Profile avatar
liztaysum.bsky.social
I draw and paint birds and lepidoptera. 💚 birds, animals, nature, landscapes, Cumbria, wild places, poetry, literature, history. 🚫DMs
504 posts 2,069 followers 693 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
Posts 18 Comments 32

Cuckoo's been cuckooing like crazy for the last few days. This is him this morning. Looking up the Rusland valley towards Coniston. #cuckoo #birdsong #nature #birds

submitted 2 hours ago • 0 comments

Here's my pied flycatcher pen and ink drawing - mainly microns with a bit of dip pen. #micronpen #dippen #drawing #inkdrawing #bird #birds #piedflycatcher #BirdArt #nature #wildlife #WildlifeArt #artyear #bskyart

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

This is an old charcoal burning platform which is on my daily walking route - restored by my friend. There are a few others scattered through this wood, many others in the local area, and also remnants of the burners' dwellings. Click Alt for more. #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #ruralheritage #history

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Tree doodles from my sketchbook #trees #drawing #handdrawn #pencil #pencildrawing #nature

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

A few of the birds picked up by the excellent Merlin app today. It's exciting to see the pied flycatcher on there - I know they're here but don't see them often. It missed the cuckoo, which was a little way off. Not impressed by its spelling of Grey Wagtail though! #birdsong #nature

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Reposting my watercolour Mother Shipton moth for #mothmay #watercolour #watercolor #nature #wildlife #WildlifeArt #artyear #bskyart

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

A small goldfinch painting in dip pen and ink, with watercolour. #dippen #penandink #watercolor #watercolour #lineandwash #bird #birds #BirdArt #nature #wildlife #WildlifeArt #artyear #bskyart

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

Dawn chorus at 4.30 this morning - song thrush and swallow (nesting in my woodshed) in the foreground, and a gazillion blackbirds and others all around but not picked up quite so well on the video. It's going to be another lovely day. #dawnchorus #birdsong #birds #wildlife #nature

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Here's a little soundscape from very early this morning. The loud singing in the foreground is a song thrush, and you can also hear blackbird, robin, pheasant and sheep! #birdsong #songthrush #nature #birds #cumbria #wildlife #inthewoods

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

My drawing of an Oleander Hawk Moth for #mothmay - drawn in dip pen and ink. #mothmay #hawkmoth #dippen #drawing #inkdrawing #moth #nature #wildlife #wildlifeart #artyear #bskyart

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Happy Beltane! This is my stomping ground on a beautiful May Day morning. Cuckoo is cuckooing, smell of bluebells is divine. It's paradise. #beltane #mayday #birdsong #bluebells #woods #nature

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

This is a 2 inch square section of something I'm working on at the moment for Moth May - just to show the lines and dots that make up a dip pen and ink drawing. The completed drawing will be 12 in x 6 in. #dippen #drawing #inkdrawing #moth #nature #wildlife #WildlifeArt #artyear #bskyart

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Bluebell time is my absolute favourite time of year. The path through the woods carpeted with blue 💙 💚 💙 #bluebells #nature #cumbria #spring #beautifulthings

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

This morning my geese decided to squeeze under the gate and go for a jaunt round the village, thankfully too early to find anyone to terrorize. This is a painting from a while ago. It's acrylic on paper. #acrylic #acrylicpainting #bird #birds #geese #nature #wildlife #WildlifeArt #artyear #bskyart

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

A sad little discovery on my walk this morning. A nest dropped from a tree, all 3 eggs cracked. The nest is incredible, made from feathers, moss and lichen, and the eggs are tiny - no more than 1cm. I'm pretty sure its the nest of a long-tailed tit. I feel a nest painting coming on. #birds #nature

submitted 27 days ago • 4 comments

Two crows enjoying the corn I put out for my geese in the morning. Drawn with micron pen on paper. #micronpen #drawing #inkdrawing #bird #birds #crow #BirdArt #nature #wildlife #WildlifeArt #artyear #bskyart

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

My drawing of a roe deer - I see them most days, looking just like this, carefully watching from a distance as you walk past. They're so beautiful and graceful. #drawing #procreate #deer #nature #wildlife #WildlifeArt #artyear #bskyart

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

I've done very little painting recently as a dose of 'flu knocked me sideways, but I've just managed to complete this little watercolour of a Mother Shipton moth - named after a 16th century witch from North Yorkshire. #watercolour #watercolor #nature #wildlife #wildlifeart #artyear #moth

submitted 32 days ago • 5 comments