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Watercolour, ink and gouache on a graphic design students work from Leipzig 1923. Created during lockdown in response to Corona. For sale.

Inspired by the weather of the last couple of days.

red gel pen

Ink on water color paper.

A Monster made of monster doodles

Ink on watercolor paper. I am experimenting with different color combinations. I think the distribution of different sized monsters is acceptable, but i am not quite happy with the colors of them. Suggestions are appreciated!

Made this for the birthday of my daughter. Ink on watercolor paper.

Acrylic inks on water color paper

The summer is now over. The warm and sunny days are gone. Ink on water color paper.

A little monster I drew using Posca paint markers and Arteza brush marker.

T Rex with ball

Quirky Botanicals and Friends Colouring Book. My first colouring book, all hand-drawn illustrations that started off as doodles -- as a way of destressing and relaxing, taking breaks from 'real life' and work. My form of joyful creative therapy! It's available at Amazon worldwide and Barnes and Noble online.

More monster madness from my Moleskine sketch book

A quick group portrait I made to try making a timelapse of the process. The timelapse is posted to my instagram account. This time, I used brown and yellow bister ink on watercolor paper. Normally I paint the monsters themselfves, but now I used negative painting to create them.

Brown and yellow ink on watercolor paper. Can you guess who are related?

Firstly i'm just doodle it and after that i realize it most full . Here go Monster Holiday. Adobe Draw on iPad Pro + Apple Pencil

dreaming, colours, monsters

The Birdger with young, in its natural habitat. Isn't anything made of cheeseburgers... kind of a monster?

It is not really winter over here, but i'm looking forward to it. Colored ink on water color paper.

Brown and yellow bister ink.

Sticky note musings on Hiatus Kaiyote and Snail Mail

Sketched using micron pens, felt markers, and watercolor. Based on original work by Mark Fearing: https://www.instagram.com/p/B6wFIa3nawP/

Group portrait of the monster management team. Ink on watercolor paper. I pushed the contrast and colors a little in digital post-processing.

Colored inks.

The monsters we create A collection of creatures born from our impact and existance on Earth. This is a work in progress project, it doesn't yet have a name, but the story becomes more clear every day. Soon I will have more details about it, until then take care, this runner is taking a real shape and it's after you. He is the money maker, the greedy, the selfish buyer of unnecessary things with money he doesn't have. Sounds familyar? 7x7 cm linoprint © Maria ! Balan, 2018

Dream. Play. And don’t let anyone stop your crazy!