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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Belo'ren, Child of Al'ar. I really enjoy playing World of Warcraft. Turns out I like painting it too. Oil paint on art board, A4.

A painting of a flying phoenix with half yellow light feathers, and half blue void feathers. It is in front of a purple background.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A memorial painting of a tabby cat Oil on trading card, 64x89mm #oilpainting

A painting of a brown tabby cat lying down. They have green eyes in a relaxed expression as they bathe in the sunlight.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Digbeth at night is just incredibly cool and unpretentious. #birmingham #oilpainting

Oil painting of a street in Birmingham at night. There are road work signs in the foreground and the Rotunda and Bullring in the background.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Big news. It's been sunny this week. I painted outside. Anyway, this isn't from that but I did it on stream a few weeks ago and not sure I showed anyone else so here you all are. Oil painting on A4 art board.

Loose and sketchy oil painting of someone with short, dark hair, wearing a purple roll neck jumper. They have a hooped earring in their visible ear and are looking sideways at the viewer

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Hope you still like art over here. Oil paint study of a figure on the stairs. A4

A loose painting of a female with brown hair in a white dress. They are sitting on the stairs, leaning their head on a chest of drawers. They are holding one of their feet.

The palette is warm reds and browns with yellow greens in the background.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Painted a sketch from my favourite of the Best Picture nominated movies at the Oscars this year, Sentimental Value. Of course to pick a favourite I had to watch and rank them all. I also wrote a baby review for each. Overall not a strong year in my opinion, but still some enjoyable films.

Sketch painting of Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve from the movie Sentimental Value.

4. One Battle After Another - Politically charged but character driven, the action is only interrupted by brief moments of dark humour, which ensures you don't gnaw totally through your fingernails.

3. The Secret Agent - A thrilling, thought provoking film which feels politically relevant, it falls a little short of contemporaneously set "I'm Still Here" which was nominated last year, but it's none the less is a heartwarming and heart-pounding watch.

2. Hamnet - Authentic and historical feeling, yet with a theatrical air to the blocking at times, this is a movie overrunning with emotion that annunciates the impact that Shakespeare's plays would have had at the time of writing on both audience members and the man himself.

1. Sentimental Value - It's a movie about making movies, but also a movie about the nature of relationships, about the impact of our childhood on our adult lives, and about accepting ourselves, all while making the best of things and relying on one another.

10. F1 - Feels like it was written by someone who has read the rules of F1 but never watched a race, and maybe only read about people talking but never seen them talk.

9. Marty Supreme - Fun at the start, but the repeated escalation of antics gets tiring by the final third.

8. Bugonia - Carries a few important messages and pretty engaging throughout, but kind of cheapened by a couple of moments towards the end.

7. Sinners - An enjoyable watch for the most part, though a little too all over the place in terms of genre which leaves you wishing it had been one of the other movies it briefly masqueraded as.

6. Train Dreams - An emotional slow burner which does a great job of inducing a feeling of longing for times, places, and people we've lost, whilst acknowledging the importance of moving forward.

5. Frankenstein - Epic in scope and beautifully designed, the visuals enhance the performances giving the film a science-fantasy atmosphere.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Had fun painting the shadows in this one. Oil on A4 art board. #oilpainting

An oil painting of a girl in a white dress standing in the sea. The light catches her right side, illuminating it in a warm glow, whilst her left falls into shadow.

The sea is moderately choppy, with a few small waves breaking behind her.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Commission from the back end of last year. Oil paint on card, 64x89mm/2.5x3.5in

A close up portrait of a female rendered in a loose style. The shadows are red and purple and the highlights are yellow and pink. The brown hair is roughly blocked in, with scratches in the paint creating highlights.

The model is smiling sweetly at the viewer.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year all! Managed to actually do a self-portrait by the end of the year that I was happy with. It only took 10 months. As you can see, there were quite a few practise runs and failed attempts, but I ended up with something big and different. Oil on canvas, 91.4x61cm / 36x24in

A painting of the artist. On a pink background, a large face looks downwards, with two curls of a long fringe framing it. The face is painted somewhat loosely, and sketch marks in dark red paint suggest where other elements of the hair and neck could go.

