Day sixteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with John Duncan and his depiction of ‘Saint Bride’ being escorted by angelic intervention to the site of the nativity.
🖼️ ‘Saint Bride’, John Duncan, 1913, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
🖼️ ‘Saint Bride’, John Duncan, 1913, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Day sixteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with John Duncan and his depiction of ‘Saint Bride’ being escorted by angelic intervention to the site of the nativity.
🖼️ ‘Saint Bride’, John Duncan, 1913, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
🖼️ ‘Saint Bride’, John Duncan, 1913, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
Edward Burne-Jones and a cast of his friends and fellow creatives depicted in ‘Adoration of the Magi’ for day fifteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Edward Burne-Jones and a cast of his friends and fellow creatives depicted in ‘Adoration of the Magi’ for day fifteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
This painting revealed itself to me as I was walking down to Ocean Terminal. I'd never seen the sky look so blue, and a boat look so red, nor the crane so yellow.
This painting is available, as are prints. Felicityinkpen.co.uk
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This painting is available, as are prints. Felicityinkpen.co.uk
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #edinburghartist
December 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This painting revealed itself to me as I was walking down to Ocean Terminal. I'd never seen the sky look so blue, and a boat look so red, nor the crane so yellow.
This painting is available, as are prints. Felicityinkpen.co.uk
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #edinburghartist
This painting is available, as are prints. Felicityinkpen.co.uk
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #edinburghartist
Art Advent Calendar day 14:
A Cage of Realised Mortality
Watercolour on paper
2020
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A Cage of Realised Mortality
Watercolour on paper
2020
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December 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Art Advent Calendar day 14:
A Cage of Realised Mortality
Watercolour on paper
2020
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#artistadventcalendar
A Cage of Realised Mortality
Watercolour on paper
2020
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#artistadventcalendar
Which was your favourite artwork we shared this week? #ArtistAdventCalendar
From Simeon Solomon, to Marie Spartali Stillman, Marianne Stokes, John Everett Millais, Evelyn De Morgan, Robert Braithwaite Martineau and William Bell Scott.
From Simeon Solomon, to Marie Spartali Stillman, Marianne Stokes, John Everett Millais, Evelyn De Morgan, Robert Braithwaite Martineau and William Bell Scott.
December 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Which was your favourite artwork we shared this week? #ArtistAdventCalendar
From Simeon Solomon, to Marie Spartali Stillman, Marianne Stokes, John Everett Millais, Evelyn De Morgan, Robert Braithwaite Martineau and William Bell Scott.
From Simeon Solomon, to Marie Spartali Stillman, Marianne Stokes, John Everett Millais, Evelyn De Morgan, Robert Braithwaite Martineau and William Bell Scott.
Happy Advent day fourteen with William Bell Scott for our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
Depicting the Nativity scene in a dilapidated barn near Penkill Castle, Scotland. Angels watch from the rafters, as shepherds arrive.
🖼️ ‘The Nativity’, William Bell Scott, 1872, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
Depicting the Nativity scene in a dilapidated barn near Penkill Castle, Scotland. Angels watch from the rafters, as shepherds arrive.
🖼️ ‘The Nativity’, William Bell Scott, 1872, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
December 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Happy Advent day fourteen with William Bell Scott for our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
Depicting the Nativity scene in a dilapidated barn near Penkill Castle, Scotland. Angels watch from the rafters, as shepherds arrive.
🖼️ ‘The Nativity’, William Bell Scott, 1872, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
Depicting the Nativity scene in a dilapidated barn near Penkill Castle, Scotland. Angels watch from the rafters, as shepherds arrive.
🖼️ ‘The Nativity’, William Bell Scott, 1872, @nationalgalleries.bsky.social.
For day thirteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, a festive scene from the genius mind and gilded hand of Evelyn De Morgan.
🖼️ ‘Glora in Excelsis’, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social , depicts the nativity scene when angels appear to the shepherds to announce Christ’s birth.
🖼️ ‘Glora in Excelsis’, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social , depicts the nativity scene when angels appear to the shepherds to announce Christ’s birth.
