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I absolutely LOVE making #papiermache thrushes - all those spots & speckles!

https://t.co/0xTiKi5eaS

#birding #art #winterthrushes https://t.co/JUPY1IBD1I Last week we went to RSPB #Otmoor to see the starlings. But the star of the afternoon turned out to be an unusually confiding #fieldfare. I had to make a papermache one!
All that cutting & sticking is fun, but the best bit is painting in the speckles!
#winterthrushes https://t.co/CFGZJsatNp Sometimes I just want to paint a view 'straight'. Here's "The Path to #Mwnt", part of the #Ceredigion #coastalpath in West #Wales. Here you can sit & watch #CardiganBay's resident population of bottlenose #dolphins.
More info: https://t.co/Tqy7tCFyBA https://t.co/rnfQI0Vuob Here we are again in our journey around the sun - at the #WinterSolstice The #ShortestDay. #Yule. #Hanukkah. #MidwinterDay. Sol Invictus. A turning point in the #WheelOfTheYear. Now the light returns! 🌞 🙏
Detail from my #painting https://t.co/6OoucBEjJH https://t.co/Olom3YQA0Y When I was a teen in the late 70s, my chums & I would regularly hop on the bus to Brum or Cov to see one of the #2Tone tours with #TheSpecials. #RIPTerryHall your lyrics spoke to me. The #2Tone logo is in my #painting of British Rock Music. https://t.co/k4GMQ7y6MY https://t.co/dhVGessdg4 Do you remember the #Penlee #lifeboat disaster which happened #OTD 41 yrs ago? A crew of volunteers set out in #RNLI lifeboat #SolomonBrowne to rescue a ship in trouble. 16 lives were lost.
My "Weather Map of Folklore & Fact" remembers the selfless heroism. #SupportTheRNLI https://t.co/HWavehKWqe @JANUSZCZAK 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 @richjhewitt If I need something to power me on, especially when I’m painting and want to ‘get in the zone’, then it’s the Ozrics for me. Focus have the same effect on me. Glorious! @richjhewitt Anything at all by Ozric Tentacles. I particularly recommend Erpland, or Jurassic Shift. 👍 @alexillustrator @80_mcswan Bloody love a bit of steeleye span, and can’t resist The Cult, both bands we listen to all year round. ❤️ @alexillustrator I have also fretted about that. Those poor fish, spilled out onto the freezing streets of Berlin! Imagine being the staff on reception at that hotel. @JANUSZCZAK We love your old chestnuts, matey. The West Oxfordshire branch of the Waldy fan club will tune in for sure. 👍 I painted "Best of #British - 50 things to love about Britain" to remind myself that despite 12 yrs of shocking govt, there ARE things to be proud of. One of them is the #NHS. They've saved my life more than once! I support the #NursesStrike. 🙏
More info https://t.co/eUXADn2LPJ https://t.co/753M61GKoH @exitthelemming @HarriettmooreB2 Spot on, matey! Spot on! X @AdrianTudorDr @ColinMurray @bbc5live @BBCSounds @bcsmaps @metoffice Ah, Adrian! There you are! It was fun, wasn't it & to share an obsession like the #ShippingForecast on air with listeners was a real pleasure. Check out my website here: https://t.co/cHsjYkcJAQ - lots of stuff about the SF. Warm wishes J X @12beesbuzzing @bbc5live @ColinMurray I love that you still have your mug :-) @fci_clare @ColinMurray @bbc5live @BBCSounds @bcsmaps @metoffice Yes you can Clare! Thank you for asking 🙏
I've got all kinds of stuff here, including gorgeous signed prints and really high quality tea towels (made in UK).
https://t.co/W2No9mmirb ❤️ the #ShippingForecast? @ColinMurray's @bbc5live show last night discussed its place in the UK's cultural DNA. Listen on @BBCSounds: https://t.co/9XsLVdV73N. Start at 2.15 to listen to the whole thing ... I'm on at 2.51.😮 It's my best-loved #painting ever!
#maps #Weather https://t.co/rrTmRSl81c Brrrr! Light snow on top of frost here. It was 0.5°C when I went out the Post Office at lunchtime. Here's a detail from my '#Weather Map of Folklore & Fact' showing Jack Frost doing his thing.
https://t.co/lb1Xgu54g2
#weathermap #weatherwatchers #snowfall https://t.co/IkvDvyW3pR On this cold winter's day here's a message of hope from Ukraine's President #Zelenskyy: "Light always wins over darkness", the title of my new #painting. 💚
https://t.co/NEmhsojPg6
#foxoftheday #folkart #prymachenko #art #fox #ukraine #sunflowers #peace https://t.co/ywQey0lr2k @upyoursdesign @PaulGoddy1966 Same here. Without the postal workers, I simply couldn’t trade. I stand with them all: The rail workers, teachers, nurses and all public servants who have been treated so shabbily. #GTTO @Welshgaz75 You do whatever feels right, Gaz. Everyone grieves in different ways. As you muddle through each day, don’t forget to be kind to yourself as you come to terms with it. It’s hard. Wishing you strength. X @alexillustrator I’m sorry the art front isn’t going so well, Alex. Touch and go here, too, but better than I expected… which was nothing.
Art is ‘Luxury goods’, innit? X #workinprogress Another #painting is coming along well. Called "Light always wins over darkness" it's another in a #Ukrainian #folkart style. Its title is a quote from President #Zelenskyy.
I make #art. If you want more then: #followBackFriday
#FBPE https://t.co/eWY2N7J0Za Yesterday I finished this #painting entitled “We see what we are defending” in the style of Ukrainian folk #artist Maria #Prymachenko.
The title is from a quote by President #Zelenskyy.
https://t.co/X1RLvZM7Ts
size 28x19cm
#folkart #art #fox #ukraine #ukrainianflag #sunflowers https://t.co/v3LndsO1GB @fci_clare @mikegallacher1 Tebay will forever be The Best! After a little flurry of sales yesterday, I have only FOUR of my 2023 calendars left.
If you'd like one of final fab four, best get your skates on! Go here: https://t.co/tLfyadTagA
#calendar2023 #giftidea #smallbusiness #xmasgifts #directfromtheartist https://t.co/z1syC4PPby I've managed to get most of the tiny #paintings I've recently completed onto my website: https://t.co/cHsjYjUAmI

They fit perfectly into Ikea's Hovsta frame. An original & unique #GiftIdea for #naturelovers.

#SupportSmallBusinesses #Fox #BrexitDisaster https://t.co/icUYAfHnx9 @JohnClerkin9 Followed! @trisho41 I remember them telling us how the candles must be lit by a parent using something called a 'taper', which I thought was weird because I heard it as 'tapir' - altogether a different thing! For British children everywhere who are now a certain age...

#BBC #BluePeter #JohnNoakes #AdventCrown #ThingsToMake #FireHazard #Advent https://t.co/smkhXZ15y4 @MonkeyOrchid1 @PZeniewski @IEA We spent a lot of time and money insulating our house. Only then did we go for air source. We've had it for two weeks and I'm delighted. We also have solar PV, so when it's sunny (alas not today) we generate the electricity to run the pump. @DonBricks @PZeniewski @GeorgeMonbiot @IEA Not so. We had an airsource heat pump system installed two weeks ago. The unit is outside my bedroom window. No noise. Though I can still hear the barking foxes and deer and the owls hooting in the trees. #WorkInProgress - another tiny #painting combining #gouache & #watercolour, #foxes & #sunflowers. This is a 'warm up' to 2 compositions I'm working on inspired the work of Ukrainian #folk artist #MariaPrymachenko. What might she paint right now?
#folkart #wetpaint #FoxOfTheDay https://t.co/YSezGqTlr1 @FizzingAda Yes & no. It's WEIRD! There are some things I love about it - its opacity for example. But conversely it's watercolour's transparency that I miss! There's no pleasing some folks... I will undoubtedly be using the two media together at some point soon. I'm experimenting with #Gouache & this tiny #painting of a #badger in the #bluebells appeared.

Image size 13 x 13cmon 600gsm paper - fits Ikea’s Hovsta frame. Interestes? Msg me here. £75 inc P&P to UK.

#art #oxfordshireartweeks #melesmeles https://t.co/aqznuddYpQ @alexhallhall Likewise! I think it's because people are abandoning Twitter for Mastodon. I joined Mastodon 2 weeks ago as an 'insurance policy', so I have feet in both camps. I'm already meeting so many lovely people over there. It's very chilled & kind. And no bloody ads or algorithms! A blog about me, art and birds! 👇 Finished yesterday, here's: "#Fox Calling" - #gouache on 600gsm paper - 13 x 13cm - fits perfectly into Ikea’s Hovsta frame. Hope you like it!

