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Stout Crafted Becky Stout - artist on the Isle of Lewis. Your dopamine dose of cute animal illustrations and sculptures.

Also capturing Hebridean landscapes in watercolour and ink and posting photos whilst out and about around the islands.

How graceful are Herons?! Crappy phone pics but nevertheless captured a lovely wee moment as this Heron took off at the ...
03/06/2026

How graceful are Herons?!

Crappy phone pics but nevertheless captured a lovely wee moment as this Heron took off at the loch side outside my mum’s house.

Perfect illustration reference material!

Hope you all have a good day!

- Becky

02/06/2026

Here’s one of the boring behind the scenes jobs - cleaning up my watercolour scans.

First I remove the background with a ‘magic’ selection tool and do some cleaning adjustments, then I set them up for prints, mug & coaster sets, bookmarks and stickers.

I do this for every watercolour! 😮‍💨

Today’s new painting. A Hebridean Sheep! I think this has an air of summery stillness despite the locks of wool being di...
31/05/2026

Today’s new painting. A Hebridean Sheep!

I think this has an air of summery stillness despite the locks of wool being disturbed by the breeze.

- Becky

Finished! Not gonna lie I’m getting a bit of cuteness aggression…especially considering this one’s tiny (the painting is...
30/05/2026

Finished!

Not gonna lie I’m getting a bit of cuteness aggression…especially considering this one’s tiny (the painting is just 3 inches in a 12cm frame)!

I’ll have to get more tiny frames to give me an excuse to do more tiny watercolours because this was fun!

- Becky

Edit: sold

We’ve had a hot few days here in the Caribbean (oops I mean Lewis) but the rain and wind has closed in again today and i...
29/05/2026

We’ve had a hot few days here in the Caribbean (oops I mean Lewis) but the rain and wind has closed in again today and it feels like the weather of the last few days might have been a figment of my imagination! 😂

- Becky

I love the approach to summer where the Hebridean nights become short and the days long. Where you can look out the wind...
27/05/2026

I love the approach to summer where the Hebridean nights become short and the days long. Where you can look out the window at 1 in the morning (if you happen to be awake) and it’s still light.

This was 11pm last night and the sunset is moving later and later. It makes for very pleasant evenings!

- Becky

Frames have been a pain to source but I found these and think they go quite nicely! So I will now be offering a framed o...
25/05/2026

Frames have been a pain to source but I found these and think they go quite nicely!

So I will now be offering a framed option for original watercolours. I now ‘just’ need to go through the website and update everything lol.

Also, this lovely lady is still available (which is funny as she’s been the most popular illustration online recently) 🤷‍♀️

Have a great day everyone!

- Becky

Some progress today on my wee otter friend. It got quite busy today at the craft fair so didn’t finish him, but only a f...
23/05/2026

Some progress today on my wee otter friend. It got quite busy today at the craft fair so didn’t finish him, but only a few more details and he’s done.

- Becky

I drew this twisty-horned sheep yesterday at the craft fair. I love Hebridean sheep. They’re so ancient and cool looking...
23/05/2026

I drew this twisty-horned sheep yesterday at the craft fair. I love Hebridean sheep. They’re so ancient and cool looking - especially the 4 horned ones.

I can’t think of a pun about black sheep right now, but painting black is quite difficult so I’m looking forward to a watercolour challenge with this one.

Edit: Also realised this chappy has no ears!! Ears have now been added!

- Becky

All set up at the The Quality Craft Emporium for today and tomorrow at The Caberfeidh Hotel in Stornoway. Pop along and ...
22/05/2026

All set up at the The Quality Craft Emporium for today and tomorrow at The Caberfeidh Hotel in Stornoway.

Pop along and say hi!

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