A collection of abandoned self portraits. Three miniature practise paintings on card, two A4 practises with large brushes on art board, and two unfinished attempts on larger canvases.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

An Octopus. Oil on card 64x89mm/2.5x3.5in #oilpainting

A painting of a close up view of a pink and yellow octopus.
It looks at the viewer over the top of one of its suckered arms.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

"I can't stand you touching me! You make me... Aaaaaah" Never not obsessed by Andrzej Żuławski's Possession (1981) Grabbed my big brush recently and tackled an A4 size painting in the same way I do my trading card sized ones. Here's Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill brining with emotion in oil paint.

A painting of a woman with a pained grimace on her face, holding her hands to her head, pulling at her brown hair. She is wearing a blue dress. The side of a man's head is visible in the top right of the painting, turned to look at her. They are in a bright white room.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Mommy Karlach looks at you with disgust. I felt inspired to do some more Baldur's Gate characters, and really enjoyed how this one came together. Oil paint on A4 size art board #oilpainting #baldursgate

The red tiefling Karlach stares out at you. There's a look of disgust on her face. Behind her is a purple background made up of loose brush strokes. Around the edges of her hair and face, little yellow flames appear.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Special thanks to one of my older scuffed up brushes for all the texture in this one. Sometimes fighting the scale of the brush is worth it. Glastonbury Tor with a storm rolling in. Oil paint on art board, 210x297mm/8.3x11.7in/A4 #oilpainting #art

A painting of the top of Glastonbury Tor from a lower slope. The tower is in the distance on the left of the painting, atop a rise covered in brown grass. The slope winds its way along the bottom third of the painting, interspersed with green. On the left, the fields and woods in the distance are various shades of green. The top half of the painting is dominated by dark, stormy clouds on the left which lighten and give way to blue sunny skies on the right.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

The latest raid in WoW is incredibly good looking, so I had to choose something from it to paint. What better to choose than the final boss, the giant Dimensius the All-Devouring. I even bought quinacridone magenta so that I could get some really vibrant pinks. A4, oil paint on art board.

A painting of the final boss of Manaforge Omega, Dimensius the All-Devouring. The giant humanoid manifestation of darkness rests his right hand on the ground as he prepares to slam his left onto a band of adventures who stand tiny against his huge form. Behind him, pipes and metal frames channel purple and pink void and arcane energy. Those colours reflect off his bronze coloured armour, which sit like curling frames on his arms. Lights resembling stars glow within his body and a beam of light bursts from his chest, creating a rift in space in front of it.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Keskuspuisto in Helsinki is a wonderful place. The access to nature from the city was truly inspiring. I also discovered a painter named Fanny Churberg on my trip there, and her art helped inspire this forest scene. It's an alla prima effort, A4, oil paints, art board. #oilpainting #painting

A painting of a path winding its way through a forest. The light is a late afternoon glow which pushes through the forest canopy. The path, a reddish brown dirt track takes up most of the bottom third of the painting, before disappearing around a clump of trees.

It's loose and sketchy, and mostly reds, browns, yellows and greens.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Since I've been diversifying with animals and landscapes a lot more, it felt nice to go back to an interestingly lit face. Oil on card 64x89mm/2.5x3.5in

A painting of a feminine face with the top half in direct sunlight. The model is looking slightly to their left, and has the beginnings of a smile on their mouth. Their hair is wet and hangs down partially on their forehead.

