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Me no speak Italiano…
9 Aug 2010

Me no speak Italiano…

by stephen | posted in: Family, Travel | 0

Which isn’t entirely true, as I can rustle up a few choice words to get by if I’m pushed. But more serious Italian is definitely on the cards for next year, regardless of where we spend our 2011 hols. Unfortunately … Continued

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UK trans female, gin loving, fine artist ๐ŸŽจ
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A few Sunday nibbles... Masala potatoes, saag pan A few Sunday nibbles... Masala potatoes, saag paneer, butter chicken, seafood madras, smoked tadka daal, rice biryani, naan breads, almond & chocolate cake, with vino and friends ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’— (290/365) #photoadaychallenge #homecooking #curry
Waiting for the crazy dog to appear ๐Ÿถ (289/365 Waiting for the crazy dog to appear ๐Ÿถ (289/365) #photoadaychallenge
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Electrical DIY ๐Ÿคฏ (287/365) Electrical DIY ๐Ÿคฏ (287/365)
A fun evening with the gel press ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ’— @ge A fun evening with the gel press ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ’— @gelpress (286/365) #photoadaychallenge #printing #gelpress #art #artclass #arttutor
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Black spiced sea bass, tadka daal, chilli & corian Black spiced sea bass, tadka daal, chilli & coriander rice khichdi, with radish relish ๐Ÿคฉ Poncy Saturday grub again with @tracyjane.coley ๐Ÿ’— (282/365) #photoadaychallenge #food #homecooking #PoshNosh #curry #seabass #asianfood
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'Equidistance' - 2021 Watercolour, ink, acrylic, 'Equidistance' - 2021 Watercolour, ink, acrylic, brusho and bleach on aquafine watercolour paper Playing with abstract with my art classes this week and this was quite a lot of fun. No plan, no end point, no starting point, just a lot of experimenting. Knowing when to finish is always a tough one and I had thoughts about adding all kinds of things onto this... But then decided to stop ๐Ÿ™‚ #art #abstract #watercolour #ink #brusho #acrylic #abstractart #bleach #colour #experimenting
Remember when after a year, I got totally bored of Remember when after a year, I got totally bored of waiting for an NHS Gender Clinic appointment? When I went to London for a privately paid for gender appointment. Where I was asked about my entire life story, my mental wellbeing, my family, my issues with gender, my hopes for the future etc. Remember when after three and half years, I got my very first NHS Gender Clinic appointment? Where I was asked about my entire life story, my mental wellbeing, my family, my issues with gender, my hopes for the future etc. Today I had NHS Gender Clinic appointment no2... Where I was asked about my entire life story, my mental wellbeing, my family, my issues with gender, my hopes for the future etc ๐Ÿ™„ Almost fours years on and those NHS wheels continue to turn insanely slowly ๐ŸŒ... ๐ŸŒ... ๐ŸŒ It's been two years now on my HRT treatment. All privately paid for ๐Ÿ™„ It's a long old road... (277/365) #photoadaychallenge #gender #female #transgender #transition #treatment #NHS #genderclinic #waitingtimes #snailspace #mentalhealth
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My new November & December art classes are now liv My new November & December art classes are now live on my website. Loads of info on what I'll be doing each week. All the dates, times, images, prices and booking details... Tuesdays mornings (10.00 - 12.00) at the Strutts Centre, Belper - Mixed media art class - 9th Nov until 14th Dec Wednesday evenings (7.00 until 9.00) on Zoom - Collage art class - 10th Nov until 15th Dec Thursday mornings (10.00 until 12.00) on Zoom - Mixed media art class - 11th Nov until 16th Dec Places are always offered on a first come first served basis, so if you're already doing one of my classes and you'd like to continue, do let me know. If you're new and would like a bit more information, just contact me. If you'd like to reserve a place right now, my website has all the relevant info. Happy Friday people ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’— http://stephcoley.com/teaching/adult-education/ #artclass #artclasses #arttutor #mixedmedia #collage #art #zoomart
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Skeleton... (270/365) #photoadaychallenge Skeleton... (270/365) #photoadaychallenge
Covid is in da house ๐Ÿ˜ท (269/365) #photoadaych Covid is in da house ๐Ÿ˜ท (269/365) #photoadaychallenge
'Buena Vista Vineyard' - 2021 collage, acrylic, i 'Buena Vista Vineyard' - 2021 collage, acrylic, ink, pencils, pens on paper 42 x 30cm Making art for me is all about the moment, the actual process of creating it. That's when my art really affects me, regardless of how the end product looks. Usually once I've finished creating something I detach and distance myself from it fairly quickly. Sometimes I like the artwork, sometimes I don't. But for me, liking is not massively important. I make the art for me and then it's up to everyone else to enjoy it if it pushes their buttons... And then occasionally I create something that I really really like ๐Ÿ™‚ Something that pushes my own buttons. Which is making it fairly hard to detach from this right now. But I will ๐Ÿ™‚ @posca_uk @rembrandtartistpaint @colourcraftltd #art #artwork #mixedmedia #collage #portrait #portraits #portraitartist #drawing #pencils #ink #brusho #posca #poscapens
The bouncy hound ๐Ÿ’— (268/365) #photoadaychalle The bouncy hound ๐Ÿ’— (268/365) #photoadaychallenge #springerspaniel
As an artist it cuts quite deep when your nearly 1 As an artist it cuts quite deep when your nearly 15 year old son decides against taking art at school ๐Ÿ˜’ This is today's 'artistic' creation ๐Ÿ˜ณ Sometimes it's easier to admit defeat ๐Ÿ˜• (267/365) #photoadaychallenge #ohdear
