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Alice
@alishiningbrightly.bsky.social
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Creating daily. Dealing with a chronic illness. Heart-Centered Academy Assistant. Tees Delta. WTJU 91.1 listener. INFJ. Cryptic crosswords, and maths puzzles fan. This house has two floors and is well kept. 📎🎨💚
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This is the closest I have. Two of my mother's Angry Birds on her mantelpiece. My mother is approaching 80 years old.

#JuliArty
#emoji
#artyear
#angrybirds
Watercolour postcard of my mother's mantelpiece. There is a silver clock and weather station in the centre. To the left are 3 mugs, a red Angry Bird sits in one. To the right, are another 3 mugs and another Angry Bird. On the far RHS is a round black and white pen holder.
July 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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St Bernard puppy. I spotted this in a St Bernard group walk at my local park.

#JuliArty
#artyear
#dog
St Bernard puppy in watercolour on sketchbook paper.
July 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Look what just arrived!

Thank you @jambookshopuk.bsky.social they are fantastic! (They're always fantastic! )

#artyear
#drawing
Three prints of pictures by David 'Ziggy' Greene. Left: Garden Birds: bullfinch, greenfinch, Jay, long-tailed tit, magpie,starling. Centre: dragon. Right: Garden Birds: blue tit,Robin, goldfinch, blackbird, woodpigeon, wren.
July 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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I'm feeling very virtuous now. I've managed to repack all my art supplies into the art cart. I'm also knackered! Pass the tea.🎨😁

#artyear
Art cart. A trolley with 8 drawers: pink, red, orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, and purple.
July 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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If you're talking to me, yep I've heard him. He's one of the reasons I own this beauty. The man was sheer class in bass playing. It wasn't until recently I realised just how close his voice was to Skip James.

If you weren't talking to me, well I still agree with you.

#bass
Fender acoustic bass and stand.
July 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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What flavour soup do we think this is?

#food
#brainteaser
Unidentified packet of Heinz Cup-A-Soup unopened.
July 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Take a simple shape, and see where you end up. In this case, a triangle.

#simple
#JuliArty
#artyear
#drawing
A triangle of cheese. Graphite on paper.
July 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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This is the best I can do, although it comes nowhere near my personal definition of geek. I filled an entire sketchbook painting my phone app icons. I discovered that there's a real art to crafting a good icon.

#geek
#JuliArty
#artyear
App icon for DuckDuckGo. Watercolour on sketchbook paper. App icon for NewPipe. Watercolour on sketchbook paper.
July 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Winner! 🥳🏆🥳

#ithadtohappeneventually
A newly opened box of tablets with the leaflet NOT in the way of the tablets for once.
July 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Whilst helping out in a charity shop, me and a colleague played chess during quiet times. It took him a while to beat me, but the first time he did, we were both delighted. When he left a while later I gave him this picture of his first winning position.

#game
#JuliArty
#drawing
Chess position as seen from the black side of the board. The black queen stands directly in front of the white king protected by a black Knight.
July 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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I swear they tasted better when they were called 'Marathon'.

#JuliArty
#wrapper
#watercolour
Snickers wrapper, crumpled up. Watercolour on sketchbook paper.
July 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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I've always thought this spoke volumes. To be fair, Redcar and Cleveland Council do try.
Old worn poster stating 'This is Uplifting our Town Centres Programme ', at the bottom are the words 'Redcar and Cleveland Council'. The whole board is worn and faded.
July 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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It's not always easy to spot the real Middlesbrough, but every now and then, you get a small glimpse.

#JuliArty
#artyear
#boro
A new concrete flood defense with a metal ladder top left. On the RHS wall in red lettering are the words 'Love Life'.
July 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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I have five pieces in various stages of finished from almost to not very, so the obvious thing to do is...start something new.

