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Thomas Shepherd
@shepline.bsky.social
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Derbyshire born, Suffolk bred.
Lives in Oxfordshire.
Author; Illustrator; Web & UX Design Specialist. Likes photography, bookshops, & nature. Views are my own
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Types of Pencil Owners✍️
Types of Pencil Owners✍️
April 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Who remembers the old almond tree that used to grace the arrival of Spring every year on Oxford's High Street...?

#wip #WorkInProgress #AlmondTree #HighStreet #Oxford #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks @ox.ac.uk
Almond Tree
February 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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St Mary’s Passage runs between the University Church of St Mary-the-Virgin, and the former City Arms pub, with an overhang above the door supported by fauns, possibly inspiring CS Lewis’ Narnia.

#art #Oxford #RadcliffeSquare #OxfordshireArtists #CSLewis

📸From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes
St Mary's Passage, Oxford
February 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Cats and dogs and their opinions...

@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social #Notebook
Notebook by Tom Cox
February 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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The Cloister or Great Quad of Magdalen College, is the "medieval nucleus" of the college. It was constructed between 1474 and 1480.

#TheGreatQuad #MagdalenCollege #cloister #Oxford #illustration #IndianInk #sepia #OxfordshireArtweeks

📸From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes
The Cloister or Great Quad of Magdalen College
January 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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A quiet corner of calm in a Magdalen College cloister...

#wip #WorkInProgress #Oxford #MagdalenCollege #cloister @ox.ac.uk #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks

📸 From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes, with thanks.
Cloister
January 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Just finished! Oxford's Turl Street with Lincoln College's All Saints Church at the far end

#JustFinished #TurlStreet #AllSaintsChurch #LincolnCollege #Oxford #OxfordStreets #streets #StreetScenes #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks

📸From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes
Turl Street, Oxford
January 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Looking down Oxford's Turl Street to the spire of Lincoln College's All Saints Church

#wip #WorkInProgress #TurlStreet #AllSaintsChurch #LincolnCollege #Oxford #OxfordStreets #streets #StreetScenes #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks

📸From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes
Turl Street, Oxford
January 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Jack Frost visits the garden... ,#BicesterZoo
Witchhazel Hazel Christmas Tree
January 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Friday night drawing...

#wip #WorkInProgress #TurlStreet #AllSaintsChurch #LincolnCollege #Oxford #OxfordStreets #Streetscenes #OxfordshireArtweeks #OzfordshireArtists
Turl Street, Oxford
January 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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#wip #WorkInProgress #TurlStreet #AllSaintsChurch #LincolnCollege #Oxford #OxfordStreets #streets #OxfordshireArtweeks #OxfordshireArtists
illustration of Turl Street, Oxford
January 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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The beginnings of another Oxford street scene makes my second illustration of 2025...

#TurlStreet #AllSaintsChurch #LincolnCollege #Oxford #Street #OxfordStreets #OxfordshireArtweeks #OxfordshireArtists #LocalArtists

📸 From a photograph by Sarah Rhodes
Sketch drawing of Turl Street, Oxford looking towards All Saints Church, Lincoln College
January 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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So nice to see the sun today after days of anticyclonic gloom...
Silver on the tree Silver on the tree Twisted Bluntisham church
December 30, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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Christmas with the Shepherds today. Jonas baked us a delicious Yule log and they liked their presents (micro-watercolour set an elf elvish earpiece)

#Christmas #family
Yule log My likeness Nephew Elvish earpiece
December 30, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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I knew I recognised Gretel's book from last night's production of Hansel and Gretel with @creationtheatre.bsky.social from somewhere...

#HanselAndGretel #BlueFairyBook
The Blue Fairy Book Hansel and Gretel
December 30, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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Traditional versus regular carbonara...

#MammaMiaPizzariaOxford
Traditional carbonara Regular carbonara
December 29, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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Very enjoyable afternoon luring a friend's eldest children away with the promise of sweets to go and see @creationtheatre.bsky.social's fantastic #Christmas treat of Hansel and Gretel. Even got a look directly down the line of a cane and a wink by Gregory 'Peck' the crow. 😜

#HanselAndGretel
At the theatre The stage is set After show meal
December 29, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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Out of the gloom, the golden signs of Spring...

#midwinter #witchhazel #SpringIsComing
Witchhazel Witchhazel
December 28, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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A Tale of Three Kenwoods. My new whisk with additional dough hooks (left) and the 35 year old "old faithful" that's finally given up the ghost (middle) & my Gran's even older Cheffette that's still going strong, if a little tired but it has useful blender attachment (right)

#Kenwood #whisks #baking
Three Kenwood food mixers of different ages
December 28, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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And with that, part one of current work in progress is done. Can't say that I'm not glad to be done with the pebble dashing. Next up to get the sepia wash out. Loving how my illustration of #Magpie Lane is coming along.

#wip #WorkInProgress,, #GropecuntLane #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks
Magpie Lanex
December 4, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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And phase 1 is complete. Looking forward now to see how it develops...

#wip #WorkInProgress #Lindisfarne #HolyIsland #Northumberland #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks
Lindisfarne Priory
November 19, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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Just a bit more texture to ground it...

#wip #WorkInProgress #Lindisfarne #HolyIsland #Northumberland #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks
Lindisfarne Priory
November 18, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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Love how this one is coming together!

#wip #WorkInProgress #Lindisfarne #HolyIsland #OxfordshireArtists #OxfordshireArtweeks
Drawing of Lindisfarne Priory
November 17, 2024 at 11:16 PM
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It's the 3 February and there are still 26 more book-buying days this month as the Booklover's Guide To Bookshops turns its attention on the Kew Bookshop, and a first foray into London's indiebookseller world. Still want a copy, now just £10 teshepherdart.com/products/the...
Booklover's Guide to Bookshops Kew Bookshop
February 3, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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Volume 3 of the fully illustrated Booklover's Guide to Bookshops is almost ready to hit the presses and you can pre-order your copy now: teshepherdart.com/collections/..., or even better, ask at one one of the featured bookshops. #Booksky
Booklover's Guide to Bookshops calendar front cover Sample spreads from the Booklover's Guide to Bookshops calendar
October 8, 2023 at 5:34 PM