The main colours are reds and yellows with blues and purples in darker areas. The brushwork is loose.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Painted a little fox cub who fell asleep in the bushes. Oil on card 64x89mm/2.5x3.5in #art #oilpainting

A painting of a sleeping red fox cub. They are curled with their tail by their head. Varying shades of green leaves surround them.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Painted a little fox cub who fell asleep in the bushes. Oil on card 64x89mm/2.5x3.5in #art #oilpainting

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

A Heron. Oil on card 64x89mm/2.5x3.5 inches Available. #art #oilpainting

A painting of the head and neck of a grey heron. The background is loosely shaped leaves in varying hues of green.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

A bird inspired OC I created recently in oils after a few rough sketches and a failed digital version. Despite all that, choosing a name for them is the hardest part! Oil on art board, A4

Painting of a person with white hair in a low cut green and blue dress that resembles feathers. On the edges of the dress, long golden feathers hang. They are wearing golden jewelry including a thigh band which is visible as their left leg protrudes from the bottom of the dress. Behind their head are golden quills.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Ciri from The Witcher universe is absolutely one of my all time favourite characters. I'm super excited to see the way CDPR interprets her as she grows older. Anyway here's a 64x89mm oil on card painting that I did based on her new look from the trailer.

An oil painting of Ciri from The Witcher 4 trailer. Her eyes are deeply shadowed, but the left side of her face is lit brightly. She has a determined expression.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I love the faces of a bird of prey. A Eurasian Hobby. Oil on card 64x89mm/2.5x3.5in

A painting of the head and top of the wings of a small bird of prey, starting directly at the viewer with its break slightly open

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Here's @squamatha.bsky.social a fellow Twitch streamer I painted. I didn't know who they were when I started but their community came over and gave me lots of love! oil on card, 64x89mm/2.5x3.5in

A painting of someone with a Gothic makeup look. Their face is white with dark black contouring and lips, with rainbow colours around their lower lip and in a horseshoe shape on their forehead.

They are looking to their left, past a blonde lock of hair falling just above their mouth. They have a triceratops tattoo on their neck.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Painted a veteran metalhead. Oil paint on card. 64x89mm

A painting of a long haired lead singer of a band. They are singing into a microphone and their hair and beard are long and flowing.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Went to look at some art today.

Triptych of woodblock prints from Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige of people enjoying the waters of Shinagawa Bay.

A 2019 self-portrait by contemporary figure painter Jenny Saville.

A full length portrait of King Charles II of England by Thomas Hawker.

A pastel drawing by Stanisław Wyspiański of Irena Solska

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Just a little study in earthy tones. Oil on card 64x89mm/2.5x3.5in #oilpainting

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Painted my friends for their wedding. They love raves, festivals, and music in general so a picture of them at Glasto seemed appropriate. Oil on A4 art board

A painting of a black male in sunglasses with a white female on his shoulders. They are at a music festival with a sunset behind them. The girl is waving her hands above her head and is wearing a bucket hat.

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Ophi 🇵🇸 @ophi.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

It's time for my annual trans pride fundraising week! Every day I'll have a different guest streamer on and we will read funny short stories and raise money for trans friend of the stream Curry's moving/living expenses! If you aren't there you're missing out 🏳️‍⚧️ twitch.tv/ophiNstitch

Big text" 2025 trans pride bonanza"
Smaller text: twitch.tv/ophinstitch + these streamers june 16-20 2025 reading funny short stories
Streamer names: weird_larara acraftyjellyfish mikemoans kowetas thefiddlertoad curry_paws

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

#foodpaintchallenge by @alaiganuza.bsky.social and @dennispfeil.bsky.social Quite happy with what came out here. Lots of thick paint and interpretive brush work. Done on a blank trading card in about 1.5 hours. Oil paint.

A painting of a green glass teacup and saucer with an ace of hearts playing card on the top. Below the saucer is a queen of hearts card.

