#Douglas Percy Bliss

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Douglas Percy Bliss - Granny's Garden (1935)

#Douglas Percy Bliss #scottish art #genre painting #cat lady #1930s

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Wood Engraving Wednesday

FIVE BRITISH WOOD ENGRAVERS

We return to the first issue of the English annual The Woodcut, edited by author and art critic Herbert Furst and printed at the Curwen Press for the British typography journal The Fleuron in 1927. This week we highlight engravings by five more notable British artists, Douglas Percy Bliss (1900-1984), John Nash (1893-1977), Eric F. Daglish (1894-1966), Blair Hughes-Stanton (1902-1981), and Eric Ravilious (1903-1942).

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#Wood Engraving Wednesday #wood engravings #wood engravers #British wood engravers #Douglas Percy Bliss #John Nash #Eric F. Daglish #Blair Hughes-Stanton #Eric Ravilious #The Woodcut #printmaking annual #Herbert Furst #Curwen Press #The Fleuron

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Douglas Percy Bliss - Priest Looking for the Door Key, 1933

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[bruhstation]

Hi i love your casa tidmouth!!! I saw the ask about james pairing and wondered if there any pairing for diesel, oliver or lady? Also happy holidays!!!

thank you very much!!! ALSO HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AHHHHHH I'M SO SO SORRY FOR ANSWERING THIS LATE.... I WANTED TO ANSWER THIS ASK AS DETAILED AS POSSIBLE SO 🙏🙏🙏

I also apologize if some parts don't really sound very shippy because I thought it'd be a good chance to showcase some bits of lore character relationships in general... ANYWAYS!!!! HAVE FUN READING

diesel:

you could say that diesel's currently not interested in anyone, at least in a romantic sense. diesel used to have a small crush on mavis but no longer did after she told him she's a lesbian. now they're just... besties? frenemies? diesel and mavis gets into trouble together, except diesel's the one who incites it (arry and bert just follows) and mavis just happens to be there. diesel gets himself into trouble because of his schemes while mavis (begrudgingly) gets him out of it, though she usually also gets the short end of the stick alongside diesel. mavis also thought that diesel is constantly up to no good, though this is mostly because mavis just wants to live a simple life with as little problems as possible (literally impossible because she lives in so-freaking-dor)

however in act 2, mavis started to feel suspicious about diesel with how he always disappears somewhere at nights. even though they're both affiliated with the dieselworks (since they both drive diesel engines), she suspected that diesel might've been getting himself involved with d10 lately and is now genuinely siding with someone threatening instead of just being mildly inconveniencing. she's now conflicted between wanting to confront diesel in order to protect the person she cares about, or avert her eyes and live in blissful ignorance.

not shippy, but worth mentioning: diesel and duck started off as great enemies at the start of the story. before the events of casa tidmouth, after thinking duck wanted to leave him for dead (he was still new to sodor and has no idea people rarely die in sodor's railways), diesel spread horrific rumours about duck's family, which triggered the start of his axe-crazy tendencies (he's incredibly desperate to make his family proud. you know the drill). neither of them expressed guilt -- they do feel it -- for their actions towards one another because of how stubborn they are. they also have really different worldviews; diesel wanted progress, while duck wanted to stick with the old ways.

their backgrounds were really similar, too. both of their families were incredibly traditional, but while duck followed them like a dog, diesel rejected them. they could've respected each other or even become friends, if only their stubborness didn't blind them. perhaps things could change in act 2...?

speaking of act 2, diesel teamed up with d10 and got pretty close to him, partly because he realized d10's power is now heavily relying on the competence of his minions (and they're really not) and partly because they both share the same worldviews about progress. he's basically his right hand man, doing all the convincing and talking while d10 is having this big internal crisis going on. you could say it's also his curiosity taking place, since he wonders what the "most menacing man in all of sodor" will do once he hits rock bottom. diesel also convinced percy to join the workers of dieselworks when he was at his lowest, saying "I know a man who would respect your ambitions."

in addition, diesel is still coming into terms with his identity because of his huge catholic guilt. this fucking guy

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oliver:

even though he's usually no-nonsense and avoids conflict and island mysteries at any cost, oliver has a huge soft spot for douglas. they first met around 5 years ago when oliver was lost in a forest in bumfuck nowhere, being the victim of time and space displacement alongside a young man called toad -- who barely said a word -- and having lost a lot of his memories. he lived inside his rusty engine with toad for years in solitude. after a few years had passed, he met douglas, who ended up there as well (he assumed that he's the same as him) and bonded with him over the days he was stuck there.

