Sally Barton SGFA
@sallybartonart.bsky.social
Artist & illustrator www.sallybarton.co.uk
@SGFADrawing @RIwatercolours @STWatercolour
instagram: @sallybarton_artgallery2022
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SallyBartonArtPrints
@SGFADrawing @RIwatercolours @STWatercolour
instagram: @sallybarton_artgallery2022
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SallyBartonArtPrints
A watercolour sketch: Cafe couple (this is from last summer, not England in January!) #watercolorpainting #portraits #peoplewatching #lightandshadow #artistsonbluesky #figurativepainting #watercolour #Canterbury #EnglishSummer #coffee #cafeculture #figurestudy #sunshine
January 29, 2026 at 8:51 PM
A watercolour sketch: Cafe couple (this is from last summer, not England in January!) #watercolorpainting #portraits #peoplewatching #lightandshadow #artistsonbluesky #figurativepainting #watercolour #Canterbury #EnglishSummer #coffee #cafeculture #figurestudy #sunshine
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Bernice King has it absolutely right. We are facing a moral crisis in this country. And we must all act together to end it.
January 25, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Bernice King has it absolutely right. We are facing a moral crisis in this country. And we must all act together to end it.
Detail from 'The Queue' a greyscale watercolour created for the Brains Trust charity (UK) art auction in 2023 #watercolour #fıgurativeart #portraits #schminke #lightandshadow #watercolorpainting #queue #artistonbluesky #figurestudy #greyscale #waitinginline #peoplewatching #peopleinprofile
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Detail from 'The Queue' a greyscale watercolour created for the Brains Trust charity (UK) art auction in 2023 #watercolour #fıgurativeart #portraits #schminke #lightandshadow #watercolorpainting #queue #artistonbluesky #figurestudy #greyscale #waitinginline #peoplewatching #peopleinprofile
Details from paintings & drawings created in the past 12 months,
wishing everyone a happy and peaceful New Year #watercolorpainting #wolffcharcoal #figurativepainting #peoplewatching #summer2025 #florence #margate #kent #coventgarden #lightandshadow #artistonbluesky#sketching #lifedrawing
wishing everyone a happy and peaceful New Year #watercolorpainting #wolffcharcoal #figurativepainting #peoplewatching #summer2025 #florence #margate #kent #coventgarden #lightandshadow #artistonbluesky#sketching #lifedrawing
December 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Details from paintings & drawings created in the past 12 months,
wishing everyone a happy and peaceful New Year #watercolorpainting #wolffcharcoal #figurativepainting #peoplewatching #summer2025 #florence #margate #kent #coventgarden #lightandshadow #artistonbluesky#sketching #lifedrawing
wishing everyone a happy and peaceful New Year #watercolorpainting #wolffcharcoal #figurativepainting #peoplewatching #summer2025 #florence #margate #kent #coventgarden #lightandshadow #artistonbluesky#sketching #lifedrawing
Detail from watercolour 'Deckchairs with Figures' #watercolorpainting #beachlife #lightandshadow #watercolour #Margate #seaside #holidays #artistonbluesky #figurativepainting #KentCoast #EnglishSeaside
December 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Detail from watercolour 'Deckchairs with Figures' #watercolorpainting #beachlife #lightandshadow #watercolour #Margate #seaside #holidays #artistonbluesky #figurativepainting #KentCoast #EnglishSeaside
Completed watercolour 'On Margate Sands' #watercolorpainting #EnglishSeaside #Margate #figurestudy #portraits #watercolour #figurativeart #Holidays #Beachlife #artistsonbluesky #swimmers #KentCoast #bathers #seaside
#SummerHeatwave #lightandshadow #Sand&Sea
#SummerHeatwave #lightandshadow #Sand&Sea
December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Completed watercolour 'On Margate Sands' #watercolorpainting #EnglishSeaside #Margate #figurestudy #portraits #watercolour #figurativeart #Holidays #Beachlife #artistsonbluesky #swimmers #KentCoast #bathers #seaside
#SummerHeatwave #lightandshadow #Sand&Sea
#SummerHeatwave #lightandshadow #Sand&Sea
From the archive - detail from the first of a number of narrowboat portraits executed over the years. This is 'Dawn Chorus' #canalboat #riverlife #watercolour #portrait #narrowboats #narrowboatsofinstagram #artistonbluesky #waterside #bargee #canalboatlife #watercolorpainting #reflectionsinwater
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
From the archive - detail from the first of a number of narrowboat portraits executed over the years. This is 'Dawn Chorus' #canalboat #riverlife #watercolour #portrait #narrowboats #narrowboatsofinstagram #artistonbluesky #waterside #bargee #canalboatlife #watercolorpainting #reflectionsinwater
Watercolour portrait sketches - selected bits from my figurative paintings. My attempts to suggest the look of a face using only a few brushstrokes #watercolour #portraits #fıgurativeart #faces #lightandshadow #peoplewatching #youthandage #artistsonbluesky #watercolorpainting #greyscaleportrait