£75 inc P&P to UK. It's not on my website yet, so msg me here if you're interested.
#foxoftheday #oxfordshireartweeks #painting https://t.co/liRLBduDrm @MrT1967 I do. Plus I’m one of your followers on Mastodon. 👍 @Vad002 Oh, I get this! Working 2 jobs and just treading water here. In my 60th year, I had hoped things might be better than this. Doing my best, and trying to count my blessings (food in the fridge! A fire in the hearth!) but perpetually grumpy. I think there are a lot of us about. @gra_ross1985 Done! @shunka9 Following! Shouting into the void is all I seem to do on Twitter these days. Oh, and lose followers. I guess people are leaving the platform. @Skat_Cat It's not about ME though, is it? My son has a German girlfriend. It's affected their lives badly. And not just them.... ALL those young people living with the consequences of a really stupid referendum based on lies & misinformation. @Wakethefitup Followed! X @Skat_Cat Too many to list in detail but general ones include:
Freedom of movement to live, work & travel in 27 other nations. Frictionless trade. Reciprocal health arrngmnts. Erasmus, EDU & science. High standards: food, animal welfare, clean rivers & a powerful trading bloc. Etc, etc... I loathe #Brexit🤮what it has stolen from me.
When pundits say the reasons for UK's current dire straits are covid, Ukraine, inflation, etc, but don't mention the Brexit elephant in the room, I get cross! 😡 Do you feel the same?
#followbackfriday #GTTO #FBPE #BrexitBritain https://t.co/66YRe2pJN8 @SydesJokes Followed! @destinysharles Followed! 👍 @torydemolition Followed! 👍 @kentish_made Followed! 👍 @Garethjaz Happy birthday! Followed. 👍 @alexillustrator 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👏 yep! @ReturnofR Neil Peart. ❤️ unrivalled. @CostaCoconuts Stewart Lee @Stormvogel99 Looking for you now, but I see TWO accounts :-( I'll follow both as one of them is probably you. X I have two new paper mache #birds looking for homes! A sweet little #robin and a #folkart bird in a #Scandinavian style painted in autumnal colours.
https://t.co/0xTiKi4Glk
#handmade #art https://t.co/rWfrQgGafB A few weeks ago, a company called @mybirdbuddy, who make whizzy smart bird-feeding gizmos, asked if they could interview me for a blog. I said "yes". Have a read! https://t.co/GCkIYTwxFH
#birdart #birds #BirdsOfTwitter #birdwatching #art #painting https://t.co/QJOAK0epuP @fci_clare Aww! Thanks Clare! I think so too. 😍 #VirtualChristmasMarket
Two #jigsawpuzzles, suitable #gifts for the meteorologically-minded.
On the left "Weather Map - Folklore & Fact"
On the right "ShippingForecast"
Bag one: https://t.co/yeSPEFMnQq
#weatherwatchers #loveukweather #Meteorology #weathermap #giftideas https://t.co/1iUMMa3QXn Eeek! If you don't love brown #hares, there's something wrong with you! For those of us who do, and who love a hot cuppa, these coasters will add lagomorphic loveliness to your table top.
£4.50 inc P&P to UK from: https://t.co/1qibyFVciq
#VirtualChristmasMarket #gifts #giftideas https://t.co/noJ3yefT8p #virtualChristmasMarket
My 2023 #calendar has 12 seasonal #paintings to brighten each month - and I have just a very few left!
They're £15 each and that INCLUDES P&P to UK.
Bag yours here: https://t.co/tLfyaeaLFa
#artlovers #directfromtheartist #oxfordshireartweeks #giftideas https://t.co/g3aYf0vT3r On my #virtualChristmasMarket stall next is this 100% cotton #teatowel of a #painting celebrating the wonders of British #Wildlife.
https://t.co/qh9yYPjlPK
They're £12.95 each inc P&P to UK.
👍easy-to-post👍made in UK
#xmasgiftideas #xmasgift #OxfordshireArtweeks #naturelovers https://t.co/MAxjE3p3hk @GaolbirdSal @KathyBurke Oh! Thanks so much Sally! X These colourful coasters feature my paintings of #foxes and badgers. I have coasters with hares, birds, the weather, Mull & the shipping forecast, too
Cost £4.50 inc P&P to UK
See them all here: https://t.co/1qibyFVciq
#giftideas #XmasGifts #ChristmasMarket #christmasgiftideas https://t.co/ERewFclVYF @alexillustrator They're under a lot of pressure right now. I've been there 5 days already. Be patient. OMG, it's so worth it! Makes this look crap. Where do the birds go? This 1000-piece #jigsaw #puzzle will show you where 42 species go.
£32 inc P&P to UK. #MadeinBritain.
This image was featured on BBC Autumnwatch in 2021.
More info: https://t.co/4nrSb8co9K
#VirtualChristmasMarket #birding #xmasgift #giftideas #jigsawpuzzle https://t.co/7hd8LW7A8U Good morning & welcome to my #virtualchristmasmarket.

