Artists, if you see this, post a dog

Today, I've had nothing to promote, nothing to sell, I've just been sat quietly, making a little zine about my current obsession with the ports of Leith.

#leith #zine #zinemaking #leithart #leithartist

Help me make an art workshop playlist, folks: what songs do you think of when you hear the word "Sacrifice"?

Exhibition opening at Out of the Blue Drill Hall launch event tonight, Wednesday 15th April, 6.30pm to 8.30pm

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Oil paintings of scenes around Leith. Cruise liners, fish at the fishmonger's, demolition teams, cranes for loading ships

Oil paintings of fish

Oil painting of a brutalist flour mill in Newhaven, Leith

Oil painting of langoustines at the fishmonger

Beyond tired, and also it's #portfolioDay

Lately, I've been inspired by the place where I live: the big blue skies, the mixture of the beautiful and the brutal, the connection to the sea.

You can buy prints and originals here: felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com

A painting of the Chancelot Flour Mill, as seen from Hawthornvale, with info about a print sale at the dreadnought on Saturday 11th April from 2pm.

For folks who love Leith, come down to EDINBURGH PUB OF THE YEAR 2026 The Dreadnought on Saturday, where I'll be having a print sale!

I know this is but a feeble distraction, but hey, it's been sunny in Leith this week, so I've been revisiting some of my favourite spots.

#leith #artist #painter

If you're in Edinburgh, you like art, and you like visiting brilliant pubs, come to The Dreadnought on Saturday. I'll be there with my art that celebrates Leith

I highly recommend that everyone follow artists. If you do, your feed is filled with art every day. Real, original art. It's bonkers that you can even have this. Amazing. Undeniably cool.

And then support those artists, when you can, because that helps the delight continue.

MOON JOY

Artists, share your moon #art

A small oil painting of fish at the fishmonger

It can be hard to avoid the dread and just get on with painting, but today my friend took me to a sauna and a cold plunge, and my worry took a break for the afternoon, and I painted this:

Art prints of a cruise liner and a crane at the Leith docks

Spirit of Tasmania, or, the little cruise liner that could. Everyone's favourite floating interloper.

With thanks to Inlet Leith for the fantastic work on the prints.

Prints at felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com

#leithlife #Leith #spiritoftasmania #oceanterminal #artprint

Art print of the partially demolished Ocean Terminal in front of the Port of Leith Distillery

Print drop for all you lovers of Leith out there:

The Partial Demolition of Ocean Terminal, or, as Andrew from inlet_leith renamed it, Ocean Terminated.
Yellow machinery and big blue skies against the remnants of Ocean Terminal and the Port of Leith Distillery.

Framed up, sold, and off to a new home.

January Blue (Chancelot Mill), oil on board, 30x30cm

For all you fans of big skies and big architecture, do not fear, prints are available. felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com

#Leith #leithartist #oilpainting #chancelotmill #Leithart

Inkpen and Paper | Substack Essays from Edinburgh-based artist and scientist Felicity Inkpen. Click to read Inkpen and Paper, by Felicity Inkpen, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

I like writing. I do it sometimes, for fun. I write about small, real-life things, observations and stories, and then expand them to try and see a bigger picture.

You can read what I write at
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Charcoal drawing ASMR.

The Purkinje cells of the cerebellum are some of the most beautiful in the brain, owing to their elaborate dendritic arbor - they have more branches than any other type of cell.

All Aboard the Farcical Comet Friendship and love and temporary orbits

Yesterday, I remembered a friend I'll probably never see again
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EXHIBITION COMING UP AT @ootbdrillhall
CELLULAR

14th to 24th April
Launch event: 15th April, 6.30pm

Come see the creative talents of the Drill Hall.

We have a great community here. Every once in a while, we all get together and put on a show.

#exhibition #Leith #leithlife #leitharts

New print just dropped.
January Blue (Chancelot Mill)
Limited edition of 100.
Check the linkinmy bio, or come by my studio.

For lovers of Leith, the Chancelot Flour Mill, and big blue skies juxtaposed with brutalist architecture.

#leitharts #leith #brutalist #edinburghart

What if the middle powers of the world took a lesson from 15 year old girls, and did a Regina George on the orange turd? Ice him out. Silently shun. I have never known psychological warfare like that between teenagers who understand the power of social isolation.

I'm only half joking.

Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

I woke up the other morning thinking, "they're all mad, completely mad. Why is the news not reporting that these angry men are completely mad?"

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

Drawing classes start at my studio at Out of the Blue Drill Hall on Thursday 26th March, 6pm -8.30pm

I'm teaching inky fishes later in the week, so I need to practice inky fishes.

How to finish a painting, a process video.

Artists, quote with something silly!

A celebration of the light and the blues in Leith, featuring brutalist architecture, big boats, and the local fishmonger.

All created with the same four colours: cadmium red hue, cadmium yellow hue, ultramarine blue, and cerulean blue.
#leith #leithlife #leitharts #leithshore #oilpainting