December 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
For day thirteen of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, a festive scene from the genius mind and gilded hand of Evelyn De Morgan.
🖼️ ‘Glora in Excelsis’, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social , depicts the nativity scene when angels appear to the shepherds to announce Christ’s birth.
🖼️ ‘Glora in Excelsis’, @demorganfoundation.bsky.social , depicts the nativity scene when angels appear to the shepherds to announce Christ’s birth.
If you're enjoying my art advent calendar, you can see more of it at felicityinkpen.co.uk
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December 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
If you're enjoying my art advent calendar, you can see more of it at felicityinkpen.co.uk
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And then Collective Eggspectation arrived all in a rush a few weeks later. Both are pictures about friendship, community, the shared work of holding each other up.
The last prints of these flew the nest back in September, but the originals are framed and ready to take flight.
#artistadventcalendar
The last prints of these flew the nest back in September, but the originals are framed and ready to take flight.
#artistadventcalendar
December 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
And then Collective Eggspectation arrived all in a rush a few weeks later. Both are pictures about friendship, community, the shared work of holding each other up.
The last prints of these flew the nest back in September, but the originals are framed and ready to take flight.
#artistadventcalendar
The last prints of these flew the nest back in September, but the originals are framed and ready to take flight.
#artistadventcalendar
Day twelve of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with an unfinished sketch of poverty, pathos and Christmas time. ‘The poor Actress’s Christmas Dinner’, Robert Braithwaite Martineau (1826–1869), @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social.
December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Day twelve of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with an unfinished sketch of poverty, pathos and Christmas time. ‘The poor Actress’s Christmas Dinner’, Robert Braithwaite Martineau (1826–1869), @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social.
For day 11 of our #ArtistAdventCalendar ‘The Mistletoe Gatherer’, John Everett Millais, 1894.
This idealised working class young woman, with worn boots, no gloves or head covering and with a sharp sickle in her right hand, has harvested mistletoe from a snowy, bleak setting, to divide up and sell.
This idealised working class young woman, with worn boots, no gloves or head covering and with a sharp sickle in her right hand, has harvested mistletoe from a snowy, bleak setting, to divide up and sell.
December 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
For day 11 of our #ArtistAdventCalendar ‘The Mistletoe Gatherer’, John Everett Millais, 1894.
This idealised working class young woman, with worn boots, no gloves or head covering and with a sharp sickle in her right hand, has harvested mistletoe from a snowy, bleak setting, to divide up and sell.
This idealised working class young woman, with worn boots, no gloves or head covering and with a sharp sickle in her right hand, has harvested mistletoe from a snowy, bleak setting, to divide up and sell.
Prints available now for the seafood fan in your life, felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com
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December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Marianne Stokes for day 10 of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, with ‘Angels Entertaining the Holy Child’, 1893.
Stokes depicts a new mother’s sheer exhaustion, giving the Virgin Mary the same lived experience as other mothers.
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Stokes depicts a new mother’s sheer exhaustion, giving the Virgin Mary the same lived experience as other mothers.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Marianne Stokes for day 10 of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, with ‘Angels Entertaining the Holy Child’, 1893.
Stokes depicts a new mother’s sheer exhaustion, giving the Virgin Mary the same lived experience as other mothers.
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Stokes depicts a new mother’s sheer exhaustion, giving the Virgin Mary the same lived experience as other mothers.
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For day nine of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Marie Spartali Stillman’s ‘The Enchanted Garden’, 1889. Inspired by Boccaccio’s Decameron, despite the distant, snowy scenes, within the walls of Ansaldo’s garden spring is conjured to woo his beloved Dianora.
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
For day nine of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Marie Spartali Stillman’s ‘The Enchanted Garden’, 1889. Inspired by Boccaccio’s Decameron, despite the distant, snowy scenes, within the walls of Ansaldo’s garden spring is conjured to woo his beloved Dianora.
