Michael Nobbs

@michaelnobbs.bsky.social

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Artist and tea drinker living on a hillside in Wales. Learning to live a gentle creative life and encouraging others to do the same. Diagnosed with #MECFS in 1997. www.patreon.com/gogently https://linktr.ee/michaelnobbs ✍️🧶

Big grey clouds above an olive-coloured hillside that has a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees looking as though they are drawing up its ridge. White morning light shines through the trees as the video pans across and up the hillside from right to left. The video comes to a halt with the caterpillar-of-oaks silhouetted against the sky on the left of the frame and a single bare ash tree on the left.
Two red kites are dancing in the sky above a caterpillar-like row of oak trees along the ridge of olive-coloured hillside. The sky is summer-blue and filled with large grey-tinted white clouds. A ball of morning light create silhouettes of the trees as the video slowly pans above and across the hillside, finally coming to a stop with the caterpillar-of-oaks on the right of the frame and a single bare ash tree on the left. The sky between them full of a huge cloud that almost touches the top of the hill.
A video slowly pans up and across an olive-coloured hillside, a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its ridge and a fallen ash tree at its base. The sky above the hill is a pale grey and two crows can be seen first emerging and then disappearing back into the low cloud. The video comes to a halt with the caterpillar-oaks silhouetted against the sky on the right of the frame and a bare ash tree on the left.
A video slowly pans up and across a brightly lit hillside, a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its ridge and a fallen ash tree at its base. The early morning un shines through the trees casting long lines of alternating light and shadows down the hillside. He sky above is a pale blue.
A large sketchbook is open in portrait orientation on a glass desk in front of a computer monitor. It is partially covering a silver keyboard. To its right is an earthenware mug with an illustration of a speckled hen on its side. Behind the sketchbook and under the monitor are various pieces of small unidentifiable technology and some wires. In the sketchbook is what looks like a very rapid drawing of a bald man with a grey beard and a very square jaw. He is drawn in a mixture of oil pastels and a black and a purple pencil. The marks are fast and bold; the pastels have been put down in large areas of colour, their thick marks clearly visible and defining the shape of the man's beard, head and the black top he is wearing; the pencil marks are thin and rapid, picking out the man's features on the top of the blocks of pastel colours.
A soft grey sky above a khaki-coloured hillside. The ridge of the hillside features a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees and at it's base if a fallen and broken ash tree that looks like a very inviting place to sit. The video slowly pans from right to left up the hillside, coming to a halt with the caterpillar-of-oaks silhouetted on the right of the frame and a bare ash tree on the left. The soft grey sky filling the space between them. The hillside appears empty.
An iPad is sitting on a glass desk in from of a computer monitor, there are various pieces of silver and black technology (plus numerous wires) in view, but it is difficult to make out what they are. On the iPad screen appears to be a video editing program split into three frames. Along the bottom is an editing timeline with a single blue track across the middle of it. Above and to the left are various purple oblongs nest in a large black oblong (the smaller oblongs have names above them, not all of which can be read, but the three that can are called "Flash", "Shrink" and Wipe Left". To the right is the section of the programme containing the video that is being edited. It includes a bearded man wearing a red, purple and grey striped beanie hat and round blue glasses. Behind the armchair that he is sitting in is a wall covered in various brightly coloured drawings.
A slowly panning video follows caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees as it slowly crawls up a khaki-coloured hillside. Above and behind the trees is a pale blue sky full of wispy white clouds, the early morning sun shining through them, casting a long line of shadows, splayed like fingers down the hillside. In the foreground as the the video begins is a large fallen ash tree broken into three chunks, the nearest, which had once been the very top of the tree, is covered in ivy. As the video gently pans from right to left it's clear that the hillside is empty. The video comes to a stop with the caterpillar-of-oaks silhouetted against the sky on the right of the frame and a bare ash tree on the very ridge of the hill to the right, a large square of blue sky filling the space between them.
A square photograph of a tea tray covered with a floral cloth sits a small sketchbook open in portrait orientation. Above the sketchbook on the left of the image the bottom of a white milk jug is visible. Just touching the base of the mug is a black plastic fountain pen with sits across the top of the sketchbook. Next to that in the top right of the image is a lime green teapot. In the sketchbook is an ink drawing; self-portrait of a bearded man in his fifties wearing round glasses. He fills the page and is looking to the right of the image. The drawing has been made with quick, bold marks. The man maybe smiling a little.
