D. Nicholson-Arnott

artist/vegan/gardener

[Scottish Union for Education (SUE) @ScotUnionEd]

‘Did you just call him “sir”?’ From ‘Nowhereness’ to the British dream: my journey to Michaela https://t.co/NjTUDBNqtW Graeme Arnott @Miss_Snuffy

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

Two of the best from last night at @atynudes. Continuing to explore watercolour with the new kit in the fast poses in first half, and working with a 0.7 precision pencil in 2B for the second half. Lovely poses, full of thoughtful details.

[Daily Philosophy @_DailyPhil]

@Culture_Crit The artist, Diego Velázquez, recognized the importance of authenticity and originality:

"I would rather be an ordinary painter working from life than be the greatest copyist on earth."

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

@BookNook_Sarah @DouglasSkelton1 Congratulations to you both! Yous look so happy. ❤️

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

Very happy to have this drawing accepted into the to @NAOA2014 2024 exhibition. Great to see everyone’s work. The exhibition is in Raquet Hall on the Eglinton Estate, 6 - 20 July.

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

Made it along to @ATYNudes last night. Took along the watercolours for a bit of an explore. It’s different, and changed how I drew the longer poses after the break, but I need to spend some time thinking on exactly what changed…

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

Made it along to @ATYNudes last night. Two great models, lots of interesting and challenging poses. Would have loved more time on all the poses. Hey ho, those hands but. #lovedrawinghands

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

Cracked open the A4 Canford China White today for this Trizio Coffee House cafe door composition that’s taking shape. A nice americano from Ethiopia, and 45 mins drawing on this one… #wip

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

Back in Trizio Coffee House today, drinking coffee and drawing the front doors. Wooden mouldings are hard to draw…

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

Haven’t drawn an interior for a while. Had an americano in Trizio Coffee and focused on this corner for a bit. Not sure who the crutch belongs to…

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

Just visited the Bruegel to Rubens exhibition at @AshmoleanMuseum and spent a little time drawing the plaster cast of the Belvedere Torso. Great to see so many different ways of using drawing, including sharing with friends.

[Ashmolean Museum @AshmoleanMuseum]

The Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel created this intriguing friendship sheet as a tribute for his close friend, the famous cartographer Abraham Ortelius, who is credited with compiling the first printed atlas. 

Friendship sheets were gifted or exchanged among friends, often between artists, and the practice gained popularity in Europe during the sixteenth century. In this intricate example, all elements are symbolic, and reference both friends’ respective passions and intellectual pursuits.

See this work in Bruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings, open until Sunday 23 June. Plan your visit here: https://t.co/0i5jzMhf9z

🦉 Allegory for Abraham Ortelius, 1593, by Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). Pen and brush in transparent and opaque watercolour. © Collectie Stad Antwerpen, Museum Plantin-Moretus.

[Ashmolean Museum @AshmoleanMuseum]

Flemish artists of the 16th and 17th centuries embraced the challenge of drawing animals from life. This is a particularly energetic example by Joannes Fijt, one of Antwerp’s most talented animal painters, currently on display in Bruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings.

Dogs often featured in Fijt’s works, especially in hunting scenes. A dog in the same position can be found in a painting of his called ‘Fox Hunt’; this work was likely a study for that painting.

See this work in Bruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings, now entering its final weeks. Plan your visit: https://t.co/H02uXqwDto

🐕 Study of a Dog, c. 1630–61, by Joannes Fijt (1611–1661). Chalk, watercolour and ink on laid paper. © Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

Made it along to ⁦@ATYNudes⁩ last night, Joelle was great in the first half, this was the last pose before the break, a great spinal twist.

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

Great last pose before the break at @ATYNudes tonight. Love drawing foreshortening. I was finding shadows interesting this evening too.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Totally agree. I have been DELIBERATELY DEFIANT, in spite of some random bloke’s advice. A full investigation MUST be mounted.

#ArrestMe

Also, visit Scotland, land of the free!

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

🎉🌼🌸April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉

Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren't women at all, but men, every last one of them.

In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls. The new legislation is wide open to abuse by activists who wish to silence those of us speaking out about the dangers of eliminating women's and girls’ single-sex spaces, the nonsense made of crime data if violent and sexual assaults committed by men are recorded as female crimes, the grotesque unfairness of allowing males to compete in female sports, the injustice of women’s jobs, honours and opportunities being taken by trans-identified men, and the reality and immutability of biological sex.

For several years now, Scottish women have been pressured by their government and members of the police force to deny the evidence of their eyes and ears, repudiate biological facts and embrace a neo-religious concept of gender that is unprovable and untestable. The re-definition of 'woman' to include every man who declares himself one has already had serious consequences for women's and girls’ rights and safety in Scotland, with the strongest impact felt, as ever, by the most vulnerable, including female prisoners and rape survivors.

It is impossible to accurately describe or tackle the reality of violence and sexual violence committed against women and girls, or address the current assault on women’s and girls’ rights, unless we are allowed to call a man a man. Freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal.

I'm currently out of the country, but if what I've written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment.

If you agree with the views set out in this tweet, please retweet it.

#ArrestMe #AprilFools #HateCrimeActScotland

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[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

Foreshortening at @ATYNudes. Magic!

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

I made it along to @ATYNudes tonight. I wish I could get here more often. But it’s always grand to get some lines down with all the other sketchers in the room. This was the last 10 min pose in the first half; Crackin pose! Would have loved more time on this one. Thanks @ATYNudes

[D. Nicholson-Arnott @alittledrawn]

@PenguinUKBooks @BookNook_Sarah in Stewarton. 🎉