#BlueSkyArtShow #Glow #WIP #OilPainting #AllaPrima #FineArt #Realism I've started puting paint on this one. It is however, so difficult to do this stage alla-prima, but it's necessary given the detail and the blending I want to achieve. Once dry, I will add more layers of paint to each item.🤯🥵

#WIP #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOForOpulant #OilPainting #FineArt #Artist #Portrait Almost finished with the blocking-in, just a little more canvas to cover before I can start painting properly. This stage is so messy, but the opulance of my daughter's 1st birthday is emerging! 🎈👍🏼🥰

#WIP #OilPainting #FineArt #Portrait #Artist #Balloons #Baby This is where I'm at with this painting. Still in the rudimentary blocking-in stage. My daughter didn't have ginger hair, but it was gold-hued when she was a baby. It still is although, I haven't seen her natural hair colour in years! 🤭

#calm #art #sketch #watercolour #painting #cupcakes Cupcake practise. And breathe... 😌🙏🏽🧁

Four layout drawings completed and primed ready for paint. I have at least another on my list to do, but it's been a while since I've done any painting, so maybe I'll start putting paint on one of them. Alt 👇🏽 #WIP #OilPainting #Drawing #Realism #FineArt #Artist

Hey all! I've been up to my eyeballs the past few weeks doing layout drawings for several paintings I have planned. One is a commission. I've also been writing. Drop by and have a read. 🤗 Hopefully soon, I'll have something to show you! #art #fineart mariajonesphillipsart.com/2025/09/19/t...

#OilPainting #BlueSkyArtShow #Skyline #Artist #Landscape #Realism #PhotoRealism This painting is finished at last, albeit two months later! I was hoping it would be a quick one, but it wasn't. 😐😁 A photo of Bill's was the inspiration yet again (he takes great photos). 'Dos Hermanas Caminando'

#Flamenco #Mudic #Lullaby I've been listening to this on loop while I paint this afternoon. Problem is, it makes me cry like a baby so it's hard to see what I'm painting! Oof! Rancapino Chico's voice is something else. Mi familia Andaluza Gitana. Que orgullo me siento.❤️ youtu.be/wzol3e24fm4?...

#RealStreet #UrbanGaze #EastCoastKin #StreetPhotography Clocking-off - Chinatown, NYC, 2025.

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Duck #Crow #LittleEgret #Squirrel Some years ago I came across a strange anomaly in amongst my photo archive consisting of tens of thousands of images collected over the years. They each have a 4 digit number. I noticed similarities between images of the same number. 👇🏽

#WhiskersWednesday #AncientEgypt #Bastet #Cat #Goddess Me and Bill had a lot of fun at the Brooklyn Museum of Art during my birthday visit to New York recently. We spent hours just in the Ancient Egyptian exhibition taking photos of the amazing artefacts there.

Hello all! I hope everyone is well. This morning I got confirmation that I've been accepted into the, International Guild of Realism. I've never been a member of anything, so this has made my day. My website is taking shape too. #FineArt #Realism #OilPainting WIP - This one is emerging! 🤗

www.politico.com/news/magazin... As I was reading this article I was wondering what my tagline would be to encourage people to read. By the time I reached the end I knew: Our new reality and worst nightmare. The only solution is to not feed the beast. No AI system will ever surpass the ...

Thanks for sharing this video @bjweinman.bsky.social I think it's worth a watch too. Bill Nye brings up good points worth using in our defence against the current governmental grift. As a members of the Arts, I invoke my First Amendment rights to speak freely in the advocacy of progress. #Word

#WomenArtists #Baking #Painting #Philosophy #CommonSense #FineArt #Artist #Cupcake #Painting My latest blog post! It's been a while. mariajonesphillipsart.com/2025/07/06/w...

