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🔗 www.bethdooner.co.uk 🎨 Ink & watercolour illustrator based in the UK 💐 Lover of the whimsical, colourful, & energetic. ☕️ Support me at: ko-fi.com/bethdooner

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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The Lottery Winners - 16.05.26
Watercolour and collage image of a femme person smiling in a crowd, with collaged confetti falling around her. On a giant pink one are the hand written words "The Lottery Winners 16.05.26".
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Baked Goods! Bread, pasties, and pies! Do you have a favourite?
Watercolour paintings of three baked goods: Focaccia, ciabatta, panino all'olio.  Watercolour painting of three baked goods: sfogliatelle napoletane, cannoli, and cornetto. Watercolour painting of three baked goods: Pasticciotto, crostata, and antipasto di torte salate.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Alba Bakery, an Italian Bakery in a small English town, focussed on hand made goods done with patience and care, I chose to design some of the brand identity for it, focusing on the hand crafted artisanal elements of the brand. I really enjoyed this, especially painting the baked goods!
A digital collage of watercolour images. One is a yellow image of a baker backlit kneading dough. One is a shop in a sandstone building. One is watercolour line art of hands kneading dough. There is a set of watercolour baked goods, and the words Alba Bakery written down.A watercolour painting of a sandstone building with a bakery under it with an orange and white awning and greenery.  A watercolour yellow painting of a backlit baker kneading dough.Watercolour brown line art of hands kneading dough.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
For the Spring Equinox, I sat in my mum's garden and drew the view. You can see it at the top of this page just over some Stardew Valley fan art! It's been really nice listening to the bird song and seeing how the light changes and the movement of the leaves. A good way to spend the day. 💚
A photo of someone holding up a sketchbook. In the background is a British garden with a lamppost visible in the background. In the foreground is a painting of the view, with two illustrations underneath of sapphic stardew valley fan art.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
My sketchbook pages from Queerying The Armouries that I went to last week. The first spread was sketched live, with the paint added a little later. The second spread was collaged at the event, with the badges being drawn in the pub after, and the page at home based on references taken at the event 🏳️‍🌈
Sketchbook spread featuring stuff drawn in biro and painted with watercolour. There are three of a femme figure (La Maupin) in blue, a gun labelled Brown Bess, a scene of someone talking about armour, a small scene of a pirate in brown (Stede Bonnet), and a femme figure in 80s attire. There's also notes in biro and a collaged image of calligraphy and illuminated lettering in a book.A sketchbook spread featuring collages, biro drawings and water colour.
There's a collage of knightly figures, including Dev Patel from The Green Knight. There's a painting of some badges on denim. There's a painting of two guns and a sword, and a painting of a female duelist (La Maupin)
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The Opening Act of Spring My latest piece inspired by a trip to pub last year on the first unequivocally nice day of the year, where it seems everyone came out to do the same thing. Bless the staff for having to put up with the sudden swell of people. Painted with gouache and gansai watercolours.
Gouache painting of a group of people sitting on a tables in a beer garden and enjoying each others company. They are sitting under bunting from the pub and lights, which illuminate them and the trees behind them.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I Am Present One of the pieces of advice I got when I was doing therapy for CFS was to try engaging in mindfulness; and yeah, I'll be real, it didn't cure it. I didn't expect it to. But it helped, oh gosh it helped. This piece is a celebration of that, for me at least. #illustration
A circle image captured like a fish eye lens, with a figure in the middle looking up and smiling as the landscape flattens around them and reveals a huge scene in the British Countryside.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Who's hungry? I went through a bunch of my photos and selected some fun images to draw. These include takeouts, cafe food, other wedding food, restaurant food, and home made food! Do you have a thing you've spotted on here that you want to eat? Mine is the dough balls on page one 🤤
Painting of various food including: Sushi, an apple cinnamon roll shaped like a rose, khachapuri, more sushi and bao buns, egg in rice, burnt rice, vegetables in casserole dishes, and dough balls. Paintings of various foods including: banana cake, chicken in roulade sauce, guacamole and spring veg and salmon sandwich, kare pan, peaches in cream and biscuits, yakitori, diced potatoes, fish, cauliflower, and asparagus tarts
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Little painting I did for myself in between some bigger projects. Based off a monument in a church I visited a couple of years ago. It was super fun working with all the greens and the textures on the grave. Done with a mixture of watercolours and pencil!
