land

Whalesongs to round the week off (as usual).

WIP in the sketchbook. Colored pencil, feeling like Springtime

Cryptically does it... A narwhal swims around who-knows-what-it-all-means.

hidden island

Driven by my mishearing of something Dr. David Scheel was talking about regarding the octopus Heidi he kept in his home for a yearlong period... His documentary ‘Octopus: Making Contact’ is a lovely thing worth watching I should add!

A beautiful snowy night is depicted here. A girl is watching the beautiful scenario from her window. Actually this is a house referenced from the Song - "Perfect" ft Ed-Sheeran.

Advice from fairy tales. Always open all the doors. (Results may vary). https://www.instagram.com/p/CNkUMKAhHzs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Current events mean retreating into my sketchbook is the way of things today, until it blows over(ish, emphasis on the -ish).

Sketchbook spread of a tiny island only accessible by boat.

This piece is on a canvas. I use acrylic Paint. Checkout my ArtPal, click on the site link on my page. This piece is on sale on my site. Part of the proceeds of every sale goes to a very good cause.

Idaho Watercolor

Really enjoying experimenting with soft pastels. This piece was the first time I used Pastelmat. It's an amazing surface to use with pastels as it takes loads of pastel, the colour stays vibrant, and there's minimal dust

This was inspired by driftwood and a bit of a fantasy landscape Idea.

Narwhals it seems, and I’m sure I’ve said this before, are a perfect remedy for art blocks I'd say. Wasn’t going anywhere last night, that is until I gave things another go and this fellow here saved the day!

Improvising a thing or two centred around krakens and all things cephalopod flavoured :)

She watches us all as we pass through her lands. The grass , the rocks, the trees...

Toronto the city is fighting to save Heritage buildings from demolition, they are already on a heritage site called The Distillery District. The current premier of Ontario is corrupt and get financial backing from developer friends, to sell off important pieces of Ontario land., without any public consultation. The situation is currently being fought for by the community through estate lawyers.

Colored Pencil. Tried photo editing, but for some reason, my blue crab looks green in every photo no matter what I do....so trust me, it's more blue!! LOL

Whenever I think of tags and/or labels for people, be it things like ‘gammons’ or ‘snowflakes’ et al, narrowing it down to a single person who represents that group is always running a fool’s errand in my opinion.

My first post let go Hope you like it

This line from the Stephin Merritt episode of the 'She's A Talker' podcast (referring to Stephen Sondheim plot-lines) got my imagination ticking in overdrive

A stream on consciousness drawing.

Something simple, yet magical...definitely need to draw more kelpies here!

I first bought some cheap soft pastels back in 2018 and did a couple of sketches. I bought a nice set of Rembrandt pastels a few months later — didn't use them. I bought some pastel pads, none if which seemed right. September 2020, I bought a couple more sets of bargain pastels and tried a couple of pieces — no good, still couldn't bring myself to use them. Jess bought me pastel pencils for Christmas — I was too scared to use them. I even bought a pad of Pastelmat which is supposed to be THE paper to use for pastel paintings in January. I was too scared to use that as well! FINALLY, after a few unsuccessful attempts at working with watercolour (brush issues), I cast aside my fear and thought I'd mess around with pastels. Some time later, and this was the result. I've finally broken through my pastel fear-barrier. I've got to say, I love soft pastels and I'm excited about doing more pieces in this medium.

Been hillwalking a lot more than I used to, and it's starting to show itself in my doodles :)

The model https://pin.it/6PvFJZ1 the heart https://www.etsy.com/listing/527243710/floral-heart-ii-anatomy-heart-print-of?ref=landingpage_similar_listing_top-2&frs=1&epik=dj0yJnU9LUE5LTJaeG1SUkdxVWllQnpVYnIyMjk3WU92dGNta1QmcD0wJm49TlAzTmV5WWxXeVU1ZElLNVhTUFVEdyZ0PUFBQUFBR0JMeG1j