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Helen McLaughlin Art
@helenmclaughlinart.bsky.social
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I am a digital painter based in the UK, recreating scenes in nature and occasional character portraits. I am an occasional photographer, and I also write sci-fi novels (as Helen Ingle). See my pinned links, 'cos I ain't posting here anymore.

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Helen McLaughlin Art @helenmclaughlinart.bsky.social · Feb 14
My updated links!
Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/hele...
Portfolio: helenmclart.neocities.org
eBooks: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CNGV8ZVB (ePub): www.kobo.com/gb/en/series...
Vids: www.youtube.com/channel/UCz4...
Mastodon: mastodon.art/@helenmclaug...
A screenshot of my portfolio website, with my name at the top, some links in a line and huge grid of thumbnails previewing my latest paintings, including scenes of woodland, foliage, flowers and a few portraits. It is cut off at the bottom, suggesting the grid continues beyond the frame of the image (it does).
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A quick space themed concept painting from imagination. More details and alt text in the link! mastodon.art/@helenmclaug...
#Art #SpaceArt #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint
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Attached: 2 images A quick painting from imagination, inspired by the (current favourite) theory about how the Earth gained its axial tilt and single large satellite - another smaller planet (nicknam...
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September 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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A quick space themed concept painting from imagination. More details and alt text in the link! mastodon.art/@helenmclaug...
#Art #SpaceArt #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 2 images A quick painting from imagination, inspired by the (current favourite) theory about how the Earth gained its axial tilt and single large satellite - another smaller planet (nicknam...
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September 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... A quick study of buttercups. More details and alt text in the link! #Art #Flowers #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint
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Attached: 1 image Quick flower study based on my own photo. I enjoyed simplifying everything in my painterly style for this one (no surprise there! 😂 ) Print: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/helenmcl...
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August 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... A quick study of buttercups. More details and alt text in the link! #Art #Flowers #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 1 image Quick flower study based on my own photo. I enjoyed simplifying everything in my painterly style for this one (no surprise there! 😂 ) Print: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/helenmcl...
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August 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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A collection of sunset scenes from #Japan, now available on my print shop. Links, alt text and more details in the link! mastodon.art/@helenmclaug...
#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #Sunset #Prints #Art #Rebelle
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Attached: 1 image I put all of my recent sunset paintings into a collected print, as well as making them available individually, in case anyone wanted them: Triptych: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/h...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A collection of sunset scenes from #Japan, now available on my print shop. Links, alt text and more details in the link! mastodon.art/@helenmclaug...
#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #Sunset #Prints #Art #Rebelle
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 1 image I put all of my recent sunset paintings into a collected print, as well as making them available individually, in case anyone wanted them: Triptych: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/h...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A still life of my own divising. More details (print and time lapse) and alt text in the link! mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... #Art #StillLife #DigitalPainting #DigitalArt
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Attached: 1 image I made a still life arrangement of my own for this painting and photographed it for a reference. Only realised afterwards that most of the objects (just grabbed from around the hous...
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June 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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A still life of my own divising. More details (print and time lapse) and alt text in the link! mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... #Art #StillLife #DigitalPainting #DigitalArt
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 1 image I made a still life arrangement of my own for this painting and photographed it for a reference. Only realised afterwards that most of the objects (just grabbed from around the hous...
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June 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Birb! mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... Alt text, details and time lapse link in the post.
#Art #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint #Birds #Magpie #Corvids
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Attached: 1 image I did this for a community study of birds, as I've been wanting to do something about 'magpie colours' for years, ever since I caught a glimpse of one taking off in the sunlight. It...
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May 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Birb! mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... Alt text, details and time lapse link in the post.
#Art #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint #Birds #Magpie #Corvids
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 1 image I did this for a community study of birds, as I've been wanting to do something about 'magpie colours' for years, ever since I caught a glimpse of one taking off in the sunlight. It...
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May 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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It's free worldwide shipping weekend over on my print shop! mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... (Example images and alt text in the link!)
www.inprnt.com/gallery/hele...

#Prints #ArtGiftShop #PrintsForSale #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 4 images It's free worldwide shipping weekend over on my print shop again - orders over $30 USD. You can get the four paintings below (and many others, from myself and many talented artists...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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It's free worldwide shipping weekend over on my print shop! mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... (Example images and alt text in the link!)
www.inprnt.com/gallery/hele...

#Prints #ArtGiftShop #PrintsForSale #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 4 images It's free worldwide shipping weekend over on my print shop again - orders over $30 USD. You can get the four paintings below (and many others, from myself and many talented artists...
mastodon.art
May 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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My cat Carrey enjoying the sun. (More photos and alt text in the link!) mastodon.art/@helenmclaug...

#Cats #CatsofBlueSky #BlackCat #Caturday #Photography
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Attached: 4 images Carrey is currently angry with us not letting her out this #Caturday while we empty a koi pond and dismantle an old greenhouse (safety glass? What safety glass? 😬 ). She was totall...
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May 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Been sneaking up on plants with my long lens again. mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... (More photos and alt text in the link.) #Flowers #Photography #FlowerPhotography #Nature
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Attached: 4 images The garden is very yellow this week. I'm enjoying May very much so far. #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Photography
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May 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Been sneaking up on plants with my long lens again. mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... (More photos and alt text in the link.) #Flowers #Photography #FlowerPhotography #Nature
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 4 images The garden is very yellow this week. I'm enjoying May very much so far. #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Photography
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May 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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I did some #VirtualPleinAir studies for #PleinAirpril , using screenshots from Mapcrunch. mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... Alt text and more details in the link!
#DigitalArt #Art #DigitalPainting #Rebelle
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 3 images Three virtual plein air studies from screenshots of real places (seen on mapcrunch.com). Done in Rebelle. I didn't time them, but they're roughly around 3 hours or more each. Time...
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April 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
helenmclaughlinart.bsky.social
I did some #VirtualPleinAir studies for #PleinAirpril , using screenshots from Mapcrunch. mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... Alt text and more details in the link!
#DigitalArt #Art #DigitalPainting #Rebelle
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 3 images Three virtual plein air studies from screenshots of real places (seen on mapcrunch.com). Done in Rebelle. I didn't time them, but they're roughly around 3 hours or more each. Time...
mastodon.art
April 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Finished this week: Itsukushima temple in #Japan. Done in #Rebelle 7 pro as a study of painting water and #reflections. mastodon.art/@helenmclaug...
#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #Art
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 1 image Done this week for a community art study of water. Itsukushima temple, Rebelle 7 Pro. This is from a photo I took in 2009, and my third attempt at painting it. A loose, painterly ap...
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March 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Finished this week: Itsukushima temple in #Japan. Done in #Rebelle 7 pro as a study of painting water and #reflections. mastodon.art/@helenmclaug...
#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #Art
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 1 image Done this week for a community art study of water. Itsukushima temple, Rebelle 7 Pro. This is from a photo I took in 2009, and my third attempt at painting it. A loose, painterly ap...
mastodon.art
March 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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New from me, from my own photo reference. Alt text and more details in the linked post.
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Attached: 1 image I referenced my own photo for this one, taken on a spectacular evening in 2005. Done in #ClipStudioPaint using a few cloud brushes of my own design. Print: https://www.inprnt.com/g...
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February 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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New from me, from my own photo reference. Alt text and more details in the linked post.
mastodon.art/@helenmclaug...
Helen McLaughlin Art (@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art)
Attached: 1 image I referenced my own photo for this one, taken on a spectacular evening in 2005. Done in #ClipStudioPaint using a few cloud brushes of my own design. Print: https://www.inprnt.com/g...
mastodon.art
February 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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My updated links!
Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/hele...
Portfolio: helenmclart.neocities.org
eBooks: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CNGV8ZVB (ePub): www.kobo.com/gb/en/series...
Vids: www.youtube.com/channel/UCz4...
Mastodon: mastodon.art/@helenmclaug...
A screenshot of my portfolio website, with my name at the top, some links in a line and huge grid of thumbnails previewing my latest paintings, including scenes of woodland, foliage, flowers and a few portraits. It is cut off at the bottom, suggesting the grid continues beyond the frame of the image (it does).
February 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Another little project finished, while the motivation is with me. A triptych of my latest three paintings! Buy a print of it here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/hele...
More details and alt text here: mastodon.art/@helenmclaug... #Art #Prints #Portugal #Sintra #Trees #DigitalPainting #DigitalArt #Rebelle
Sintra Sunlight Triptych, an art print by Helen McLaughlin
This is a gallery-quality giclée art print on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks.
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January 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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My last piece of art for 2024! It's portrait, so click through for the final version, alt text, and all the links to time lapse video, prints etc. mastodon.art/@helenmclaug...
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Attached: 1 image My final painting in 2024, finished just in time! The third and last piece in my Portugal triptych, the vernada at the palace of Monserrate, near Sintra. Time lapse: https://youtu.b...
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December 30, 2024 at 7:13 PM