with douglas' presence, oliver felt much less alone. and vice versa. toad also got along with douglas, which made oliver felt relieved. oliver initially didn't have much motivation to get himself out of the situation (toad didn't express much either and only wanted to stick with oliver) and nearly gave up, but after meeting douglas and listening to his stories about missing his brother and wanting to go back home, oliver regained his motivation to keep on trying. he also set his thoughts of finding whoever's responsible aside for the sake of douglas and toad.

after the three of them were rescued by duck and donald and nursed back to health, oliver intended to take his leave, still a bit bent on finding whoever's responsible for his lost memories and broken engine. but then sir topham hatt suggested that he could work for the northwestern railways ("who knows? it could help you find what you're looking for, mr. swindon.")

the next day, douglas expressed gratitude to oliver for saving his life and accompanying him throughout the days he was lost in a forest. oliver instead shot back with a smile, "actually, douglas, you're the one who saved me. even though I still remember nothing about my past, I now remember what I was fighting for. myself, and my engine."

fun fact: you know oliver jr., oliver's tamagotchi? douglas was the one who gifted it to him. since the first generation of tamagotchis die easily if not given care 24/7, douglas went all the way to the steamworks and convinced victor (doctor, engineer, guy with at least 3 phds) to modify it and make it practically immortal. oliver received this gift extremely happily, though he sometimes wonders if something is different with his tamagotchi (douglas just said that he probably got the most special ultra rare yadda yadda version).

oliver and douglas are also one of the more "normal" pair in all of casa tidmouth (2x3x4 have communication issues thus can only pine over each other, 8x9 are... uh... murderhusbands, mavis is oblivious to lady's true identity, lady and d10 have similar twisted views on humanity, etc).

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lady:

even though nobody (aside from thomas and percy) knows about lady being the island's goddess, almost every single woman in casa tidmouth likes her. mavis, emily, rosie, belle, daisy, etc... they all collectively thought "haha wow weird silly woman is pretty". she's way too oblivious and thought that it's just some quirk humans have, though. HOWEVER, she's really close with mavis, who showed lady around the quarry when she first arrived in sodor. mavis also wanted to "shield" lady from all the general weirdness around sodor, assuming that she's originally from outside the island. on the other hand, lady's optimism started to make mavis relax more from her coworker diesel's antics. also mavis thinks she's kinda hahah hey girl

in act 2, after news of missing railway workers came out, mavis tried to convince lady to leave the island. she felt like lady knows a lot more than she looks, but she's not taking any risks to have the person she holds dear get involved. lady just felt really guilty, but (after going through character progression and developing more "human" emotions like happiness, guilt, melancholy, "selfish" motivations, yadda yadda) she has a feeling that if she revealed her true identity, it's not going to end smoothly.

I've also mentioned something about lady and d10 being really close in a qpp type of way had their circumstances been different. they're both people who find it really hard to connect to others; the former being a goddess with different perceptions on morality and the latter being a guy who has low empathy and a whole lot of personality disorders. here's the post explaining their relationship

#casa tidmouth #casa tidmouth act 2 #ttte diesel #ttte diesel 10 #ttte percy #ttte oliver #ttte douglas #ttte lady #ttte mavis #asks #anonymous #PHEWWWW THAT'S A LOT!!!!! #lore time.... LORE TIME #posting this at the kuala lumpur airport. gonna go home lol #hope you enjoy 🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧 #10x11 #mavisxlady #lady+diesel 10

[industrial-horror]

Medieval Monday

During the Middle Ages in Britain and Europe, small children worked as crow-scarers. Their job was to run around in the fields, clapping blocks of wood together to frighten away birds that might eat the grain.

When the Black Plague wiped out nearly the entire populations of some towns, it was said that the living spent most of their time burying the dead in mass graves:

“We see death coming into our midst like black smoke, a plague which cuts off the young, a rootless phantom which has no mercy or fair countenance.”

~Jeuan Gethin, Welsh poet

So with a scarcity of children, farmers resorted to stuffing old clothes with straw, placing a turnip or gourd on top, and mounting the figures in the fields… essentially the first European scarecrows.

—The Scarecrow (1925) Douglas Percy Bliss

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Birthdays 4.11

Beer Birthdays

Gambrinus

Five Favorite Birthdays

Robert Fripp; rock guitarist (1945)

Tricia Helfer; actor, model (1974)

Dale Messick; cartoonist (1906)

Peter Riegert; actor (1947)

Joss Stone; English blues singer (1987)

Famous Birthdays

Dean Acheson; politician (1893)

Stuart Adamson; rock guitarist, singer (1958)

Ralph Blaze; jazz guitarist (1922)

Lillie P. Bliss; co-founder NYC MoMA (1864)

Oleg Cassini; fashion designer (1913)

Paul Douglas; actor (1907)

Jennifer Esposito; actor (1973)

Edward Everett; educator (1794)

Vincent Gallo; actor (1962)

Ellen Goodman; journalist (1941)

Joel Grey; actor (1932)

Lou Holz; comedian, actor (1893)

Charles Evans Hughes; US Supreme Court justice (1862)

Bill Irwin; actor (1950)

Louise Lasser; actor (1939)

Percy Lavon Julian; chemist (1899)

Norman McLaren; Canadian animator (1914)

Adrian Olivetti; typewriter maker (1901)

Leo Rosten; comedian (1908)

Christopher Smart; English poet (1722)

Lisa Stansfield; pop singer (1966)

#Birthdays

[mscoyditch]

"Beardsleys Cottage".

By Douglas Percy Bliss. British. 1900-1984.

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[themaninthegreenshirt]

Douglas Percy Bliss [1900–1984]

High Noon, Windley [1951]

#Douglas Percy Bliss #art #england #great britain #english countryside

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The Scarecrow, 1925 Douglas Percy Bliss

National Galleries: Source

#douglas percy bliss #halloween

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Douglas Percy Bliss 'In The Western Isles'.

Scene of Castlebay, Barra.

#Douglas Percy Bliss

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Douglas Percy Bliss (British, 1900 - 1984) - Beardsley's Cottage

#Douglas Percy Bliss #british art

[psikonauti]

Douglas Percy Bliss THE QUIRAING, SKYE, 1927 Watercolour and pencil

#Douglas Percy Bliss #upl #va #painting #watercolor

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Motivation Monday Owl

Congratulations to the New England Patriots for their Superb Owl victory yesterday. Hopefully, yesterday’s win will motivate some us this Monday, like this lovely little woodcut owl from the Dryad Handicrafts Leaflet Series publication Wood Cuts or The Practice of Engraving and Cutting upon Wood by the Scottish painter and wood engraver Douglas Percy Bliss, and printed in 1926 by the Blackfriars Press in Leicester. This image was originally printed in English artist Joseph Crawhall’s Impresses Quaint published in 1889 by Mawson, Swan & Morgan in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Dryad Handicrafts, re-branded in 1994 as Homecrafts, was founded after World War I by English businessman Harry Peach, and eventually became the largest supplier of craft materials in the world. Peach viewed craft work as occupational therapy for returning veterans, and established Dryad Handicrafts to supply materials, instructional leaflets, and instruction sessions. This publication includes a listing of over 40 Dryad Leaflets on a wide range of crafts instruction that “will be found useful and practical to teachers and handicraft workers as inexpensive introductions to the subject.”

Well that should offer a little motivation!

View more motivated (and some unmotivated) owls.

#MondayMotivationOwl #owls #woodcuts #Douglas Percy Bliss #Dryad Handicrafts #Joseph Crawhall #Harry Peach #instructional pamphlets #craft work #the imperturbability of owls #birds #birbs! #wood engravings

[doubtsandloves]

Douglas Percy Bliss (Scottish, 1900-1984) - Urban Garden under Snow, c. 1946  

#art #painting #gardens #Douglas Percy Bliss #snow #Scottish

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Rossetti Painting 'Lovely Guggums.' Douglas Percy Bliss (British, 1900-1984). Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour and scratching out on paper.

Rossetti sits hunched over an easel, drawing or painting Lizzie Siddal, known familiarly as ‘Guggums,’ the cutler’s daughter who inspired so much of his early work and whom he eventually, after a long and fraught engagement, married in 1860. On the far wall hangs one of the female half-lengths of which Rossetti painted so many from the late 1850s on.

#art #painter #Dante Gabriel Rossetti #Lizzie Siddal #Douglas Percy Bliss #British

[christophershaw-bookbinder-blog]

Gargoyles & Tattie-Bogles The lives and work of Douglas Percy Bliss and Phyllis Dodd. New book from The Fleece Press available from September exciting.....

#the fleece press #douglas percy bliss #phyllis dodd #fleece press