Madder By the Day
@madmother.bsky.social
Portrait artist and recovering graphic designer/photographer, chatelaine of the #crookedhouse. I survive on portrait commissions - and create them all with my very own hands. Well, the left one anyway - the right one’s a bit of an idiot.
#throwbackthursday And here she is! The camera responsible for those shots in Tuesday's sketchbook post - the Polaroid 350 (1969-71) I picked this one out of the 6 Polaroids I have as it would use 100 pack film and the lens (glass). She cleans up good 😊
#polaroid #vintagecameras #analog #memories
#polaroid #vintagecameras #analog #memories
September 18, 2026 at 6:26 PM
#throwbackthursday And here she is! The camera responsible for those shots in Tuesday's sketchbook post - the Polaroid 350 (1969-71) I picked this one out of the 6 Polaroids I have as it would use 100 pack film and the lens (glass). She cleans up good 😊
#polaroid #vintagecameras #analog #memories
#polaroid #vintagecameras #analog #memories
I've been poking through past sketchbooks; it's a great glimpse into my mind 🙄 Ideas sketched out, projects designed, mindless meditations completed. Somewhat of a notebook on journal too, I guess. These pages hold test shots taken after cleaning a c1969 Polaroid 350 Land camera from my collection
September 17, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I've been poking through past sketchbooks; it's a great glimpse into my mind 🙄 Ideas sketched out, projects designed, mindless meditations completed. Somewhat of a notebook on journal too, I guess. These pages hold test shots taken after cleaning a c1969 Polaroid 350 Land camera from my collection
I got this record the year it came out 45 YEARS AGO. My brother & I then spent an hour drinking beers so that we could play "the Call of the Great White North" on musical semi-empties #ohcanada #cooroocoocoocoocoocoocoo
#happycanadaday Okay, maybe two hours
#happycanadaday Okay, maybe two hours
July 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I got this record the year it came out 45 YEARS AGO. My brother & I then spent an hour drinking beers so that we could play "the Call of the Great White North" on musical semi-empties #ohcanada #cooroocoocoocoocoocoocoo
#happycanadaday Okay, maybe two hours
#happycanadaday Okay, maybe two hours
I love small towns but they're far away from everything. Artist needs gas money 😏
May 27, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I love small towns but they're far away from everything. Artist needs gas money 😏
Home to many families in the last century - One family emigrated from Italy in the 1960's and made this their home until the end of the '70s. This drawing is for the boy who watched out the windows and dreamed in that magical turret on the third floor ❤️ #houseportrait #drawing #Hintonburg #memories
May 9, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Home to many families in the last century - One family emigrated from Italy in the 1960's and made this their home until the end of the '70s. This drawing is for the boy who watched out the windows and dreamed in that magical turret on the third floor ❤️ #houseportrait #drawing #Hintonburg #memories
For reasons I always add the lights from the bottom and work my way to the top and I was SO SURE I had the three strings worked out BZZZT WRONG just spent the last hour adjusting them and now there's plastic needles all over I want brownie points for not drinking an entire quart of eggnog
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
For reasons I always add the lights from the bottom and work my way to the top and I was SO SURE I had the three strings worked out BZZZT WRONG just spent the last hour adjusting them and now there's plastic needles all over I want brownie points for not drinking an entire quart of eggnog