...I have been painting (and scratchboarding) every single day...but my ability to remember to post on socials is almost non-existent. These little birds bring such joy! So delicate and sweet and fleeting, with the most beautiful of voice! #housemartin #britishbird #oilpainting #traditionalartist

Though I am doing daily painting, I won't be posting every day simply because I would rather spend that time painting! Sightly different approach with this guy; this is an underpainting. Once dry, he will get a second layer. He is judging you. #reddeer #stag #deerart #neontetra #fantasyart

It's a potoo. It's a real birb. Go look it up, they are amazing #potoo #bird #birdart #painteveryday

Daily painting day 3: egret. ...I would say that this is one of my favourite birds, but I seem to be saying that for every bird I post so.... this is one of my favourite birds? #egret #dailypainting #dailypaint #draweveryday #birdart

My lovely doggo has not been well recently, so I missed posting this for day 2 (great start!) so there will be two posts today, lucky you! Willy Wagtail! a favourite British Birb. #painteveryday #dailypaint #dailypainting #wagtail #piedwagtail #britishbird

I am a numpty and should have mentioned in yesterday's post that it was WIP. I was blackmailing myself to say out loud that I am setting this 30 day task so that I actually do it and don't just pull out the pastels on day 4 as I realize just how hard oils are. First daily painting - 01 #greyhound

I've been working in oils & scratchboard & loving it, but it seems I'm Not Very Good with oils. Which is frustrating. Instead of returning to a safe space, as is my wont, I'll spend 30 days painting t least 2 hours every day! Yes, my photo skills are terrible. Some things can't be fixed.

More charcoal, more weird birds. One must cram all the things one loves into one image, otherwise what is the point? Very WIP, very fun, very cathartic. One is very happy. #charcoal #cormorant #carnivorousplants #bizarreart #beautifulbizarre #neontetra #artisweird #artistsareweird #sarracenia

Very much an experimental vulture! So many different things being tested on this poor dude. ...am either riddled with allergies at the moment, or I might actually be having issues with charcoal and pastels.... watch this space :( #vulture #griffonvulture #birdart#charcoalart #allergiessuck

Charcoal heron. A favourite birb! I miss seeing these guys around. #heron #greyheron #grayheron #britishbird #dinosaursarestillhere #charcoal

Heron study underway - a favourite bird! There are very much still dinosaurs walking around out there... #heron #greyheron #grayheron #wader #waterbird #charcoal #dinosaursarestillalive

Trying out charcoal on Fabriano paper, with a rather strange cormorant.... #fabriano #charcoal #cormorant #carnivorousplant #sarracenia #beautifulbizarre #weirdart #weirdbird #birb

I will always root for the slightly weird, off kilter, the unusual or the chonk - and when I saw a Suffolk Punch horse I knew I would have to draw one immediately. As a unicorn, of course, because why not. #suffolk #suffolkpunch #rarebreed #unicornart #horseart #charcoal

Sometimes you have to say goodbye. There was something bugging me about the angle of the unicorn horn... so time to start again. Second version was much more successful! #unicorn #horseart #suffolkpunch #chonkyboi #horseartist #fantasyhorse #pony #Britishbreed #fantasyart

Still on this charcoal kick! Funny story - I have never ridden a horse. Yet I still love them. Closeted horse girl? I do like my horses chonky... This unicorn is based on quite a rare British breed - any guesses? #unicorn #unicornart #charcoal #Britishbreed #rarebreed #horseart #ponyart

I love pigeons. Recently had a pair nest, rear and fledge two baby birbs on our balcony and wasn't that just the perfect tonic to the chaos of the universe. They are tiny and cute and love them. #pigeon #lovepigeons #mourningdoves #charcoal

The eternal inner struggle of trying to find the "perfect" medium. The only thing that isn't in question is what to draw - it's always going to be my greyhound. Testing charcoal, refining, learning, exploring and wondering why sighthounds have so many legs yet none of them fit right. #greyhound

