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The rhododendron in my yard is blooming and my daughter and I love to stare out the window to watch our cats, Squanchy and Beemo, hunt and play in the yard.

Welcome to mars from the welcoming committee.

Kitty Birdy Zen Trip - my daughter is always asking me to draw a kitty and a birdy, so I decided to combine them for this meditative art exercise.

Life is about using the whole box of crayons. -RuPaul.

I am not good at drawing the same person from multiple angles, but this is my attempt for this drawing prompt.

Alien Imprinted Humanless World

It seems I’ve just finished this drawing at the point where we should in real life be keeping as much distance as possible away from each other!

I am REALLY uncomfortable drawing portraits, especialy of myself!

Acrylic on paper

Micron 005 pen doodle of imaginary leaves and berries, then colored in with Prismacolor pencils.

Graphite on paper

Colored pencil drawing of pomegranates "in progress." Prismacolor and Verithin pencils with some fine lines done with Tombow Irojiten pencils. I like the harder colored pencils for fine detail, but the blending of high wax and oil pencils can't be beat for blending.

Prismacolor colored pencil drawing of stylized begonias. This was fun, especially making the leaves have a satin texture. I printed this on card stock as a blank card to give to friends.

First in the serie from the Hailuoto , island near Oulu

For Inktober 2019 I made individual drawings for half the month, then the other half was dedicated to a larger drawing.

Inked with deAtramentis Document Ink Black. Colored with Holbein & Daniel Smith watercolor on Arches watercolor paper.

Ink & Watercolor

Drawn with ink & colored in watercolor.

This feels like it could be a fun kids activity page. When I started this doodle it was just the hill with the tunnel maze and a few things added in the maze area. It didn’t feel like it was going anywhere, but as I kept adding things I started to get into it and now I’m happy that I didn’t ditch it. It’s always fun when a piece surprises me. It never gets old.

86cm x 71cm Gouache and watercolor on paper. Painting for an upcoming exhibition. A look inside my imagination.

The Sunbeam and the Troll. Illustration of famous Finnish song. I draw three versions of it. Top of the drawings is last and then second and first one. I try to catch idea that Sunbeam fairy is more made of light than materia. Pretty tricky to me ;) ”When sun had ended its mission, The last Sunbeam Was left behind her sisters for a moment. The dusk was settling on the grounds, A Sunbeam with golden wings Was just about to fly before it, But she saw a small Troll come across: It had just risen up from his cave. See,a Troll before the twilight May never live on earth. They were looking at each other The Troll in his chest Felt an odd flame. He said:"You are burning my eyes, But never in my life have I seen something so wonderful!" It doesn't matter that your brightness will make me blind It's easy to wander in dark.”

Micron pen and colored pencil on paper

Digital vs Analog, best of both worlds -- Sketched in Rebelle 3 and inked with a Platinum 3776 Century Shungyo SF. Ink is Platinum Carbon Black.

I don't know why, but I had to make yellow buildings. I wish I had more time on this, but I took it as far as I could and hit submit with 1 to 2 minutes to spare. Why do I do that to myself? Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

Illustration of weird story i heard from friend. Late at night driver look at rearview mirror and saw strange creature crossing street. Like human but body and limbs are stretched. It moves like in bad stuttering TV picture. This version number two in same subject

Trying out some different paper, not sure I like it. Mostly just practicing layering and pencil work.