Pictures that explain things. Trees in Winter (back endpapers) Artist: SR Badmin, 1963

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Another first for me aka another dog walk bonus. Hair Ice in the local woods today. Apparently a fungus, Exidiopsis Effusa causes it on rotting broadleaved wood in certain conditions. #hairice #exidiopsiseffusa #fungus #fifewoods

Lovely winter’s morning in the woods today. #scotspinewoods #fife #frosty #wintersday

#ArtAdventCalendar Day24 I started with a drawing of my dog Obi and I’m going to finish with another drawing of him when he was about 6 months old. ‘Attention Seeker’ Charcoal. #bordercollie #charcoaldrawing #traditionalart #canineart #dogsofbluesky #blackandwhitedrawing

This piece was in our main library in 2015 for a couple of months & a woman told me she would stop by on her lunch break & just sit & look at it almost daily because it gave her some peace. Few better compliments. Shore 55×40 140×101cm Oil on Canvas 2015 #ArtAdventCalendar

Day twenty-three of #ArtAdventCalendar Here is a coloured pencil drawing of a mountain hare in the snow.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 23 Another old one. A watercolour of a snow covered tree trunk. An unusual viewpoint, I liked the close up snow, moss and bark on the main trunk snaking up against the distant trees and sky. #watercolour #watercolourpainting #traditionalart #sciart #treeart #tree

This is probably my favorite artwork from last year. An older piece, but still one I'm particular fond of. #sciart #wildlife #mammals #primates #apes #orangutans

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22 Another day, another dog. This time a black German Shepherd called Echo, drawn in coloured pencil. #canineart #germanshepherd #colouredpencilart #drawing #traditionalart

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21 A wee watercolour of a Yellowhammer singing it’s heart out. #BirdArt #watercolour #watercolourpainting #yellowhammer #SciArt #traditionalart

#ArtAdventCalendar Day20 Rhea and Kona Two blue merle border collies in coloured pencil. Mother and daughter, also mother and sister to my own boy Obi. Just finished this week. #canineartist #colouredpencil #colouredpencilart #traditionalart #drawing

Five owls Day 20 #ArtAdventCalendar #birds #owl #stylization #prayingmantis #digitalart #art #illustration #painting #artistsonbluesky #ArtYear #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19 A pen and ink drawing of a Nuthatch. #penandinkdrawing #traditionalart #birdart #sciart

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 18 A puffin in coloured pencil. #puffin #birdart #birddrawing #SciArt #seabird #colouredpencil

The unadulterated feathery joy of #BirbFest is back next year and the prompts have already been released. Originally created by @birdietam.art and hosted by @monkeymintaka.bsky.social there's even a fab guide website here... www.monkeymintaka.com/birbfest #BirdArt #Illustration #ArtSky #SciArt

"Forest Attendant" Black-Capped Chickadee 5"x7" Oil on panel Chickadees are wonderful in so many ways. They're often the first birds to investigate a new situation, and other birds watch & follow them to find food sources. The friendly local 'dees often bring other birds to my yard, to my delight.

Long-tailed tit (which isn't a tit at all, by the way) Day 17 #ArtAdventCalendar #birds #longtailedtit #digitalart #art #illustration #painting #artistsonbluesky #ArtYear #bird #BlueSkyArtShow #OpenHouse

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 17 A graphite drawing of a wren. #wren #graphitedrawing #sciart #traditionalart

For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, a portrait of 4 black birds for my book, Roadkill. This raven, magpie, crow, and rook get the last words in that tale of woe. It makes me happy that I can offer original art along with my words, I say jauntily, as I draw 52(!) illustrations for my current project. 😅

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 16 A Pine Marten in pastel pencil. One of my favourite mammals. #pastelart #pinemarten #traditionalart #sciart

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15 ‘Still Life With Kiwi and Frog’ Another very old drawing from college days. Coloured pencil drawing done for a college project. #colouredpencildrawing #traditionalart #stilllife

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14 ‘Night watch’ Another charcoal drawing, a Tawny Owl this time. #BirdArt #SciArt #tawnyowl #handdrawn #charcoal #drawing

On a nice, winter day 🐰 #sciart

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 13 ‘Denzil’ A poodle drawn in charcoal. Not quite as hard to do as you would think. The advantages of being able to lift out highlights! #poodle #charcoaldrawing #canineart #charcoalart #traditionalart

Evening Light. 5°C and very calm. A Barn Owl in the valley.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12 A wee bumble bee in watercolour. #bumblebee #watercolour #sciart #ukwildlife

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11 Another old one. A botanical watercolour illustration of Hawthorn done for use in tree identification leaflets. The type of watercolour I get on with as my inner control freak can escape! #botanicalart #sciart #watercolour

Day 9 of #ArtAdventCalendar "Fox" Hand embroidery thread painting artwork #WildlifeArt #embroidery #AnimalArtTuesday

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10 An oldie, a hawk moth in pen and ink from college days. The original is only about 2.5 x 4 inches.

Angler fish #ArtAdventCalendar #Anglerfish #fish #digitalart #art #illustration #painting #artistsonbluesky #ArtYear

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 10 ‘Michael’ Graphite drawing of a puppy from 2020. Done to raise money for the rescue who helped him. #graphitedrawing #canineart #puppy

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 8 ‘Watching You Watching Me’ A Ring-tailed Lemur drawn in charcoal with coloured pencil. Drawn to raise money for charity a few years ago #ringtailedlemur #charcoal #SciArt

Blue Betta. Watercolour, approximately 115 × 110 mm. From 2019. #ArtAdventCalendar

Day seven #ArtAdventCalendar "Homes by the sea" Hand embroidery thread painting artwork www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p298/H... #embroidery #MarineArt #shells

Day 7 #ArtAdventCalendar A jackdaw from my garden that I painted in 2018. Graphite, charcoal and acrylic #birds

For Day 7 #ArtAdventCalendar morning Chaser Sunset 35x44in 89x112cm Oil on Canvas 2020 #Art #Painting

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 7 ‘My Three Kings’ Coloured Pencil Three related GSDs. The lady who commissioned this drawing wanted the layout based on the painting of the famous racehorses called ‘We Three Kings’. #colouredpencil #germanshepherd #canineart

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 6 ‘Woodland Way’ A rare watercolour as I’m too much of a control freak to enjoy doing them! #watercolour #landscape #landscapeart

Late to the #ArtAdventCalendar party again this year! Day 5. A drawing of Obi, one of my own dogs. I was experimenting with a new set of pastel pencils and liked the unusual low viewpoint. #bordercollie #canineart

Another dog walk bonus. I’ve long wanted to find one of these. It’s an ear pick fungus, #auriscalpiumvulgare that grows on pine cones. In looks a lot bigger in the photo than it actually is, about 1cm tall with the cap about half a cm wide. #ukfungi #pineconefungi

The rain may have been pouring down this morning but the trees were on fire. #autumn #autumncolours #autumntrees #fife

Across Loch Tay

There’s sick, and then there’s setting fire to an animal rescue charity 🤬🤬🤬 GoFundMe appeal here if you can help the hedgehogs rebuild: 🦔🦔🦔🦔 gofund.me/c158d613d

This morning’s dog walk bonus. Cauliflower fungi, Sparassis Crispa. Tucked away behind the bilberries. So lucky to spot it. #ukfungi #sparassiscrispa

Fantastic autumn sun through the trees this morning. Looks more like spring with the bright greens.

Four watercolour studies sketched on a September evening. My sketchbooks will be available to view at my forthcoming Ampleforth Abbey exhibition. Saturday and Sunday 4th/5th October 10am-4pm each day More details at jonathanpomroy.wordpress.com

Mycena haemotopus - Burgundydrop Bonnet aka Bleeding Fairy Helmet… and you can see why. #FungiFriends

I love a bit of Bulgaria inquinans - Black Bulgar. I seldomly find it. #FungiFriends #MushroomMonday

On mornings like this you realise just how many spiders live in the woods 🕸️ #ukspiders #ukwildlife #uknature