A pastel fox cub to brighten your day. Nature not pest.
David Flitcroft
@artfromthebikeshed.bsky.social
Artist & cyclist inspired by nature, landscape, flowers, gardening. SW France. No A.I. just ART. https://www.davidflitcroftart.com https://linktr.ee/davidflitcroftart
A little fox cub sketch . Face on, running towards me. Tricky little blighter to capture.
Last year I met Jean-Yves when we exhibited together at Echalla’rt art festival. We did a picture exchange. This year we both took part in the plein air competition at the same event and both won a category. Art friendships are a great reason to put yourself out there at expos and concours.
Two playful fox cubs from a series I’m working on. You definitely need to click the picture to open it. It’s landscape format 22 x 50cm .
It’s the season of summer teasels, when the lilac coloured ring of flowers climb the cone of the teasel. I sketched this scene after a bike ride and decided to work it up to a larger piece, now framed in a 70 x 50cm frame. It’s a soft pastel painting on sanded board.
Butterfly safari this morning in the garden. ‘Plant it and they will come’. Gardening for wildlife with a side benefit of art inspiration.
Taking part and winning the Pleinair concours at the art festival in Nanteuil en Vallée.
Pastel painting of a hare, ‘what you looking at?’ 26 x 20cm
The bicycle ride, the foxgloves & the painting.
On the easel and in progress. The chaos of a meadow filled with grasses and wild carrot and the fleeting moment of sunset glow.
The Puymerle clearing exudes a special sense of tranquillity; once a resting place for pilgrims, it is home to an underground chapel. Today, the surrounding forest provides a refuge for wildlife. #landscape #art #pastel
A new linocut print for garden and nature lovers. Here in the Charente snails are known as cagouilles and are a popular emblem of the region, less popular in the garden. #linocut #gardening #bees
Sunlit bearded iris. Small study in soft pastel.
Revisited, resized and a few touches added. It’s good to go through old work, sometimes you find a little gem. I hope cyclists find this and enjoy looking at it. I’ve no idea how this algorithm works. Let’s try #cycling #art #foxglove #bumblebee
Tomorrow is the legendary Spring Classic bike race, Paris-Roubaix. I have several artworks dedicated to this event, and using the coupon code PARISROUBAIX you can get twenty percent off. Limited period. artfromthebikeshed.etsy.com
Bluebells at Gros Roc, Forêt de Braconne. I did a bit more work in the studio following the pleinair session. 40 x 30 cm. Pastel.
The elusive Snakehead fritillaries. Missed them this year so painted some sunlit ones instead. Pastel. 20 x 30cm… show hashtags
Things are starting to come up. The pastel painting is June last year.
When the rain and grey skies get me down I like to paint the garden I hope to see. Alliums are already peaking their shoots through the soil. More than last year. Alliums and geums. Pastel painting 40x30cm.
A quiet night ride under a full moon. 🌕 Two cyclists on an empty road, watched by an owl in the trees. This is Night Ride — an original hand-printed linocut inspired by night cycling and rural landscapes. Is this your type of ride?
Roses and wisteria, soft pastel. 60 x 40cm framed 70 x 50cm. On hold. From a beautiful reference pic I ‘grabbed’ a while ago that I believe is by sarahpricelandscapes. I particularly enjoyed working in the shadows of this.