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๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฏ๐Ÿ˜ฒ (264/365) #photoadaychallenge #foun ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ฏ๐Ÿ˜ฒ (264/365) #photoadaychallenge #foundfaces
Trans update time... Almost four years on this ge Trans update time... Almost four years on this gender transition journey now. Two years on the hormones. Endless blood tests, with another one this week ๐Ÿ™„ After a three and a half year wait the NHS finally took over my treatment this summer and I've got appointment number two in a few weeks time. Curtesy of the NHS I've also stated to get my face zapped with hot lasers, which is brilliant but f@#king painful ๐Ÿ˜ณ Apart from that, I've nothing new to report really... The journey continues ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’— (263/365) #photoadaychallenge #gender #transgender #trans #mtf #female #NHS #portraits #Artist
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So, after a 15 year break, it was time to revisit my beloved oil paints ๐Ÿ’— This was done using Daler Rowney water based oils. I'd never used water based oils before. I'd also frowned upon them a wee bit, but these were surprising nice to use ๐Ÿ™‚ http://www.stephcoley.com http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist Comments, likes, shares & subscribers are always welcomed ๐Ÿ’— ______ Music: Someday Musician: Alexander Delarge URL: https://icons8.com/music
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Another portrait, more ink pen and more insanely complicated maps and collage ๐Ÿ™‚ 'There's an Orchard Green in Avalon' - 2020 Ink, acrylic and collage on paper 42 x 30cm http://www.stephcoley.com http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist All comments, likes, shares and subscribers are always welcomed ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—
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This week's sitter on the Sky Arts Artist of the Week show was DJ and presenter Nihal Arthanayake. Decided to throw a bit more colour into this and to spend a lot more time planning the collage background. "The Stars that light my Garden' - 2020 Ink, acrylic and collage on paper 42 x 30 http://www.stephcoley.com http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist All comments, likes, shares and subscribers are always welcomed ๐Ÿ’—
Nihal Arthanayake portrait with Steph
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One of my ink & collage portraits... This is another of the Sky Arts Artist of the Week attempts, with sitter Annie Mac 'Dรบn Laoghaire' - 2020 Ink, acrylic, pencil on music sheets and an old Irish map. 42 x 30cm http://www.stephcoley.com http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist All comments, likes, shares and subscribers are most welcome ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—
Annie Mac portrait with Steph
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Another of my ink & collage portrait videos. This time I decided to give a self portrait a go ๐Ÿ™‚ Always an interesting challenge... "Still She Haunts me, Phantomwise" 2020 Ink, acrylic on collage 42 x 30cm http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist http://www.stephcoley.com As always, any comments, likes or subscribers are most welcome ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’— โ€-โ€----------- Music: Feel like that Musician: Nordgroove URL: https://icons8.com/music
Self portrait with Steph
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Another of my ink, acrylic and collage portraits and another of the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week challenges. This week's lovely sitter was Mary Beard, who was an absolute joy to draw ๐Ÿ™‚ http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist http://www.stephcoley.com All comments, feedback, likes and subscribers are always most welcome ๐Ÿ’— ---- Music: Fugetta Musician: Ilya Truhanov URL: https://icons8.com/music
Mary Beard portrait with Steph
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Here's a fun little craft activity to celebrate Pride month. Materials needed are: A4 paper Pencil Marker pen Coloured pencils or crayons Scissors Pencil rubber Here's a link if you want to see what Pride flags are currently available... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_symbols http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist http://www.stephcoley.com Comments, questions, feedback and subscribers are always most welcome ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ’—
Pride flags with Steph
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This is craft activity which demonstrates how to make simple peg puppets and a theatre booth. Equipment you'll need: Card - Pencil - Eraser - Scissors - Glue - Pegs - Coloured pens, pencils etc - Some circular to draw around - Black fineliner pen. http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist http://www.stephcoley.com Any questions, comments, feedback, likes, subscribers all welcome ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—
Puppet theatre with Steph
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Another of my Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week challenges, with this week's lovely sitter Clare Balding. As with all of my others, this is done in ink pen & acrylic, on top of some appropriately found collage pieces... A must point out that in my intro, I wasn't remotely implying that I'm not a fan of lovely Aine Devine's great artwork ๐Ÿ˜ฏ I was trying to say how awesome she was to watch ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ˜ƒ http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist http://www.stephcoley.com Any comments, likes, feedback, questions or subscribers are always greatly welcome ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’— ---- Music: Turismo Musician: Spaceinvader URL: https://icons8.com/music
Clare Balding Portrait with Steph
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