May has arrived and a bird from the forest is flying high above the trees …and there is also a giant flower in the sky …luckily detective Tso and owlet Oat are on the case :)

these are available throughout the month
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Let’s travel back all the way to 2021, to one of my first bigger spirit paintings, "Spirit Portal".
I still worked with different brushes then and my photos were also set up quite differently.^^

You can find postcards of this motif in my shop: https://lindenshieldarts.com/products/a6-spirit-postcards

8 Stunning Artworks That Seem to Grow From Nature

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/18/8-stunning-artworks-that-seem-to-grow-from-nature/

after the haze of February, the March snail mail is here :)
It’s a little zine this month, in a vaguely hexagonal shape, some are orange, some are yellow.
And then there are some quite large orange and yellow stickers :)

You can get these in the mail if you sign up anytime this month
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“Fairy Bridge”, gouache, 2024

Video tutorial available on my Patreon: http://patreon.com/lindenshieldarts
(for Apprentices and above)

Still one of my fave commissions up to date.

Prints and postcards are still 15% off until tomorrow night with the code
SPRINGISNEAR

Browse the store: https://b17fcc.myshopify.com/collections/all-products

it’s snail mail time again :)
This month we are travelling amongst the forest trees
these are available throughout February :)

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a new moon set is here!!!
This time is it for January’s Centre Moon, so called because it falls roughly in the middle of the winter season in the northern hemisphere

four zines/comics in an envelope with illustrated stickers on the front and back

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I couldn’t photocopy it at home, so this one is a bit different, copied b&w on white paper and then colour added afterwards by hand can be read online from today, and then will be available in paper form from next week
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a bird of the forest brings the December snail mail, in the form of a narrow A5 zine/comic, and some quite giant stickers :)

You can get these sent in the mail to you if you sign up anytime this month
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There are four comics inside a handmade envelope which has a printed design of snowflakes on the front. The envelope is sealed by a strip of oak leaf paper.

available in the shop now
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There is a dream forest snail on the loose. Tso thought it could be removed by putting it on the roof…but that did not work (of course). So now a net has been found….will the snail be caught??

(free to read online :) )
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November has brought some autumnal snail mail, with starry skies and Hiske the owl and reeds and patterns :)

you can get these in the mail if you sign up any time this month

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October brings the travel moon, as this is when many animals are moving to their winter lands. I used brown paper and string for the packaging because travel also happens through the mail :)
All the envelopes are slightly different (I kept experimenting as I hadn’t used that paper before and it proved slightly tricky!)

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will the flood-toad-shrunk-back-to-normal-size-toad ever be brought back from the depths of hurt and despair? …find out in today’s comic

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a strange shape that concertinas out into a giant flood toad mouth :)

Detective Tso is still lamenting everything….and has also run out of snacks…never a good sign (:

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oceans of time late, but here is the continuing adventure of the flood toad
many soft furnishings, but the windows need a lot of imagination

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here are the snail mail club stickers and comic/zine for October
there are many flowers and leaves on the cover, and there is bound to be at least one owl inside

you can get these in the mail if you sign up any time this month

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