A bright blue and cloudless sky tops a hillside, a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees along its ridge and a large fallen ash tree at its base. The bright morning sun shining through the trees casting strong lines of bright light down the hillside. The hillside appears empty as the video pans slowly up the hillside from right to left, coming to a halt with the caterpillar-of-oaks silhouetted on the right of the frame and a lone bare ash tree on the left.
A pale grey and white sky sits atop an olive green hillside. There is a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its ridge of the hill and a fallen ash tree, broken into three sections and partly covered with ivy at its foot. The video slowly pans from left to right up the hillside, pausing with the caterpillar-of-oaks on the left of the frame and a single bare ash tree on the far right. The hillside appears empty of life, but here are a number of large molehills visible across the hill.
A large sketchbook is sitting open on a desk in front of a computer monitor. Under the monitor is a mug with a large blue letter "M" on its front. Underneath and to the left of the monitor the right corner of a chess set is visible. Next the sketch book the tops of a sharpie pen and a purple coloured pencil are just visible. In the sketchbook, which is sitting in portrait orientation, is a drawing of a woman in her fifties drawn from below. She is wearing large glasses and is using her left hand to prop up her face. The drawing has been made with fast, bold purple pencil lines.
A grey and white mackerel-cloud filled sky sits atop an olive green hillside. There is a caterpillar-like brown of bare oak trees across its ridge of the hill and a fallen ash tree, broken into three sections and partly covered with ivy at its foot. The video slowly pans from left to right up the hillside, the clouds part to reveal a ball of strong white light above the trees, silhouetting the caterpillar of oaks on the right of the frame and a single bare ash tree on the left. More blue sky comes into view above the ash tree. The hillside appears empty.
A pen and ink self-portrait of a bearded man in his fifties made in a small sketchbook. There is a wobbly pair of round glasses siting on his forehead that look suspiciously like they are too small to fit on his face, his eyes are wide and staring, with wrinkles around and under them. His forehead is a little lined with some blemishes visible. He has a wide nose. There maybe a little of a smile playing around his mouth, which has been drawn with a single line. Small wisps of hairs are visible around the upper half of his head and on his forehead. He looks like he could do with more sleep and having his head shaved. The sketchbook sits on a tea tray that is covered with a floral cloth. To the right of the little sketch book is a dark blue metal fine liner pen, about half the size of a full-sized pen. Above it the edge of a mug with a capital "M" on its side is visible and moving around the tray from right to left the bottom of a milk carton, the base of a green teapot and the edge of a small white saucer can be seen.
A calm grey and white cloudy sky sits atop an olive green hillside. There is a caterpillar-like brown of bare oak trees across its ridge and a fallen ash tree, broken into three sections and partly covered with ivy in the foreground. In the distance, framed by two pieces of broken ash trunk a sheep is just visible grazing. As the video slowly pans from left to right up the hillside, a second sheep comes into view at the base of the caterpillar-of oaks and a third appears grazing next to a single bare ash tree to the far left of the frame as the video comes to a stop.
A clear bright blue sky above a hillside with a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its brow and an ivy-covered fallen ash tree at its base. The video pans slowly from right to left up and along the hillside, the sun is shiny through the trees, casting long thick lines of bright sunlight down the hillside. A sheep enters view staring at the camera, two more appearing as the video continues to pan up. The three sheep walk slowly begin up the hill. The video comes to rest with the caterpillar-of oaks silhouetted by the bright sunlight to the right of the frame and a single bare ash tree to the left. The sheep continue their slow climb up the hill.
A sketchbook in portrait orientation sits over the corner of a tea tray covered in a floral cloth. To the left of the sketchbook sits a yellow pencil stub with a blunt lead and a gold ferrule with the remains of a yellow eraser peaking out of its end. The pencil stub is shorter than the ferrule. Also on the tray and surrounding the sketchbook the handles and bases of, a green teapot, a milk jug and cream-coloured mug are just visible. The mug has what looks like a capital "M" on its side. An illustration of a grey chicken is visible on the top right of the try handle. In the sketchbook is a self-portrait spreading across the two visible pages. It is made with bold, thick pencil lines and is of a bearded bald man in his fifties sitting up in bed. He is wearing round glasses and a t-shirt and has heavy lines under one of his eyes, suggesting that he might be a little weary.
A hillside, brightly lit from behind, is topped with a caterpillar-like row of bare oak tress and has a fallen ash tree, broken in three parts and covered with ivy, at its foot. The sky is dabbed with small clouds to the right of the frame, a large mass of cloud behind the trees. The contrail of a plane is just visible heading from left to right across the sky. The video pans slowly from the right of the frame and up the hillside. Long lines of shadow expand out from the caterpillar of oaks, the video rather washed out by the bright light creating the shadows through the trees. The hillside appears empty. The video comes to a halt with the caterpillar of oaks silhouetted on the right of the frame and a bare ash tree on the top of the hill on the left. The sky between them is an empty blue, a group of clouds are visible on the far left of the frame behind the ash tree.
A close up of a tea tray covered in a floral cloth. The Bottom edge of a mug and handle are visible in the right hand of the image and the bottom of a green teapot sits at the top. Below the teapot sits a small sketchbook, to the left of which are a small blue pocket pen, a longer hello pencil with a gold-coloured ferrule and a yellow eraser and a plastic black fountain pen. In the sketchbook is a self-portrait of a bald, bearded man in his fifties sitting up in bed. He is drawn with firm lines in black ink and is wearing a grey t-shirt coloured with pencil. Behind his head is a bedhead, again coloured in pencil. The background of the image is made up of small circular black lines creating a start contact the unmarked white of the paper that highlights the drawing of the man.
Two red kites are circling in a grey sky above a hillside topped with a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees. In the foreground, at the bottom of the olive coloured hill is a fallen ash tree, broken into three sections and partly covered with ivy in the foreground. The video slowly pans from left to right up the hillside and a small group of three sheep become visible on the ridge go the hill, silhouetted again the grey sky. A bare ash tree comes into view near the sheep as the video comes to a stop.
A calm grey and white cloudy sky sits atop an olive green hillside. There is a caterpillar-like brown of bare oak trees across its ridge and a fallen ash tree, broken into three sections and partly covered with ivy in the foreground. The video slowly pans from left to right up the hillside, the clouds covering what little blue sky that was visible at the start of the video. It come to a halt with the caterpillar-of-oaks silhouetted against the sky to the right of the frame and a bare ash tree on the horizon on the left. The hillside appears empty.
A caterpillar-like row of oak trees covers the ridge of an olive coloured hillside. The sky above is clear and blue. In the foreground of the frame sits a fallen ash tree, broken into three sections and partly covered with ivy. The video slowly pans from left to right and as it does a thick billowing white cloud comes into view together with a bare ash tree on the horizon to the far right of the frame. The caterpillar-of-oaks is silhouetted by the morning sun shining through the trees, casting thin lines of light down the hillside in from of them.
Slow pan from right to left up an olive coloured hillside. The sky is grey, the light of the early morning sun shining through a caterpillar-like row of oak trees that sit across the ridge of the hill. In the foreground is an ivy-covered fallen ash tree. As the video pans a lone sheep can be seen silhouetted on the brow of the hill next to a bare ash tree.
A slow pan from right to left up a chilly looking hillside lit by a bright sun shining through a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees along its ridge, long shadows stretching down to the bottom of the hill where there is a large ivy-covered fallen ash tree. pArt from the shadow hillside is empty as is the sky, which is filled with an expanse of white clouds, blue showing through in places. The video come to a stop at the top of the hill with the caterpillar-of-oaks silhouetted again the sky on the right of the frame and a lone bare ash tree on the left. The cloudy blue sky filling the gap between them.
A sketchbook sits on a desk, an earthenware mug with an illustration of a hen on it is just visible in the background a silver trackpad in front of it. In the sketchbook is a pale self portrait of a bearded man in his fifties wearing round glasses and a beanie hat. The pale lines of the drawing become less and less distinct towards the bottom of the sketchbook page, finally petering out.
A sketchbook sitting in front of a tea tray that's covered in a red cloth. On the tray the bottom of a green teapot, white milk jug and earthenware mug can be seen. In front of the in a tea strainer sitting on a small white saucer and nest to them are a mixture of coloured pencils and crayons. Just in view to the far right is a small red tin of crayons. In the sketchbook is an ink drawing of the tray's contents. The red cloth is coloured heavily with red crayon, the tray in grey crayons and the duvet cover in a mixture of black, red, yellow and green coloured pencils covered covered over with white crayon.
A slow pan from right to left up a chilly looking hillside lit by a bright clear and cloudless sky. There is a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees along its ridge and a large fallen ash tree at its base. The sun is shining through the trees casting long shadows down the hill. The hillside is empty as is the sky. The video come to a stop at the top of the hill with the caterpillar-of-oaks silhouetted again the sky on the right of the frame and a lone bare ash tree on the left. Between them is a large patch of deep blue sky.
A slow pan from right to left across a brightly lit hillside. There is a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees at the ridge of the hill and an ivy-covered fallen ash tree in the foreground. The sun is shinning brightly through the trees casting long shadows down the hillside. The sky is a deep blue and almost empty, just one cottonwool cloud to the right of the frame, a tiny wisp of another cloud just below it. Both clouds disappear from view as as the video pans up the hill. The video comes to rest with the caterpillar of oaks silhouetted to the right of the frame and a bare ash tree on the horizon line to the left, between them is a large expanse of blue sky.
An open sketchbook sits on a tea tray that's covered with a dark red cloth. The Botton of a green teapot, earthenware mug and strainer are visible along with a selection of coloured crayons and the stub of a pencil. In the sketchbook is the self-portrait of a bearded man in his late fifties drawn with graphite pencil. He is wearing round blue glasses and a purple t-shirt. He is sitting up in bed resting on a green pillow, his head on the headboard of the bed. The wall behind him is a dark olive and above his head there is a sliver of the bright blue of the sky in a window. The drawing is made with bold lines and there is is slightly bemused but cheerful expression on the man's face.
A cloud-filled grey sky above a green hillside with a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees at its top and an ivy-covered fallen ash tree at its base. In the clouds above the trees a red kite swoops up and circles. As the video pans up the hillside from the right to the left the kite follows, appearing and disappearing from frame. The video stops at the top of the hill, the caterpillar-of-oaks silhouetted against the sky on the left of the frame and a bare ash tree on the horizon to the left. The kite continues to circle.
An open sketchbook sits in front of a tray of morning tea things; a strainer sits in front of a green teapot on the right of the tray and an earthenware mug (with a chicken illustration on its front and black and red leaves on its handle) sits in from of a white milk jug. The tray is covered in a dark red cloth and there are a selection on pencils and crayons sitting in the middle of the tray. In the sketchbook is a pencil drawing of the tea things drawn with bold lines. The red of the cloth has been coloured with a bright red crayon. The items on the tray have been left uncoloured with the exception on some small red marks picking out the the red of the chicken illustration's comb and wattle. The try is coloured in a light grey and the duvet cover under the tray includes red, black green and yellow lines that have largely been obscured by heavy use of a white crayon. There is a certain grubbiness to the drawing, showing the artist's hands have been rubbing the paper as they've drawn.
A slow pan from right to left across a green hillside with a row of bare caterpillar-like oak trees across its top and an ivy covered fallen ash tree in the foreground. As the video pans four sheep walk up the hill keeping pace with the shot, stopping briefly the peer at the camera. As they climb higher, they join a fifth sheep and the group continue to walk towards the top of the hill. As the video comes to rest a lone ash tree come into view on the horizon and it and the caterpillar of oaks are silhouetted against the light of the grey sky. The hillside spreads out below them filling about half the frame, the grey a pale olive colour.
A slow pan from right to left across a green hillside with a row of bare caterpillar-like oak trees across its top and an ivy covered fallen ash tree in the foreground. A few sheep are visible in the distance behind the ash tree and as the video begins to pan up the hill more gradually enter the frame. The sky behind the hillside is a mixture of pale blue and orangey-pink with some smokey grey clouds gently rising and expanding. As the video continues to pan up the sky slowly becomes pinker, the grey clouds replaced by pink ones, the video coming to rest with the caterpillar-of-oaks silhouetted again the sky to the right of the frame and a single bare ash tree to the left. Six sheep are visible on and just below the brow of the hill with a seventh inside the cater-pillar-of-oaks.
A slow pan across a rainy hillside with a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its ridge and an ivy covered fallen ash tree in the foreground. Around the ash tree a small group of sheep are grazing. The sky is filled with smokey grey clouds. As the video pans across the olive green hillside, brightened by the rain, the sheep by the ash tree disappear from view and two more sheep appear in the distance grazing by a single bare ash tree at the brow of the hill. The sky brighten behind them.
A slow pan from right to left across a rainy hillside, a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its ridge and a fallen ivy covered ash tree, broken into three parts in the foreground. As the video pans up and across the hillside three grazing sheep come into a view and a red kite swoops up out of the oak trees and out of frame. The video comes to rest with the caterpillar-of-oaks silhouetted on the right of the frame and a single bare ash tree on the left. The three sheep are walking up towards the top of the hill.
A slow pan from right to left across a wintery hillside. The ridge of the hill is covered with a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees and in the foreground is a fallen ash tree broken into three parts and covered with ivy. The sky is a dark glowering grey. As the video pans left, the fallen ash tree moves out of shot and a single sheep walks into frame. Panning a little further a single bare ash tree becomes visible on the horizon, silhouetted on the far left of the frame, the caterpillar-of-oaks silhouetted on the right, a large gap in-between them is filled with the dark grey sky, the dark green hillside spreads out below filling about half of the frame.
A slow pan for right to left across a wintery hillside underneath a mackerel sky. The hillside is topped with a caterpillar-like tow of oak trees with a fallen ash tree covered in ivy in the foreground. As the video pans a bare ash tree comes into view on the left of the frame and moving past three sheep can be seen grazing, silhouetted against the bright sky.
A slow pan for right to left across an empty hillside lit by a strong late winter morning light. Across the top of the hillside is a bare caterpillar-like row of oak trees and in the bottom right of the frame sits a fallen ash tree broken into three parts and cover in ivy. As the video pans the pale sky fills more of the frame and as the video comes to rest a single bare ash tree comes into view on the far left of the horizon.
A gentle pan from left to right across a chilly looking hillside. A caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees are across its ridge and an ivy covered fallen ash tree at its base. A sheep is grazing in view just behind the fallen tree, with a number of other sheep a little further away. The sky above the hill is a pale grey. As the video comes to rest a lone ash tree come into view on the horizon and it and the caterpillar of oaks are silhouetted against the light of the grey sky. The hillside spreads out below them filling about half the frame, the grey a pale olive colour.
A slow pan from left to right across a cold looking hillside, a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its ridge and a large fallen ash tree covered in ivy at the front of the image. The ash tree slowly disappears from view as the video pans to the right and up the empty hillside. The sky is a pale blue, with a few wispy clouds, tinged with orange and a little grey. The video comes to rest as a single bare ash tree comes into view at the very top of the hill to the left of the frame. It is silhouetted against the sky along with the Caterpillar-of-Oaks on the opposite side of the hillside.
A slow pan from left to tight across a wintery and rather bleak hillside, with a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its brow and a large fallen ash tree at the bottom right of the frame, The sky is blue and full of smoky grey clouds that are billowing a moving as the video pans. The video comes to rest with the Caterpillar-of-Oaks silhouetted against the sky on the right of the frame and single ash tree on the left. The space between them is filled with billowing and rising cloud a little blue sky showing through.
A slow pan from right to left across a winter hillside, a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its ridge and a large fallen ash tree in the bottom left of the frame. The hillside angles up at about 45 degrees, levels off and then descents again at a gentler gradient (about 30 degrees). The sky above the hillside is filled with thick, painterly, cotton wool clouds, touches of grey amongst the white, blue sky showing though them. As the video pans more blue sky becomes visible and when the video come to rest, the clouds have all but disappeared, the caterpillar of oak trees are silhouetted again the blue on the right of the frame and a single bare ash tree is on the left.
A slow pan from right to left across a frosty hillside, a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its ridge and a large fallen ash tree in the bottom left of the frame. The hillside angles up at about 45 degrees, levels off and then descents again at a gentler gradient (about 30 degrees). The sky is a pale bright blue, almost while as it touches the hillside and the trees, creating stark silhouettes of the Caterpillar-of-Oaks on the right of the frame and a bare ash tree on the left.
A photo of a morning tea tray covered in a red cloth with an open sketchbook filling most the image. The edges of a green teapot, carton of oat milk and an earthenware mug with the illustration of a chick on it can be seen at the top of the image and a hello stubby pencil with a gold ferrule is to the right of the sketchbook. The sketchbook contains a portrait of a man in his late fifties, sitting ip in bed wearing round glasses. He has a slight smile on his face. The drawing is made with strong wobbly lines.
A slow pan from right to left across a brightly lit hillside, sunlight peeking through a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its ridge and a large fallen ash tree in the bottom left of the frame. The hillside angles up at about 45 degrees, levels off and then descents again at a gentler gradient (about 30 degrees). The sky is a pale early-morning blue, white clouds gently breaking up the blue. Two contrails visible across the sky. The video comes to rest with the caterpillar of oak trees silhouetted on the right of the frame and a lone bare ash tree on the left. The hillside is empty, the bright white light of the rising sun just visible to the far right of the frame.
A slow pan from right to left across a golden-lit empty hillside with a caterpillar-like row of bare oak trees across its ridge and a large fallen ash tree in the bottom left of the frame. The hillside angles up at about 45 degrees, levels off and then descents again at a gentler gradient (about 30 degrees). Behind the trees the sky is a smoking orange, deepening as the video pans. The video comes to rest with the Caterpillar-of-Oaks silhouetted against the orange sky on the right of the frame and a single bare ash tree on the left. Clouds move rapidly across the sky, a bright yellow light emerging and then disappearing behind them.