The photograph reference for the painting.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Study of some luxurious looking clothing. Oil on A4 art board. Reference from r/drawme #oilpainting

A painting of a person in a black lace bralette and fur-trimmed, cream coloured, silken dressing gown. They are wearing a multilayered necklace, and are sitting with their head tilted to the side.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Study of some luxurious looking clothing. Oil on A4 art board. Reference from r/drawme #oilpainting

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Keeping things small but trying a more classical portrait style. Carrie, oil on card 64x89mm/2.5x3.5in

A painting of a person in a blue top in front of a sage green background. They are half-smiling, and their brown hair is shoulder length.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Another finished painting that will be shortly on the way to its new owner. Tamara, oil on card, 64x89mm/2.5x3.5in

A painting of a person with split-coloured hair, half red, half blonde. They are looking down on the viewer in a curious manner. They have a nose ring, and full lips. The main colours are reds, pinks, and yellows, in front of a dark blue background.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Another finished painting that will be shortly on the way to its new owner. Tamara, oil on card, 64x89mm/2.5x3.5in

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I had a very fun time painting this cat. Oil on card, 64x89mm/ 2.5x3.5in

A painting of a black cat with its mouth open as though it is yelling. It is in front of a green floral patterned background.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

A painting I did of a wedding scene. The brides' dog sat on their dresses and created a magical moment which I've interpreted here. Oil paint on art board, A4 / 210x297mm / 8.3x11.7in

A painting of two brides in white dresses looking at a black and white dog sitting on their dress trains. They are standing on wooden decking in front of some trees which partially screen a lake with a hillside beyond.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

What do we think of this one? I love the flash photography effect, I imagined the subject being at a party and this close-up snaps them mid dance to an early 00s club classic. Submitted this to an exhibition open call as well, wish me luck.

A small painting of a feminine face in extreme close-up. There is bright light on the subject's right side, and harsh shadows frame the nose on the other. They have brown hair and green-brown eyes, and are side-eyeing the viewer.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

My first miniature scale pet portrait. Had good fun with this and of course, commissions for this kind of thing are open 📨 Oil on card 64x89mm / 2.5x3.5in

A painting of a brown and white dog sitting wrapped in a pink, flowery blanket. They are in front of a beige background.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Happy 3 years of Twitch @ophi.bsky.social Thank you for being great online company and thank you for letting me paint you twice. #oilpainting

Pixel artist, cross stitcher, and steamer, Ophi painted in oils whilst wearing clown make-up. They are wearing an orange wig and are smiling.

Pixel artist, cross stitcher, and steamer, Ophi painted in oils with key lighting illuminating one side of their face while the other is in shadow. Chromatic aberration effects have been loosely painted around the edges of the light transitions.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

A legend whose death I had to mark with a painting.

A painting of Gordon Lightfoot, based on the Gord's Gold album cover.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This was fun and surprisingly easy to do. A 64x89mm oil on card still life. #foodpaintchallenge run by @dennispfeil.bsky.social and @alaiganuza.bsky.social

An oil painting of a whole red Apple and two sliced quarters of an apple on a table. The background is dark purple.

A photograph of a red Apple and two quarter slices on a table. The background is dark purple.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Another miniature portrait in oil paints. Chose to keep the palette limited and exclude blue, which gives the trees in the background a more abstract look. Oil on card 64x89mm

An oil painting of a person with a ginger beard and red brown hair looking up to the sky. The background features long and crooked tree branches in sepia style.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Another miniature portrait in oil paints. Chose to keep the palette limited and exclude blue, which gives the trees in the background a more abstract look. Oil on card 64x89mm

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Up on my site now :) Click through to see the goofy pic of me showing it off... adambolas.co.uk/en-gbp/produ...

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Barcelona Blossom

Adam 'kowetas' Bolas fine art.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Fun little oil painting based on a photo I took recently in Barcelona. On A4 art board.

A painting of a tree-lined path in bright sunlight. Lining the edges of the sandy path are trees covered in bright pink blossom, and behind them the trees are greener. There are several people sitting on benches and walking along the path in the distance. To the left the edge of the Sagrada Familia is just visible.

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Kowetas @kowetas.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Just another miniature oil painting borrowing a kind person's likeness from Reddit. Maybe it's time to buy a magenta pigment...

A painting of someone scrolling their phone in their right hand, leaning on the back of their chair with their left. The lighting is red and blue. They have neck length hair around their face in a bob and are wearing a black strappy tank top.

The painting in the artist's hand to show scale.

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