I can't help it, I love the potoo. All nightjars, really. Because how can this face actually exist in the real world? What did she see? What does she know? Or did someone just squeeze her with loves a little bit too hard? #potoo #nightjar #charcoal #graphite

Exploration is so joyous, so much fun as an artist. How easy was it for you to find your "one" or are you like me and flopping around in all of them? :D Testing charcoal, to explore a more expressive and looser style. He is a sulky looking boi. #jackalope #rabbit #hare #draweveryday #mythical

My Space Potato attempting to look like a greyhound! Kinda failing at pretending to be a dog. Smiley face just because we all need an extra smile right now. Ballpoint in sketchbook. #greyhound #exracer #spacepotato #potatodog #draweveryday

Who else is old enough to remember the OG My Little Ponies? Who else collected lots, only to rehome them as they entered adulthood? Who else really regretted that decision & collects them again as "grown ups"? Because meeeee! #MLP #MyLittlePony #MyLittlePonyArt #MLPcollector #strangerthings

Spot the artist still exploring all the different mediums! I have an idea for a series of Very Strange Birds.... guess my favourite family of plants?! #beautifulbizarre #cormorant #draweveryday #carnivorousplant #sarracenia #weirdart #weirdartist

My space potato being potato-y and space-y. Greyhounds are wonderful beings but certainly not of this earth or dimension. If you own a grey (or any sighthound!) how many legs does yours actually have in the real world and how many are stuck in other versions of reality? #greyhound #spacepotato

I am still pretty certain that greyhounds are space potatoes with interdimensional legs. Mine certainly is. WIP on claybord. #ampersand #claybord #greyhound #sighthound #spacepotato #greyhoundlife

It's Beasley, the antlered tapir! Forgot I hadn't posted the final of her. So many tiny scratches! #tapir #antlers #beautifulbizarre #ampersand #tapirsrule

I have become fairly convinced over time that greyhounds are alien unicorn space potatoes and not much will convince me otherwise. #ballpointpen #greyhound #sighthound #unicorn #spacepotato #spacedog #mygreyhoundisaunicorn #mygreyhoundisaspacepotato

These two are so beautiful, I had to show them together as I had originally intended. I used to be a dog groomer in a former life and poodles were def a favourite on the table. #blackandwhiteart #ampersand #poodle #standardpoodle #petpoodle #instapoodle #dogstagram #showdog #doggo #draweveryday

Second of @evenstarpoodles gorgeous, gorgeous girls - Arwen! Such a lovely long face and I want to boop that nose! #scratchboard #ampersand #poodle #standardpoodle #showdog #pupper

A two piece scratchboard for @evenstarpoodles - first up is Rarity! The most gorgeous, gorgeous poodle who is now very much a champion! She was so much fun to create, such a lovely expression. #scratchboard #ampersand #poodle #standardpoodle #ukcpoodle #akcpoodle #showdog #pupper

Little bit obsessed right now with how lovely ballpoint pen is to use. Meditative. Maybe it's just because it's a black moor. #goldfish #blackmoor #goldfishkeeper #goldfishunion #ballpointpen #sketchbook

These deer use the size of their shoal to show off prowess to the ladies. The type of fish also seem to be relevant but further study is needed. This dude certainly seems very proud of his tetras. ...I might need to get more sleep. #neontetra #bizarreart #beautifulbizarre #fishkeeping #fishart

Claybord is currently my favourite surface to work on. All the scratchings! #reddeer #deer #neontetra #fishkeeping #beautifulbizarre #weirdart #surrealart #surrealartist #claybord

So I spilled an entire container of beetroot in my fridge. It went EVERYWHERE. Then I managed to spill it on the kitchen floor. It looked like a murder scene. Took forever to clean and now I have pink hands. Here's a tapir with antlers. #beetroot #tapir #bizarreart #scratchboard #ampersand

I realize I hadn't posted this piece before; a practice piece for a larger one I want to draw for myself. This piece that threw me quite a bit, as I hadn't really considered pastel, or drawing people, seriously until this, as I thoroughly loved making this... #AlanRickman #snape #harrypotter

