RABlack Art
@rablackart.bsky.social
Art.
I draw and paint a lot.
(I did a drawing a day in 2024.)
This year I’m listening to records and drawing little pictures of the covers.
I draw and paint a lot.
(I did a drawing a day in 2024.)
This year I’m listening to records and drawing little pictures of the covers.
Pinned
My concertina sketchbook.
Mostly created from late July to late August, but with some finishing touches since.
Mostly created from late July to late August, but with some finishing touches since.
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Illustrations by @willrose.bsky.social
Illustrations by @willrose.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Delighted to illustrate these common UK finches for the new Birds in Greenspaces survey. Sign up for a free recources pack #birds 🪶
I painted this a year ago today -
Looking at it now, I feel like I could do more of this kind of thing.
Looking at it now, I feel like I could do more of this kind of thing.
A drawing a day in 2024
Day 330
This picture is based on a photo I took a few weeks ago in Durham.
Something appeals to me about narrow spaces between tall buildings.
Day 330
This picture is based on a photo I took a few weeks ago in Durham.
Something appeals to me about narrow spaces between tall buildings.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I painted this a year ago today -
Looking at it now, I feel like I could do more of this kind of thing.
Looking at it now, I feel like I could do more of this kind of thing.
So good!
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
So good!
One year ago today, I drew this picture of a very early memory.
Looking at it today I’m tempted to add colour, but I would’ve only seen it in black and white back in the 70s.
Looking at it today I’m tempted to add colour, but I would’ve only seen it in black and white back in the 70s.
A drawing a day in 2024
Day 328
One of my earliest memories of television is this image.
#CloppaCastle
Day 328
One of my earliest memories of television is this image.
#CloppaCastle
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
One year ago today, I drew this picture of a very early memory.
Looking at it today I’m tempted to add colour, but I would’ve only seen it in black and white back in the 70s.
Looking at it today I’m tempted to add colour, but I would’ve only seen it in black and white back in the 70s.
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These are my mini-drawings of all the things I listened to this week.
Lots of them were difficult to draw this time - including the three ex-Beatles.
I loved hearing most of them but there are two albums I don’t want to hear again…
Lots of them were difficult to draw this time - including the three ex-Beatles.
I loved hearing most of them but there are two albums I don’t want to hear again…
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
These are my mini-drawings of all the things I listened to this week.
Lots of them were difficult to draw this time - including the three ex-Beatles.
I loved hearing most of them but there are two albums I don’t want to hear again…
Lots of them were difficult to draw this time - including the three ex-Beatles.
I loved hearing most of them but there are two albums I don’t want to hear again…
These are my mini-drawings of all the things I listened to this week.
Lots of them were difficult to draw this time - including the three ex-Beatles.
I loved hearing most of them but there are two albums I don’t want to hear again…
Lots of them were difficult to draw this time - including the three ex-Beatles.
I loved hearing most of them but there are two albums I don’t want to hear again…
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
These are my mini-drawings of all the things I listened to this week.
Lots of them were difficult to draw this time - including the three ex-Beatles.
I loved hearing most of them but there are two albums I don’t want to hear again…
Lots of them were difficult to draw this time - including the three ex-Beatles.
I loved hearing most of them but there are two albums I don’t want to hear again…
Look at these lovely things:
A few of the new pieces in the shop.
I’m trying to be as ethical and sustainable as I can with the products I make available while still offering a choice.
haeslwrid.co.uk
Full details are on each of the product pages but there are organic, biodegradable, and part-recycled items available 🍂
I’m trying to be as ethical and sustainable as I can with the products I make available while still offering a choice.
haeslwrid.co.uk
Full details are on each of the product pages but there are organic, biodegradable, and part-recycled items available 🍂
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Look at these lovely things:
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It's farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish Blakeys for Week 55 of Listing Dangerously. Also, Bill Maynard's on a bus, Pete Postlethwaite's in a caravan, Anthony Valentine's in Sydney, Orson Welles is in Norwich, and Simon Callow's in the pub, beating up squaddies.
open.substack.com/pub/historyo...
open.substack.com/pub/historyo...
Week 55: 22nd – 28th November, 1975
“Another fast-moving, action-packed programme, including yoga and prize leeks.”
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November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It's farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish Blakeys for Week 55 of Listing Dangerously. Also, Bill Maynard's on a bus, Pete Postlethwaite's in a caravan, Anthony Valentine's in Sydney, Orson Welles is in Norwich, and Simon Callow's in the pub, beating up squaddies.
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open.substack.com/pub/historyo...
Gene Clark & Carla Olson
So Rebellious A Lover, 1987
I’ve wanted this album for years but it always cost too much for the LP - so today I got the CD.
Fantastic that Gene’s last released album was such an inspired collaboration.
Timeless songs, great performances, sympathetic production.
So Rebellious A Lover, 1987
I’ve wanted this album for years but it always cost too much for the LP - so today I got the CD.
Fantastic that Gene’s last released album was such an inspired collaboration.