"A New Day for Mr #Fox"

#originalart - handmade drypoint tinted with #watercolour - image 130 x130mm on paper 230 x 230mm - £45 inc P&P to UK.

https://t.co/R0IqPDR1yV
#giftideas #sunflower #xmasgifts https://t.co/l5hpELcjMI @fci_clare Try it on your PC or laptop. Works a treat! You can see the whole interface. I found and followed you in seconds. @fci_clare If you're on a PC, it's the search box top LH corner. 👍 Keep going, it's so worth it! @fci_clare Are you using an iPad, phone or PC? I find the whole thing better on my PC. I can do it on my iPad, too but haven't even managed to connect on the phone app! It just refuses to work. I'm OK with that, I hate using the phone anyway. @fci_clare I found you! X @fci_clare Keep going, it's worth it! You'll find me at @JaneTomlinson@mastodonapp.uk. Looking forward to seeing you in the Other Place. It's very cool! Tomorrow (if #Twitter still exists) I'm hosting a Virtual #ChristmasMarket - right here!
During the day I'll show you all manner of colourful & vibrant goodies featuring my #paintings.
https://t.co/TTlUXBJ2n5
#oxfordshireartweeks https://t.co/8Jzx1tMfkP Just in case of #Twittershutdown, find me on other platforms here:
FB: https://t.co/o4YTHrHqId
Insta: https://t.co/MXkwH8tPxI
Mastodon: https://t.co/uIkbjFnOhS
I will #followback!

#Twitter #GoodbyeTwitter #Twittershutdown #Twitterdown #RipTwitter https://t.co/1FkuWBwbJW @WalkWithWallace Thanks Robin! I'm really pleased with it. As a matter of fact, I did a robin a couple of months ago! https://t.co/2uD0EAQtBW I finished the painting on two more #papermache #birds today. A Cornish #chough and a #starling. Now they're waiting to be varnished.
They passed the 'cat test'. When I showed them to Officer Dibble, her eyes widened with that murderous look! Both have already been spoken for. https://t.co/dNtRvxX3Rf @ReturnofR Van Halen To be clear - I'm sticking around right here, but I just need an insurance policy, and I don't want to be late to the party. @deanofnewport It's a bit slow, but it seems OK on my big computer. Keep at it! I don't want to lose you, dear follower! If you have an a/c over there, pls follow me @JaneTomlinson@mastodonapp.uk & I promise to #followback. 🙏😍
Here one I painted a while back. It's not a #mastodon, but it is a pachyderm. #TwitterMigration https://t.co/HuaYz40dOj @deanofnewport When I get onto my big computer, I’ll follow you. I couldn’t get it to work on my phone or iPad when I last tried. @AnneLaird31 @DutchNewchurch There! I have. Actually you're Annie1@mastodon.scot @AnneLaird31 @DutchNewchurch Hi there Anne! I shall have a go at following you. X
I'm @JaneTomlinson@mastodonapp.uk @DutchNewchurch @AnneLaird31 I do believe I just followed you, Dutch (on the other side....) @DutchNewchurch @AnneLaird31 I hope you don't mind, Dutch, but I have just joined Mastodon and I'm going to try to follow you as an experiment.... I'm @JaneTomlinson@mastodonapp.uk After weeks of work my North American #Rock Music #map is finished. It references more than 100 bands & artists. More info & an explainer 'track list' here: https://t.co/pedOTndluZ

Thx for looking & "Keep on Rockin' in the Free World". 🙏🤟😍

@crockpics @lofcr1 #painting https://t.co/3X4V1U9H6o @FabianiKevin It's heartbreaking really. All those lost skills and dedicated workers jobless. I shall stick around for a bit yet. I've worked hard to build a following. But I might have a poke about in Mastodon.... @GuttridgeAndy @Jennyfurfuls I feel the same, Andy. I filled in a Mastodon form, but haven't heard anything back yet as to whether I've been accepted. My guess is that they've been overwhelmed.... @FJP215 Gosh, how I agree with you Fraser! Followed. X @Mr_Sam_Cox Followed! @ASoundFooting Followed! @andycommons_ Followed! X Your #Xmasgift shopping could help support my small business. I have:
💚winter greetings cards
💚tea towels
💚coasters
💚calendars
💚jigsaws
💚signed prints
💚original paintings - many under £70!
All ethically produced!

