Parie Leung Watterson 💙

Artist • London • Painting dreams, animals, absurdities, darkness, light, otherness, us.

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

Learned a lot from the British Library's event, Professor @DavidOlusoga in Conversation: Black History Matters, speaking with Dr @omaromalleykhan. Notes on a doodle.

[Steph @purseffani]

Also I muted that tweet bc being on this app and existing as a Black person is exhausting online and offline. I literally was pulled over the other day bc I was out RIGHT when curfew was announced n I was targeted lmao like it’s not a game out here for us like fr we been targets

[Steph @purseffani]

@ Non-Black artists: stop drawing and depicting Black suffering, death and pain. Do not draw our struggle for likes. Do not share the art of non Black artists that exploit our pain.

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

Some useful resources in this thread for people needing to have conversations of their own with parents/family who don't get it.

[rachelmercer @rachelmercer]

Just spent 90+ minutes on the phone with my parents having THE conversation.

Here’s some resources that I used to help me frame it: (thread)

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

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[National Geographic @NatGeo]

Kenya had three rare all-white giraffes. Two of them have been killed. https://t.co/cNJab41gug

[Svein Tveitdal @tveitdal]

'Australia's largest unsanctioned art show': guerrilla climate campaign hijacks bus shelters https://t.co/FDLm98SNUm
Dozens of political posters replace outdoor advertising in a protest against the government’s handling of Australia’s bushfire crisis

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

@TW_Harper @ExhibitHere Thank you so much, Tom!!

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

@SquarespaceHelp Just trying out a new template and it suddenly showed 503 Service Unavailable. My site is down. Would appreciate a fix asap, thanks!

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

@CassyEdwardsArt @Lacrima_Art @artsenka @LuckyCrowTweets @ClovenCrafted Thank you so much, @CassyEdwardsArt for tagging me! 😊

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

@SashaFitzArt Thank you so much! 😊

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

#Inktober Day 10: Pattern
Hawksbill turtles are beautiful. Unfortunately, their beauty has meant that people have been hunting them for years to make accessories from their patterned shells. Bycatch, ghost-fishing & plastic in the oceans have also affected their numbers 😥

[Heart Research UK @heartresearchuk]

Last chance to bid! The #anonartproject been inundated with loads of paw-fect artwork of furry friends, #dogs!

But can you guess who out of:

@RayRichardson1
Andy Shaw
@PaintingCritter
@EmmaBurleigh

donated these canine creations?

Bid on eBay! 👉 https://t.co/QZVqhiStwN

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

#Inktober Day 12: Dragon
Bearded fellow says hello.
My first time drawing reptiles... not doing bearded dragons enough justice at all 😞
#Inktober2019 #inktoberday12 #beardeddragon

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

#Inktober Day 11: Snow
Have always loved the stories of St Bernard dogs rescuing people trapped in snow. While it seems they didn't actually wear those cute whisky barrels round their necks, they did carry rescue packs. They are also gentle giants. #Inktober2019 #StBernardDog

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

#Inktober Day 9: Swing
Just catching up on #Inktober2019 having fallen behind schedule due to work. Here's more than enough room for a cat to swing. He'd prefer to swing himself, thanks.

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

#Inktober Day 8: Frail
Cats can sense when you're frail. Had a rescue cat named Hercules as a kid. He was moody, often pounced on my arm, clung on & kicked wildly, drawing blood. But one day I was sobbing quietly, he came & let me bury my face in his soft belly for ages ❤

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

#Inktober Day 7: Enchanted
Always loved the expression "when pigs fly". Even though it suggests an impossibility, the many ways this can be depicted makes it more an encouraging statement for perseverance which I find inspiring. Fly, piggy.. fly ... #Inktober2019

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

@RenateKriegler Thank you! 😬

[Parie Leung Watterson 💙 @PaintingCritter]

#Inktober Day 6: Husky
This puppy is husky in a number of ways #Inktober2019 #huskypuppy