Painting of a monument surrounded by overgrown greenery, with a single red flower visible in the bottom left. The monument a rectangular plinth with a female figure bent over a draped urn.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Despite enjoying that winter landscape series, I am currently missing warmer weather. Drawn some interactions and scenes I've seen myself over the years, just the joy of being outside! Let me know which one if your favourite 😊
Illustration of a brightly dressed girl on rollerblades being pulled forward by an older man on a mobility scooter, they are both smiling.Illustrated portrait of a small child being pulled by an older woman on a skateboard, they are both smiling. Illustrated picture of three people sitting on a park bench, they are chatting and smiling. One of them has a small dog on her lap.An illustrated picture of two people lying down. One is lying on their front on a bench, staring down at their phone. The other is lying on their back on the ground, with their arms in front of their face.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Best Outfits of the Day from 2025! This was a fun little project to do, looking through some of the outfit selfies I did over the year and putting them all together! Which look is your favourite? Mine is the Spring Art Picnic, it just all went together so well!
Picture of 6 illustrations of the same female figure in 6 different outfits. Top left is a red coat and beret with captioned with "Snow Day'. Top centre is a brown and gold shirt and leggings combo captioned with "Celebration Meal". Top right is a green dress with a denim jacket captioned "Art Gallery Date". Bottom left is a blue hoodie with a pink beret and grey skirt with the caption "Spring Art Picnic" above it. Bottom centre is a bright blue blazer with a tropical blue themed skirt captioned "Friend's Wedding. Bottom right is a light blue long dress with a green floaty jacket also captioned "Friend's Wedding". Image of 6 illustrations of the same figure in different outfits. Top left is a blue shirt and red dress in a giant black hat captioned "Summer Art Picnic". Top centre is a different blue shirt worn open over a black top with dark jeans, captioned "Canal Walk". Top right is a black and gold styled outfit with a black beret, captioned "Art Visits". Bottom left is a mult coloured scarf over a black and gold jacket, with an umbrella being held, captioned "Rainy Walk". Bottom centre is an all black and grey outfit with the caption "Running Errands". Bottom right is a tartan dress with black boots, captioned "Brother's Wedding".
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Part of my Apple Day sketchbook spread, I really liked this painting so I wanted to give it some focus. Might make this into a wee print one day 🍎
Painting of two apples joined together with leaves surrounding them and ladybirds crawling on them.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Seasons Greetings lovely followers! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays if they apply to you. Whatever the period of time is for you, may it have a moment of cosiness like my little guy asleep on a pile of my laundry in front of a radiator whilst it's snowing outside. Thank you for being here 🩵
Painting of a grey cat asleep on a chair of laundry in front of a window with visible snow outside.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
After finishing a couple of major projects I have been in desperate need of doing some stuff for myself which is pretty chill, doing a sketchbook spread about a really lovely autumnal day back in October really hit the spot for me. I really like the bottom right one, it might become a print someday.
A photo of a sketchbook spread which combines collaged and painted elements to document a day out at an apple orchard.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Sharing a few of my faves from the Winter series, and you can purchase them in my shop, last day for postage before Christmas for the current P&P pricing is the 14th, with it going up a little before the 16th, with everything closing just after that. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Beth...
A watercolour painting of trees reaching over a misty cliff, with evergreen trees visible through the branches.Watercolour Painting of a loch with misty pieces of land sticking out on the right hand side, each getting paler as they move further back. The nearest one has a bench on it. There is a wall in the bottom right of the image. Bare trees also dot the land. Watercolour painting of a pond surrounded by tress and reeds. On the left of the image, the sun is hitting the the tress so they glow bright gold. On the right, everything is in in shadow aside from the tops of the trees, which are gold. The pond is frozen and reflects the lighting above it. The sky is blue and has a curved moon in on the right hand side.A black and white painting of a snowy landscape, with snow on the trees and a tiny robin visible on a bench.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
I am sending off an original painting today! 🩵 It's always slightly bittersweet as it's something I created and worked on, but I am so happy to know it's going to a good owner and that they want to pay for the work I create.
Photograph of a top down look of a brown envelope, pink post-it note, blue biro, snowflake washi tape, a tissue with dark paint dabbed on it, a brush, and a painting of a misty lake with skeletal trees.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Winter Landscape Project (15/15) I hope this project can help you see the beauty in winter 🩵 Had to end on a snowy one! Really enjoyed creating this piece and seeing all the textures the watercolour makes.
A black and white painting of a snowy landscape, with snow on the trees and a tiny robin visible on a bench.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Winter Landscape Project (14/15) I hope this project can help you see the beauty in winter 🩵 Honestly, one of the views I will see most commonly in winter... okay not the bin bags but like, a common street, grey clouds, and barren trees I can still see its beauty though.
Watercolour painting of a British street, with bare trees, a cloudy sky, and a punch of lilac bin bags all in a row.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Winter Landscape Project (13/15) I hope this project can help you see the beauty in winter 🩵 I also very much tried to not correct thing and let the paint do what it wanted when it left my brush, which has made it quite impressionistic I feel. Also gets across some of the sparseness in winter too.
Watercolour painting of leaves and flowers clinging on to branches in a sparse landscape.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Winter Landscape Project (12/15) I hope this project can help you see the beauty in winter 🩵 Foggy and misty days are a staple of winter for me. It's always interesting to see the world through a slightly dreamy lens and how mysterious everything looks. Prints and original of this available soon!
A watercolour painting of a stream with a bank of bare trees surrounding it and reflected in the water. The sky is misty and the sun is barely visible through the fog. There is a brownish yellow haze over the image.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Winter Landscape Project (11/15) I hope this project can help you see the beauty in winter 🩵 One from the local park, celebrating that whilst the trees are bare, you get to see more of the beautiful skies that winter gives us.
Watercolour painting of a bandstand surrounded by bare trees and dark muddy grass. The sky is various shades of pink and blu and the image is overall pretty dark in its lighting.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I like to keep things professional on here but it's important to remember I am but a person and I too am somewhat flawed in places...
A screenshot of a conversation with the top speech bubble being "Time for PRODGE" and the send one being ".... oh man, my brain legit thought that was how you spelt Porridge for a second there...". The second one has a laughing emoji as a reaction.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Winter Landscape Project (10/15) I hope this project can help you see the beauty in winter 🩵 I've long wanted to do this image as a painting and I've finally done it! I love the sunsets of winter so much, I just wish we had more daylight. Final stretch now!
Watercolour painting of a pond surrounded by tress and reeds. On the left of the image, the sun is hitting the the tress so they glow bright gold. On the right, everything is in in shadow aside from the tops of the trees, which are gold. The pond is frozen and reflects the lighting above it. The sky is blue and has a curved moon in on the right hand side.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Winter Landscape Project (9/15) I hope this project can help you see the beauty in winter 🩵 This is one I was super keen to do, featuring the snowdrops that give us the hope of spring, but the barren shapes of winter that frame everything so beautifully. Done with watercolour and gouache.
Painting of red branches growing from the ground with snow drops dotted across the image.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Winter Landscape Project (8/15) I hope this project can help you see the beauty in winter 🩵 Bit different this one, went for just pencil to capture the gloominess of the cemetery in the snow. I used to just be a pencil artist so it was nice to go back to my roots a little with this one.
Black and white pencil sketch of a cemetery in snow, with bare branches framing the image. In the centre is a gloomy looking church.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Winter Landscape Project (7/15) I hope this project can help you see the beauty in winter 🩵 This image is from Harrogate, I went during a Christmas market and was enchanted by this view of the houses overlooking the various colours and shapes in the park.
A watercolour painting of sandstone houses surrounded by bare trees with a touch of gold leaves on the left hand side. In the bottom left stands a single lamp post.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Winter Landscape Project (6/15) I hope this project can help you see the beauty in winter 🩵 We're back again with this project! A simpler one, based on the how the barren trees give us a better glimpse of the beautiful but brief sunsets with the early moon rising. Enjoy!
Watercolour painting of a dusty pink, blue, and yellow sky with a moon in the central upper left of the image. In front is a large barren tree, partially obscuring the view.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
As November happens I tend to find the transition point of Autumn to Winter becomes a little depressing, so I wanted to start my Winter Series backup! Here are four of the images from earlier this year to whet your appetite, I'll be posting new ones every other day throughout November!
Watercolour painting of mossy branches and pine trees over a cliff.Watercolour painting of two swans on a lake, surrounded by bare trees.Watercolour painting of a misty lake with small bits of headland, on one is a bench. Watercolour painting of a snowy park with benches in a row.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
IT'S. HECKING. AUTUMN.
Photo of a grave headstone with a cross, headless woman, and marker. There are yellow leaves in the background and scattered on the grave.A photo of a bench with a tree behind it with green and yellow leaves. On the floor is a bunch of yellow trees which gradually become orange.Photo of a cemetery, with a tall headstone under a yellow leaved tree.Photo of a park with the floor completely blanketed by orange leaves.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
View Over The Valley. This painting is based off a view near me, naturally, loved working with the autumnal colours and creating a little space for two people and their dogs to live 🧡
Watercolour painting of a two people sitting on a patio looking over their garden and the view beyond it. The garden has wooden decking, plant pots with plants, a red leaved tree, and a grassy slope with two dogs barking. The border to the neighbour's garden has a brick wall and shed, both of which have cats on. Beyond the garden is a view for miles of autumnal tress and fields. A train is visible in the distance.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Big projects and commission work means I haven't been able to share much art lately, so have some recent Sketchbook Exploration. Pinterest People & Intriguing Japanese Cocktails. This is a nice colourful spread and some much needed gentleness amongst the bigger stuff.
The left side is a mixture of people drawn in pink and purple ink, surrounded by green watercolour. The right side is 9 watercolours Japanese cocktails surrounded by pink and purple watercolour.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
My shop has been updated with 5 images from an old project to celebrate the new season! (Since I can only upload 4 I guess number 5 is a surprise for Bluesky users) They are printed on high quality paper and look just like the original paintings, support if you can! 🍂 www.etsy.com/shop/BethDoo...
Image of a hedge with an arch in the middle. The hedge has autumnal colours and is framed by pine trees.Painting of a red acer tree by a pond in a cool and crisp autumnal park.Painting of a green lamppost with autumnal hues around it. Close of up red and gold leaves on a branch which are backlit.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
A Study In My Sketchbook I am currently in the throws of a very big project with an ever looming deadline, so I wanted to share something from my sketchbook. Here, I am doing some studies from paintings by Pre-Raphaelite artist Frederic Leighton, probably one of my favourites from that movement.
Black biro images over a mainly blue, pink, and yellow painted sketchbook spread.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Yesterday, I sat outside and painted some images based on photos friends have taken. The whole day was truly lovely, very much manifesting the life and feelings I want for myself. Hope you like them.
Watercolour painting of a child in a dinosaur hoodie wandering into the sea. There is a purple hue to the painting, with a hazy sun that sparkles on the water.A painting of a figure in a pinkish blue sea. They are sweeping their hair back. In the distance in an orange bouy.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The Journey Back This is a piece I've been meaning to do for a while, based on long coach journeys back after being somewhere. I also let the acoustic version of "Smiling At Strangers On Trains" dictate the mood of this piece <3 Done with watercolours, gouache, and pencil crayons.
Gold and purple painting of a femme woman sitting on a coach, looking out of the window, where we can see blurred watercolour images of cars and people. Her expression is melancholic and we can see her reflection. Her phone is resting in her lap.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Dearly Beloved Rival An image created for the game Empire LRP, featuring my character and... well, her dearly beloved rival following their dreams at the cost of each other's. Created in the art style of two nations in the game, made using watercolour, gouache, pencil crayons, and mica pigments.
A reversible image of two people looking outwards towards their goal. Upright we have a woman figure surrounded by herons, preaching to a pale city rising out of the ground. Upside down, we have a man surrounded by rooks, sailing towards a burning series of islands, with one untouched in the middle. They are joined by a light blue force that connects them, with small figures of the two of them dancing on both sides, with a circular labyrinth symbol in the middle. Above the woman is a golden sun, above the man is a red comet. There are small constellations visible in the force that connects them.Same as the previous image but it is flipped so that the man on the boat is the upright figure.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Perspective Check This is a painting of the Koko Head Trail in Hawai'i, I was super inspired by all the shades of green, straight lines, and yeah, the sudden change in perspective - Based off a photo from my partner. Done with gouache paints.
Gouache painting of the Koko Head Trail in Hawai'i. There are two distant figures in the centre of the image. Our eyes follow a rail track down the centre of the image which shits to a different perspective above the figures head, with a town visible in the background. The image is surrounded by green leaves and long grass.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We Keep Going Based off a photo an acquaintance of mine uploaded, artistically altered in places, but the original image inspired something 💜 Let's keep supporting each other and listening. 🩷🤍🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
A watercolour painting of two people walking under a pride umbrella on a rainy day, viewed from behind. The person on the left has long hair with pink dye at the end, they have are wearing a trans flag as a cape. The person on the right is holding the umbrella, is dark skinned, has tight curly hair, and is wearing a bi flag as a cape. The right foot for the person with the trans flag is mid step so we can see the sole, which has the Lambda symbol on the soul. The left foot for the person with the bi flag is mid step and we can see the Queer People of Colour Pride flag on the sole. There is a reflection of their shoes and flags in the water, some of the raindrops are causing mini rainbows. The distance is grey, but rainbows are still visible.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
satellites* 🛰️🏳️‍🌈☄️ A painting I've done for Pride Month based off one of my favourite songs, satellites* by Enter Shikari.
A painting of folks soaring through the night sky with various pride flags coming from them, representing them as comets. On the bottom left and top right of the image are two folks reaching out to each other, spinning in motion, with light shining on them but no trails coming from them.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Been super busy with projects and big paintings, so I went back to basics with this one, as a treat. This is our neighbour's cat (who we call Moo Cat) looking up into some flowers opposite our house. I saw him doing it the other day and had an urge to make it into an illustration. 🌼🦋🌼
A watercolour painting of a black and white cat looking up at some yellow flowers on a wall. Just above his nose is a white butterfly and there are two others among the flowers.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Me when uploading a nice varied page in my sketchbook and then realising how much alt text I then have to write for it 😅
Image of the "joey delayed reaction" meme from the show FRIENDS. On the left panel the character Joey is giving a content smile. On the right panel, his eye are wide in surprise or horror.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Page in my Sketchbook This on the right hand side of the spread, and the whole sketchbook spread is just stuff I have saved and wanted to draw/paint over the years but never got around to doing. It was something I really needed 🥰 But yeah, really like this page, hoping you do too!
Sketchbook page of a variety of images painted in watercolour. On the top left is a picture of a potted rose surrounded by forget-me-nots, placed in a frame, and with the text "Mum's Garden" written by it. Underneath is a light pink and blue raccoon with a little backpack, with the text "Marie Claude Roch" written by it. Besides that is a fox-like creature which is based of a sculpture, with the text "York Art Gallery" written by it. On the top right is a painting of a dog snoozing by a window, which is surrounded by autumnal leaves and sandy brickwork, the frame of the window is a light green. On the bottom left is a painting of someone smiling in a life jacket, in a boat full of various plantlife, he is in a hat and thermals, is holding an oar, the text by it says "Aiden". On the bottom right are two teapots, one is in the shape of a cottage and other other is in the shape of a bakery. Underneath is a milk just with a watermill wheel sculpted into it, with pink brickwork and trees painted onto the design. Underneath both reads "Skipton Cafe & Charity Shop. There's a few bits of collaged washi-tape throughout the image, with a bug and a flower on a dark background by the rose, a couple of flowers on a light background by the raccoon and fox, blue snowflakes above the boat portrait, and a blue jumino from Stardew Valley at the bottom of the page.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Spring is almost over, but I will always love the colours it brings. Somewhat of an imagined house, somewhat based off a house I saw one time. I think altogether it contains many houses I've seen over the years . Done with watercolour, ink, and pencil crayons. 🩵🌸🩵
A painting of a blue house with spring flowers around it. There is a cherry blossom tree on the bottom left of the image with petals on the driveway. There is a cat rolling in the blossom. On the right is a rhododendron bush.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I went out of my comfort zone and did some live painting of Tango Leeds! I really enjoyed it 😀
An open sketchbook page being worked on, with an ink drawing of two folk dancing and with a light watercolour wash. The artist is holding a small watercolor palette and balances a swatch sheet of the colours on her sketchbook.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Sketchbook Spread! Right hand side is stuff I did live on the 6th and the left hand side is stuff I did between then and now. Celebrating the colours of spring! 🩷🌸🌷
Person holding a sketchbook with watercolour images. Left side has: a self portrait in some trees, a close up of a flowery dress with a pink blouse and holding yellow flowers, a blue house, a fence with bluebells and a black cat in front. Right side has: a painting of a bandstand with blossoms around it, an iced blueberry matcha, a green tree, a blossom, a person in a pink dress and blue waistcoat, and flowers.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Latest Painting! It's based off a place near to where I live where there's just this straight up adorable house with a car park as its entrance and surrounded by industrial buildings. I've wanted to do this since 2021 and I finally decided to just go ahead and give it a go. Hope folk like!
Saturated painting of a sandstone house with ivory and brightly painted gates, with flowers visible in the garden. Around it are grotty looking industrial buildings, but the house still looks cute inspire of them.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Footage of me today when I went outside to paint, this was pretty idyllic not gonna lie. Was determined to carve out something lovely in this crapsack world.
Image of a woman in a pink beret and blue jumper sitting under a pink blossom tree.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I haven't shared a sketchbook spread in a while (mainly because they're a bother to photograph), but have one I finished today from my trip to Nottingham last month!
Sketchbook spread featuring watercolour images with black line work. On the left side is a mirrored self portrait of a grey haired woman in a rainbow top, blur open shirt, jeans, and pink shoes. There is a light pink ice cream, a portrait of a woman with braided blonde hair and freckles, a drawing of her full outfit, and a shorter haired woman by her. The bottom half is devoted to a fluffy cat called Noelle. On the right side is The Hemlock Stone, with paintings of a bench, close ups of the carvings on the bench, a small key, and a small thumbnail of a dog peaking its nose out from under a gate.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This morning I've been doing some video editing and discovered that when I was filming the final shots of the sketchbook page for Queering The Armouries, you can hear what I am listening to, which was "Remember Me - d4vd" (the track used in Arcane), quite profound given everything in the world.
Image of the sketchbook spread mentioned in the post, featuring contemporary and historical queer figures, with notes written in biro and washes of watercolour.
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Beth Dooner @bethdooner.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Painting based off a photo taken in Hawai'i featuring one of my partner's favourite places from her visit, done for her birthday! I really enjoyed working on this, it's been so long since I've done just a straight up landscape and it was really nice to work on an environment I am less used to.
Painting of volcanic steam vents in Hawai'i, with a pink and blue sky behind it and bright clouds signifying that the sun is setting. There is vegetation at the front of the image.
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