I absolutely LOVE making #papiermache thrushes - all those spots & speckles!

https://t.co/0xTiKi5eaS

#birding #art #winterthrushes https://t.co/JUPY1IBD1I Last week we went to RSPB #Otmoor to see the starlings. But the star of the afternoon turned out to be an unusually confiding #fieldfare. I had to make a papermache one!

All that cutting & sticking is fun, but the best bit is painting in the speckles!

#winterthrushes https://t.co/CFGZJsatNp Sometimes I just want to paint a view 'straight'. Here's "The Path to #Mwnt", part of the #Ceredigion #coastalpath in West #Wales. Here you can sit & watch #CardiganBay's resident population of bottlenose #dolphins.

More info: https://t.co/Tqy7tCFyBA https://t.co/rnfQI0Vuob Here we are again in our journey around the sun - at the #WinterSolstice The #ShortestDay. #Yule. #Hanukkah. #MidwinterDay. Sol Invictus. A turning point in the #WheelOfTheYear. Now the light returns! 🌞 🙏

Detail from my #painting https://t.co/6OoucBEjJH https://t.co/Olom3YQA0Y When I was a teen in the late 70s, my chums & I would regularly hop on the bus to Brum or Cov to see one of the #2Tone tours with #TheSpecials. #RIPTerryHall your lyrics spoke to me. The #2Tone logo is in my #painting of British Rock Music. https://t.co/k4GMQ7y6MY https://t.co/dhVGessdg4 Do you remember the #Penlee #lifeboat disaster which happened #OTD 41 yrs ago? A crew of volunteers set out in #RNLI lifeboat #SolomonBrowne to rescue a ship in trouble. 16 lives were lost.

My "Weather Map of Folklore & Fact" remembers the selfless heroism. #SupportTheRNLI https://t.co/HWavehKWqe @JANUSZCZAK 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 @richjhewitt If I need something to power me on, especially when I’m painting and want to ‘get in the zone’, then it’s the Ozrics for me. Focus have the same effect on me. Glorious! @richjhewitt Anything at all by Ozric Tentacles. I particularly recommend Erpland, or Jurassic Shift. 👍 @alexillustrator @80_mcswan Bloody love a bit of steeleye span, and can’t resist The Cult, both bands we listen to all year round. ❤️ @alexillustrator I have also fretted about that. Those poor fish, spilled out onto the freezing streets of Berlin! Imagine being the staff on reception at that hotel. @JANUSZCZAK We love your old chestnuts, matey. The West Oxfordshire branch of the Waldy fan club will tune in for sure. 👍 I painted "Best of #British - 50 things to love about Britain" to remind myself that despite 12 yrs of shocking govt, there ARE things to be proud of. One of them is the #NHS. They've saved my life more than once! I support the #NursesStrike. 🙏

More info https://t.co/eUXADn2LPJ https://t.co/753M61GKoH @exitthelemming @HarriettmooreB2 Spot on, matey! Spot on! X @AdrianTudorDr @ColinMurray @bbc5live @BBCSounds @bcsmaps @metoffice Ah, Adrian! There you are! It was fun, wasn't it & to share an obsession like the #ShippingForecast on air with listeners was a real pleasure. Check out my website here: https://t.co/cHsjYkcJAQ - lots of stuff about the SF. Warm wishes J X @12beesbuzzing @bbc5live @ColinMurray I love that you still have your mug :-) @fci_clare @ColinMurray @bbc5live @BBCSounds @bcsmaps @metoffice Yes you can Clare! Thank you for asking 🙏

I've got all kinds of stuff here, including gorgeous signed prints and really high quality tea towels (made in UK).

https://t.co/W2No9mmirb ❤️ the #ShippingForecast? @ColinMurray's @bbc5live show last night discussed its place in the UK's cultural DNA. Listen on @BBCSounds: https://t.co/9XsLVdV73N. Start at 2.15 to listen to the whole thing ... I'm on at 2.51.😮 It's my best-loved #painting ever!

