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WIP in the sketchbook. Colored pencil, feeling like Springtime

Elias Rosenshaw 4/14/2021 Marker & pen on paper

Advice from fairy tales. Hedgehogs make good messengers. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNp3zYthWOD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Clouds moving through the sky inspire me to paint. One day I'm going to be able to capture how dynamic they are on the canvas. This is practice. Acrylic.

I was up visiting Coolangadah and found this house across from the beach. There was also a picnic table, so perfect time to draw.

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!

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

Splitsville

(I had gotten some new fine-point pens last week, and I figured this was a good way to test them out.) Two very different things have been on my mind lately, maybe there's a connection? I think it's interesting how it's taken me 4 years to figure something out, become comfortable enough to open up to others about it, and then embrace it. Yet it's like living a double life, being authentic to some and keeping secrets from others. On the other hand, to the person receiving this drawing, I know I can't do anything to change the situation even though I wish I could. All I can say is I'm forever grateful for all you do, and I truly hope you decide to take advantage of all the opportunities coming your way.

I am really into space right now. It is just so beautiful and awe-inspiring.

I'm not sure. He's evil, maybe. He sure looks like it.

Advice from fairy tales. Be optimistic! https://www.instagram.com/p/CNdSHRPhNXI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

This artwork started as a doodle. I love chaos & i love the freedom to meander endlessly w a pencil. However i also like 2 have a 'Conversation' w viewers. So to encourage this i often 'name' the doodle. Suddenly by defining the scribble it almost gives folks permission to comment & offer their perspective & input. Luckily i am not swayed either way w this conversation but i do love a forum for ideas & this usually turns into even more optimistic exercises allowing me to continue discovering the unknown & undrawn. Quite frankly i am lucky since i can draw & create any reality i choose... for me the visual possibilities r truly endless. Yep, Eternity is the limit.

il try to pain it whit oil,,,,,tell me what you think,,,,in this greyscale,,!

Drawn during the beginning of the COVID pandemic last year.

Watercolour painting of a scene from the movie My Neighbour Totoro.

April has truly started off on a high note: 3 days of warm weather (a rare occurrence in an early Chicago spring), I finally did double-backs to the floor at gymnastics, found out I won a few art contests, and I got my first COVID vaccine! It's nice to have things starting to work out, even if it is just temporarily.

Advice from fairy tales. Whatever is worth doing, is worth overdoing. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNVA1fNhByP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

A thought I've been having lately- To make peace without forgiveness, I do it for my own mind, my own future, and you need nothing from me too.

Marine, marine life, sea, oceanmural, seacolors, corals, waterdrops, seaplants, bottom, ship, wreckship, Nemo, watercolors, Shoker, Shoker_Art1, graphicdesign, digitalart, design, graffiti, style, wildstyle, shokerstyle, graffitiart, sketching, sketchart, artprocess, artlife, artlove, graffitiart,

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

Drawn in light of the recent surge in hate crimes against Asians in America.

Fun with pencil. I use a 9H pencil to carve images into the paper and then a B pencil to draw over them, giving the drawings the feeling of textures.

I wanted to draw a crowned animal with a crest on top of its head. Originally , this was colored with colored pencils but I didn't like how it looked so I tried to save it by painting over it with acrylic paint.

More watercolor figures. Winter activities February. Bristol board, pencil, watercolors--about 12 x14.

Per last week's weekly digital artshare prompt, I designed a character that I thought my friend, annya-yl (https://www.deviantart.com/annya-yl/gallery/all) might design.

Testing how a drawing might look without having the stabelizer settings cranked up a notch.I'll admit, it's cute.

Loving people and nature gives inspiration...

Whenever someone says Dodge Charger. The only name that comes to mind is Fast and Furious Movie - DOM, This car is such an epic car. I love this car a lot. I did this illustration on Autodesk Sketchbook with a Midnight Blue body and Cherry Red stripes at the end.