Just found this early drawing of mine - an interpretation of the legend of king Canute and the waves. I’d do a lot of things differently now, especially in the details, but I like where my mind was going. #art

As Zohran Mamdani wins the New York election, check out our @empirepoduk.bsky.social special, an interview with his father, my friend the wonderful Professor Mahmoud Mamdani on his family's history in East Africa & their journey to America. Zohran zindabad! share.google/RS4MWp65kxNy...

The allure of a lighthouse. #art #illustration

Thrilled to announce that by popular demand this lovely lobster lad is now a print available in my shop in A4 size (8.3 x 11.7”) spyglassillustration.com/product/lobs... He came out very well indeed. Love him. #art

If only the evil capitalist mill owners would pay decent wages, Jip could have all the Bonios

I need that Zohran beanie. Winters are chilly in Scotland. #mymayor

One of my booky drawings is now on a tote bag! It came out rather nicely I think. It will soon be added to my website. Until then it’s available at @mcnaughtans.co.uk or DM me to order.

This one’s for bibliophiles. Loosely based on Edinburgh Castle.

Isle of May lighthouse. #art #scotland

Catch of the day. #art #illustration

Dean Village. The last in my series of drawings of Edinburgh neighbourhoods. #art

Prow. Quite proud of the wood texture here. #art #illustration

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

Happy Samhain!

Practicing colour blending, and this guy’s a perfect subject for it. #art

Something’s cooking. #art #halloween

Happy customer! 😃

'The Green Book.' (c1925) The art critic Frank Rutter writing about Harold Knight's work 'mingled memories of Whistler and Vermeer.' It contained a 'quiet mastery and exquisiteness rivalling the work of the 'perfect painter,' of 17thC Holland.'

Lighthouse love. #art #illustration

It’s print delivery day! Beautiful job as ever from @print.work The new Christmas cards, the Good Boy cards and A4 prints, as well as Prow in A3 size are now all available in my online shop spyglassillustration.com/shop/ #art #illustration

Couldn’t resist starting an audiobook of Lea Ypi’s ‘Indignity’ after listening to her talk about it on @ppfideas.bsky.social Even though I’m in the middle of another brilliant book. I’ve promised myself not to do that, but if that one is in paper format & this one’s audio it’s not cheating, right?

What a treasure! Samuel John Milton Brown also worked in watercolours . . .

First animated crush without saying your age.

Just finished this one, and wondering if a print of it makes sense 🤔 #art #illustration

A charmer. #art #birds

Back in the 12th century, French sculptor Gislebertus carved this angel as (s)he appears to the three Magi as they dream, waking one with the delicate touch of a finger, and pointing her other forefinger toward the Bethlehem star (Cathedral of St Lazare, Autun)

Tis the season for this gorgeous production still from the set of John Moxey's City of the Dead (1960). They used the world's supply of fog on this damn flick...

Mr Puffin. #art #birds

Morning. 🖼️ Cassell’s Pigeons Prints, 1880.

My dad, explaining AI to my mom: “It doesn’t think. It copies stuff wrong.”

The light on Arthur’s Seat today. #Edinburgh

Joy of small things. #art #illustration

Marvellous Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters about 3,800 years ago! Which is your favourite? ❤️ Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺 #Archaeology

A little bookish thing from last year in honour of #caturday #art #booksky

Life is but a dream. #art #illustration

On his exile to Elba, Napoleon vowed he’d return to Paris the next year, just as his favourite flower, the violet, did each spring. Here, Jean Canu celebrated that return in March 1815 by hiding silhouettes of Napoleon, his son & 2nd wife Marie Louise in bunch of violets (clues at R)

This goofy dude is excited for the weekend. #art #birds

The shore of Leith in Edinburgh, part of my series of drawings of the city’s neighbourhoods. #art #illustration

Starting a new book - 38 Londres Street by the brilliant Philippe Sands - and this is the epigraph. As pressing as it was in 1577.

Look at this gorgeous little print by @sarahdesigns.bsky.social that just arrived in the mail! Couldn’t be happier with it. Love your work, Sarah! #art #birds

Round Robin. #art #birds

Children for Health, Czechoslovakian 1960s Matchbox label set #illustration #matchboxlabels #czechdesign

One of my earlier illustrations. I’m a big fan of foxes. #art #illustration

Autumn Fox - by Norwich based printmaker, Vanessa Lubach More of this artist's gorgeous linocuts, here: vanessalubach.co.uk/linocutpage.... #art #linocut #printmaking #wildlifeart #fox

Birdwatchers from 2022 🐦 #art #drawing #naiveart #birdwatching #birds #oilpastel

This guy definitely knows something that I don’t. spyglassillustration.com/product/budg... #art #birds

Stop scrolling and post two figures that bring you happiness.

Wondering if this sort of format would work on Bluesky even though it was initially designed for IG Reels. Would you be interested in seeing more videos like this?

My illustration of @mcnaughtans.co.uk bookshop, where these postcards are now sold, if you’re ever passing that way. #art #illustration