October 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Watercolour portrait sketches - selected bits from my figurative paintings. My attempts to suggest the look of a face using only a few brushstrokes #watercolour #portraits #fıgurativeart #faces #lightandshadow #peoplewatching #youthandage #artistsonbluesky #watercolorpainting #greyscaleportrait
Work in progress 'On Margate Sands'. Last hurrah of summer #watercolour #artistonbluesky #EnglishSummer #watercolorartist #Seaside #summer2025 #seaside #portraits #figurativeart #Kent #lightandshadow #holiday #swimming #coastline #Britishseaside #Kentcoast #Margate
September 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Work in progress 'On Margate Sands'. Last hurrah of summer #watercolour #artistonbluesky #EnglishSummer #watercolorartist #Seaside #summer2025 #seaside #portraits #figurativeart #Kent #lightandshadow #holiday #swimming #coastline #Britishseaside #Kentcoast #Margate
Detail from a portrait of the narrowboat 'Hrafn', moored in the Potteries, England. A commission from last year #ThePotteries #narrowboats #watercolour #watercolorpainting #portrait #boats #figurativeart #MiddleEngland #LordVernonsWharf #VictorianIndustrialLandscape #MiddleportPottery
August 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Detail from a portrait of the narrowboat 'Hrafn', moored in the Potteries, England. A commission from last year #ThePotteries #narrowboats #watercolour #watercolorpainting #portrait #boats #figurativeart #MiddleEngland #LordVernonsWharf #VictorianIndustrialLandscape #MiddleportPottery
Pencil sketch of group of young people on the steps in Trafagar Square. This was sketched from a photo rather than from life #portraits #figurativeart #wolffpencil #peoplewatching #TrafalgarSquare #London #lunchbreak #charcoalpencil #artistonbluesky #figurestudy #pencilsketch #faces #studyofyouth
August 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Pencil sketch of group of young people on the steps in Trafagar Square. This was sketched from a photo rather than from life #portraits #figurativeart #wolffpencil #peoplewatching #TrafalgarSquare #London #lunchbreak #charcoalpencil #artistonbluesky #figurestudy #pencilsketch #faces #studyofyouth
Wedding portrait commission (now delivered to client) #watercolorportrait #commission #weddingportrait #GreekWedding #portrait #watercolourpainting #artistonbluesky #figurativeart #WeddingGift #PortraitArt #weddingdress #olivebranch #figurestudy
August 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Wedding portrait commission (now delivered to client) #watercolorportrait #commission #weddingportrait #GreekWedding #portrait #watercolourpainting #artistonbluesky #figurativeart #WeddingGift #PortraitArt #weddingdress #olivebranch #figurestudy
Detail from a #watercolour painted a couple of years ago 'Out of the Shadows' based on figures observed in Folkestone, Kent #figurativepainting #peoplewatching #watercolor #lightandshadow #artistonbluesky #portrait #KentEngland
August 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Detail from a #watercolour painted a couple of years ago 'Out of the Shadows' based on figures observed in Folkestone, Kent #figurativepainting #peoplewatching #watercolor #lightandshadow #artistonbluesky #portrait #KentEngland
Sketches from life from cafe in @Canterbury #cafesociety #drawnfromlife #figurative #artistonbluesky#portrait #coffeeshop #charcoal #Englishcoffeeshop #conte #sketching #figurestudy
July 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Sketches from life from cafe in @Canterbury #cafesociety #drawnfromlife #figurative #artistonbluesky#portrait #coffeeshop #charcoal #Englishcoffeeshop #conte #sketching #figurestudy
Detail from a house portrait painted a few years ago - Scottish farmhouse & estate #watercolour #houseportrait #portrait #scotland #landscapepainting #ScottishLandscape #artistonbluesky#watercolourportrait #forest #commission #forest #scottishhighlands #watercolorpainting
July 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Detail from a house portrait painted a few years ago - Scottish farmhouse & estate #watercolour #houseportrait #portrait #scotland #landscapepainting #ScottishLandscape #artistonbluesky#watercolourportrait #forest #commission #forest #scottishhighlands #watercolorpainting
Detail from WIP Figures in a Heatwave #watercolour #summer25 #portraits #heatwave #fıgurativeart #artistonbluesky #watercolorpainting #walmerkent #parchedgrass #sunshine #lightandshade #figurestudy #KentEngland #peoplewatching
July 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Detail from WIP Figures in a Heatwave #watercolour #summer25 #portraits #heatwave #fıgurativeart #artistonbluesky #watercolorpainting #walmerkent #parchedgrass #sunshine #lightandshade #figurestudy #KentEngland #peoplewatching
WIP 'On Santa Trinita Bridge' #watercolour #Florence #figurativepainting #italytravel #portraits #watercolorpainting #masonry #artistoninsta #holidayseason #sunglasses #artistonbluesky #Europe #figurestudy
June 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
WIP 'On Santa Trinita Bridge' #watercolour #Florence #figurativepainting #italytravel #portraits #watercolorpainting #masonry #artistoninsta #holidayseason #sunglasses #artistonbluesky #Europe #figurestudy
Detail from Alfresco in the City #watercolour #London #pub #figurativeart #ArtistOnBlueSky #LightandShade #portraits #watercolorpainting #urbanlife #figurestudy #CoventGarden #watercoloursketch #LunchBreak #peoplewatching #England
June 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Detail from Alfresco in the City #watercolour #London #pub #figurativeart #ArtistOnBlueSky #LightandShade #portraits #watercolorpainting #urbanlife #figurestudy #CoventGarden #watercoloursketch #LunchBreak #peoplewatching #England
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"The brazenness of the self-enrichment resembles nothing seen in any earlier White House. This is American corruption on the scale of a post-Soviet republic or a postcolonial African dictatorship."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist
He is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America.
www.theatlantic.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"The brazenness of the self-enrichment resembles nothing seen in any earlier White House. This is American corruption on the scale of a post-Soviet republic or a postcolonial African dictatorship."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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*glancing around nervously
Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 Middlemarch lovers together in a single online location!
Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 Middlemarch lovers together in a single online location!
May 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
*glancing around nervously
Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 Middlemarch lovers together in a single online location!
Bluesky isn’t about popularity, it’s about gathering all 17 Middlemarch lovers together in a single online location!
Detail from 'Sunday in the Park with Phones'. Monochrome #watercolour #phones #scrolling #portraits #figurative #lightandshadow #Sunday #artistoninsta #cafeculture #watercolorpaintings #londonlife #cafesociety #V&AMuseum
May 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Detail from 'Sunday in the Park with Phones'. Monochrome #watercolour #phones #scrolling #portraits #figurative #lightandshadow #Sunday #artistoninsta #cafeculture #watercolorpaintings #londonlife #cafesociety #V&AMuseum
Detail from a just completed watercolour 'Spring sunshine: urban pub garden' #watercolour #peoplewatching #portraits #figürativeart #watercolorpainting #Spring #londonart #pub #society #citylife
April 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Detail from a just completed watercolour 'Spring sunshine: urban pub garden' #watercolour #peoplewatching #portraits #figürativeart #watercolorpainting #Spring #londonart #pub #society #citylife
Detail from work in progress. Love groups of figures - these were eating lunch outdoors #watercolour #tonal #peoplewatching #figurativepainting #lunchbreak #lightandshadow #portraits #sunglasses #watercolorpainting #greyscale #artistonbluesky
April 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Detail from work in progress. Love groups of figures - these were eating lunch outdoors #watercolour #tonal #peoplewatching #figurativepainting #lunchbreak #lightandshadow #portraits #sunglasses #watercolorpainting #greyscale #artistonbluesky
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'Europe is not only home to our traditional allies; it is an enviable zone of democracy, wealth and prosperity with which it benefits us to have good relations, and from which we can sometimes learn'
Snyder on the new US imperialism
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Snyder on the new US imperialism
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
March 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
'Europe is not only home to our traditional allies; it is an enviable zone of democracy, wealth and prosperity with which it benefits us to have good relations, and from which we can sometimes learn'
Snyder on the new US imperialism
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Snyder on the new US imperialism
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Donald Trump's executive order would make it harder for millions to register to vote, would disenfranchise voters Trump doesn't like, and give power to election deniers to overturn elections they don't win.
This is the greatest threat to democracy right now and it must be stopped.
This is the greatest threat to democracy right now and it must be stopped.
March 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Donald Trump's executive order would make it harder for millions to register to vote, would disenfranchise voters Trump doesn't like, and give power to election deniers to overturn elections they don't win.
This is the greatest threat to democracy right now and it must be stopped.
This is the greatest threat to democracy right now and it must be stopped.