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thatteacat.bsky.social
Naomi
@thatteacat.bsky.social
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Crafter, painter, creature, skater. Future arts therapist.

Currently working in Higher Education in the UCL Arts & Humanities Faculty.

Please be kind to the pigeons.
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FEAST your eyes upon him. Matsumoto Hoji's Frog, in tiny tiny cross stitch.

#embroidery #crossstitch #needlepoint
A miniature version of Matsumoto Hoji's frog print in tiny cross stitch
October 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
thatteacat.bsky.social
#blobtober next prompt, cat. Enjoyed this, fun to just play and not think.

October art challenge by buttercat_paradox on Insta.

#artistsonbluesky #octoberartchallenge
A close up of a sketchbook page showing a Greek watercolour blob with a spikey cat drawn over it in orange pencil. Above it is a purple and yellow watercolour blob with skulls drawn over it in purple.
October 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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My lil York ghosts all packed up for moving house 🥰 Cameo from @prudenceandthecrow.bsky.social where I got the Night Creeps skeleton prancing in the background.
#yorkghost
Two small boxes sitting on a dark wooden desk. Each box has a small hole cut out near the top, and a green and pink ceramic ghost head is visible through each hole. The boxes say "BOO". In the background is an A4 black and white cartoon skeleton and a piece of driftwood.
October 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Spooky season! The #blobtober prompt for days 3 - 6 is Skull, so behold: skulls.

This was difficult but very fun! Silly spooky guys.

#artistsofbluesky #octoberartchallenge
A sketchbook page with 11 multicolour watercolour blobs. The first is marked "Forest" and has mushrooms drawn in blue on a yellow background. A sketchbook page with 11 multicolour watercolour blobs. The first is marked "Forest" and has mushrooms drawn in blue on a yellow background. The second is labelled "Skull" and shows four differently shaped skulls drawn in purple on a murky yellow background. A close up of a murky yellow and purple watercolor blob. A close up of four differently shaped skulls drawn in purple on a murky yellow background.
October 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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October art challenges are often a lot of pressure (for me) but I love this one from buttercat_paradox over on Instagram.
1: Forest.
Next blob coming over the next couple of days.

#blobtober2025 #blobtober
A sketchbook page showing 11 multicolour watercolour blobs. The first one is labelled "1. FOREST" and has a pencil drawing of blue mushrooms on a grassy floor, on a yellow background. A close up photo of a yellow watercolor blob with blue mushrooms drawn over it in pencil. An info post showing buttercat_paradox's blobtober examples
October 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Part of being on holiday is accidentally ordering a bottle of wine for the same price as a small glass in London (wine glass is huge, bottle is slightly smaller than regular)
A large wine glass with white wine in it, sitting on a table in a restaurant. Next to the glass is a medium sized bottle of white wine with a cork in it.
October 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Some art :3

Also if anyone has any dating app recommendations for bisexual ace humans DO let me know cos after downloading one this evening I currently feel like a piece of slightly off meat.
August 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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I've been enjoying drawing bugs recently :3 Very open to bug suggestions!

Thinking a series of 5 that I can make lil prints of mayhaps...
A small sketchbook page with a drawing of an iridescent purple and green stag beetle in prismacolor pencils. The background is orange and yellow. A small sketchbook page showing an iridescent blue, yellow and orange bug. Not a stag beetle, a different, rounder bug. The background is green and blue.
August 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Recently I've been trying something new, and have followed along with two classes by @alaiganuza.bsky.social
I have fallen in love with making loose, vibrant strokes and being playful. More of this, more.

#gouachepainting #fruitpainting #artistsofbluesky
An open sketchbook showing the left page. A vibrant kiwi fruit, cut in half, is painted in gouache on a pink background. An open sketchbook with the right page showing. An red and green apple is painted on gouache on a pink surface with a blue background. The left sketchbook page is visible at the side of the image and part of a kiwi fruit painting is shown.
July 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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An open sketchbook showing a landscape A6 page with a sketch of a forest with a river running through it. A painting of a forest on A4 paper. A river flows from the centre to the foreground right, and trees and foliage surround it. A painting of a forest on A6 paper showing a row of trees on either side of a river. A swirly pink and purple sky is visible through the trees. An A6 painting of a river with a bridge over it in a forest in autumn colours. There are diagonal raindrops.
June 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Well. I was painting rainbow pages of a zine but a) can't count b) can't deal with numbers not in order and c) don't pay attention so my rainbow gradient is wrong and bad and I am grumpy.
An A4 sheet of paper split into 8 equal rectangle sections. From top left to bottom right they are white, pink, white orange, purple, white, blue, green. To the left is part of a flower shaped paint palette with remnants of rainbow gouache.
June 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Painted a gay snek

#artistsofbluesky #gaypride #queerjoy #himigouache #prismacolour
An open sketchbook with a ranbow-gradient snake curling round the page
June 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Time for my May A6 piece, this month is going to be a larger version of my Space Poppies to accompany my Space Daisies.

#artistsofbluesky #gouachepaint
A desk with a set of gouache paints and two open sketchbooks. The smaller of the two sketchbooks shows two small paintings of daisies and poppies on a galaxy background. The larger sketchbook is open to a page of a painted galaxy with red outlines of poppies
May 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Prepping prints for a craft fair, my first time doing coloured prints. Any artists who have any 'things I wish I'd known' please hit me up

#artistsofbluesky #krita #artedit
An open laptop with the screen showing an art editing program. A painting of a pigeon standing on one leg is on the screen.
April 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Okay, I'm actually pretty proud of this one. I drew a bird!

#drawabirdday2025 #dabd2025 #gouachepainting #pigeonpainting
A finished gouache painting of a fat pigeon sitting on a cobbled street. His feet are poking out to the left. His feathers are grey and black with purple and teal highlights around his chest and neck. The background is a city street in shades of brown. A hand from the left of the screen holds an open sketchbook page showing a finished gouache painting of a fat pigeon sitting on a cobbled street. His feet are poking out to the left. His feathers are grey and black with purple and teal highlights around his chest and neck. The background is a city street in shades of brown. There is light shining onto the sketchbook and the background of the photo is in darkness.
April 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Pigeon be pigeoning! Next photo will be of him COMPLETE ❤️

#drawabirdday2025 #gouachepainting #workinprogress
A gouache painting of a pigeon with detailed feathers sitting on a cobbled street. His feet are orange with no detail and his eye is a block of orange. The background a city road in shades of brown.
April 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Feathers continue to emerge! I'm going to have a break and listen to Dracula (audiobook) and then will continue feathering.

#drawabirdday2025 #gouachepainting #artinprogress
An unfinished gouache painting of a fat pigeon sitting on a cobbled street. The pigeon is sitting with his feet poking out to the left and is fluffy with feathers. The background is a city street in blocky shades of brown.
April 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Feathers are beginning!

#drawabirdday2025 #dabd2025 #gouachepaint #artchallenge #artinprogress
A gouache painting of afat pigeon sitting on a cobbled street. The pigeon is painted in blocks of grey with feather details on the head and chest. The background is a city road with buildings, trees and people.
April 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Okay, I think this is enough for today. For Draw A Bird Day 2025, I have drawn a bird and painted a background, and I will finish it tomorrow or Thursday. I'm actually very pleased with my silly background.

#drawabirdday2025 #dabday2025 #dabd2025 #artchallenge #artseries #gouachepainting
A sketch of a pigeon sitting on the ground with his feet out in front of him in purple pencil sits on a background of a cobbled street, with buildings in the background. There are trees silhouetted against the buildings, which are minimalist and done in shades of brown.
April 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Okay I'm actually weirdly enjoying doing the buildings. Will this be finished today? Hm.

I am going to have a break, see you soon birds, birdettes and bords.

#drawabirdday2025 #dabd2025 #dabday2025 #artchallenge #artseries
A pigeon sketched in purple pencil sitting on the ground with its feet poking out sits on a background of blocky buildings, trees and people in shades of brown.
April 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Things I hate drawing: architecture

Other things I hate drawing: perspective

What I have: a time limit

Why did I do this? I had the option of a plain colour background. Why.
A sketch of a pigeon in purple pencil in the foreground with a blocky illusion of buildings in the background in shades of brown
April 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Stage 2: A bird appeared!

#dabd2025 #drawabirdday2025 #artchallenge #artseries
The outline and detail of a pigeon is sketched in purple pencil on a white sketchbook page in landscape.
April 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Today is Draw A Bird Day 2025! A dear friend has invited me to take part and I'm so jazzed. I'll be posting on here as I progress, stay tuned (hoping to post every 20 mins or so).

Stage 1: literally a blank page.

#dabday2025 #drawabirdday2025 #dabd2025 #artseries #artchallenge
A blank sketchbook page lies open on a wooden desk. The page has black and gold washi tape around the outside. To the left is a small section of the previous sketchbook page, showing a blue mottled background and the petals of flowers.
April 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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MY SKATESSSSSS omg I am in love. These are the first skates I owned and I decided to JAZZ them up and I am so happy. I'm the coolest kid.

#skatergirl #rioskates #quadskates
A black roller skate with pastel rainbow laces. There is a stained glass style iridescent wing on each side of the boot, attached by the laces. The toe guard is black with a pink moon on it. There is a black moon accessory in the middle of the laces.
April 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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I'm very proud of this lil mini piece. Many, many 'trust the process' stages were gone through. The reference picture sho s how transparent the shoes are in a way it was very difficult to capture (not sure I caught it exactly, difficult to know when I know the reference picture!)

#gouachepainting
The hemline of a mottled, multicoloured dress is shown with a pair of black skinned legs underneath, the feet of which are wearing high heels. The high heels have pink, orange and purple highlights on dark purple and are angled away from the front, facing right. The background is dark blue with bokeh lights and the ground shows sweet reflections in white, pink, orange and yellow.
March 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM