First homegrown veg of the year 🌱💚🌱 purple sprouting broccoli .... 😊

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I have been making drawings in oak ink to accompany my series of linocuts in a handmade book for the @cornwall_crafts which will open on the 14th March to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the @nationaltrust at Trelissick....

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My husband trying to disentangle Desmond from his gathered brambles and twigs...a daily occurrence... Saus watching and ensuring he does the job to her satisfaction ie quickly so he can get on with throwing he ball. 😂

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#foraging Comfrey I have been using comfrey as a compress around an aching joint... (also as a liquid feed for plants) does anyone else use it?

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Drawing and drinking nettle and ginger tea! An update on the nettles... I feel much brighter since I have been drinking my nettle tea and including them in stews...having felt a bit depleted since christmas.... #nettles #medicinalweeds #eatweeds #medicinalherbal

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This is President Wilson I tell a little of his interesting story in my bird of the month ebook. If you would like to read it you can receive it free of charge when you subscribe to studio insights via the link in my profile or using https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX. No catches just a monthly newsletter and a 16 page ebooklet pdf download... enjoy! #freeebook #birdofthemonth #pigeonbook #pigeonzine #freepdf

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Here is my gorgeous Sausage now...8 years old just chillin in the sun, waiting patiently for someone to want to play...

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This is another linocut for the 125 years celebration at @nttrelissick hand coloured... I am also working on an artists book for the exhibition which may include some of my preliminary oak hall ink sketches ... 😊

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Multi coloured magpies collage, printmaking, happy accidents...

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This is my beautiful little Sausage ... she is a collie cross and now 8 years old but was just 5 weeks when this was taken...she has a blue and a brown eye, someone once told me it means she is half year and half in heaven, oddly she is almost a carbon copy of a dog I had 12 years ago also a collie cross but tan and white... she was young when she died and I missed her terribly... I like to think a bit of her returned to me in Saus? However because I have had Saus from a puppy she has none of Sukies vices who was a troubled rescue dog..bless her. ❤❤❤ . . . #puppy #collie #colliecross #farmdog #myadroabledog

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Happy accidents collaged together... I get really excited about these...❤

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This is the oldest pigeon ever recorded (as far as I could find) I tell his interesting story in my bird of the month ebook do you have it yet? If you would like to read it you can receive it free of charge when you subscribe to studio insights via the link in my profile or using https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX. There are no catches just the newsletter and a 16 page ebooklet pdf download... enjoy! #freeebook #birdofthemonth #pigeonbook #pigeonzine

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Here is another of my little happy accident birds ...this one is a Rook

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I have been moving these prints along a little today. Adding a little bit of light hand colouring to this linocut to celebrate 125 years of the @nationaltrust to be exhibited at @nttrelissick with @cornwall_crafts. . . . . . . #trelissickgardens #125yearsnationaltrust #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #sparrow #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #illustration #naturalworld #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers #printmaker #oneofforiginal #anthrozoology

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Poor Desmond ...not stuck but brambles all wrapped around his legs like manacles... he had to come in for a bit of a tidy up, he wasnt impressed bless him... but he did get a few extra nuts. . . . . . #desmondthesheep #lambs #countryside #countrylife #farmlife #countryliving #joyofsheep #animalassistedinterventions #mindfulness #sheep #shetlandsheep #animalassistedtherapy #sheepofinstagram #loveofsheep #naturetherapy #wellbeing #smallholding #sheep #onthefarm

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Do you have your February the month. It possibly should have been called in love and war... Pigeons such interesting and surprising birds. If you would like to see what I have gathered together this bird of the month you can receive it free of charge if you subscribe to studio insights via the link in my profile or using https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX. There are no catches just the newsletter and a 16 page ebooklet pdf download... enjoy! #freeebook #birdofthemonth #pigeonbook #pigeonzine

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This is how the masks get over printed...I place cut out versions over the print on paper then monoprint over this doesn't exist except for in a photograph but I do love them 😊

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I love to just play with bits and bobs in my studio and watch at the possibilities unfolding, it's such a creative process for me...it allows me to play because I am not trying to make a good drawing 😂 which often inhibits my creativity and enjoyment. I find myself putting all sorts of things in my way so that I dont get wrapped up in the detail of making a good drawing 🤦‍♀️😊

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Same little bird placed on an abstract background...

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I just love these bits of paper, accidental wonderfulness, it was a mask for a linocut that I did placed over the print so the background would not print onto the bird... I doubt k could make them on purpose though, it's the lack of planning that created them that i like so much i think. 😊 #happyaccident

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Also out and about today... grey seals just a few... I estimated over 100 one very young white at the far side (top) near the rock wall gull devouring something bloody close by so it may have been just born... always a delight to see them ❤❤❤

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Out and about today, visited a local country park where there is one of the largest rockerys in cornwall... I love the call of Rooks... too many people for me and lots of over feeding but the rooks like it because they get fed...so do the mobs of squirrels, geese, ducks, swans, black headed gulls and lots of rats 😂 . . .. . . . . #linocut.#printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #art #illustration #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers .#rook #printmaker #oneofforiginal #anthrozoology

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Here is Desmond now still very lovely but a bit bigger! Nearly 11 months old ❤🐑❤

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This is Desmond when I first met him...being transported home in a cardboard box bless him, just a few days old. . . . . . #lambs #enjoythemoment #countryside #countrylife #farmlife #countryliving #joyofsheep #animalassistedinterventions #mindfulness #natureassistedinterventions #sheep #shetlandsheep #animalassistedtherapy #sheepofinstagram #loveofsheep #naturetherapy #wellbeing #smallholding #sheep #onthefarm

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I have a few exciting workshops coming up... if you would like to be first to know about them you can subscribe to my studio insights link in my profile or https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX

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I am delighted to hear that the first print run of #red67 has now sold out.. but still saddened that it has to exist, I must do a flick through of it for you all soon... I feel very honoured to have been asked to take part and submit artwork for the RED SIXTY SEVEN book and well done to everyone else involved ( @_BTO & @red67book @99_birds ) #bto #rspb #yolobirder #redlist You can still order here for the next print run.... https://ift.tt/2RpCayt for more ) The launch is on February 14th. . You can pre-order the book and purchase other merchandise from the website below now. Red Sixty Seven is a collaboration between 67 authors and 67 artists with a single goal: to raise funds to support conservation work aiming to reverse the declines of our most at-risk birds. Contributors include Chris Packham, Ann Cleeves, Samuel West, Natalie Bennett, David Lindo, Gill Lewis, Darren Woodhead, Carry Akroyd, Jane Smith and Patrick Barkham. ​ All of the profits from the sale of this book will be donated to BTO and RSPB to further their work on Red-listed birds. Red Sixty Seven is 67 love letters to our most vulnerable species, each beautifully illustrated by some of the best wildlife artists around, showcasing a range of styles as varied as the birds in these pages. Our hope is that the book will bring the Red List to a wider audience whilst raising funds for the charities working to help the birds most at need. ​ My bird was the Balearic Shearwater, I have a particularly soft spot for Shearwaters (although Manx) having spent some time on Skoholm and Skomer Islands, we have them visiting our waters around Cornwall. To support 67 redlisted species, It is a collaboration in 67 beautiful illustrated love letters to our most threatened birds @Red67book #Red67 #bto #rspb #yolobirder #redlist #illustratedbook #illustration https://ift.tt/2RpCayt

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A quick sketch of my lovely Desmond with attachments, not stuck today yaay! Just bringing half the hedge with him...

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Just a sketch of Sausage the dog...with a caption... "the storm passes quicker if I am close to you" maybe we all feel a bit like this sometimes...bless her she has the most acute hearing and the sound of the wind and rain whipping around the house terrified her...

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Oh Desmond! Stuck.in the brambles twice yesterday! Trying to shelter from the rain maybe? Anyway because I have been round cutting through some brambles he has started gathering the cuttings in his fleece... roll on shearing time! BLESS! ❤🐑❤ can you see that look of slight irritation towards me! I am sure he thinks it's all my fault 😂

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More book explorations today ... thinking about family narratives ...

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One of my treasured found skulls... Rook I believe. Thank you @vanessapenrose_artist & @the_journey_of_the_line for the words and inspiration for this afternoon 😊

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I was just browsing and read a story about the death of someone's dog, I don't know the person well and never met the dog but could feel the pain in her words... it hit me like a wall of grief my many lost and beloved animals whose lives were long for them...but short for me... they take a huge chunk of my heart when they leave me... strange... but this is Kevin he was the most wonderful soul, i talked to him every day, painted him often and miss his endlessly... time to start painting some more of my creatures i think, oddly I find it hard to look at photos of him but enjoy looking at the paintings still, this one is one of my best selling cards and prints it is good to know that he brought pleasure to the lives of many people and graces the walls of quite a few homes...❤❤❤ .

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Beautiful gentle Walter ... always hungry, he was the least affectionate of our two bottle fed lambs but has turned into the most friendly...he will do anything for food and is sometimes rather too enthusiastic... a full size sheep jumping up is not ideal bless him! He is a shetland cross... a bit of a Heinz 57... totally unique!