#artyear
#lackofrestraint
Five works in progress at various stages. Top left: Monkey Puzzle tree shoot in watersoluble graphite, top right colouring book page of a microrobe, bottom left:beginning drawing of a circular tin lid, bottom right: charcoal and chalk drawing of a tree slice, middle: top down graphite still-life drawing of cups, and glasses. Six works in progress at various stages. Top left: Monkey Puzzle tree shoot in watersoluble graphite, top right colouring book page of a microrobe, bottom left:beginning drawing of a circular tin lid, bottom right: charcoal and chalk drawing of a tree slice, middle: top down graphite still-life drawing of cups, and glasses. Middle: blank piece of paper.
July 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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One of the best pieces of advice I've ever read said 'fill your tank'. The creativity of others inspires your own work. After reading Patti Smith's 'Just Kids', I looked into the work of Robert Mapplethorpe (NSFW).

#JuliArty
#spark
#artyear
Pineapple still-life photograph in black and white shot by Robert Mapplethorpe. Pineapple still-life in black and white shot by me. Shadow of pineapple leaves in black and white shot by me.
July 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Er, I have no idea about this. It's a collage, there's lots of hands, it works in my head. I have no idea what it means, it just looks right to me.

#JuliArty
#mirror
#artyear
#collage
Collage depicting my hand in a mirror. Reflection shows an opera singer in a feather boa, and silhouettes of several other hands. There is a large 'O' to the top right. The artist has no idea what it all means.
July 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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It's 'perforate your arm for medical science' week. Four holes in seven days, with blood thinners added in for greater effect.

#bloodtest
My left arm with four places where blood has been taken. Two at the elbow, one halfway down, and one near the wrist. The two lower positions show bruising in various colours.
July 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Inadvertent abstract versions of pictures part 01.

Chalk drawing on pavement, and Hiroshige.

#urbansketching
#artyear
Two chalk scribbles on a tarmac pavement. A pink line undulates above a straighter blue line. Hiroshige Eagle over the plain at Fukagawa. Ukiyo-e print shows a Eagle soaring in a blue sky over the plain which is depicted with some houses and trees in brown.
July 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Obviously, I really like this subject. I rarely draw anything twice.

This looks like a chocolate and strawberry combination from my local ice cream place.

#JuliArty
#sweet
#artyear
#watercolour
#drawing
Chocolate and strawberry sundae. Gouache, charcoal and graphite on sketchbook paper. Chocolate and strawberry sundae. Watercolour and graphite on sketchbook paper. Picture lacks contrast and looks washed out.
July 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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I haven't done a challenge for a while. I thought I'd give it a try.

This one is a bit rough, but I wanted it out today not next year.

Maple syrup bottle in graphite.

#JuliArty
#maple
#artyear
Maple syrup bottle. Graphite drawing on watercolour sketchbook.
July 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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A little help please. Can anyone identify this plant? It's obviously a succulent, and it seems to love the hot weather.

#nature
#naturephotography
#plants
Unidentified succulent in a flower pot. Flowers of unidentified succulent. View of full succulent, or at least as much as I could fit in my frame.
June 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Coffee shop sign.

#artyear
#drawing
Illustration of a charcoal drawing of a coffee shop sign on white paper in a sketchbook.
June 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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I realise I'm a bit late, but I'm looking forward to reading this.

Apologies for bad Alt text, but my fatigue is bad today.

#book
#davegorman
#toomuchinformation
Front cover of a paperback book. Dave Gorman - Too Much Information. It features a picture of Dave wearing a grey t-shirt and a zip-up green hoodie.
June 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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I can't help but hear this in the voice of Baron Silas Greenback, the villain in Dangermouse.
Baron Silas Greenback, green coloured evil toad dressed in beige jacket, white shirt, purple cravat and carrying a cane, pictured with his white pet caterpillar Nero.
June 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Finished one.

#artyear
#mixedmedia
#sea
Rainbow over the sea. Neocolor 2 crayons, charcoal, and watersoluble graphite on Arches cold press paper.
June 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM