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Jake Spicer
@jakespicerart.bsky.social
Artist, author & tutor based in North Wales.
Monday night Andrea at @drawonline.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
After a long hiatus I’ve finically added a new lesson to my online portrait course over on the @drawonline.bsky.social Patreon! You can try a free week here:

www.patreon.com/posts/portra...
March 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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25.03.09 Life drawing with Draw! - 3
Model: Trinidad IG: @trinidad.artmodel
Draw @drawonline.bsky.social / IG: @draw_brighton
Hosted by Jake Spicer: @jakespicerart.bsky.social / IG: @jakespicerart
From 5th February replay

Timing as indicated bottom left.

Time-lapse 1-14 & slide-show 14-1
March 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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25.03.09 Life drawing with Draw! - 3 : selection

Model: Trinidad IG: @trinidad.artmodel
Draw @drawonline.bsky.social / IG: @draw_brighton
Hosted by Jake Spicer: @jakespicerart.bsky.social / IG: @jakespicerart

Experimenting with black page sketchbook purchased by mistake. Tippex & Gouache

March 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Monday portrait of Jay Caskie over at @drawonline.bsky.social ☺️
March 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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My new post where I discuss the latest situation with bird flu in the US and how the Trump administration is significantly increasing the risks of a new pandemic.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/state-of-p...
State of play of Bird Flu in the US - and how the Trump administration is increasing the danger for everybody
Where we are, what we know, what we don't know and how Trump is making things worse
christinapagel.substack.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Oil painting from last weekend's Portrait Painting workshop with Anastasia Pollard at @drawonline.bsky.social #portrait #oilpainting #painting
March 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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My latest episode of This Is Not A Drill is out now, where this week Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk and I are discussing the fallout from the Zelenskyy-Trump Oval Office meeting, and what it means for Ukraine's future.

Available now at the link below!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Trump vs. Zelenskyy: With friends like this...
Podcast Episode · This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler · 05/03/2025 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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🧵Delighted to share a new guest post by Dr Anne Toomey on **8 things scientists can do right now to stand up for science in the US**

Thread of her *evidence-based* actions follows, whole post here
christinapagel.substack.com/p/eight-thin... 1/11
Eight things scientists can do right now to stand up to the Trump administration’s attacks on research, public health, and the environment
A guest post by Dr Anne Toomey, author of the book "Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence Policy".
christinapagel.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Sofia, from Monday’s portrait session at @drawonline.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
More Monday portraits, this week of artist Katie Vicary, who sat as part of her residency
February 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Urgent! We're seeing the transfer of wealth from the creative industries to the tech sector! #ai
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
UK copyright law consultation ‘fixed’ in favour of AI firms, peer says
Exclusive: Beeban Kidron says plans will lead to ‘wholesale’ transfer of wealth from creative industries to tech sector
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
More Monday portrait drawing! About 3 hours total in Derwent Drawing colour pencils, from Vicky’s sitting at the online portrait class at @drawonline.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Vicky from the Monday night at @drawonline.bsky.social - around 35 mins in Ink Blue Derwent Drawing pencil
February 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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My book co-authored with @jakespicerart.bsky.social 'You Will Be Able to Draw Animals by the End of this Book' is now available in French!
#howtodraw #drawanimals #artbook
February 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Revisiting some old portrait drawings from Monday night at @drawonline.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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A couple of plein air paintings from last year's trip to see @jakespicerart.bsky.social at the Mawddach Residency in Wales
January 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Hello BlueSky! I’m an artist-educator in the UK where I head up @drawonline.bsky.social and write books bc about drawing. You can find all my links here:

linktr.ee/jakespicerart
January 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM