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Artwork | Painting the city walls with Urban Dirt
Urban Dirt, also known as Lee Hartley, planted their roots firmly in the art scene after a landslide win at their first Art Battle back...
Aug 13, 20201 min read


Banksy, tube rats, and an artistic lesson in banality
By Cerys Turner A tube carriage, just like a public loo, isn’t quite the same without its share of scribbled expletives, vague tags and...
Aug 12, 20203 min read


Artwork | The fly that couldn’t lie by Alfie Tipping
Alfie Tipping is a graphic designer based in Bristol. He took our mantra of being ‘candid’ to create a cartoon strip that follows the...
Aug 11, 20201 min read


Artwork | Pandemic printmaking with Grace Edkins
Grace Edkins discusses her rekindling love for printmaking due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a world full of fear, Grace challenged...
Aug 7, 20203 min read


Vandalising the Underground: Why one man gets away with criminal damage
By Lucy Johnson On July 14th an official Instagram account was updated with a new post – a video of a man dressed in a cleaners outfit...
Aug 4, 20205 min read


Empowering women in the arts | Join the Self Love Revolution
The @selfloverev is a digital designer who encourages self-acceptance, internal healing and empowering women through art. An excerpt from...
Jul 29, 20201 min read


Artwork | Patricia Estrada discussing the cunning game of illustration
Patricia Estrada is a freelance illustrator from Moscow. Finding happiness in sharing in their work, Patricia finds their insecurities...
Jul 22, 20202 min read

Artwork | Jesse Brockhill explores cartoonish depictions of Western archetypes
Jesse Brockhill is a political cartoonist for a newspaper in Yorkshire. They predominantly focus on western archetypes: politicians,...
Jul 20, 20201 min read


Artwork | Lino printing by Ruth Draws Things
Originally hailing from Oxford, Ruth Stewart aka Ruth Draws Things is a freelance illustrator currently based in Bristol, having moved...
Jul 13, 20202 min read


Honest Bellies by Ewan Keenan
Ewan Keenan is a painter based in Leeds. He engages politically and socially in his work; often painting figures. Following our theme of...
Jul 9, 20201 min read


A response to our theme | Anna Hardy
Portrait artist @annasdigitals responded to our bi-monthly theme of ‘Candid Orange’. Anna Hardy Anna is a 19-year-old artist studying...
Jul 5, 20201 min read


A response to our theme | Jayna Nelson
Jayna Nelson is a graphics-based artist from Jersey. They like to explore the fluidity of form within their work by experimenting with...
Jul 3, 20201 min read


In conversation with @nipnacks: custom-made lady-bits to decorate your home
Boobs, baps, melons, coconuts. Whatever variation you like to use, today’s topic of appreciation is breasts. If you follow pottery...
Jun 27, 20204 min read


The Father of the unguarded moment
By Harry Stocker I can promise to be candid, not, however, to be impartial – Johann Wolfgang Goethe Erich Salomon was born to a German,...
Jun 13, 20204 min read

Jiab Prachakul: National Portrait Gallery award winner in conversation with Candid Orange
A few weeks after winning the National Portrait Gallery’s 2020 BP Award for her outstanding piece Night Talk, Jiab Prachackul spoke to...
Jun 9, 20205 min read

Tom Godfrey’s An orange of any colour would taste as sweet
Oil on canvas Tom Godfrey #featured
Jun 4, 20201 min read


Sharing scars with Anna Tsvell
Scars – a mark on the skin or within the mind that resides permanently from previous trauma. We all have them. From the time you were...
Jun 1, 20203 min read
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