Pretty Rad Art

Felix. They/them.
Queer, disabled, immigrant artist working in the UK
#trans #queer #disabled #spoonie #agitprop
Sometimes pretty, always radical

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Unfortunately, I won't be able to complete anything for weeks 3 and 4 of this course, because I need to focus on a different time-sensitive project. #DisabledArtist #disabled #Disability

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The assignment for week 2 of my drawing class was to create a portrait of Gwendolyn Bennett. She was a black woman of huge importance in the Harlem Renaissance. I was particularly inspired by her poem 'Heritage' #portrait #portraiture #HarlemRenaissance #ArtDeco #BlackJoy

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This is the first time I've tried portraying a person using the faux Art Deco style that I use for my animals.

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Oh no, the cat's fallen asleep on my sketch book!

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and was an internationally recognised sculptor. She spent most of her adult life living and working in Rome, after leaving the US due to the racism she endured there. I've really enjoyed learning about this amazing artist, and working on something so different.

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Happy New Year all. I'm starting my year off with a 4 week drawing course on Black History, far far outside my comfort zone.
#MATS #RedrawingBlackHistory #portrait #portraiture #EdmoniaLewis #DigitalArt #drawing #DisabledArtist

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I usually shy away from drawing people off any kind, except maybe the occasional self portrait.
But thanks to this course, I've spent the last week working on a portrait of Edmonia Lewis, and really enjoying the change. Edmonia Lewis was a black Native American from the 19th c,

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I decided to try one of my animal designs on a pumpkin for the first time. Spooky Halloween rat! Admittedly it took all day to do with both my hands in splints #pumpkin #PumpkinCarving #rat #AnimalArt #DisabledArtist

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As analogies go, this one is wildly ineffective, since lichen is pretty, and Endometriosis is horrible and excruciating. Maybe something with thorns would work better...

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No prompt today, instead was inspired by reading about Frida Kahlo, in particular the art she made about her disabilities and her surgeries. Which got me thinking about my own surgeries #DisabledArtist #disabled #Disability #sketch #drawing #pastels #endometriosis #Endo

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For the prompt "garden" - here is a mushroom I found in my garden yesterday #plastober

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The changing colours are beautiful, mesmerising, the joy of celebrating Halloween. But you can't forget the thorns, the seasonal depression, the increase in pain and illness that comes with the change in season

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Yesterday's #plastober prompt was "season". I feel like this photo is a good representation of the current season. #DisabledArtist #disabled #Disability #SeasonalDepression #ChronicPain #SAD

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One of this week's prompts was "mask", so I decided to draw an FFP2 mask with masking tape. Doing so was probably still too much for my hands, so I'll mostly be sticking to photography for the rest of the prompts. #DisabledArtist #disabled #Disability #sketch #mask #covid_19

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I had an injection in my left wrist yesterday, so I won't be able to draw for at least a week. In meantime I'm trying different ways of depicting the prompts for #plastober.

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It's a rest day on #plastober so instead I thought I'd draw something from the amazing #botober - a list generated by an AI. I picked the prompt "rainbow space walrus" and used it as an excuse to do a very gay portrait of Wally the Walrus #DisabledArtist #WallyTheWalrus #sketch

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Today's prompt is "selfie". I'm not 100% happy with it. But then again if you told me a couple of years ago I could do something like this with my left hand... #plastober #DisabledArtist #sketch #drawing

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Restricting myself to just one medium because of my health has just drained all my creative juices right out of me

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I think part of the problem is that I've been trying to work digitally and nothing else, when I'm a very tactile person and like to make big, physical things

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I've been struggling with creative block for several months and it really sucks. I'm really hoping using some daily prompts will kick start something for me...