Timeless songs, great performances, sympathetic production.
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Gene Clark & Carla Olson
So Rebellious A Lover, 1987
I’ve wanted this album for years but it always cost too much for the LP - so today I got the CD.
Fantastic that Gene’s last released album was such an inspired collaboration.
Timeless songs, great performances, sympathetic production.
So Rebellious A Lover, 1987
I’ve wanted this album for years but it always cost too much for the LP - so today I got the CD.
Fantastic that Gene’s last released album was such an inspired collaboration.
Timeless songs, great performances, sympathetic production.
Roger McGuinn/Chris Hillman
Featuring Gene Clark
City, 1980
A new (to me) album.
I always want to hear dismissed albums by great musicians and I liked the LP that they made shortly before this.
Based on one listen I like it!
Gene is demoted due to his unreliable ways. His two songs sound great.
Featuring Gene Clark
City, 1980
A new (to me) album.
I always want to hear dismissed albums by great musicians and I liked the LP that they made shortly before this.
Based on one listen I like it!
Gene is demoted due to his unreliable ways. His two songs sound great.
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Roger McGuinn/Chris Hillman
Featuring Gene Clark
City, 1980
A new (to me) album.
I always want to hear dismissed albums by great musicians and I liked the LP that they made shortly before this.
Based on one listen I like it!
Gene is demoted due to his unreliable ways. His two songs sound great.
Featuring Gene Clark
City, 1980
A new (to me) album.
I always want to hear dismissed albums by great musicians and I liked the LP that they made shortly before this.
Based on one listen I like it!
Gene is demoted due to his unreliable ways. His two songs sound great.
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YOUR toilet could look like Stewart Lee's! Head to heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com for the Curious Orange diorama and so much more!
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
YOUR toilet could look like Stewart Lee's! Head to heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com for the Curious Orange diorama and so much more!
A new purchase.
Inspired by @world-of-telly.bsky.social.
Inspired by @world-of-telly.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A new purchase.
Inspired by @world-of-telly.bsky.social.
Inspired by @world-of-telly.bsky.social.
I’ve just been reminded that it’s a year since I invented the Nigel Kneale Activity Book!
One of my favourite ‘drawing a day’ drawings.
I loved drawing the martian in a Kerr-influenced style.
One of my favourite ‘drawing a day’ drawings.
I loved drawing the martian in a Kerr-influenced style.
A drawing a day in 2024
Day 324
A couple of weeks ago I saw a Mog Activity Book based on Judith Kerr’s stories and it gave me the idea for this, inspired by her husband’s work.
Now I really want it to be real!
Day 324
A couple of weeks ago I saw a Mog Activity Book based on Judith Kerr’s stories and it gave me the idea for this, inspired by her husband’s work.
Now I really want it to be real!
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I’ve just been reminded that it’s a year since I invented the Nigel Kneale Activity Book!
One of my favourite ‘drawing a day’ drawings.
I loved drawing the martian in a Kerr-influenced style.
One of my favourite ‘drawing a day’ drawings.
I loved drawing the martian in a Kerr-influenced style.
I love this.
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I love this.
I find the attention to detail in these videos absolutely captivating! Amazing work.
💥New video!
📺The Forgotten 60s Dalek: Uncovering Dr. Barnardo’s Hidden Dalek Story ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6Z...
📺The Forgotten 60s Dalek: Uncovering Dr. Barnardo’s Hidden Dalek Story ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv6Z...
The Forgotten 60s Dalek: Uncovering Dr. Barnardo’s Hidden Dalek Story
YouTube video by Dalek 63•88
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November 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I find the attention to detail in these videos absolutely captivating! Amazing work.
I’ve been trying out some different approaches to a cubist portrait composition I started last week.
I photocopied a tonal version then hand-painted/collaged/inked/pencilled in over each of them.
I photocopied a tonal version then hand-painted/collaged/inked/pencilled in over each of them.
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’ve been trying out some different approaches to a cubist portrait composition I started last week.
I photocopied a tonal version then hand-painted/collaged/inked/pencilled in over each of them.
I photocopied a tonal version then hand-painted/collaged/inked/pencilled in over each of them.
Some good things here:
Reveries & Ritual: A British Solo Acoustic Guitar Primer
Drawing on the music of John Fahey and Bert Jansch, the new generation of UK solo guitarists is maintaining—and expanding on—tradition
daily.bandcamp.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Some good things here:
This week I only listened to Neil Young albums. Here are my mini drawings of them.
It was only after I’d heard about seven of them that I read it was Neil’s 80th birthday this week! Coincidence? (Yes.)
The most fun to draw was ‘Sleeps With Angels’ and the most difficult was ‘The Monsanto Years.’
It was only after I’d heard about seven of them that I read it was Neil’s 80th birthday this week! Coincidence? (Yes.)
The most fun to draw was ‘Sleeps With Angels’ and the most difficult was ‘The Monsanto Years.’
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This week I only listened to Neil Young albums. Here are my mini drawings of them.
It was only after I’d heard about seven of them that I read it was Neil’s 80th birthday this week! Coincidence? (Yes.)
The most fun to draw was ‘Sleeps With Angels’ and the most difficult was ‘The Monsanto Years.’
It was only after I’d heard about seven of them that I read it was Neil’s 80th birthday this week! Coincidence? (Yes.)
The most fun to draw was ‘Sleeps With Angels’ and the most difficult was ‘The Monsanto Years.’
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The Record Collector special on David Bowie 1981-2016 is mandatory reading. The net has been cast widely & inspiringly for interviewees, as here, where DB’s art curator Beth Greenacre speaks about his love for Frank Auerbach’s Head Of Gerda Boehm. The whole interview with Greenacre is fascinating.
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Record Collector special on David Bowie 1981-2016 is mandatory reading. The net has been cast widely & inspiringly for interviewees, as here, where DB’s art curator Beth Greenacre speaks about his love for Frank Auerbach’s Head Of Gerda Boehm. The whole interview with Greenacre is fascinating.
I’ve got my very own Columbo!
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I’ve got my very own Columbo!
Amazing art.
“The West Front, Liverpool Cathedral”
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
2025
(61cm x 46cm)
This piece is based on a sketch I did last winter of the west front of the cathedral. Completed in 1978, the statue of the Risen Christ by Elisabeth Frink was installed over the entrance in 1993. #art #liverpool
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
2025
(61cm x 46cm)
This piece is based on a sketch I did last winter of the west front of the cathedral. Completed in 1978, the statue of the Risen Christ by Elisabeth Frink was installed over the entrance in 1993. #art #liverpool
November 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Amazing art.
Here are my small drawings of albums I’ve listened to this week, including new purchases from @lookingforthemagic.bsky.social and @logofiasco.bsky.social.
I was very pleased with the squashed Neil Young face in the corner of ‘American Stars ‘n Bars’.
I was very pleased with the squashed Neil Young face in the corner of ‘American Stars ‘n Bars’.
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Here are my small drawings of albums I’ve listened to this week, including new purchases from @lookingforthemagic.bsky.social and @logofiasco.bsky.social.
I was very pleased with the squashed Neil Young face in the corner of ‘American Stars ‘n Bars’.
I was very pleased with the squashed Neil Young face in the corner of ‘American Stars ‘n Bars’.
A few weeks ago I got a CD of the Missing Hancocks from a charity shop. I loved the performances & particularly the scripts. I’d seen a few telly episodes but never heard the radio ones.
So I’ve decided to listen to all the existing Hancock radio episodes in order, along with the re-made ones.
So I’ve decided to listen to all the existing Hancock radio episodes in order, along with the re-made ones.
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A few weeks ago I got a CD of the Missing Hancocks from a charity shop. I loved the performances & particularly the scripts. I’d seen a few telly episodes but never heard the radio ones.
So I’ve decided to listen to all the existing Hancock radio episodes in order, along with the re-made ones.
So I’ve decided to listen to all the existing Hancock radio episodes in order, along with the re-made ones.
Wax
American English, 1987
I taped ‘Building A Bridge to Your Heart’ off the radio when I was 11.
Yesterday I finally heard the LP (bought on Friday.)
‘Bug in the Machine’ stood out: the only song sung by Gouldman. Reminiscent of New Order?
I feel sorry for that cover model.
American English, 1987
I taped ‘Building A Bridge to Your Heart’ off the radio when I was 11.
Yesterday I finally heard the LP (bought on Friday.)
‘Bug in the Machine’ stood out: the only song sung by Gouldman. Reminiscent of New Order?
I feel sorry for that cover model.
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Wax
American English, 1987
I taped ‘Building A Bridge to Your Heart’ off the radio when I was 11.
Yesterday I finally heard the LP (bought on Friday.)
‘Bug in the Machine’ stood out: the only song sung by Gouldman. Reminiscent of New Order?
I feel sorry for that cover model.
American English, 1987
I taped ‘Building A Bridge to Your Heart’ off the radio when I was 11.
Yesterday I finally heard the LP (bought on Friday.)
‘Bug in the Machine’ stood out: the only song sung by Gouldman. Reminiscent of New Order?
I feel sorry for that cover model.
After work yesterday I rewarded/treated myself: visiting two nearby record shops: @logofiasco.bsky.social
and the newly-opened
@lookingforthemagic.bsky.social
which is about a minute’s walk away from where I work… dangerously close…
and the newly-opened
@lookingforthemagic.bsky.social
which is about a minute’s walk away from where I work… dangerously close…
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
After work yesterday I rewarded/treated myself: visiting two nearby record shops: @logofiasco.bsky.social
and the newly-opened
@lookingforthemagic.bsky.social
which is about a minute’s walk away from where I work… dangerously close…
and the newly-opened
@lookingforthemagic.bsky.social
which is about a minute’s walk away from where I work… dangerously close…