Erica
@madelinart.bsky.social
Artist, painter, jeweller, coppersmith, miniatures and any other medium that doesn't have the good sense to run away fast enough.
It's raining and dull outside but inside, my ginger lily is flowering. I have had it nearly 10 years and it breaks all my rules for a good plant by sending up modest leaf spikes and then, and only if I have looked after it well! , produces a single flower head. It smells heavenly though!
September 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It's raining and dull outside but inside, my ginger lily is flowering. I have had it nearly 10 years and it breaks all my rules for a good plant by sending up modest leaf spikes and then, and only if I have looked after it well! , produces a single flower head. It smells heavenly though!
Behold the rolling fields of the Damflask Reservoir and take your showers and baths accordingly. 😬 I suspect de silting is another area neglected by the UKs privatised water industry. #hosepipeban #emptyreservoirs #savewater
September 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Behold the rolling fields of the Damflask Reservoir and take your showers and baths accordingly. 😬 I suspect de silting is another area neglected by the UKs privatised water industry. #hosepipeban #emptyreservoirs #savewater
Enjoy every bit of sun as summer slips into autumn.
September 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Enjoy every bit of sun as summer slips into autumn.
We didn't walk today as the met office predicted rain at 1pm. At 1pm they predicted it at 3. At 3pm, they said it would come at 5pm. It never came. I gave up at 4pm and went to the botanic garden anyway and found autumn crocuses popping up in the rose beds. #flowerphotography
August 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
We didn't walk today as the met office predicted rain at 1pm. At 1pm they predicted it at 3. At 3pm, they said it would come at 5pm. It never came. I gave up at 4pm and went to the botanic garden anyway and found autumn crocuses popping up in the rose beds. #flowerphotography
August 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Green all eliminated now. Just decided my little pine tree looks like it's going, "ta-dah!" I may have to have a think before I continue this one.
August 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Green all eliminated now. Just decided my little pine tree looks like it's going, "ta-dah!" I may have to have a think before I continue this one.
I'm glad I abandoned the green but now I'm worrying it looks like it was done with, "paint by numbers" 🤣
August 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'm glad I abandoned the green but now I'm worrying it looks like it was done with, "paint by numbers" 🤣
I started a painting a while back and then it just sat there..... I have decided the problem is the colour. It was just really dull so I'm now taking it in a totally different direction and I'm feeling happier about it already.
August 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I started a painting a while back and then it just sat there..... I have decided the problem is the colour. It was just really dull so I'm now taking it in a totally different direction and I'm feeling happier about it already.
A moment of quiet at the end of a busy day.
August 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A moment of quiet at the end of a busy day.
We're moving house and everything in life is now jobs and worry. Dopamine is in perilously short supply so even five minutes in the Hillsborough memorial garden yesterday really helped. Nature is the best medicine.
August 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We're moving house and everything in life is now jobs and worry. Dopamine is in perilously short supply so even five minutes in the Hillsborough memorial garden yesterday really helped. Nature is the best medicine.
This last week I was dog sitting so I achieved nothing but endless walks, cuddles and cleaning up after them. Here is a flower to remind you that no matter how chaotic your life is, somewhere nature is just getting on with things in peace. #dahlia #flowersofpinksky
July 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This last week I was dog sitting so I achieved nothing but endless walks, cuddles and cleaning up after them. Here is a flower to remind you that no matter how chaotic your life is, somewhere nature is just getting on with things in peace. #dahlia #flowersofpinksky
Hhhm. Not sure... Possibly it would work better if on a bigger scale? Or perhaps it would just take up more room. 😁
July 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Hhhm. Not sure... Possibly it would work better if on a bigger scale? Or perhaps it would just take up more room. 😁
Misspelt shopping lists, a hound of bananas. #illustration
July 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Misspelt shopping lists, a hound of bananas. #illustration
I misspelled a shopping list the other day but my partner managed to find some fairly cheery tomatoes. #puns #sillyillustration
July 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I misspelled a shopping list the other day but my partner managed to find some fairly cheery tomatoes. #puns #sillyillustration
Last one, I promise. It was just so lovely to see rain drops on flowers after such a long, dry spring and summer.
July 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Last one, I promise. It was just so lovely to see rain drops on flowers after such a long, dry spring and summer.
A single hydrangea flower peeks out amidst the showy bracts, like a metaphor for something or other. 😉 #hydrangea
July 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A single hydrangea flower peeks out amidst the showy bracts, like a metaphor for something or other. 😉 #hydrangea
Hydrangea bracts at a slightly damp #Wentworthwoodhouse today
July 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hydrangea bracts at a slightly damp #Wentworthwoodhouse today
Bananas, biro and a penny for scale! I have added a tiny lantern, palette knife, easel and stool to my miniature medieval painter's set up. Unfortunately it's now too big to fit under a dome.
July 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Bananas, biro and a penny for scale! I have added a tiny lantern, palette knife, easel and stool to my miniature medieval painter's set up. Unfortunately it's now too big to fit under a dome.
Today I added a tiny muller and porphyry slab for my miniature miniaturists to grind their paints. My muller is a conveniently shaped piece of belemnite fossil from the East Coast and is modelled on the one at the Rembrandt House museum in Amsterdam. #miniatureart #makingminiatures
July 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Today I added a tiny muller and porphyry slab for my miniature miniaturists to grind their paints. My muller is a conveniently shaped piece of belemnite fossil from the East Coast and is modelled on the one at the Rembrandt House museum in Amsterdam. #miniatureart #makingminiatures
Forgive me but 'm obsessed by my hollyhocks this year. #flowerphotography #englishgarden
July 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Forgive me but 'm obsessed by my hollyhocks this year. #flowerphotography #englishgarden
Years ago I collected all the bits I needed to do real medieval painting at reenactments before realising a windy, soggy castle field is not the best place for that kind of activity. Grateful for my pack rat tendencies now though as it means I can start a new miniature.
July 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Years ago I collected all the bits I needed to do real medieval painting at reenactments before realising a windy, soggy castle field is not the best place for that kind of activity. Grateful for my pack rat tendencies now though as it means I can start a new miniature.
I make miniatures. My first was a museum of artefacts supposedly excavated from a fairy burial mound. My second was a medieval apothecary and this is an archeologist's store room. It's 1/8th scale because I can't make real things much smaller than that. #miniatureart #dollshouses #artforweirdos
June 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I make miniatures. My first was a museum of artefacts supposedly excavated from a fairy burial mound. My second was a medieval apothecary and this is an archeologist's store room. It's 1/8th scale because I can't make real things much smaller than that. #miniatureart #dollshouses #artforweirdos
My hollyhocks caught me by surprise, blooming dakly below the black elder. #flowerphotography #hollyhocks #englishgarden
June 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My hollyhocks caught me by surprise, blooming dakly below the black elder. #flowerphotography #hollyhocks #englishgarden
The weather is crazy. We have had barely a drop of rain for three months but my roses are loving it and just flowering their hearts out. #englishrose
June 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The weather is crazy. We have had barely a drop of rain for three months but my roses are loving it and just flowering their hearts out. #englishrose
No inspiration so just doodling. Last week I made a handbag shaped like a leaf and earlier this week I made a green summer hoodie tunic. Clearly I'm having a green phase.
June 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
No inspiration so just doodling. Last week I made a handbag shaped like a leaf and earlier this week I made a green summer hoodie tunic. Clearly I'm having a green phase.