn colour studies at Queens Park, Glasgow
Watercolour of an alley way of trees on autumn colours
October 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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More autumn oak tree studies
Watercolour of an oak tree in autumn colours
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Glasgow café, Amulet
A watercolour of a café interior with the barista in front of a table making a pour over coffee with another barista to the left
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Trying to catch some autumn up by Greenock cut
A watercolour of a tree with autumn leaves
October 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Café toilet selfie at Amulet, Glasgow (lol felt like an Instagram selfie trap, that I fell right into)
Mirror selfie in café toilet, lit very red with text above the mirror
October 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Painting Snuff mill bridge, Glasgow this afternoon
Watercolour of an old bridge with a lantern and autumn leaves
October 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM