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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · 29d

⭐ This Saturday! ⭐
Why not come and say hello if you're local?🙂

🌙The WhimsyGoth Market - Spooktember
💜Saturday 27th September - 11.30am - 4.30pm
✨Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Rd, London NW1 7AY

More info: www.facebook.com/events/11611...

#AlternativeMarket #ArtMarket #GothicMarket

Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 17

Grab your fabulous set of three glossy stickers in this Autumn Sticker Set.

Set includes one of each of the following stickers:

💜Brandon Crow
🌽Corn Dolly
🎃Jack O'Lantern

hannahkatemakes.etsy.com/listing/1557...

#AutumnStickerSet #JournalSticker #BuJoDecoration

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · Sep 16

Screenshot of text, written by me, which reads:

“A message to any early-career creatives, wondering if things have always been this tough:

No. No they haven’t. I’ve been doing this for 30 yrs, through recessions, financial crashes, pandemics and wars. It has *NEVER* been this tough, not even close.

But please, PLEASE keep going if you can.
Your work has never been more needed or more important.”

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 15

This painting has already been completed & delivered to its owner & I'm sharing these photos with their enthusiastic permission.

As always, if you're interested in commissioning your own artwork you can find more information via the link below, or send me a DM.💜
www.hannahkatemakes.com/commissions

Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 15

Done! 🤩

I made the changes to his eyes, as requested and he was ready to go!

This piece was fun to create and my client had a very clear idea of what they wanted. A joy!

Black Shuck
2025
Acrylic
8 x 11"
Framed.
SOLD.

#Art #Commission #BlackShuck

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 12

Welcome to my general approach.🤣

I create the things I'd like to see and hope that you want to see them too.

I know, I know. My business isn't about me... it's about You - my client.

So, tell me what you'd like to see more of - drop your requests below, or ping me a DM.😉

#Art #ArtQuote

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 10

My client requested he have large fiery eyes. I actually made some changes after this so that they more closely resembled glowing coals.

This painting has already been completed and delivered to its owner and I'm sharing these work in progress photos with their enthusiastic permission.

Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 10

Caught in a stormy trance, I painted and completely forgot to take many process pictures between these and the last stage I shared with you!

Here, we're almost finished.
Shuck is emerging from the stormy mists and snarling at the viewer.

#Art #WIP #WorkInProgress

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 9

These two cuties left me for their forever homes over the weekend.
I hope they bring their new owner all the joy.💜

I'll be working on some new Tiny Art Frames very soon.

Keep your eyes peeled for WIP pics!

#Art #TinyArtFrames #Cryptid #Owl

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 8

This painting has already been completed and delivered to its owner and I'm sharing these work in progress photos with their enthusiastic permission.

Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 8

But it's handy to know where the paper will be hidden so that I don't accidentally paint an important detail somewhere that will never be seen.
Unless the client has asked for a hidden Easter egg of course...

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 8

Mostly lost beneath the paint is another pencil line that let me know where the aperture of the frame ends.
There's always a bleed area past this final line, so that there aren't any "empty" sections of paper peeking from the edge of the frame...

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 8

As such, the outermost line you can see drawn in pencil shows where the outer edge of the actual frame will be.

The thick, dark line is the edge of where the paper would fit inside the frame fixtures...

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 8

I promised I'd explain the odd looking outline you could see at the edge of the painted background area on this commission.

Unusually, we had a frame picked out for this piece before the composition was decided (which also informed the final design)...

#Art #WIP #WorkInProgress

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 5

Summer is slowly bidding us farewell for another year & there’s a definite back to school vibe on the suddenly chillier breeze.

Read on for an update on my September plans, a review of my summer business goals & a sneak peek on a new stockist.

www.hannahkatemakes.com/post/artist-...

Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 3

A new month and a new project.
Back to my watercolours for the first time in what feels like an age!

I'm beginning a fresh painting that might also become the first in a series. I'll share more when things start coming together.

What are you creating this month?

#Art

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 1

This painting has already been completed and delivered to its owner and I'm sharing these work in progress photos with their enthusiastic permission.

Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 1

If you know my work, you'll recognise my background style - little detail, but swathes of colour and texture.

For this piece, my client had requested colours like those from my Krampus and Mari Lwyd paintings, with the added detail of a lightning storm and the subject emerging from the mist.

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Sep 1

Come with me behind the scenes as this commission comes to life...

For most of my paintings I begin with the background. I usually know what I want the finished piece to look like & it's an easy way for me to get my eyes in sync with the colour palette I'm using.

#Art #Commission #WorkInProgress

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Aug 29

We went to the coast on Mon to blow away the cobwebs.
It was a beautiful day, in contrast to the pouring rain on Tues morning

Aug BH always feels like the end of summer for me & I wanted to take a breather before everything begins to ramp up (er, from now...) until I stop again in Dec

#SandyToes

Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Aug 26

While discussing ideas with my client for their Black Shuck commission, the spark of an idea flashed into my imagination for a more modern rendering of the infamous spectral dog.

The idea for the Urban Shuck was born...

Learn more: www.hannahkatemakes.com/post/from-bl...

Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Aug 21

King of ♠️: The Grim Reaper. Stories tell of Baba accompanying Death on his travels, devouring newly released souls as the body died.

Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Aug 21

Queen of ♦️: Linked by the suit to autumn Baba here embodies the "crone" persona. Diamonds are also linked to the element of air and we see our eldest Baba flying about in her mortar with the pestle to steer.

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Aug 21

Queen of ♣️: The suit of clubs is linked to summer, and earth and here we see Baba as the "mother" persona. Seen with chicken legs in the background, showing her hut that spins continuously on bird legs.

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Hannah Kate Makes @hannahkatemakes.bsky.social · Aug 21

Queen of ❤️: Linked by the suit to spring & here Baba portrays the "maiden" persona, some stories linked her with Hecate & the maiden/mother/crone ideology. Hearts are also linked to the element of fire and so we see our younger Baba here eating a heart with flames behind her.

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