#WIP #OilPainting #FineArt #Artist #BlueSlyArtShow #Sideways Back to working on this one. Little Sis is only at 90% charge... 🎨🖌🤭🔋 Big Sis needs an ear and an outfit still.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Sideways #FineArt #Artist #Watercolor #Gouache #Acuarela #Pigeon A sideways pigeon looking sideways at us on the sidewalk. I love pigeons. 🐦❤️ Me and my youngest son literally communicate in pigeon (we exchange pigeon themed gifts often 🤭). Watercolour on Not. 2020. Alt txt 👇🏽

#Watercolour #Painting #Watercolor #Artist #Acuarela #Cupcake #FantasyArt #RedWhiteBlue #FineArt #StrawberriesAndCream Another kind of red, white and blue. ❤️🤍💙🧁🍦 Just finished and signed! Watercolour on heavyweight printing stock, 11x14 inches.

#WIP #Watercolor #Acuarela #Artist #StillLife #FantasyArt #Cupcake I have been working on my cupcake diligently the last couple of days. Still a lot to do. Things to fix - like the cone right on top. Haven't quite decided if it's meringue or cream. These things matter. 🤔

#WIP #Cupcake #FantasyArt #FineArt #Artist #StrawberriesAndCream #Watercolor This is the first of the two pieces that I wanted to do in watercolour. Not as fancy as the second cake I drew, but still a good challenge. Using paper I haven't used before. So far it's holding up well. 🤞🏼🍦🧁🍓 Alt txt 👇🏽

#WIP #OilPainting #FineArt #Artist I never quite know how I will approach a painting until I start painting. The story I want it to convey ultimately dictates the style and colour pallet I will use. Nothing is fixed though. No doubt the painting will evolve as I get a better feel for it.

#Stunday #FineArt #Watercolor #StreetScene #Artist #Painting A Sunday in Paris - Watercolour and marker on cartridgepaper, A3, 2019.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Sketch #FineArt I'm reminded today that there's no pleasing some people. Those advocates of equality who also spout supernal bollocks. Thank god for the block button! I'll not let folk ruin the little joy I can muster rn. A #narrow cake. My project of the past 4 days. Medium? 🤷🏻‍♀️

#PortraitPainting #FineArt #Watercolor #Family Finally the portrait I've been working on since February is now finished and in safe hands. This is a larger than life-sized portrait of actor, director, writer and gay activist, Doug Spearman. More affectionately known as, Bill's Uncle Doug. 🥰 Alt txt👇🏽

#WIP #OilPainting #FineArt #Art #Artist The portrait commission I've been working on since February is now done and on its way to my client. 🥳 I will post it once it's in safe hands. Meanwhile, I've a few projects on the go. I hope to get more paint on this one this afternoon. It's been a busy day

#watercolour #Acuarela #Watercolor #FineArt #Portrait #Amethyst #Purple #Art #Artist #Painting Portrait of my daughter at age 16 when she was going through her blonde phase. Completed in 2020. More in alt txt. 👇🏽

#BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant #Art #MixedMedia #Eye My eldest son's right eye at age 7. Larger than life-size and done in coloured pencil, pastel and gouache. My daughter had asked me to join in with the 'Big Eye' art challenge that was popular some years back. It's massive at 14x17 inches! 🤗👁 Alt txt 👇🏽

#Stunday #OilPainting #Landscape #CityScape #Artist #Art 'Condemned buildings at Shaw, Washington DC' - Oil on canvas, 2022. Based on a photo of Bill's. More in alt text 👇🏽

#Stunday #Watercolour #Watercolor #Sketch #Ink #Art #Artist #Humour #Acuarela 'Dreams of Summers Past' - Watercolour and marker, 2022.

#FineArt #OilPainting #AfricanWoman #Nairobi #Artist #Art #BlackandBrownArt 'Nairobi' - Oil on canvas 24x24". Finished this afternoon. It's nice to be painting again. 🤗🖌🎨

#FineArt #Watercolour #Aquarelle #Aquarela #Artist It's been a while. How's everybody been? A little series of watercolour paintings I did of Burano, Italy a few years ago.

