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Bill Farley

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Archaeologist, educator, science communication. Also talk a lot about games and media, art, politics, and labor issues


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Thank you! I was having so much fun just sort of empty-headed throwing paint at it. Trying NOT to overthink it, you know?

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One more weekend painting: Kind of an abstract landscape. Watercolor and gouache, made using stencils, painter's tape, a sponge, leaves and flowers from my garden, and a dunkin donuts straw.

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I quite like this one...

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Oh boy I'm making abstracts again.

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Thank you!

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That's a whole other project right there

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Process shots.

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Quite pleased with how this one came out!
"Roadrunner" watercolor, gouache, ink, and pencil on water color paper. #Art #Roadrunner #Watercolor 🐑πŸͺΆπŸ¦‰

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A scattering of Beekman Triangles (late archaic, c. 4,000 year old) projectile points from Connecticut #Archaeology #ArchaeoArt πŸ§ͺ🏺🐑

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Alright I'm pleased with this sort of culmination of my last few pieces. "A Pair of Robins" Watercolor and pencil on cold-pressed paper.πŸ‘πŸ¦‰πŸͺΆ

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Thank you!

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Hummingbird and Mountain Laurel Pencil, watercolor, and acrylic on course paper. June, 2024. πŸ¦‰πŸͺΆ

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I feel like this is something. Is this something? Is this an art? πŸ¦‰πŸ‘

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I feel like this is something. Is this something? Is this an art? πŸ¦‰πŸ‘

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That would be entirely too powerful a combination

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❀️Thank you Sarah!

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This particular 1830s crock from Hartford maker TO Goodwin is the protagonist of a poster made for our exhibit at the Henry Whitfield State Museum. 2/2

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Ever since we started to find fragments at the Whitfield House in 2021, I've just fallen in love with these gorgeous American stonewares, particularly the local ones made in Connecticut. I finally took a crack at illustrating one. 1/2 🏺πŸ§ͺ🐑

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Some new archaeology field finds from this week! 🏺πŸ§ͺ🐑

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New field journal entry: a reverse idealized profile of one of our in progress units, highlighting an exceptionally dense 18th and 19th century sheet midden that covers much of the site. #Archaeology #ArchaeoART πŸ§ͺ🏺🐑

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Thanks!

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Thank you!

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I made another bird. House Finch. Metallic watercolor, ink, and pencil. πŸ§ͺπŸ‘πŸ¦‰

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I like how this one came out! Rufus Hummingbird Watercolor, pencil, ink, and metallic watercolors on cold pressed paper. πŸ§ͺ🐑

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Some new finds from this week for the illustrated field journal! #Archaeology #SCSUFS2024
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I asked my daughter what bird to draw while we did art together tonight and she threw me a real curveball.

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Thank you!

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Had the urge to bird again. American Robin, Watercolor on cold pressed paper, May/June 2024 πŸ‘πŸ¦‰

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7,000 year old spear point! #ancient #archaeology #illustration #watercolor youtube.com/shorts/1Fg4n...
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Illustrated field journal entries from the SCSU archaeology field school. Such a fun way to really think deeply about artifacts, both mundane and unusual!
#Archaeology #Archaeoart #SCSUFS2024
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Jack’s Reef point from Connecticut made of Normanskill Chert, Woodland Period (c. 1,000 years old) 🏺πŸ§ͺ🐑

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Keep the series going I suppose

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Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens. A little anatomy practice/#Archaeology for you today.πŸ§ͺ🏺🐑

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QRP with your corvid art!

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After playing Infocom's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy last night, I decided to revisit the notorious Babel Fish puzzle in a new video this morning. Is it really as bad as everyone says?

I don't post a ton of direct-to-YouTube stuff, so please like, share, etc. πŸ‘ youtu.be/ACPaGKXyn1g?...

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My partner argued that Chaotic Good should have been Hermes, but I think it could go to Artemis or Hermes equally well

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Maybe swap her with Scylla? I dunno what my thinking was there. Something about how Eris seems to do what she does for a purpose, which is kind of carpe diem. She's like.. a nihilist? right? Is nihilism chaotic in D&D? lol

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I'm sort of intrigued by this idea of doing teeny tiny pieces of art. The sketch I did for the vector graphic from before.πŸ¦‰

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Apparently I finished this drawing of the Stephen Jewett House in New Haven a year ago. I'm still quite happy with how it came out.

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I couldn't see the aurora myself, and I certainly couldn't see it at Stonehenge. So.. here it is in watercolor and ink instead (inspiration from theferalclock on twitter. #Archaeology #ArchaeoART 🏺🐑πŸ§ͺ

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These amber animals are practically made for watercolors. #Archaeology #ArchaeoArt πŸ§ͺ🐑🏺
Based on a photo by Alison Fisk of a 10,000 year old artifact in the National Museum of Denmark.

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