Colin Mackey
@colinmish.bsky.social
Software Engineer
Making silly little paintings
He/Him
Making silly little paintings
He/Him
Instilling childlike wonder and amazement into my chat support agent
May 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Instilling childlike wonder and amazement into my chat support agent
Did a little oil sketch!
May 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Did a little oil sketch!
My work put this out today with the genuine belief that this is something literally anybody would want to read
May 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
My work put this out today with the genuine belief that this is something literally anybody would want to read
I wasn't concerned about sodium cyanide being on the ship before, but after reading this headline I am 100% convinced there is sodium cyanide on board
March 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I wasn't concerned about sodium cyanide being on the ship before, but after reading this headline I am 100% convinced there is sodium cyanide on board
It is the year of oil painting
February 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
It is the year of oil painting
Small 5x7 inch piece to get started with this year!
January 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Small 5x7 inch piece to get started with this year!
I hope they're ok
December 10, 2024 at 10:46 AM
I hope they're ok
Done fiddling with this, it’s done! 8x8 acrylic on canvas board
December 7, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Done fiddling with this, it’s done! 8x8 acrylic on canvas board
this is maybe the worst I've seen and I think if you pick "oof" you should get punched and lose a lot of hp
November 3, 2024 at 1:10 PM
this is maybe the worst I've seen and I think if you pick "oof" you should get punched and lose a lot of hp
Quick sketch today!
November 2, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Quick sketch today!
Went to a black tie dinner which means I get to put this guy on
October 29, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Went to a black tie dinner which means I get to put this guy on
Here are some progress photos, rather than sketching and measuring I simply marked the top and bottom of the head and the eyeline, then used a sculpting technique to block in large shapes and refine detail where I want to
October 27, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Here are some progress photos, rather than sketching and measuring I simply marked the top and bottom of the head and the eyeline, then used a sculpting technique to block in large shapes and refine detail where I want to
Going to start posting my paintings on here again, here’s a self portrait I did recently! Acrylic on cotton canvas 35x45cm
October 27, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Going to start posting my paintings on here again, here’s a self portrait I did recently! Acrylic on cotton canvas 35x45cm
Scaled up a 15xcm piece I enjoyed doing up to 35x45cm, this is my biggest piece
February 20, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Scaled up a 15xcm piece I enjoyed doing up to 35x45cm, this is my biggest piece
did a small palette knife painting and thought it would be mildly funny to do an edgy alt version but I ended up genuinely liking it
February 7, 2024 at 9:49 AM
did a small palette knife painting and thought it would be mildly funny to do an edgy alt version but I ended up genuinely liking it
New piece, acrylics on gessobord
February 5, 2024 at 10:38 PM
New piece, acrylics on gessobord
Impressionist sunflowers in class today
February 4, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Impressionist sunflowers in class today
New favourite piece, quite hard to photograph the colour the first photo is more accurate
February 2, 2024 at 4:14 PM
New favourite piece, quite hard to photograph the colour the first photo is more accurate
Couple landscapes I did at my first painting class
February 2, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Couple landscapes I did at my first painting class
Some still lifes I’ve been doing (lemons are watercolour)
February 2, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Some still lifes I’ve been doing (lemons are watercolour)
well this is awkward
February 2, 2024 at 12:15 PM
well this is awkward
A lil shading practice, the dark green background darkened as the paint dried, something I’ll have to watch out for with cold colours in acrylic
December 30, 2023 at 7:39 AM
A lil shading practice, the dark green background darkened as the paint dried, something I’ll have to watch out for with cold colours in acrylic
learning acrylic paints!
December 12, 2023 at 2:46 PM
learning acrylic paints!
Did some silly little watercolour paintings, I'm going to try and learn to draw too
November 30, 2023 at 5:26 PM
Did some silly little watercolour paintings, I'm going to try and learn to draw too