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Lydia May
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Artist and arch-procrastinator from the UK. Sharing my art and art that I love. Progress over perfection. Something over nothing.
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High Tide, Motif from Le Havre (1878) by Norwegian painter Frits Thaulow.

#traditionalart #landscapeartist #landscapepainting
June 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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I am really enjoying silverpoint 😀 I like that I can't erase my mistakes - it forces me to be confident and commit. Building up value is also slow and therapeutic. I recommend it.

#silverpoint #ukartist #blueskyartists #art #traditionalart #draweveryday #sketch #drawing #portraitartist
A portrait in silverpoint, showing a middle aged man with pale hair looking directly at the viewer
March 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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My first attempt at drawing with silverpoint, a very old drawing medium that pre-dates graphite. This is a copy of a da Vinci silverpoint drawing. Challenging but fun!

#silverpoint #silverpointdrawing #sketch #sketchbook #draweveryday #blueskyartists
#ukartist
#art
Portrait drawing of a young woman, facing to the left but looking at the viewer. It is quite faint, with the hashed lines clearly visible.
March 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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A quick little drawing to amuse my other half. Not my best work - but I'm hoping some of you will still recognise him!

#sketchbook #inkdrawing #birodrawing
February 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Some recent ink doodles.

#doodle #inkdrawing #sketchbook #draweveryday #blueskyartist
A biro drawing of a pair of bare feet, crossed at the ankles A biro drawing of a hand in a relaxed position A small biro sketch of a woman's face A fine liner drawing of a skinny teenage girl, sat with her legs dangling over a wall. She's wearing a bird skull as a mask, a long patterned skirt, baggy tee shirt and hi top tennis shoes. She has long black hair.
February 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Been a bit obsessed with Ben MacGregor's work since I saw him on Landscape Artist of the Year (benjamin_macgregor_art on Instagram). Quietly willing all my Insta faves to head over here.

#laoty #traditionalart #benmacgregor
February 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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A charcoal drawing from a few months back. I wanted to try out a softer, blendier way of using charcoal pencils, making use of tortillions.

#art #traditionalart #charcoal #portrait #sketchbook #blueskyartists #draweveryday
Charcoal drawing of the head and shoulders of a bald woman in a black collared shirt, chin tilted upwards, looking to the right
January 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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A wee sketch from the sketchbook

#sketch #sketchbook #portrait #colouredpencils #coloredpencils #polychromos #traditionalart #tradart #blueskyartists #draweveryday
A sketch portrait in coloured pencils of a young girl. She has pink bobbed hair, her eyes are closed, and she is wearing dark lipstick, painted like a doll's.
January 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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A recent charcoal sketch on newsprint paper. My mum says it reminds her of A-ha's Take On Me music video ☺️

#charcoal #charcoalsketch #charcoaldrawing #sketchbook #traditionalart #tradart #art #blueskyartists
A charcoal sketch of a woman with short, dark curly hair. She's wearing a baggy jumper and has her hands tucked into her jeans pockets.
January 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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A loose sketch of my hand gripping my shoulder. I really love drawing hands lately.

#sketch #sketchbook #colouredpencils #coloredpencils #polychromos #draweveryday #blueskyartists
A rough drawing of a hand gripping a fabric-covered shoulder. The hand is sketched in blue and green coloured pencil, and the narrowly-striped fabric is drawn in brown. It sits in a ring-bound sketchbook, and the three pencils used sit along the bottom border of the photograph.
January 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Some gouache practice using an analogous colour scheme. This was a lesson by artist Mike Creighton in an online gouache course, hosted by Sktchy.

#gouache #gouacheportrait #portrait #painting #traditionalart #blueskyartists
A painted portrait of a young man, in tones of green and blue. He is looking beyond the viewer, has styled short hair and wears glasses.
December 4, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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A small charcoal practice sketch
#charcoal #charcoalportrait #portrait #traditionalart #sketchbook
A charcoal portrait of a young woman in profile. She has long hair, a fringe and a neutral gaze.
December 1, 2024 at 4:53 PM
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A very simple and cute lil pidgey painting that I did in a tiny sketchbook, on the floor at a friend's house ❤️ I broke out the gouache for a new painting this weekend but it didn't go as planned... More practice needed!

#gouache #pigeon #pigeonart #traditionalart #birdart
Simple gouache painting of a pigeon in a small sketchbook. It is perched on a branch, which is drawn in charcoal.
November 27, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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A portrait of my baby brother, drawn for his birthday ❤️ Had such a mare with this because the new paper I bought for it, lovely as it is, is satin-smooth. Getting those darker tones took a lot of patience (also rage)

#blueskyart #blueskyartists #graphite #portrait #portraitartist #traditionalart
A pencil drawing portrait of a man in his late twenties with a cigarette clenched between his teeth. He has a beard and is wearing a military style helmet. He is looking directly at the viewer.
November 23, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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Rawdogged this pen drawing (no sketch). I've been too cowardly to attempt it since

#micronpen #penandink #doodle #sketchbook
November 22, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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Another small watercolour study. Still love this guy a lot, even if I made his hand too small 🤏

#watercolour #watercolor #portrait #sketchbook #art #traditionalart
November 21, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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Throwback to a sweet little watercolour study from many moons ago.

#watercolour #watercolor #portrait #watercolourportrait #art #sketchbook
November 20, 2024 at 10:24 PM