Gem Oatley (wildlife artist)

Book reading, game playing, coffee drinking, drag loving, vegan wildlife artist dork from England.

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

My latest drawing is the beautiful Snow Leopard.
Pencil on A3 @strathmoreart Bristol.
Photo reference from Pixabay.
#drawing #snowleopard #gemsdrawingwild #ArtistOnTwitter #wildlifeart #localbusiness

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

So between running around after my 2 year old, housework, the day job and commissions, I've been designing pretty stationery with my Wildlife drawings on 😁
#gemsdrawingwild #wildlifeartist #wildlife #drawing #stationery #fox #turtle #robin #SmallBusiness #artmerch #sale

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough!
Thank you for inspiring us to truly love our natural world
🌵🦧🦍🐆🦬🦓🐘🦅🌺
#DavidAttenborough #birthday #drawing #portrait #wildlife #wildlifeartist

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

@itsgfreviews Sir Bob 👌

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

Oh, apparently I forgot to post my little Bee scribble!
@derwentart Charcoal on @strathmoreart bristol
#gemsdrawingwild #drawing #bee #art #wildlifeart #wildlifeartist

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

@itsgfreviews Okay, but, Ryu or Ken?

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

@Sasha_saffron Bloody hell! I've never actually been in and I guess I never will now 😅

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

Some sweet little Penguins to start the week 😊
#gemsdrawingwild #drawing #penguins #art #wildlifeart

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

Finally finished this Ring Tailed Lemur.
@FaberCastell Polychromos on @strathmoreart toned paper.
#gemsdrawingwild #drawing #wildlifeart #wildlifeartist #colouredpencil #lemur

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

@TalkTalk Working from home and the internet is down again in Wa4.
Can't even log into the account online as it says there's a "technical issue".
What's going on?

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

A little Lemur update 🙂
#gemsdrawingwild #wildlifeart #drawing #ArtistOnTwitter @FaberCastell Polychromos on @strathmoreart toned paper.

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

Today has been sponsored by coffee.
@FaberCastell Polychromos on @strathmoreart toned paper.
#gemsdrawingwild #drawing #wildlifeart

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

@MadScientistFF More than half of Tool's songs are over 6 minutes 🙃

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

@Sasha_saffron That's sad but also a good thing. I was waiting for the bus after work this evening and the kids are trying to fight one another and punching fixtures 🙄

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

An emotional vigil at Golden Square Warrington 😢
Well done to all those who spoke this evening. I don't know how you did it.
Rest in Power #BriannaGhey
🏳️‍⚧️

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

@Sasha_saffron Sorry, I completely missed the reply where you mentioned your daughter. That must be tough but hopefully all this violence lately will make her realise she doesn't want to be a part of it.
I'm fortunate in that my 14 year old son just stays home with us, playing video games

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

@Sasha_saffron They need to make an example of these kids now. They all think they're untouchable.
I work in the Golden Square and have had to call security or put the shutters down early because of the gangs being d*cks but they don't care.
I worry about how they'll turn out when they're older

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

@Sasha_saffron They need to be called out for their dangerous ideologies and we need harsher punishments for anyone committing hate crimes or spouting hateful bs.
And then there's the knife crime. What the heck is going on with these feral kids? Warrington has become a scary place lately 🙁

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

@Sasha_saffron I'm a cis heterosexual but my heart has been hurting since last week. As I was putting my son to bed, I was thinking about his future and just pray he'll be able to be whoever he's meant to be without fear.
Nobody should be scared to be themselves.
We need to do better.

[Gem Oatley (wildlife artist) @drawing_wild]

@Sasha_saffron It was beautiful. I stuffed tissue from Dorado into my pocket before it began because I was already welling up just watching people gather.
What a senseless waste of life 😔