Orange Birch Bolete for #fallfungimadness - feels strange not drawing birds, but I like it!

Elegant Imperial-Pigeon for today's #gloribirds prompt!

A Noble Snipe in watercolour and colour pencil for today's #gloribirds prompt!

Lovely Fairywren for today's #gloribirds!

#gloribirds8th - the Painted Honeyeater!

#gloribirds continues with the Shining Sunbeam! @ivetasaviary.bsky.social

Me and three other artists are going to run this August #BirdArt challenge on Instagram. It’s made out of flattering bird names. Feel free to join on Bsky if you find it inspiring! Use #Gloribirds so I can find your art ^^ #ArtChallenge #AugustArtChallenge 🖌️✏️

We are back with new birbage! First #gloribirds prompt is the Powerful Owl! Challenge by @wingingitdrawing @printyourbird @ivetasaviary and @paints_and_penguins #gloribirds4th

Best game I've played in a while!

Dyeing eggs is my favourite thing about the Easter weekend. I found white eggs this year, so the colours really pop!

And to kick off a weekend of couch con and Mt Holly floorplans, I'm making use of what's probably the last bit of bank holiday weekend sunshine in the UK.

Best thing I've seen all day! Who will I see online and time zone delayed at Couch Con?

This was exactly my first thought.

Found this ancient sketch from the 2000s in my notebook and still love it. Especially how Selina's mask has airplane ears ❤️

This time seven years ago I was on the toilet texting our marketing manager that I had things "under control"

youtu.be/9PDgXMFpZ4Q?... Seriously great Star Wars fan film (yes I know some of the people in it, but it REALLY is fantastic!!)

Reposting this gem of local heritage (both the ram and the post).

When did sketchbooks turn from messy practice spaces into exhibition catalogues??

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The calendar demands pie.

And if you live in Reading and work in the book industry, it is, well, Thursday.

ok this wins Best Question of the Week

Hello there 💫 Popping up here real quick to announce that I’ll be participating in the Star Wars Celebration Art Show in Tokyo with my brand new official #StarWars painting inspired by Ahsoka (and Star Wars Rebels before it :>) www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-celebration-japan-art-show-reveal

Na Mensch, immerhin wird das mal angesprochen. Mein Wahlbrief ist seit bald einer Woche unterwegs zu mir (UK) - der kommt im Leben nicht mehr rechtzeitig an.

Been getting into seals lately.

Come be my friend! cara.app/studiocikada

And here's the final #birbfest2025 piece, the Spotted Pardalote. It's a wrap! Woohoo!

The white-headed cormorant visited the brook again yesterday! He seemed cool with me to creep up on him.

*taps mic* we're launching a podcast! Here's a round-up of our highlights for the months ahead: from a blockbuster garden exhibition, to free talks and tours (online and in-person), and the pilot of our very own podcast, Absolute Units. merl.reading.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

Guess where I went today.

Black-headed Gull for day 30 of #birbfest2025. Only one left for this year's run!

Cuban Tody for #birbfest2025 - watercolour with neocolors and colour pencil.

#birbfest2025 Eurasian Bittern in acrylic ink, acrylic gouache and colour pencil.

Roseate Spoonbill for #birbfest2025 day 27!

There, it happened. I corrected myself from saying "bird" to "birb". The internet has won.

Male and female Green Honeycreeper in acrylic for #birbfest2025!

Saw a red kite sitting in the tree on my way into town this morning - on the way back he was still there, but hacking away at a juicy rat. Would have loved to see him catch it!

Ornate Hawk-eagle for #birbfest2025!

Pink-necked green pigeon for #birbfest2025 - gouache and colour pencil.

ok Rams is trending here's the post you came for

Yellow-headed blackbird for #birbfest2025! Used up a good amount of my pre-designed papers for this collage 👍 #birdart #birdillustrstion

Love to see all the birbfesting over here!

Cassowary for #birbfest2025 in watercolour and colour pencil. #birdart #birdillustration

Let's try something :) #birbfest2025

Good morning world ☀️

The weirdness of TV Xmas specials. Green trees outside, flowers carefully avoided during filming, and the set decorations look like they've just done some awkward time travel.