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The Ugly Horse Clock

Posted on February 3, 2019February 3, 2019by Emma

When I moved into the flat I currently live in, I found a clock. It was an traditional, analogue alarm clock, the kind with the two small bells and a metal hammer that rattles between them and ends up being loud enough to wake the entire street when it goes off. It was a delightful shade […]

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The Travelling Quill is Emma C Simpson’s online journal, blending travel, photography and other general scribblings about her life… read more >>

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place-goer, thing-drawer, picture-taker and people-helper.

Instagram post 2178721912420025212_482819294 showed this to @parmstro_: "it even looks like me!" - so I guess my portraits are coming along 😂
Instagram post 2178630233826522432_482819294 crow study with a lil @staedtlermars brush pen
Instagram post 2175098312341187446_482819294 Misadventures with watercolour continue: played with salt today 🦊
Instagram post 2174151868490835101_482819294 I'm learning a lot on my #RBGE course (but I never want to see this rabbit ever again)
Instagram post 2169998718842428462_482819294 Sometimes I don't think I've made any progress with my art and then I find a drawing from 2017...
Instagram post 2168379557477146138_482819294 A soggy adventure in Bonaly 🌧️
Instagram post 2161700412152345250_482819294 My train may have been delayed over an hour and at one point we were only going 20mph, but it's still worth the wild view crossing into England on the East Coast line
Instagram post 2153920154770521616_482819294 #inktober 11: snow
Instagram post 2151847592674669308_482819294 #inktober 10: pattern // not sure the amount of ink I got on myself for this was worth it
Instagram post 2151807075303674144_482819294 #inktober 09: swing // bit more experimental
Instagram post 2151774542235003842_482819294 #inktober 08: frail // catch up again with dandelion clock
Instagram post 2149565813561413016_482819294 #inktober 07: enchanted // watercolours are still a bit of a mystery but I'm getting a better grip on them!
Instagram post 2149495792415829325_482819294 #inktober 06: husky
Instagram post 2149475180423204453_482819294 #inktober 05: build
Instagram post 2147478150301787387_482819294 #inktober 04: freeze (a very liberal interpretation)
Instagram post 2146734757296627294_482819294 #inktober 03: bait
Instagram post 2146708353230228488_482819294 #inktober 02: mindless // already playing catch up 😬
Instagram post 2145296499895317189_482819294 #Inktober 01: Ring
Instagram post 2145063263021636700_482819294 From the archive: a @the_rhs show
Instagram post 2137860351224769909_482819294 this month has been so incredibly busy I can hardly believe it (and there's still a week to go!)
very glad to have a bit of time this weekend to focus on art for a bit - this bun was the outcome of my first Fur and Feathers class at @rbgedinburgh from the start of september (which feels like a year ago now) and we'll be focusing on it for the rest of the year 😅 🐇
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