#Art #WatercolourSketch #Watercolor #London #Bus #Marker #UrbanLandscape A quick watercolour and marker sketch I did some years ago based on one of Bill's London street photos.

#LandscapePhotography #UK #SouthDowns Chanctonbury Ring, South Downs National Park, UK.

#StreetPhotography #Candid #FineArtPhotography #Train #UK 'Noodles in Portsmouth'

#OilPainting #FantasyPortrait #FineArt #Art I paint very intuitively irrespective of the style I choose to paint in. Often, I will see the colours and forms that I need to use as a painting evolves. It has to feel right to look right. Always colourful. 🎨 The Birthday - Oil on canvas panel, 2023.

#LLJP #Comedy #StreetPhotography #Candid This guy looked so bored trying to earn a few quid promoting comedy night at a venue in Dublin's Temple Bar. I know I probably exchanged a joke about it at the time with my Dad who I was visiting. I'm easily amused. 😅

#LLJP #Comedy #StreetPhotography #Candid Smile! - Cherry Blossom Festival, DC, 2017.

#Stunday #FineArt #Portrait #BlackHistory #AfricanHeritage #OilPainting A portrait of a young man circa 1927 sporting the famous Amasunzu hairstyle of Rwanda. Spirit Bisangwa - Oil on canvas, 2019. More in alt text. 👇🏽

After 2.5 hours this evening I have managed to create the semblance of a reasonable painting. I think. 🤓 A copy of a painting I've posted previously and that took me way longer to complete. More in alt text 👇🏽 #FineArt #OilPainting #Coffee #Artist

An hour's painting has got me thus far. Not quite enough though. Usually 10-15 hours is the minimum it takes me to produce something decent. I'm experimenting by seeing what I can produce in short amounts of time. #WIP #Art #CoffeeCup #OilPainting

#LLJP #Alone #StreetPhotography #Candid I always read the sign as saying, 'Scream'.

#Painting #Watercolour #Watercolor #Aquarela #FineArt #Artist #SeaScape Sunset Over the Estuary, Watercolour. 2022.

#LLJP #Alone #StreetPhotography #Candid #Landscape #FineArtPhotography #Photo Good Telly - Brighton Beach, UK.

A long lost portrait of, Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona, by Gustav Klimt, 1897. Just sublime. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

#LLJP #Alone #StreetPhotography #Candid #Rome This might be the saddest selfie I've ever seen. Poor thing looked so forlorn. 🥀 The Spanish Steps, Rome, Italy.

I'm really not very well at the moment, but I've been distracting myself with working on this painting, which I'm now declaring victory on and calling it finished! A lovely bit of fantasy that has helped elevate my spirits. 🤗💖 #OilPainting #FineArt #FantasyArt #Cupcake #Swan #Poppy #Artist #Art

This is where I was at the last time I worked on my portrait of His Purpleness. I need to finish him. And in answer to people's questions about whether Prince was Irish or not: Probably. Most African Americans have Scots-Irish roots. Happy post-St. Patrick's Day! #OilPainting #Prince #FineArt #WIP

#Watercolour #Aquarela #Watercolor #Painting #StreetScene #Landscape #Sussex #Worthing This is such a familar scene to me, and it brings back all sorts of memories. I always liked the profanity and juxtaposition of the different styles of architecture. The light was what I really wanted to capture.

#LLJP #SimplePleasures #Candid #StreetPhotography Just sitting and chilling in a favourite spot is probably the most basic of all simple pleasures. DC's Mall is great for that. There's always something interesting going on. Woman and Yellow Ribbon - DC, USA.

#LLJP #SimplePleasures #StreetPhotography #Candid Ah, the simple pleasure of getting a Mr. Whippy with a flake or, a '99' as we used to call them when I was a kid. 99p won't get you very much these days. A poke in the eye maybe... Ice-cream Equinox - Worthing, UK.