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Tinkering…
22 May 2009

Tinkering…

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Been revamping the website, which I’m about as good at as the old DIY 😯 I know a few things don’t work and I know that if you click on the ‘About me’ or ‘Art’ buttons things go really screwy, … Continued

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UK trans female, gin loving, fine artist 🎨
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A fun evening with the gel press 💗🙂💗 @ge A fun evening with the gel press 💗🙂💗 @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 💗💗💗 (283/365) #photoadaychall Mango gin 💗💗💗 (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 💗 (282/365) #photoadaychallenge #food #homecooking #PoshNosh #curry #seabass #asianfood
The Zig 🐈‍⬛ (281/365) #photoadaychallenge The Zig 🐈‍⬛ (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 😀 (279/365) #phot How an artist uses her bath 😀 (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 🙂 #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 🙄 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 🙄 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 💗💗💗 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 🥶 (271/365) #photoadaychal Winter is a coming 🥶 (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
'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 🙂 Something that pushes my own buttons. Which is making it fairly hard to detach from this right now. But I will 🙂 @posca_uk @rembrandtartistpaint @colourcraftltd #art #artwork #mixedmedia #collage #portrait #portraits #portraitartist #drawing #pencils #ink #brusho #posca #poscapens
The bouncy hound 💗 (268/365) #photoadaychalle The bouncy hound 💗 (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 😒 This is today's 'artistic' creation 😳 Sometimes it's easier to admit defeat 😕 (267/365) #photoadaychallenge #ohdear
Work in progress... (266/365) #photoadaychalleng Work in progress... (266/365) #photoadaychallenge #art #portraits #portraitartist #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart
Yay 🙂 (265/365) #photoadaychallenge #taskmast Yay 🙂 (265/365) #photoadaychallenge #taskmaster
😮😯😲 (264/365) #photoadaychallenge #foun 😮😯😲 (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 🙄 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 😳 Apart from that, I've nothing new to report really... The journey continues 💗💗💗 (263/365) #photoadaychallenge #gender #transgender #trans #mtf #female #NHS #portraits #Artist
Boots 💗👢💗 (262/365) #photoadaychallenge Boots 💗👢💗 (262/365) #photoadaychallenge #boots #iloveshoes
Inky scribbles (261/365) #photoadaychallenge #a Inky scribbles (261/365) #photoadaychallenge #art #ink #inkdrawing #drawing #sketching
Collaging... (260/365) #photoadaychallenge #art Collaging... (260/365) #photoadaychallenge #art #collage #collageart #artwork #artstudio #makingart #creative #artist
Staring at clouds again... (259/365) #photoaday Staring at clouds again... (259/365) #photoadaychallenge
When your utter twat of a stupid dog jumps into a When your utter twat of a stupid dog jumps into a really overgrown brook, twats about for twatting ages, gets really knackered and then can't get himself out of the twatty water!!! Dragged the twat out, hosed him down, then wrapped the shivering twat in a blanket 🙄 (258/365) #photoadaychallenge #springerspaniel #twatdog
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So, after a 15 year break, it was time to revisit my beloved oil paints 💗 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 🙂 http://www.stephcoley.com http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist Comments, likes, shares & subscribers are always welcomed 💗 ______ Music: Someday Musician: Alexander Delarge URL: https://icons8.com/music
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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 💗
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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 'Dún 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 💗💗💗
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Another of my ink & collage portrait videos. This time I decided to give a self portrait a go 🙂 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 💗💗💗 ‐-‐----------- 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 🙂 http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist http://www.stephcoley.com All comments, feedback, likes and subscribers are always most welcome 💗 ---- 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 💗🙂💗
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 💗💗💗
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 😃💗😃 http://www.facebook.com/StephanieSianColeyFineArtist http://www.stephcoley.com Any comments, likes, feedback, questions or subscribers are always greatly welcome 💗💗💗 ---- Music: Turismo Musician: Spaceinvader URL: https://icons8.com/music
Clare Balding Portrait with Steph
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