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A new lollipop
7 Feb 2015

A new lollipop

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*warning – seriously geeky blog-post below. If tech is not your bag, read this post instead, it’s much more amusing than what’s written below! So, last week my super smart smartphone announced that a shiny new software update was available. … Continued

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As I have a few welcome days off, I guess it's tim As I have a few welcome days off, I guess it's time to promote my next block of art classes. These will be the last of my 2021 art classes 😲 Where has that year gone!!! Starting on 9th November I'll be running another 6 Tuesday morning mixed media art classes at The Strutts Centre, Belper - Tuesdays, 9th Nov until 14th Dec - !0.00 until 12.00am - £12 per session Starting on 10th November I'll be running another 6 of my fun Wednesday evening collage art classes on Zoom - Wednesdays, 10th Nov until 15th Dec - 7.00 until 9.00pm - £8 per session Starting on 11th November I'll be running another 6 Thursday morning mixed media art classes on Zoom - Thursdays, 11th Nov until 16th Dec - !0.00 until 12.00am - £8 per session I do still have a few spaces left in all of these classes if anyone fancies joining. There's loads more info on all of these classes on my website... https://stephcoley.com/teaching/adult-education/ #art #artclass #artclasses #arttutor #artworkshop #teaching #artclassderbyshire #Zoom #zoomart #zoomartclass #collage #collageclass
A busy busy day working at @derbymuseums #assemble A busy busy day working at @derbymuseums #assemble Way too busy to actually have a proper look around, which was a shame, as it all looked really exciting πŸ’—πŸ™‚πŸ’— (296/365) #photoadaychallenge
Autumn (295/365) #photoadaychallenge Autumn (295/365) #photoadaychallenge
Beer (294/364) #photoadaychallenge Beer (294/364) #photoadaychallenge
'The Room of Roots' - 2021 Acrylic on Arteza pape 'The Room of Roots' - 2021 Acrylic on Arteza paper 42 x 30cm I love using a really limited colour palette sometimes. This particular portrait of @tomholland2013 was put together using process magenta, coeruleum blue, cadmium orange, phthalo green & white... πŸ™‚ #art #painting #portraits #portraitartist #portrait #acrylic #acrylicpainting #colour #Artist #artwork #tomholland
Today is International Pronouns Day... Some may s Today is International Pronouns Day... Some may see this as a fairly trivial issue. Maybe because you've lived your life 100% happy with your gender & identity. For many people, myself included, this is a huge issue. I had no idea how big an issue this would be when I embarked upon this gender transition nearly four years ago. No clue how much it would affect me, how deeply painful each wrong pronoun would feel. I can't properly explain just how it feels to be misgendered or to feel unaccepted. You'd have to spend a bit of time inside my head to get an insight into that 😳 I'll just say it hurts a lot and I notice every single time it happens. I might not say anything, but I'm wincing inside. Fours years down the road and it never gets any easier. I know it's hard, I know mistakes happen, I know you might not mean what you've said... but please remember just how deeply these mistakes can hurt some people πŸ’— She - Her - Hers - Simple πŸ™‚ (293/365) #photoadaychallenge #transgender #transition #gender #female #she #Her #Hers #pronouns #internationalpronounsday
Willow... (292/365) #photoadaychallenge Willow... (292/365) #photoadaychallenge
Patterns (291/365) #photoadaychallenge Patterns (291/365) #photoadaychallenge
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 πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’— (290/365) #photoadaychallenge #homecooking #curry
Waiting for the crazy dog to appear 🐢 (289/365 Waiting for the crazy dog to appear 🐢 (289/365) #photoadaychallenge
Food prep... (288/365) #photoadaychallenge #naan Food prep... (288/365) #photoadaychallenge #naanbread
Electrical DIY 🀯 (287/365) Electrical DIY 🀯 (287/365)
A fun evening with the gel press πŸ’—πŸ™‚πŸ’— @ge A fun evening with the gel press πŸ’—πŸ™‚πŸ’— @gelpress (286/365) #photoadaychallenge #printing #gelpress #art #artclass #arttutor
Buttered (285/365) #photoadaychallenge Buttered (285/365) #photoadaychallenge
Shadow (284/365) #photoadaychallenge Shadow (284/365) #photoadaychallenge
Mango gin πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’— (283/365) #photoadaychall Mango gin πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’— (283/365) #photoadaychallenge
Black spiced sea bass, tadka daal, chilli & corian Black spiced sea bass, tadka daal, chilli & coriander rice khichdi, with radish relish 🀩 Poncy Saturday grub again with @tracyjane.coley πŸ’— (282/365) #photoadaychallenge #food #homecooking #PoshNosh #curry #seabass #asianfood
The Zig πŸˆβ€β¬› (281/365) #photoadaychallenge The Zig πŸˆβ€β¬› (281/365) #photoadaychallenge
A messy studio day... (280/365) #photoadaychalle A messy studio day... (280/365) #photoadaychallenge #art #messy
How an artist uses her bath πŸ˜€ (279/365) #phot How an artist uses her bath πŸ˜€ (279/365) #photoadaychallenge #willow
Big sky (278/365) #photoadaychallenge Big sky (278/365) #photoadaychallenge
'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 πŸ™‚ #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 πŸ™„ Almost fours years on and those NHS wheels continue to turn insanely slowly 🐌... 🐌... 🐌 It's been two years now on my HRT treatment. All privately paid for πŸ™„ It's a long old road... (277/365) #photoadaychallenge #gender #female #transgender #transition #treatment #NHS #genderclinic #waitingtimes #snailspace #mentalhealth
Eclectic reading... (276/365) #photoadaychalleng Eclectic reading... (276/365) #photoadaychallenge
Reverse (275/365) #photoadaychallenge Reverse (275/365) #photoadaychallenge
Spice 🌢🌢🌢 (274/365) #photoadaychallenge Spice 🌢🌢🌢 (274/365) #photoadaychallenge
New toy 🐢 (273/365) #photoadaychallenge New toy 🐢 (273/365) #photoadaychallenge
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 πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’— http://stephcoley.com/teaching/adult-education/ #artclass #artclasses #arttutor #mixedmedia #collage #art #zoomart
Playing with acrylics (272/365) #photoadaychalle Playing with acrylics (272/365) #photoadaychallenge #art #acrylicpainting #acrylic
Winter is a coming πŸ₯Ά (271/365) #photoadaychal Winter is a coming πŸ₯Ά (271/365) #photoadaychallenge #ihatethecold
Skeleton... (270/365) #photoadaychallenge Skeleton... (270/365) #photoadaychallenge
Covid is in da house 😷 (269/365) #photoadaych Covid is in da house 😷 (269/365) #photoadaychallenge
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So, after a 15 year break, it was time to revisit my beloved oil paints πŸ’— 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 πŸ™‚ http://www.stephcoley.com http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist Comments, likes, shares & subscribers are always welcomed πŸ’— ______ Music: Someday Musician: Alexander Delarge URL: https://icons8.com/music
Samira Ahmed portrait with Steph
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Another portrait, more ink pen and more insanely complicated maps and collage πŸ™‚ '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 πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—
Melanie Blatt portrait with Steph
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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 πŸ’—
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 'DΓΊn 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 πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—
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 πŸ™‚ 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 πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’— ‐-‐----------- 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 πŸ™‚ http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist http://www.stephcoley.com All comments, feedback, likes and subscribers are always most welcome πŸ’— ---- 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 πŸ’—πŸ™‚πŸ’—
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 πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—
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 😯 I was trying to say how awesome she was to watch πŸ˜ƒπŸ’—πŸ˜ƒ http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist http://www.stephcoley.com Any comments, likes, feedback, questions or subscribers are always greatly welcome πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’— ---- Music: Turismo Musician: Spaceinvader URL: https://icons8.com/music
Clare Balding Portrait with Steph
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