#maps #Weather https://t.co/rrTmRSl81c Brrrr! Light snow on top of frost here. It was 0.5°C when I went out the Post Office at lunchtime. Here's a detail from my '#Weather Map of Folklore & Fact' showing Jack Frost doing his thing.

https://t.co/lb1Xgu54g2

#weathermap #weatherwatchers #snowfall https://t.co/IkvDvyW3pR On this cold winter's day here's a message of hope from Ukraine's President #Zelenskyy: "Light always wins over darkness", the title of my new #painting. 💚

https://t.co/NEmhsojPg6

#foxoftheday #folkart #prymachenko #art #fox #ukraine #sunflowers #peace https://t.co/ywQey0lr2k @upyoursdesign @PaulGoddy1966 Same here. Without the postal workers, I simply couldn’t trade. I stand with them all: The rail workers, teachers, nurses and all public servants who have been treated so shabbily. #GTTO @Welshgaz75 You do whatever feels right, Gaz. Everyone grieves in different ways. As you muddle through each day, don’t forget to be kind to yourself as you come to terms with it. It’s hard. Wishing you strength. X @alexillustrator I’m sorry the art front isn’t going so well, Alex. Touch and go here, too, but better than I expected… which was nothing.

Art is ‘Luxury goods’, innit? X #workinprogress Another #painting is coming along well. Called "Light always wins over darkness" it's another in a #Ukrainian #folkart style. Its title is a quote from President #Zelenskyy.

I make #art. If you want more then: #followBackFriday

#FBPE https://t.co/eWY2N7J0Za Yesterday I finished this #painting entitled “We see what we are defending” in the style of Ukrainian folk #artist Maria #Prymachenko.

The title is from a quote by President #Zelenskyy.

https://t.co/X1RLvZM7Ts

size 28x19cm

#folkart #art #fox #ukraine #ukrainianflag #sunflowers https://t.co/v3LndsO1GB @fci_clare @mikegallacher1 Tebay will forever be The Best! After a little flurry of sales yesterday, I have only FOUR of my 2023 calendars left.

If you'd like one of final fab four, best get your skates on! Go here: https://t.co/tLfyadTagA

#calendar2023 #giftidea #smallbusiness #xmasgifts #directfromtheartist https://t.co/z1syC4PPby I've managed to get most of the tiny #paintings I've recently completed onto my website: https://t.co/cHsjYjUAmI

They fit perfectly into Ikea's Hovsta frame. An original & unique #GiftIdea for #naturelovers.

#SupportSmallBusinesses #Fox #BrexitDisaster https://t.co/icUYAfHnx9 @JohnClerkin9 Followed! @trisho41 I remember them telling us how the candles must be lit by a parent using something called a 'taper', which I thought was weird because I heard it as 'tapir' - altogether a different thing! For British children everywhere who are now a certain age...

#BBC #BluePeter #JohnNoakes #AdventCrown #ThingsToMake #FireHazard #Advent https://t.co/smkhXZ15y4 @MonkeyOrchid1 @PZeniewski @IEA We spent a lot of time and money insulating our house. Only then did we go for air source. We've had it for two weeks and I'm delighted. We also have solar PV, so when it's sunny (alas not today) we generate the electricity to run the pump. @DonBricks @PZeniewski @GeorgeMonbiot @IEA Not so. We had an airsource heat pump system installed two weeks ago. The unit is outside my bedroom window. No noise. Though I can still hear the barking foxes and deer and the owls hooting in the trees. #WorkInProgress - another tiny #painting combining #gouache & #watercolour, #foxes & #sunflowers. This is a 'warm up' to 2 compositions I'm working on inspired the work of Ukrainian #folk artist #MariaPrymachenko. What might she paint right now?

#folkart #wetpaint #FoxOfTheDay https://t.co/YSezGqTlr1 @FizzingAda Yes & no. It's WEIRD! There are some things I love about it - its opacity for example. But conversely it's watercolour's transparency that I miss! There's no pleasing some folks... I will undoubtedly be using the two media together at some point soon. I'm experimenting with #Gouache & this tiny #painting of a #badger in the #bluebells appeared.

Image size 13 x 13cmon 600gsm paper - fits Ikea’s Hovsta frame. Interestes? Msg me here. £75 inc P&P to UK.

#art #oxfordshireartweeks #melesmeles https://t.co/aqznuddYpQ @alexhallhall Likewise! I think it's because people are abandoning Twitter for Mastodon. I joined Mastodon 2 weeks ago as an 'insurance policy', so I have feet in both camps. I'm already meeting so many lovely people over there. It's very chilled & kind. And no bloody ads or algorithms! A blog about me, art and birds! 👇 Finished yesterday, here's: "#Fox Calling" - #gouache on 600gsm paper - 13 x 13cm - fits perfectly into Ikea’s Hovsta frame. Hope you like it!

£75 inc P&P to UK. It's not on my website yet, so msg me here if you're interested.

