The next test print in my #Linocut journey: Rook. I've concluded that hand burnishing & fibromyalgia don't mix, but until I can afford a press I've worked out a method involving 'treading' the print initially & then finishing off by hand. @stevecobbin.bsky.social #birds #wildlife #corvids

Love this bit of seasonal trivia. 😊 #Christmas #reindeer #wildlife #art

Stunning seasonal cuteness! 😍 #Christmas #birds #robin

Just found this gem of an independent second-hand #bookshop. Well worth a follow, and there's still time to get your orders in before #Christmas if you're quick!

Just making the final preparations. 😊 I'll be there 10.30am - 4pm Saturday & Sunday, with lots of lovely #gifts on offer, plus Stella the Sprout #Christmas cards!

I will be at #SuttonBank Visitor Centre this weekend, alongside other lovely local makers, with a selection of cards & gifts, & working on some #drawings. Why not come along and bag some unique #presents, or a treat for yourself, and also see how the magic happens! 😊🎄 #Christmas #Yorkshire

Please share this long, rambling disjointed message far and wide so we can all stick it to the man and not let AI take over the creative world. ❤️

Love this, so cute, and great reflections. 😍 #birds

Wow! 😍 #birds

Beautiful 😍

Fantastic shot! 😍 Looks like a wren conducting a concert! #birds

Looking forward to spending the day demonstrating and selling my art at the makers' fair tomorrow at Sutton Bank National Park Centre. 😃 It's always a fun day out with lovely people. Come and say hello, and support local producers: we're open from 10am - 5pm. ❤️ @northyorkmoors.org.uk

Having a bit of fun this afternoon working on designs for our local baby & toddler group's new poster. 😃

Phew! Just finished drawing the outlines for Saturday's Intro to Coloured Pencil Drawing workshop with @ledaleart.bsky.social. There are still places left; you can reserve yours here: ko-fi.com/artistsarahj...

Just finished my #owl #collage for an upcoming @ledaleart.bsky.social children's workshop. Rather pleased with how it's turned out. 😊 #birds #artwork @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Special Offer: Book with a friend and save £5 each! Two or more people booking together pay only £70 per person - just quote 'ArtBuddies' when booking. 😃❤

Love this! 😍

I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?

Exciting news: the first LeDaleArt workshop is coming up in August! Learn the secrets of coloured pencil drawing with @artistsarahjh.bsky.social and come away with a beautiful drawing of a blue tit. All materials are provided. 😃 #birds

Beautiful #artwork of my favourite #bird. 😍

If you see this, post your blue #art. 💙 #birds

There are just 5 spaces left on my botanical illustration & mental health workshop this coming Saturday. I teach you: 🌿how to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading 🧠how time spent creatively alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

Amazing capture! #birds

I'm holding a flash sale this w/e-you can bag 15% off my June botanical or bird illustration & mental health w'shops w. the code LEAFYFLASH15. Learn how creative activity & contact with nature gives us resilience to stress & trauma Plus learn how to draw twigs or wrens ✒️🌿🪶 workshops.emmamitchell.uk

Just finished the #sketch I started on the village green on a lovely summer's afternoon last year. 😊 Featuring Phil of the Velo Ice Cream Company. veloicecream.co.uk #NorthYorkshire #ThorntonLeDale #ThorntonDale

Yay! The #swifts are back! 😀 I don't have a hope of getting a good photo of them though, so here's a picture from the wonderful @carlbovisnature.bsky.social #birds

Sorry it's been a while: practical reality keeps getting in the way. 😆 Finally finished the sample drawing for my coloured-pencil workshop I'm planning for later this year. So excited to share my passion for #drawing my favourite creatures in my favourite medium! 😊 #Birds @stevecobbin.bsky.social

Wow! That's my idea of heaven! 😍 #art #artist #ColouredPencils

I heard someone talking on the radio this morning about leaving #dog hair out for #birds to use in their nests *If pets have been treated with certain flea treatments, this could kill the chicks* Now seems a good time to repost this article 👇 #neonicotinods www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I agree, on both count! 😍 #birds

Beautiful 😍 #birds

Carl is branching out from his legendary bathroom window into taking equally stunning #photos through his #cat flap! 😀 #birds #wildlife #nature

One of my favourite #birds, from Carl's legendary bathroom window! 😍

For #Januarty day 12, 'Pink', here is Pinky Punky of Timmy Mallet's Wacaday fame, depicted in watercolour line and wash.

Today's #JanuArty theme is colour, so what else could I post but the Rainbow Snails! #inverts #SciArt

I have been missing #ArtAdventCalendar since it ended, so was delighted to discover this. 😃 So, here's my first post for #JanuArty: an old favourite, Canada goose in watercolour line and wash. Thanks to @carlbovisnature.bsky.social for the sourcephoto. #birds

Gorgeous. 😍

Really important information; please read this thread. 🐝🌼 #bees #wildlife

Beautiful. 😍 #JoinIn

#EmergencyChairs #JoinIn

As @reynoldsauthor.bsky.social has pointed out, the hashtag for #DuvetKnowItsChristmas' baby sibling should be #EmergencyChairs as a nod to the wonderful Peter Kay's routine on this very thing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqBw... #SeasonsSeatings #ChairyChristmas @paulhadsley.bsky.social

My biggest sale yet with 20% off everything today and tomorrow... So, while you're hopefully sitting in your pjs eating left over Christmas food, please take a look and treat yourself to original art, prints, coasters, tea towels & more. charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/art #BoxingDaySale 😊

Just watched the new Wallace and Gromit film and it's utterly brilliant and hilarious! #JoinIn

We have finally found where we had put the #Christmas tree and have put it up. Better late than never! 😂 #JoinIn

OK everyone, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas has a younger sibling: #SeasonsSeatings! Let's see your dodgy #Christmas dinner seating arrangements. 😀 (Don't forget the Alt text and the capitalisation in the hashtag please.) #JoinIn

It would be great if this sharing of dodgy #Christmas dinner seating arrangements could take off and be a thing like @rhodri.biz's #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, but it really needs a similarly witty hashtag: what should it be? #JoinIn

Wow! For me this is the ultimate #SciArt. 😍💕 #JoinIn

Good morning and Happy Christmas all. My final #ArtAdventCalendar post is 'Stella the Sprout' especially for #Christmas Day! 😀 #sprouts #JoinIn

Yay! The formica stool of chastity has arrived! I've been waiting for this! 😂 #DuvetKnowItsChristmas #JoinIn