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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My 1st linoplate for @nttrelissick 125 year exhibition with the @cornwall_crafts is coming along 😊

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More springness! 🌱☀️🌿

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It might not look like much but this is .my first veg seedling of 2020! 🌿🌱💚🌱🌿

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Such a good day today thank you @the_journey_of_the_line and @vanessapenrose_artist for the inspiration and conversation 😍

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#timetotalkday today...@timetochangecampaign "Choose talk, change lives. Mental health problems affect one in four of us, yet too many people are made to feel isolated, ashamed and worthless because of this. Time to Talk Day encourages everyone to be more open about mental health – to talk, to listen, to change lives." #mentalhealthawareness

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A close up of a little drypoint honey bee I used as a demo piece today. 😊

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Teaching at @cornwallcollege in our wonderful print room...drypoint today 😍

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I keep seeing a mini starling murmuration on my way to work...😍

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Some days are a bit like this... but they make the good ones better...

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❤❤❤#Repost @charliemackesy • • • • • • It’s children’s mental health week, so I thought I’d post this. #childrensmentalhealthweek

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Experimentation...in veg beds this year, a variety of munches and treatments working towards no dig... and growing more than a couple of tomatoes this year hopefully... watch this space! How does your garden grow...

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With the flock...and my washing liquid🤪. (Little know fact the used washing liquid bottle properly washed out makes a great scoop) .. I dont usually take my washing liquid to see the sheep😂😂😂...see how big the boys are now... there is a lot of fleece but they are fully grown now bless them... 10 months old now there abouts

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Well episode 5 SAS who dares wins tonight... will @elliegregor get caught in the escape and evade phase... as a child off on an adventure over the fields or in the tree house or shed, she (and @sportybethcf ) were always very good at this when I was looking for them 😍

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Snowdrops in full bloom now🌿😍 I saw the 1st shoots on the 31st December ...

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This is the 3rd of my @nttrelissick sketches as starting points for a series of linocuts and hopefully an artists book including some of my oak ink drawings ... 125 year of the @nationaltrust 😊

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Now its february I am starting to put my new bird of the month together. Have you got your January newsletter and 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. No catches just the newsletter and a 16 page ebooklet . .

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Today marks Imbolc and St Brides Day ... Imbolc lies half way between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. It is traditionally a festival honouring Brigid, she became woven into the Christian church as St Bridget. She is a Goddess of healing, poetry and smithcraft, Goddess of Fire, of the Sun and of the Hearth, she brings fertility to the land and its people and is closely connected to midwives and new-born babies. So why Oystercatchers... To the Gaels this bird is an emblem of St. Bride, who carried one in each hand. Legend has her arriving on the shores of South Uist with an oystercatcher on each wrist. When she was becalmed at sea, oystercatchers flew to her boat and by the beating of their wings, filled the sails of the boat so that she could sail safely to land. In Gaelic, the Oystercacher is called the Guide of St Bride, as she was supposed to send the birds to guide sailors to safety. It bears the form of a cross on its plumage as it once covered Christ with sea-weed when his enemies pursued him. . . . #imbolc #stbridget #oystercatchers #stbride #anthrozoology #celticmythology #irishfolklore #paganfestival #pagangodessoffire #pagangoddessbrigid #linocut #printmaking #monotype #reliefprinting #inthestudio #lino #contemporaryart #art #illustration #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers #narrative

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Oh the excitement...a single blossom can bring 🌿😍🌿

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Now we are in February dont forget to have a look at Redbook67...out on valentines day ❤ #Repost @btobirds • • • • • • "We're delighted to announce '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. Discover more at the link in the @btobirds bio. 🦉 🎨 📕 ." . . #Red67 #Conservation #redlist #art #sciart #science #decline #birdsofinstagram #instaart

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Not so pleased with this one it still needs work, but I am getting somewhere...Chaffinch and Camilias 🌿 @nttrelissick when I sat in the cafe I was surrounded by lovely chaffinches, Robin's, dunnocks, bluetits, a wag tail and a couple of crows 😍 I love to be surrounded by birds!

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