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Dont you love a bit of black white and red... the colours of protest...@btobirds @artofmindfulness #Red67 this evenings reading...😍 many of my passions contained in these books...the middle one is my journal...not often my work has been in an actual book..but turn to page 29 and there it is Red Sixty Seven ❤

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Looking forward to making a little more progress with these linocuts inspired by @nttrelissick I would like to include them in a handmade artists book together with some drawings etc ..... but sometimes I just think too much!!!!

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Nose to nose... horses Greeting...💓💓💓

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Would you have guessed which bird I have chosen for February the month of love? They are a very interesting and surprising bird if you start to look into them in more depth...anyway if you would like to see what I have gathered together this new bird of the month is out now. If you have not already received it with my February newsletter you can receive it free of charge if you subscribe to studio insights via the link in my profile or using https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX. There are no catches just the newsletter and a 16 page ebooklet pdf download... enjoy!

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I have a pair of magpies who nest in my garden each year, I love to hear them chattering with their young... like many birds magpies pair for life ... I a special celebration of them today on Valentines Day ❤❤❤ . .

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Available tomorrow!!! @red67book ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ #Red67 #red67book #bto #rspb.

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Many of my creatures are painted alone their conversation is with the viewer...but as it's nearly valentine's days here is a pair of heavy horses 🖤❤🖤

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LAST DAY for this free ebook...if you want it you have to act now 😊 #Repost @suzysharpeart • • • • • • My new bird of the month will be out tomorrow. Have you got your January newsletter and FREE Bird of the Month Ebook on Ravens. If you would like to received the newsletter together with free monthly ebooklet pdf please subscribe via the link in my profile or using https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX link in my profile. No catches just the newsletter and a 16 page ebooklet

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My new bird of the month will be out this week (hopefully) Have you got your January newsletter and FREE Bird of the Month Ebook on Ravens. If you would like to received the newsletter together with free monthly ebooklet pdf please subscribe via the link in my profile or using https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX link in my profile. No catches just the newsletter and a 16 page ebooklet

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Great post @elliegregor very proud of you as you know... for everything you do as well as @sas_whodareswins • • • • • • #repost “The most important thing is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle” I was medically withdrawn from SAS WDW after collapsing when my body started to shut down due to Hypothermia. I cannot even begin to tell you how cold I was, the interrogation was fine, the stress positions were manageable but the cold running through my bones was relentless agony. Touching the stone cold wall was unbearable, I’d lost all the feeling in my feet and I kept passing in and out of consciousness. I don’t remember the moment I passed out, all I remember is being un hooded and seeing the doctor in front of me. Prior to interrogation we’d been captured in the water and taken on a 1-2 hour speed boat trip back to base in soaked clothes. By the time we reached land I was colder than I’d ever been before. We then had to sit/stand in wet clothes in freezing temperatures for hours, I’m not surprised that my body gave up. I’m so proud that my mental strength didn’t waver. It took me actually passing out to end my journey. You hear me say, that I wanted to pass the course but if my best isn’t good enough then that’s ok. Thank you to the DS @jay__morton , @jason_carl_fox , @ollie.ollerton , @billingham22b @antmiddleton for one hell of a challenge. Thank you to all the incredible recruits who made the course bearable with their impeccable banter and thank you to everyone who has messaged me and supported me throughout this process. I hope I have inspired some of you. Onwards to my next adventure. What next?! #saswhodareswins #saswdw #adventure #outdoors #strongwomen #positivity #crossfit #strongmind #mindovermatter #strength #adventuregirl #challengeme #positivemind #positivesoul #fitness #health #cornwall #wildadventures #outdoorwoman #determination #lifegoals l #stronggirls

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A bit more cutting to do and they will be hand coloured I think ... loving the process #inthestudio

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Last week of this cant wait to see my little girl @elliegregor being interrogated 😬😭☹ it think! #Repost @sas_whodareswins • • • • • • 🚨 LAST EPISODE IS ON TONIGHT 🚨 #saswhodareswins #sas #sbs #channel4 # finale #whowillwin #specialforces

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All 3 together to proof later or maybe tomorrow all inspired by @nttrelissick for the @cornwall_crafts exhibition in march

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Linoplate number 3 inspired by @nttrelissick for the @cornwall_crafts exhibition in march... aching now 😬

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Linoplate number 2 inspired by @nttrelissick for the @cornwall_crafts exhibition in march

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Only 6 days to go ...out on valentines day ❤ 'Red Sixty Seven'. This takes its name from the Birds of Conservation Concern Red List, which contains 67 species. For each species, an artwork has been produced by a UK artist, with text by some of the UK’s leading writers. @btobirds @rspb_love_nature

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I have some cards and prints in a sale on my website ..which will finish in a few days if you would like to have a browse its https://ift.tt/2tEWeF6 link also in my profile ...

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