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"Whirlwind 23”, an original drawing. Micron pens on archival paper. Size: 4” x 6”. Title, signature, and date in the back of the drawing. This drawing is the 23rd in a series of drawings posted over a period of 100 days. The original post date on this drawing was September 23, 2020.

This is a drawing for a poetry book. Sometimes I do the drawing first and then write the poetry.

She escaped hell to try and find a mythical paradise for demons to rest

“Whirlwind 5”, an original drawing. Micron pens on archival paper. Size: 5” x 7”. Title, signature and date in the back of the drawing. This drawing is the 5th in a series of drawings that were posted over a period of 100 days. The original post date on this drawing was September 5, 2020.

Wonder if a mini cat laid on my hand :) Drawn by pen on paper.

Ink on paper, 5x6".

Pink papered scribble style illustration of a old stone town.

8x10" watercolor on paper

Took the opportunity to use the prompt to do an illustration for a personal project. A key describing the symbols would be super long here, but the curious can see them listed at https://inkpaperstring.com/lunar-houses/

Pencil, Charcoal Pencil on 8.25” x 5.5” Archival Sketchbook Paper

ink on paper. I used Micron ink pens to doodle this kitty, and to make the hatching/crosshatching. Stay tuned for more doodles on Sketchbook A :3

This was a requested painting that is sold . There were a couple special requests that i’m still working on so as of right now, this painting isn’t finished.

This was originally supposed to be a swamp landscape, but I got frustrated with the colors not blending, etc. I painted the whole canvas black and ended up with this

A paper and pencil doodle imported into procreate on iPad Pro.

Self portrait (Charcoal on paper)

This is my #dirtymushroomlikeskier of #transmundanetuesdays (prompt by @carsonellis) I made some time ago. What a fun challenge! This mister is cleaning mountains of dirty papers. He has no idea how he got there though.

11x14 freehand pattern study.

This is an exercise made at school. It is a fantasy cityscape drawn from wood blocks in persppective.

Pen and ink on paper

Mixed media artworks. Created in conjunction with each other, on a single piece of paper. As the colors of marker or watercolor bled through, so I worked with the motifs on both sides. It is no secret that i absolutely love birds and they feature so heavily in my drawing/illustrative work.

This is one of the pages of my handmade picture book (made w/ watercolor paper, watercolor paint, color pencils, and pen & ink). I really wanted to focus on illustrating the beauty of the architecture and vibrant colors of the buildings.

May 2019 was a month that I focused on collaging my own handmade paper together to create illustrations. I also started trying out gouache, to mixed results. It's a skill I intend to learn!

Mixed media on paper.

9"×12" watercolor, marker and ink on Strathmore Toned Tan 140# paper

I love doodling flowers into shapes, and I started this one as a circle, then it morphed into the planet (sort of).

A piece from my vernal pools/treescapes studies I have been working on in correlation to my interest in local creature found in our woodlands. I adopted the use of a circle one night, wanting to frame out an idea/sketch and a wine glass happened to be close by. Since then I have used it often, loving the circle aspect.

figure study in pencil