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Helen Cooper

@helencooperbooks.bsky.social

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Author and illustrator of ‘Pumpkin Soup’ trilogy. ‘The Bear Under the Stairs’ The Taming of the Cat’ and many others - mainly Children’s books. Northerner living in Oxford. helencooperbooks.co.uk

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Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hello Bluesky people.I’m an author and illustrator who is interested in
: books
: art and illustration
: journalism
: science
: music
…actually - all sorts of things. If you want to know more about what I do you can check out my website- link in the bio - it looks like this.

My website showing a picture from ‘A Pipkin of Pepper’ form the ‘Pumpkin Soup’ trilogy.

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Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 7d

And just like that I’m a grandmother. Well Autumn always was my favourite season. ( selfie by my daughter @pandoradewan.bsky.social

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Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 10d

Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 12d

Just every now and then I catch the light like this. Cowdust Hour. I’m always trying to slip into my art. Here it is on the cover of ‘The Taming of the Cat’ Paperback out soon. #booksky #bsky.art

The Taming of the Cat by Helen Cooper. Cover for the paperback.

Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 12d

Old favourite

Joan Miró @joanmiro.bsky.social · 15d

Blue II https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/blue-ii

Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 12d

Love this

Joan Miró @joanmiro.bsky.social · 14d

Stars in Snails' Sexes https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/stars-in-snails-sexes

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Joan Miró @joanmiro.bsky.social · 14d

Painting (Man with a Pipe) https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/not_detected_227983

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Joan Miró @joanmiro.bsky.social · 13d

The Carbide Lamp https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/the-carbide-lamp-1923

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George Outhwaite @georgeouthwaite.bsky.social · Aug 10

Gouache paintings of long tailed blues
(might have a couple of these still available if that's something that interests you)

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Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 12d

Oh vegetables just do it for me.

alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 24d

tonight I'm eating ...her

Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 12d

Love this.

Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 12d

Fantastic

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Allan Bealy @allanbealy.bsky.social · 16d

incident _09.25

#collage #analogcollage #process #art

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Steve Tompkins @tomsk59.bsky.social · 13d

Evening sun on the western face of Beinn Mhor, South Uist.

Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
300x200mm
#OuterHebrides #Watercolour #ArtYear #Watercolor #Landscapeart

A sunset watercolour with a dark maroon foreground, bright red horizon and cloudy pink/lavender sky. Painted with Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Raw Sienna and Ultramarine pigment

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Tara Bush @tarabush.bsky.social · 19d

Owl Dreams
#birdart #art #sciart

Commissioned drawing of a barn owl. The owl is drawn from the side, it has a subtle crown made of decaying sunflower petals. The image is very low saturation. Background is black. Multimedia.

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Claude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 12d

Rough Sea at Etretat - 1868/1869
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7276

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Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 12d

Rumer Godden is a wonderful writer.

Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 12d

Gustave Dore. Hard to beat this one.

The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 12d

St Michael routs the rebel angels in this typically striking drawing by Gustav Dore, an illustration Milton's 'Paradise Lost'.
#MythologyMonday #angels #GustavDore #Milton #illustration

The angel St Michael flies down in a glow of fire, a sword in his hand, while other angels, some clad in armour, fall tumbling before him.

Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 13d

The colour of these #dahlias is the best I’ve ever had I think. #autumn.

Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 17d

Oh thank you.

Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 17d

Feels like time to post this pumpkin today. A nip in the air. This is from my book ‘Pumpkin Soup’. #booksky #bsky.art #pumpkin

Big pumpkin from Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper.

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Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 17d

Well I was just about to post a pumpkin on my own feed as it happens. It is feeling like a pumpkin time of year.

Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 19d

A pear from my early digital experiments on Procrest last year plus a part of my very serious photo series ‘Pears on Piano’ #art #pear

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Finding Donna🖤🤍📸 @dmimaging.bsky.social · 24d

Wednesday is a secret lover ❤️
(WV Glade Creek Grist Mill 2021)

#waterfallwednesday
#eastcoastkin
#blackandwhitephotography
#classicmono

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Annie Stegg Gerard @anniestegg.bsky.social · 24d

"Lumina" 9x12 inches, oils on copper panel 🦄

#unicornart #unicornoilpainting #oilpainting

Progress of a unicorn painting in stages

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Helen Cooper @helencooperbooks.bsky.social · 24d

More orange dahlias.