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LESLIE SCOTT
@lesliescottart.bsky.social
Pastel artist from the county of Northumberland, England. I'm inspired by our wildlife, our countryside, our long sandy beaches, and the ever changing North Sea.
https://www.lesliescott-art.co.uk/
For sale on my website.

Winter Sky (Cambois Beach)

We have some amazing sandy beaches here in Northumberland. Cambois Beach was once besmerched by coal waste. But now it is as you see it here

#PastelArt
#Cambois
#Northumberland
#Seascapes

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December 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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The Bog Garden, Howick Hall.

Howick Hall, Northumberland, UK, was the home of Earl Grey (yes, that one) & has extensive gardens & a fantastic arboretum. This is my pastel painting of the bog garden full of wetland plants.
#Northumberland
#PastelArt
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December 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Island Blue

For sale on my website.
St Mary's Island is a tidal Island off the Northeast coast of England. I love this iconic lighthouse, built in the 19th century. When I was a child I'd watch it rhythmically light up the eastern night sky.

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#PastelArt
#WhitleyBay
#SeaArt
December 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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North Sea and Sky

The views out from our Northeastern beaches are breathtaking. I grew up near this spot. I played in the sand and laughed in the surf. I've walked my dogs and spent many hours watching the seabirds just like these.
#pastelart
#seascape
#seabirds
#coast
December 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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In 2020, during lockdown, wild animals entered the empty streets of Newcastle upon Tyne UK
'Freedom of the City' (Lockdown 2020). Painted with Unison soft pastel on Claire Fontaine Pastelmat paper
#NewcastleUponTyne
#Pastelart
#WildlifePainting
#WildlifeArt
#RoeDeer
#UKWildlife
#NewcastleArt
February 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
My journey towards looser pastel painting continues.
It's not that easy though. So far, I feel they just look like sketches.
Is anyone else working this way? Any advice on loosening up?

#PastelPainting
#Art
#Painting
#LooserPainting
August 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
My heart goes out to these two artists. I just don't have words for this.
This is my area too😡

BBC News - Vandals destroy South Shields art gallery days before opening - BBC News
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Vandals destroy South Shields art gallery days before opening
The artists say they are
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August 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A Summer Evening, Wallington Hall

My favourite time of day is that late afternoon in summer when shadows lengthen and the world becomes calm and still.
Here is my latest pastel painting of the Wash House Cottage and Laundry Cottage, #WallingtonHall
#Northumberland
July 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Today is Asalha Puja, which marks the day 2568 years ago that the newly enlightened Buddha gave his first discourse.
It is often referred to as the day the Buddha 'Set the Wheels of the Dhamma in Motion'🙏
#Buddha
#AsalhaPuja
#Theravada
#SettingTheWheelsOfTheDhammaInMotion
youtu.be/1a7UBdd46uA?...
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta: Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma ~ The Buddha's First Sermon
YouTube video by Samaneri Jayasāra - Wisdom of the Masters
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July 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Dhamma

Dhammapada (160)

One truly is the protector of oneself; who else could the protector be? With oneself fully controlled, one gains a mastery that is hard to gain.

#TheDhammapada
#Buddhism
#TheBuddha
#Theravada
#Protection
#Dhamma
#Self-Reliance
June 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Sunday Dhamma

There are no commandments in Buddhism. There is no higher authority to demand them. Instead, we have commitments to improve ourselves.
The first is 'I undertake the training not to kill another living being'
What if all of us tried to live just by that commitment?
#Buddhism
#Dhamma
🙏
June 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This subject has given me a bit of bother. For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to paint fulmars against a dark, typically northern, sea. But I'm forgetting that a fulmar's wing is fairly dark, so the values in this picture have been driving me nuts. This will not be my last attempt!!
June 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Dhammapada (verse 2)

Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts, happiness follows him, like his never-departing shadow.

#Dhammapada
#Mindfulness
#Buddhism
#Dhamma
June 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Good morning! This week's theme was London Homes.

Take a look at the timeline over the last week for full details of these and the rest of the featured pieces.
June 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Trying to catch a wave....

a quick , en plain air sketch

Happy Sunday x

#Cornwall @SennenSurfing #watercolour #painting #seascape #water #art #watercolourpainting #rocks #movement #artist #enpleinair
June 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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I finally finished the painting of the chickadees. Titled the Choir Practice, acrylics. Abandoned church that a pair of birds built a home inside out of branches and twigs. #birds #nature #wildlifeart #artshare #canadianartist #cdnartshow #chickadees #birdpainting #canuckcreatives #painter
May 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Tangled Hair, Don't Care, painting of an Emu with attitude! 🌼🌼🌼
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Impressionist oil painting of a feathery, quirky emu on a bright gold orange background.

#emu #birds #BirdArt #BirdPainting #OilPainting #artist #JanMatson #Wildlife
May 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Portrait of a Redpoll. These birds always seem a bit nippy, as they tend to be fluffed up when visiting my garden. Mostly in winter, mind you, so it makes sense.

Acrylics on matte board
5.1″ x 5.1″ (13 x 13 cm)

#wildlifeart #birdart #birdpainting #naturalhistoryart #animalart #animalpainting
May 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Das ist mein Rotkehlchen Nr. 7.
Es ist ziemlich kugelig, anscheinend gut ernährt....und sucht jetzt ein neues Zuhause.
Robin #7 Inkpainting for sale 26x18cm

#rotkelchen #robin #ink #artforsale #birdpainting #tusche #birdlover #kleineKunstklasse
May 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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May 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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May 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Such a feeling of flight and freedom in the beautiful painting by James lynch

‘Swallows over the Flax’ 20 x 27inches. Egg tempera on gesso coated panel.

#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #surrealart #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #swallows #skypainters #birdpainting #art
June 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM