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'Let Sleeping Dragons Lie' - 2019 watercolour on board. Still available if you're interested (contact me if you are). #dragon #dragons #dragonhoard #snuggleofdragons #reddragon

a cosy pile of red dragons lying on top of their hoard of gold.

photo of my old desk with the painting of the dragons on it and various paints and brushes lying around.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 8h

So laaaame. Our local deli which amazing recently made a statement on socials about the fact they’d never use it

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 11h

Yeah, it's pathetic. I wonder if they will reply, i doubt it.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 12h

It didn't work for me for SIX years, no new followers int hat time. Since doing Kelsey Rodriguez's course I've been having loads of action! It's all about the content! If only a million views was a million sales haha!

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 12h

So crazy! Just wish it had been a post with a call to action on it haha!

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 12h

Yeah, I've been on her course since feb! It's so good - although I hadn't thought about this as bonding and i'm not sure my 'ideal audience' are seeing it (once it goes viral, it is sort of taking on a life of its own). I HOPE that if I do a post similar to this with a CTA that it will make sales!

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 16h

Something absolutely bonkers happened today. My post on IG reached 1M views! absolutely insane! A simple concept that I saw someone else do and thought it would work well with my monsters… www.instagram.com/p/Dd0riNajo9...

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 17h

HAHAHA oh my goodness. Yeah in the past I have had inquiries from people wanting to self publish, not a clue.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 17h

Don't support the perfume company The Salt Works - I just got their discovery set and it had a booklet in it, printed on v fancy paper stock. EVERY perfume in the set is 'illustrated' with gen AI images, old ones at that. I feel cheated and of course have sent a strongly worded email lol

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 20h

Where is this? How did they get to this 'number'? It would cost more than $40 probably just in reference images!

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 20h

jesus fucking wept

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 29/09/2026

'The Striped Bravogg' - watercolour on board. Appears in my book Secrets Of Strangehollow (you can find that here: buff.ly/kor46L0

a large dark blue grey and white striped creature sits on a branch, it has claws like a bear and a face a little like a big cat but with wide set ears with a point to them.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 29/09/2026

Aaah! Yeah it’s nearly 7pm here and still 20c! And so windy too, so odd!

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 29/09/2026

It'll get there! Are you in the south of France or further up?

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 29/09/2026

21 here today (much much further north than you too!), it's so weird. It is getting pretty cold at night though, down to 4 the other night and loads of mists on the fields in the mornings!

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836–1893) "October Gold", 1889. Oil on Canvas, 59 × 44.5 cm Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 28/09/2026

Thank you! Nodule is such a good word lol

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 28/09/2026

Yeah this is one of those lovely ancient dragons :)

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 28/09/2026

Oh nice, yeah I can see that :)

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 28/09/2026

Still one of my favourite dragons. A wood dragon from Strangehollow, a book you will find in my shop here: buff.ly/kor46L0 #dragon #dragonart #greendragon #wooddragon #bestiary

watercolour - the head and neck of a green dragon covered in antler/horn like growths all around its head and neck. Its nose is pink and its eyes are shiny and black and it has a benign expression.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 26/09/2026

The Mountain Unicorn, from my book Secrets Of Strangehollow (second in the Strangehollow world), excerpt in alt text: buff.ly/7krkipG #unicorn #unicornmyth #myth #folklore #

When the nights draw in and autumn has taken hold, the mountain
unicorns will begin the journey to their annual rut. These elusive
creatures live high in the snowy mountain peaks where they are well
camouflaged because of their pure white coats. In the middle of the
night, just as the first full moon of October appears in the sky, these
magical beasts will make their way down from the heights. They appear
out of the mist like ghostly apparitions on the grassy hills that stretch
from the base of the mountains right down to the edges of the forest.

(Image description) a white goat-like unicorn stands on top of a hill in front of a starry sky and mountains in the distance behind him. He calls out into the night, his breath white in the cold air...

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 25/09/2026

'The Chase' Painting from my book Savage Strangehollow, excerpt about these dragons in alt text: buff.ly/7krkipG #dragon #dragonchase #dragons #fantasy #folklore #dragonlore

Every couple of generations or so, the mountains of Strangehollow are
visited by a true goliath from the west. This dragon visits these lands for
one reason only, to hunt The Red Death.
It is the colour of night, its long neck covered in giant pointed scales
which extend over its back and down to the tip of its tail. Its wings are
vast, engulfing the land below in shadow and able to turn day into night.
Its arrival always coincides with a violent lightning storm, starting far out
at sea and sweeping towards the western shores of Strangehollow and the
great mountain range where the red dragons dwell. It is believed that the
dragon itself...

image description: a great black winged dragon dives out of thunderclouds, crackling with lightning, chasing a smaller red dragon across the mountain tops

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Vericocum @vericum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Maxim Polivanyi (Ukrainian, born 1999) "Evening December”, 2022 Acrylic on Canvas #art #landscape

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 25/09/2026

Fucksake. It really shows where the loyalty lies with the law doesn't it. Protest about genocide? In the clink. Harass, assault and try to kill people? No problem mate.

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Alexandra Dawe @alexandradawe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I love this wonderful poster that @librariesunlimited.bsky.social have made for my Stitchwort display! I'm setting up on Tuesday, then you have all of October and November to go and see. There's some brilliant events happening in the library throughout that time, including comic con on 10th October!

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 24/09/2026

Thank you! I treated it like watercolour and I’ve used regular acrylics in the past (hate them lol). It is jus the frustration of not being able to lift the pigment in the same way you can with watercolour

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 24/09/2026

Selkies, from my book Seas Of Strangehollow, the third in my Strangehollow world. You can find the books here: buff.ly/7krkipG #selkies #mermaid #merfolk #folklore #fairytales #artbook

Unlike mermaids, which you will also find in both western and southern
seas, selkies prefer the cold waters of the kelp forests of the west. There
are no white sandy beaches here, just a coastline dotted with rocks, cliffs
and occasional dark sand beaches. The ocean is deeper here, and where
the kelp forests end there is an underwater cliff edge which gives way to
unfathomable depths. Great beasts loom in the deep, creatures from
stories which chill the blood in your veins.
The selkies of Strangehollow are not shapeshifters like those you may
have read about in old folk tales. They are not dissimilar to mermaids in
that their upper bodies, down to their hips, are...

Image description: two half woman, half seal selkies swim amongst the sea kelp. They have staring white eyes and webbed hands.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 24/09/2026

thank you! i used them as if they were watercolours (lot sof wet in wet to start and v thin washes after that). It was basically that they don't lift - but they're more forgiving than regular ink I think, at least i've found that!

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 24/09/2026

Thank you! I have some liquitex, a couple of fw and one golden (the golden top is the worst design EVER, the others are sensible pipettes).

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 24/09/2026

From what I've read we are NO where near generative ai with sentience. It's just pattern recognition isn't it but people think it's actually thinking!

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 24/09/2026

Would be tricky because ANYTHING LLM related is being labelled AI now, when most of us who are anti AI, are anti the theft - the art, the photography, the music, the movies. TOTALLY should be illegal! But don't think anywhere would do it, they'r already letting them get away with mass theft.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 24/09/2026

More landfill please, yes, that's what we all want 🤦‍♀️

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 24/09/2026

Trying out a new medium (acrylic ink) and doing my first self portrait in 10 years! It’s a bit too pink, and I lost the white of the paper on the bottom lip, but I am pleased with the outcome! I still prefer watercolour 😂

Portrait of me in acrylic ink. I have dark curly hair with a lot of grey and blue eyes and a square shaped face

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 23/09/2026

Thank you Justynn, yeah it’s not cheap when things are tight. I plan to do it for a year to see what happens and then at the end I’d have enough story for a small book! Glad you like the idea! :)

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