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MY NEW ART - GIULIANA CRISCUOLO
'Beach walk, moonlight' shows a familiar Orkney beach transformed by the magic of moonlight, in oil on canvas.
Send your lockdown work to https://t.co/d5m2bB4MdF.

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2020-08-20

It turns out, I've actually drawn Orkney three times for my shop. The second time was the Old Man of Hoy, the sea stack near Rackwick Bay on Hoy, the second largest island of the archipelago.

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2020-07-23

I spent a week on Orkney, um… some time ago. (I was taught to pronounce Stromness with an 'i' not 'e'.) The Ring of Brodgar was a highlight of the visit. Also, I like to make artistic coloured versions of my landscapes.

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2020-07-23

Today's lockdown drawing is the amazing Ring of Brodgar at sunset in Orkney plus a wee skein of geese (and NO Boris!), all mashed up into a railway poster. You're welcome. xx

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2020-07-23

Stoorworm: giant venomous sea serpent with a forked tongue. Hatched into life by malignant spirits, his length was beyond telling. Unless supplied with food, he would expel a pestilential reek. He was slain by Assipattle.

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2020-07-21

The Islands of Orkney were reputed to be a haven for witches and King James wrote in Daemonologia of the special power of the devil there - the spae-wives were the wise women of the island and they were victims of the witch hunters. Spae - fortell . . .'to spy'

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2020-07-16

member Liz Salter is dreaming of wild Scotland and The Orkneys...although she can't get there in person, her paintings are transporting her back!

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2020-06-22

And speaking of approaches to ... wait till you've seen "#Lugi: The - a new feature film by illustrator Alex Leonard and set in

https://t.co/05gbY5PDel via

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2020-06-07

Nucklavee ของ Orkney เป็นอสุรกายจากทะเลที่สยองที่สุดเท่าที่รู้จักมาค่ะ อสุรกายนี้มีลักษณะเป็นคนงอกขึ้นจากหลังม้า แขนยาวผิดปกติ ทั้งร่างคนและม้าไม่มีผิวหนัง เห็นเป็นกล้ามเนื้อแดงๆ เมื่อผ่านไปที่ไหนก็จะทำให้เกิดโรคระบาด และถ้าเจอเข้า ให้วิ่งหนีลงน้ำจืดเท่านั้น https://t.co/twECrIQtyI

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2020-05-31

"I was just utterly inspired..." 🤩

The Ness of Brodgar looks set to play a major role in a new animated film set in Orkney over 4,000 years ago - and the team are striving to be as archaeologically accurate as possible: https://t.co/tS34a1bFHq

(📷 Alex Leonard © ALT_Animation)

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2020-05-31

- Orkney Folktales: A Close Tongue Keeps a Safe Head - https://t.co/nfVZUOMlJX

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2020-05-21

May 14, 1685 the news of Argyll's departure from Orkney arrives in Edinburgh. It is sent by fast packet boat to Whitehall. The Militia is mobilised and Scotland prepares for war.

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2020-05-14

The Stoor Worm, a huge sea monster, terrorised the West
of
It was killed by burning peat thrust into its liver.
In its death throes, its teeth flew out and become the islands of and the

All this was a long time ago.

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2020-05-11

6th day of IRISH
I like a lot Ireland, history, tradition, folklore... So I drew a
This myth is widespread in Orkney and Shetland islands, Scotland, Ireland, the Faroe Islands and, to a lesser extent, Iceland and Norway.

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2020-05-06

Week 6 of and all this snacking is starting to show! This hogboon loves his cookies, doughnuts and ice cream to see him through hard times caring for the human home. It’s a tough job, but chocolate goes a long way!

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2020-05-01

i try not to be massively jealous of Orkney but Indiana Jones went to Orkney and fought Viking skeletons now I am massively jealous

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2020-04-19

Im missing my alumni Orkney trip as well

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2020-04-16

A postcard from Scotland - a throwback to a winter walk along the cliffs at Yesnaby

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2020-04-15

Boudha-the orkney werefloof! Never home alone when you have dogs!

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2020-04-15