Day 9 of the #ArtAdventCalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
December 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Day 9 of the #ArtAdventCalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
Day 8 of the #ArtAdventCalendar:
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Day 8 of the #ArtAdventCalendar:
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
Day 8 of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with Simeon Solomon and ‘The Annunication’. An intimate view of Gabriel staring in awe at Mary while she has her eyes closed, contemplating this unexpected gift, and her future life. …
December 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Day 8 of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with Simeon Solomon and ‘The Annunication’. An intimate view of Gabriel staring in awe at Mary while she has her eyes closed, contemplating this unexpected gift, and her future life. …
There are prints of this available alongside the original, and I would love to write more about it, but right now I'm so exhausted from having my studio open all weekend that I'm gonna put my phone down as soon as this is posted and fall asleep on the sofa.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
There are prints of this available alongside the original, and I would love to write more about it, but right now I'm so exhausted from having my studio open all weekend that I'm gonna put my phone down as soon as this is posted and fall asleep on the sofa.
#artistadventcalendar #corndollies
#artistadventcalendar #corndollies
#ArtistAdventCalendar for Christmas 2025
December 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#ArtistAdventCalendar for Christmas 2025
A Nativity scene by Elizabeth Siddal for the seventh day of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
The beautiful simplicity and strength of emotion between mother and child, was inspired by Siddal’s own style, unhampered by art training at the Royal Academy, which didn’t except women students …
The beautiful simplicity and strength of emotion between mother and child, was inspired by Siddal’s own style, unhampered by art training at the Royal Academy, which didn’t except women students …
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A Nativity scene by Elizabeth Siddal for the seventh day of our #ArtistAdventCalendar.
The beautiful simplicity and strength of emotion between mother and child, was inspired by Siddal’s own style, unhampered by art training at the Royal Academy, which didn’t except women students …
The beautiful simplicity and strength of emotion between mother and child, was inspired by Siddal’s own style, unhampered by art training at the Royal Academy, which didn’t except women students …
Available from felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com
Also, my studio is open this weekend, come see me and the moongoats in person.
#ArtistAdventCalendar #moongoat #leithartist #Leith
Also, my studio is open this weekend, come see me and the moongoats in person.
#ArtistAdventCalendar #moongoat #leithartist #Leith
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Available from felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com
Also, my studio is open this weekend, come see me and the moongoats in person.
#ArtistAdventCalendar #moongoat #leithartist #Leith
Also, my studio is open this weekend, come see me and the moongoats in person.
#ArtistAdventCalendar #moongoat #leithartist #Leith
Day six of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with Julia Margaret Cameron’s ‘Light & Love’, 1865, @V&AMuseum.
A photographic interpretation of the nativity scene, the nest-like bed of straw suggests the manger in which the baby Jesus was lain.
A photographic interpretation of the nativity scene, the nest-like bed of straw suggests the manger in which the baby Jesus was lain.
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Day six of our #ArtistAdventCalendar with Julia Margaret Cameron’s ‘Light & Love’, 1865, @V&AMuseum.
A photographic interpretation of the nativity scene, the nest-like bed of straw suggests the manger in which the baby Jesus was lain.
A photographic interpretation of the nativity scene, the nest-like bed of straw suggests the manger in which the baby Jesus was lain.
Today, I went to the Pianodrome in Bruntsfield to sit and listen and sketch. Today's musician was Adam Muir, a wonderfully versatile pianist. I used charcoal and chalk to work in quick expressive lines that captured the energetic and varied repertoire.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today, I went to the Pianodrome in Bruntsfield to sit and listen and sketch. Today's musician was Adam Muir, a wonderfully versatile pianist. I used charcoal and chalk to work in quick expressive lines that captured the energetic and varied repertoire.
#ArtAdventCalendar
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For the fifth day of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Edward Burne-Jones’ ‘The Summer Snow’, c.1863, @royalacademy.bsky.social.
This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
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This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
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December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
For the fifth day of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Edward Burne-Jones’ ‘The Summer Snow’, c.1863, @royalacademy.bsky.social.
This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
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This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
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#artadventcalendar December 4th.
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#artadventcalendar December 4th.
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar