#clove pinks

[awakeningthevioletswithin]

Joy

Watercolor On Black Cotton Paper

2024, 22"x 30"

Red Dianthus, Clove Pink

[the-golden-vanity]

I was tagged by @clove-pinks to make myself in this Picrew and post the last song I've listened to. Thanks, Shaun! You're the best.

I'd like to tag @even-in-arcadia, @bloomrebounds, @georges-chambers, @brimstone-cowboy, and @thebaffledcaptain– only if they'd like to do this, of course. And if anyone I didn't mention would like to do this, consider yourselves tagged!

[kaxenart]

A commission of Frank Mildmay with Bisexual Lighting for @clove-pinks

[acrossthewavesoftime]

I was tagged by @clove-pinks in the five drinks to get to know me tag game, so here are mine:

Earl Grey with milk. I don't drink coffee, and only one specific brand of tea, preferably from one of my two favourite mugs. One of them has a design reminiscent of medieval insular ribbon or knot ornamentation (think something in the vein of this), and the other bears a design by the immensely talented @ludevika, featuring Biche, the (historically not quite entirely) white whippet. The mug has a bit of a novelty feature in that Biche will only show her adorable face when hot liquid is poured into the cup-- she can only be summoned with a good cuppa, and I can emphatise with that. ;-)

Water. Sounds basic, but I prefer drinking water most of the time.

Orangina. My favourite lemonade. To me, it tastes like summer sunshine and sea salt (figuratively speaking; it's obviously an orange-flavoured drink), looks like wild hollyhocks between centuries-old graves in the cemetries of Romanesque churches and sounds like La Cabane du Pêcheur by Francis Cabrel. It's a bottled reminder of my childhood summers in western France.

A glass of dry white wine. This is for special occasions, and while I hardly qualify as a thorough connaisseuse, I know which grape varieties I prefer.

Hot chocolate. A winter-time favourite.

Tagging @pentecostwaite, @benjhawkins, @werewolfetone, @professorlehnsherr-almashy and @defensivelee in case you want to play!

[the-golden-vanity]

#these looks are achievable for any man regardless of his age or body size (important information from historian @clove-pinks in the tags)

Besides the ever-delightful miwackulous tyes, what are some of your other favorite fanciful (or less fanciful, even) 19th century fashion trends?

I have to say, besides miwackulous tyes, I have a great weakness for all manner of mid-century loud fashion, like plaids and pattern mixing:

This is the ideal male fashion. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

I also love military uniforms of the 19th century, and the 1810s are tops for that—even civilian fashion of this era has a military influence.

The watch key and seal with body-conscious pantaloons... *chef's kiss*

I love 19th century male bijouterie in general. Showy watch chains, and there was also a trend of multiple tie pins connected by a chain:

(Unlike the watch chain, the tie chain serves no practical purpose and is literally just for ornamentation).

A jewelled pin on the cravat can also become a jewelled pin or brooch on the shirt front!

[seealandraw]

presenting Abraham Van Helsing's descendant, Abby Van Helsing! Everything she owns is bedazzled and she's a professional gay cowboy and vampire negotiator!

[sandii-sandia]

tried to draw clove again ;w; !! they painted their own shorts ajlskjdlkasjd

[remidiy]

'Clove, In Between Realms' | Valorant Fan Art

I've always had a wee bit of anxiety about making Riot Fan-Art [largely because I admire their work], so this was my attempt at essentially telling myself to stop worrying and just try something for once lol Clove is an adorable enby character and plays really interestingly in Valorant, so I decided to give them a bit of love in the form of a fan art :)

Let me know what you think! <3

[coffinkissez]

this is kind of what happened to me when I went to college

[awakeningthevioletswithin]

Pink Eye Watercolor On Black Paper 2023, 10"x 14" Clove Pinks, Dianthus

[the-golden-vanity]

What have you read lately that has really altered your brain chemistry, as the kids say?

Oooff. Lord. Good question, Shaun. I've been reading a lot more in the last year than I had for the previous five or so combined.

That said, the most recent one that I would say "altered my brain chemistry" was The Left Hand of Darkness, in April of last year. It was recommended by my friend @artcorevelay, probably due to the perilous polar journey, but more importantly, due to the gender of it all. World-building-heavy science fiction isn't usually my thing, but the book is just full of banger lines and emotional gut-punches, and I keep finding myself thinking about it at the most and least likely of times.

That said, I probably did some pretty intense psychic damage to myself reading The Left Hand Of Darkness and watching The Terror for the first time within 3-5 business months of each other. Like... you mean I can be Seen and Known and Loved For Who I Am, I just need to go on an 800-mile perilous journey and probably die in order for it to happen? Cool, when can we start?

Thank you so much for the ask! Please feel free to send me messages whenever.

[acrossthewavesoftime]

They're not 1830s, but here are my shoes from what could qualify as a Silk Shoe Saturday last week:

Wish It Was Silk Shoe Sunday Cause That's My Fun Day💛

These yellow silk satin formal shoes ca.1830-35 are from the V&A Collection. I love the cheerful colour of them.

Physical description from the V&A website:

"Pair of heel-less shoes of yellow silk satin with a shallow square toe rounded at the sides. Trimmed with a ribbon bow. Lined with kid leather and the name of the owner is inscribed on the inside. The shoes have a linen insole and leather sole."

Pair of Shoes | Unknown | V&A Explore The Collections (vam.ac.uk)

[nordleuchten]

Tag Game

I had very much hoped to be tagged in this - so thank you for the tag @clove-pinks.

Rules: post 4 pieces of art you like and make a poll so that people can vote for their favourite, then tag 4 friends to do the same.

Tagging @ouiouixmonami, @theancientvaleofsoulmaking, @aedesluminis and @meerawrites and anyone else who would like to join in.

[acrossthewavesoftime]

Song rec: Cruel, as performed by Kate Rusby (hoping the YouTube link goes through)

https://youtu.be/3z4x1YrsM5w

couldn’t listen all the way through | not my thing | it’s okay | kinda catchy | ok i really like this | downloading immediately | already in my library

Thank you for this lovely recommendation, my friend! I don't know why I didn't know this song yet, but I now know I definitively needed to know it, thank you! Thematically catering to my interests, tragic, and viscerally moving. Thank you!

[acrossthewavesoftime]

Yours Truly managed to fall ill for two weeks following a 1790s-1810s ball, dressed in a muslin gown and a feathery headdress. Do I get an A for period accuracy? ;-)

[bugmistake]

i just made an apple cake + caramel sauce mutuals come over