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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Willy Lott's Cottage: reimagined. Completed 09.06.26. #art #landscape #blueskyarts

This is my painting of Willy Lott's cottage that features in John Constable's much larger painting called the Haywain. We visited the area on a walking tour a few years ago and it made an impression on me.

I used acrylic paint on the base and continued with water based oil paint for the subsequent layers. The house is painted in white, cream and grey for the shadows and a variety of browns and greys on the roofs. The sky is blue, the foliage is green, yellow and red and the reflection in the water has some blue in it.

saxpainting.bsky.social @saxpainting.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Reusing sketchbook pages that didn’t work out as suggested on sketchbook revival. Thank you to the contributor, bindi and Karen Abend for ideas

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saxpainting.bsky.social @saxpainting.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Following a sketchbook revival course run by Karen Abend I tried a few ideas out.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Lady eating lunch while waiting for the matinee dance performance of Body and Soul at Sadler's Wells theatre to start, drawn surreptitiously. #penandink #sketchbook #art

This is a black and white pen sketch drawn in secret this afternoon while waiting for the matinee dance performance of Body and Soul at Sadler's Wells theatre. It shows a woman with grey hair who is seated and eating a sandwich while minding her own business.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

A couple in the cafe at the Mulryan Centre, home of the English National Ballet, at City Island near Canning Town, London UK. I was hoping to draw for longer but they got up and left. 23.03.26. #sketchbook #art #penandink

I was passing the time in the cafe at the headquarters of the English National Ballet at City Island in London UK last Monday and started drawing this couple sitting at a table near me in my small sketchbook. I was just thinking about developing the sketch when they got up and left so I finished the drawing using black because that was the main memory they left behind them.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Here are four paintings I have made over the years which I have reproduced as greetings cards. They can be bought from my Ko-fi site, the link for which is in my bio. #art #greetingscards #paintings

This is a watercolour painting of a wall in an archeology site in Mexico which I drew on location and painted when I got home. I exaggerated the colours which are a combination of blues and pinks.

This is a reproduction of the image which I sell as a greetings card. The image has a white border around it and it is standing on a wall in our garden on a sunny day. It is available for sale on my Ko-fi site, the link for this is in my bio.

The original painting is acrylic on paper and is of a teepee in the garden supporting sweetpeas which are my favourite flowers partly because of their scent. The teepee is brown and the leaves are green. There is a wall in the background painted brown and there is an intense yellow painted over the entire thing.

This image has been reproduced as a greetings card and has a white border. It is photographed on a wall in our garden in bright sunshine. It is available for sale on my Ko-fi site, the link to this is in my bio.

The original painting was my view from my sitting room window when I used to live in Brixton in south London. It is a partial view of two Victorian houses with a gap between them with a view of a church spire in the distance. The architecture is typical of houses built in London in the mid 19th century. The painting is in acrylic on paper.

It has been reproduced as a greetings card with a white border around it. It is photographed on our garden wall in bright sunshine. It is available for sale on my Ko-fi site, the link for which is in my bio.

The original painting was produced in a single session using acrylic on paper. It's called the 'weir by the bridge' and the location is by the river Wey in Tilford near Farnham.

It has been reproduced as a greetings card with a white border around the edge. It was photographed at the site I painted it and can be bought at my Ko-fi site, the link for which is in my bio.

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saxpainting.bsky.social @saxpainting.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Love these. I’ve bought them all ! The house across the street is an absolute favourite ❤️

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This was my view from the window in Hawick in the Scottish Borders on 05/07/21. Watercolour and fine liner pen on cartridge paper. #art #sketchbook #watercolour

This is a landscape looking into green hills in the distance. There is foliage in the foreground with greens, blues and shades of reddish brown. There are splodges of mauve on the horizon and the sky is shades of blues with white and grey clouds. This was my view from our room at my in-laws home in Hawick in the Scottish Borders made on 05/07/21 in a small sketchbook.

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saxpainting.bsky.social @saxpainting.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Trying out techniques, 2 colours, pen and organic shapes

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

A visit to Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve, London on 26/07/21. Watercolour and fine liner pen on cartridge paper in a small sketchbook. #art #watercolour #sketchbook

This is a sketch I made at Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve in London during Covid on 26/07/21. It was such a treat to be able to travel slightly further away from home than we'd been allowed to during lockdown.

This is a view of hedges surrounding the reservoir using mostly greens and browns with a blue sky above. In the background I have sketched in pen the outline of two tower blocks that are visible from the nature reserve.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Following the sketches from the previous day I made this one, on Christmas Day, of fence posts, barbed wire and a gate with a backdrop of fields in the distance near Wellagate Brae. #sketchbook #watercolour

We went out on Christmas Day and stopped near this view of fence posts, barbed wire and a gate set against a backdrop of fields receding into the distance.

I drew the sketch in pencil quickly and painted it using watercolour when we got home. The fields and small trees are mostly green with the fence posts in the foreground in browns.

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sketchingheather.bsky.social @sketchingheather.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A view of the river Tyne, Corbridge in Northumberland. 03/07/21. Watercolour on cartridge paper in a small sketchbook. #art #sketchbook #water

This is a sketch of the river Tyne as seen from Corbridge which is a small town in Northumberland close to Hadrian's Wall. The bottom half of the sketch is a watery reflection of the scene above and the colours are mostly a variety of greens with the odd splash of brown. I did this on 03/07/21.

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Here’s a weeknight quick turnaround 🎶parody on the UK fallout linked to #EpsteinFiles #PeterMandelson's friendship with him, and the bigger implications ... we chose song #mrsrobinson from #thegraduate about vice/virtue! youtu.be/h870VJsLk_c Link to forthcoming album at end: orcd.co/hollowchapters

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"Peter Mandelson" - Marsh Family parody of "Mrs Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel on Epstein Files

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saxpainting.bsky.social @saxpainting.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Gel plate prints with bubble wrap and lace

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saxpainting.bsky.social @saxpainting.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen! Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...

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Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table

Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini #Dontabandonthem

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"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance

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MJ @m-jones.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The brilliant musical satire of @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social on the recent lamentable performance of Putin’s puppets in the Whitehouse, playground bullies Trump and Vance. @addyspectreai.bsky.social @rachey.bsky.social @ghosted077.bsky.social youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE