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Trying gouache in my mixed media sketchbook.

Enjoy October! can't wait for Halloween! I'll have the speedpaint video until tomorrow

Experiment with gesso, on thin card. Then acrylic ink. Not the desired effect. So had fun doodling with a fine paint brush and the ink.

I painted this one for a friends little boy. It’s a mixed media, some acrylic, marker and pastel.

from the "Seeds" series.

I have metal chromatic tape dispenser. I just love the shine on it. lol, I hardly use it, I think I just love the shine.

My first attempt at digitally drawing two people from a reference and experimenting with various watercolor and ink splatter techniques. Comments and critique always welcome. ♡♡♡

Portrait with pansy embellishments.

This was inspired by portraits from the 1920's. I've read that some girls who adopted the flapper style only wore one earring because their hair covered the other ear.

We are all under the same skies as we look up to the stars... (Products are sold on Etsy too @dericacreates)

Reference photo by @ayukawa210

I made this based on a photograph that made me think a lot about my friends and how we connect with each other

This artwork is not really mine as I drew it from a tutorial, but I love the way the pink comes out in every way possible. I hope you too like this pinkish scenery ;)

Compressed charcoal, willow charcoal, graphite pencil and greyscale pastels, on paper (size A3).

Another progress photo for your viewing. Hopefully I'll have this finished soon, but I'm very much enjoying drawing this while listening to my records... (Feedback is very much welcome!)

forest of confusion

Hand drawn line work then digitally colored. Part of a weekly prompt challenge from my local art shop. The character is loosley based on a well know japanese octopus character.

Throwback to October when CPS was on strike and I had extra time to carve pumpkins. This is one of two I carved, both based off original sketches. I don't own any fancy tools, so I created this using a knife, peeler, zester, and some sandpaper.

"Helios" is a world of infernal heat and these towers are the only protection the inhabitants have against the unforgiving environment outside. -- Oils on canvas with a knife.

Nornwan. Once there were Nature dwelling elves. They only ever lived, frolicked and played in the deep woods. Their bodies were quite accustomed to the trees. They could speak with the elements of nature, they could make the trees move and cause great mushrooms to grow from the earth. Theirs was the power to ask the spirits that watched over the wood fro guidance and peace. The Knights Factions implored these wild folk for aid on one fateful day. Few elves agreed to give trees and other supplies to the army, those that did not were attacked and destroyed and given no help by the army of Knights.

I did some drawings of smoking pet peeves as part of a zine I am making

I'm on a quest to stay positive despite current events and crazy unrest. To this end I'm meditating and seeking out positive influences every day for a week and capturing what I find in my sketchbook.

Seem to be going in a different path these days. Will get back to my folk art soon enough but hope you all like. Feedback appreciated

Whoever be born on Friday or is night, he shall be accursed of men, silly and crafty and loathsome to all men, and shall ever be thinking evil in his heart, and shall be a thief and a coward, and shall not live longer than to middle age." From "A DICTIONARY OF OMENS AND SUPERSTITIONS" by Philippa Waring https://www.instagram.com/p/CCi5jJEhTuJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Here are some drawings of various utensils, courtesy of the madness of quarantine. I ended up giving each a name and a bit of a personality.

Painted this on my watercolor sketchbook. Another landscape artwork I learned from Ellen Crimi-Trent.

The lord of winter has had many wives throughout his life and many half god children. Wren and Wilder are two of them. Twins who do mischief in an attempt to get some attention from their distant father.