You know the feeling when arting, the flush of “this feels really good/fun/right”? When you unlock something that just feels very… you? Even though this was a silly, tired, scribble & was rushed, so Mr Berry is very off kilter - it still feels very right. (Also, BOOBIES). #MattBerry #claybord

Is that another Matt Berry with a booby? Yes. Yes it is. When testing new surfaces, I stick to the same subjects, decide if I like the feel without randomness of a new subject. I am loving working on claybord. It's also an excuse to say booby. #mattberry #booby #bluefootedbooby #boobies

Sorry not Sorry that this still makes me laugh even as I am working on it. Also, still surprised that it looks like him although I seem to be making his eyes overly kind, and we know this isn't true. 😂 #MattBerry #booby #bluefootedbooby #modernart #birb #wwdits #seabirds #pastelart

I love how younger peeps can't work a rotary phone, haven't seen Terminator or Alien, yet will get annoyed at Grandpa Joe in bed for 20 yrs, only getting off his butt to go eat chocolate. As it should be! Anyway, MLP Upside Down Applejack. A favourite of mine! #MyLittlePony #strangerthings

We are a little bit orange toned at the moment, but that will be rectified in the next layer. I am just surprised it still looks like Matt Berry. #MattBerry #booby #bluefootedbooby #modernart #birb #wwdits #seabirds

Is this just an excuse to say "booby" in public? Yes. Yes, it is. #MattBerry #booby #bluefootedbooby

I am definitely a person of two parts; One half adores doing highly intricate, soft, lovely drawings of people’s pets. Then there is the half that thinks drawing Matt Berry with a booby on his head is the most hilarious thing to happen in ages. #MattBerry #booby #bluefootedbooby #birb #wwdits

Apparently, today is Draw a Bird Day! The irony is that I drew Matt Berry with a Cormorant on his head this morning even before I knew it was such an important day. #MattBerry #cormorant #drawabird #drawabirdday #bat

A personal piece. This is Charlie, or Char-Char, my first greyhound. A tiny diva, who complained at everything, liked to dance & be rubbed down with a towel. She passed away young (osteo) & left a massive gap - the reason I picked up coloured pencils in order to distract from her loss. #greyhound

Sketches for future drawings! I don't usually share sketches as they are tiny and rough, thought that these were still worth showing as it will be a while before they actually get made! #heron #guppy #fishart #birdart #owlart #sketches

Well done to me, for learning a new medium that is even harder to photograph than coloured pencil 😂👏 A bit more on my antlered tapir! Got the softness into her eye (Tapirs are so lovely and gentle). #scratchboard #tapir #wildlifeartist #bizarreart #animalart #fantasycreature

The Day Job has been rather full on, and my current commissions are not shareable yet, so have a sketchy tapir dude that I have been working on to unwind. Scratching in all that hair is very good for relaxation! #scratchboard #tapir #wildlifeartist #bizarreart #amazonanimals

It’s all Jim Moir’s fault. I love “painting birds with Jim and Nancy”. The show is my happy place. Every time I watch, I want to try watercolours again. He makes it look easy. It’s not. I did a test piece. Watercolour & pencil. Am I brave enough to use watercolour on a large piece of Fabriano?

Porridge! Texture other than hair/fur/feathers requires a bit more thought and a steady hand, but this was so much fun - and look; ANTLERS! #scratchboard #birdsinart #birdart

Gosh, I'm in love with scratchboard! This is Porridge. Porridge is an antlered bluetit. Porridge will take none of your sass, thanks! Halfway through, each scratch feels delicious & also terrifying as who knows if it ended up in the right spot! #scratchboard #britishbird #bluetit #antlers

Every Dec I do a robin art piece, this (last!) year I wanted to show both my own British robin, but also the American robin, common where I live, as an expat! We will ignore that it is Feb & not Dec. It’s been a busy couple of months! #AmericanRobin #BritishBirds #LoveBritain #birdartist