#foxoftheday #oxfordshireartweeks #painting https://t.co/liRLBduDrm @MrT1967 I do. Plus I’m one of your followers on Mastodon. 👍 @Vad002 Oh, I get this! Working 2 jobs and just treading water here. In my 60th year, I had hoped things might be better than this. Doing my best, and trying to count my blessings (food in the fridge! A fire in the hearth!) but perpetually grumpy. I think there are a lot of us about. @gra_ross1985 Done! @shunka9 Following! Shouting into the void is all I seem to do on Twitter these days. Oh, and lose followers. I guess people are leaving the platform. @Skat_Cat It's not about ME though, is it? My son has a German girlfriend. It's affected their lives badly. And not just them.... ALL those young people living with the consequences of a really stupid referendum based on lies & misinformation. @Wakethefitup Followed! X @Skat_Cat Too many to list in detail but general ones include:

Freedom of movement to live, work & travel in 27 other nations. Frictionless trade. Reciprocal health arrngmnts. Erasmus, EDU & science. High standards: food, animal welfare, clean rivers & a powerful trading bloc. Etc, etc... I loathe #Brexit🤮what it has stolen from me.

When pundits say the reasons for UK's current dire straits are covid, Ukraine, inflation, etc, but don't mention the Brexit elephant in the room, I get cross! 😡 Do you feel the same?

#followbackfriday #GTTO #FBPE #BrexitBritain https://t.co/66YRe2pJN8 @SydesJokes Followed! @destinysharles Followed! 👍 @torydemolition Followed! 👍 @kentish_made Followed! 👍 @Garethjaz Happy birthday! Followed. 👍 @alexillustrator 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👏 yep! @ReturnofR Neil Peart. ❤️ unrivalled. @CostaCoconuts Stewart Lee @Stormvogel99 Looking for you now, but I see TWO accounts :-( I'll follow both as one of them is probably you. X I have two new paper mache #birds looking for homes! A sweet little #robin and a #folkart bird in a #Scandinavian style painted in autumnal colours.

https://t.co/0xTiKi4Glk

#handmade #art https://t.co/rWfrQgGafB A few weeks ago, a company called @mybirdbuddy, who make whizzy smart bird-feeding gizmos, asked if they could interview me for a blog. I said "yes". Have a read! https://t.co/GCkIYTwxFH

#birdart #birds #BirdsOfTwitter #birdwatching #art #painting https://t.co/QJOAK0epuP @fci_clare Aww! Thanks Clare! I think so too. 😍 #VirtualChristmasMarket

Two #jigsawpuzzles, suitable #gifts for the meteorologically-minded.

On the left "Weather Map - Folklore & Fact"

On the right "ShippingForecast"

Bag one: https://t.co/yeSPEFMnQq

#weatherwatchers #loveukweather #Meteorology #weathermap #giftideas https://t.co/1iUMMa3QXn Eeek! If you don't love brown #hares, there's something wrong with you! For those of us who do, and who love a hot cuppa, these coasters will add lagomorphic loveliness to your table top.

£4.50 inc P&P to UK from: https://t.co/1qibyFVciq

#VirtualChristmasMarket #gifts #giftideas https://t.co/noJ3yefT8p #virtualChristmasMarket

My 2023 #calendar has 12 seasonal #paintings to brighten each month - and I have just a very few left!

They're £15 each and that INCLUDES P&P to UK.

Bag yours here: https://t.co/tLfyaeaLFa

#artlovers #directfromtheartist #oxfordshireartweeks #giftideas https://t.co/g3aYf0vT3r On my #virtualChristmasMarket stall next is this 100% cotton #teatowel of a #painting celebrating the wonders of British #Wildlife.

https://t.co/qh9yYPjlPK

They're £12.95 each inc P&P to UK.

👍easy-to-post👍made in UK

#xmasgiftideas #xmasgift #OxfordshireArtweeks #naturelovers https://t.co/MAxjE3p3hk @GaolbirdSal @KathyBurke Oh! Thanks so much Sally! X These colourful coasters feature my paintings of #foxes and badgers. I have coasters with hares, birds, the weather, Mull & the shipping forecast, too

Cost £4.50 inc P&P to UK

See them all here: https://t.co/1qibyFVciq

#giftideas #XmasGifts #ChristmasMarket #christmasgiftideas https://t.co/ERewFclVYF @alexillustrator They're under a lot of pressure right now. I've been there 5 days already. Be patient. OMG, it's so worth it! Makes this look crap. Where do the birds go? This 1000-piece #jigsaw #puzzle will show you where 42 species go.

£32 inc P&P to UK. #MadeinBritain.

This image was featured on BBC Autumnwatch in 2021.

More info: https://t.co/4nrSb8co9K

#VirtualChristmasMarket #birding #xmasgift #giftideas #jigsawpuzzle https://t.co/7hd8LW7A8U Good morning & welcome to my #virtualchristmasmarket.

"A New Day for Mr #Fox"

#originalart - handmade drypoint tinted with #watercolour - image 130 x130mm on paper 230 x 230mm - £45 inc P&P to UK.

https://t.co/R0IqPDR1yV

#giftideas #sunflower #xmasgifts https://t.co/l5hpELcjMI @fci_clare Try it on your PC or laptop. Works a treat! You can see the whole interface. I found and followed you in seconds. @fci_clare If you're on a PC, it's the search box top LH corner. 👍 Keep going, it's so worth it! @fci_clare Are you using an iPad, phone or PC? I find the whole thing better on my PC. I can do it on my iPad, too but haven't even managed to connect on the phone app! It just refuses to work. I'm OK with that, I hate using the phone anyway. @fci_clare I found you! X @fci_clare Keep going, it's worth it! You'll find me at @JaneTomlinson@mastodonapp.uk. Looking forward to seeing you in the Other Place. It's very cool! Tomorrow (if #Twitter still exists) I'm hosting a Virtual #ChristmasMarket - right here!

During the day I'll show you all manner of colourful & vibrant goodies featuring my #paintings.

https://t.co/TTlUXBJ2n5

#oxfordshireartweeks https://t.co/8Jzx1tMfkP Just in case of #Twittershutdown, find me on other platforms here:

FB: https://t.co/o4YTHrHqId

Insta: https://t.co/MXkwH8tPxI

Mastodon: https://t.co/uIkbjFnOhS

I will #followback!

#Twitter #GoodbyeTwitter #Twittershutdown #Twitterdown #RipTwitter https://t.co/1FkuWBwbJW @WalkWithWallace Thanks Robin! I'm really pleased with it. As a matter of fact, I did a robin a couple of months ago! https://t.co/2uD0EAQtBW I finished the painting on two more #papermache #birds today. A Cornish #chough and a #starling. Now they're waiting to be varnished.

They passed the 'cat test'. When I showed them to Officer Dibble, her eyes widened with that murderous look! Both have already been spoken for. https://t.co/dNtRvxX3Rf @ReturnofR Van Halen To be clear - I'm sticking around right here, but I just need an insurance policy, and I don't want to be late to the party. @deanofnewport It's a bit slow, but it seems OK on my big computer. Keep at it! I don't want to lose you, dear follower! If you have an a/c over there, pls follow me @JaneTomlinson@mastodonapp.uk & I promise to #followback. 🙏😍

Here one I painted a while back. It's not a #mastodon, but it is a pachyderm. #TwitterMigration https://t.co/HuaYz40dOj @deanofnewport When I get onto my big computer, I’ll follow you. I couldn’t get it to work on my phone or iPad when I last tried. @AnneLaird31 @DutchNewchurch There! I have. Actually you're Annie1@mastodon.scot @AnneLaird31 @DutchNewchurch Hi there Anne! I shall have a go at following you. X

I'm @JaneTomlinson@mastodonapp.uk @DutchNewchurch @AnneLaird31 I do believe I just followed you, Dutch (on the other side....) @DutchNewchurch @AnneLaird31 I hope you don't mind, Dutch, but I have just joined Mastodon and I'm going to try to follow you as an experiment.... I'm @JaneTomlinson@mastodonapp.uk After weeks of work my North American #Rock Music #map is finished. It references more than 100 bands & artists. More info & an explainer 'track list' here: https://t.co/pedOTndluZ

Thx for looking & "Keep on Rockin' in the Free World". 🙏🤟😍

@crockpics @lofcr1 #painting https://t.co/3X4V1U9H6o @FabianiKevin It's heartbreaking really. All those lost skills and dedicated workers jobless. I shall stick around for a bit yet. I've worked hard to build a following. But I might have a poke about in Mastodon.... @GuttridgeAndy @Jennyfurfuls I feel the same, Andy. I filled in a Mastodon form, but haven't heard anything back yet as to whether I've been accepted. My guess is that they've been overwhelmed.... @FJP215 Gosh, how I agree with you Fraser! Followed. X @Mr_Sam_Cox Followed! @ASoundFooting Followed! @andycommons_ Followed! X Your #Xmasgift shopping could help support my small business. I have:

💚winter greetings cards

💚tea towels

💚coasters

💚calendars

💚jigsaws

💚signed prints

💚original paintings - many under £70!

All ethically produced!