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It's crazy to think that we've been in a pandemic for a year or to think we could ever get used to this new way of life. March 13th, 2020 was the day everything stopped for me: it was the last day I went to school and the last day I went to gymnastics for 5 months. The promise of two weeks' time, something I somewhat desperately held onto. Going into this, no one knew what to expect, it was the first time many of us saw life as we know it stop. Quarantine has definitely taught me a lot emotionally, mentally, and how to reach out and work through (and what bad panic attacks feel like :) ). I think it also goes without saying that I got through most of this because of the people around me, and I can't say enough how grateful I am to be surrounded by such amazing people. So, here I am. Life is still pretty rocky, but it's a process. Thank you to everyone who's been along for the ride so far ❤

This was meant to be a quick 4”x 5” piece but somehow sucked up way more time than I’d planned. From my own photo for reference.

Nat checking her email. The polar fleece blanket colour and texture didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. Bic4 Ballpoint Pen, Sanrio Novelty 10 Colour Ballpoint Pen on Archival 8.5" x 11" paper

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

This is that black and white doodle from the other day, all colored in! I want to eventually make an adult coloring book, maybe this could be one of the pages? Just a thought!

graphite and dry aquarelle pencils on watercolour paper

An excercise in negative painting with my set of bister inks. I wasn't completely happy with the results - the bister ink was not as transparent as i expected it to be.

Water fauna and flora

Another image from series of literal illustrations of food names.

Have been following the tutorials from draw with Shiba on YouTube. They're not as great as his. But I do like the way they came out.

I have a lot of cats living in my neighborhood now. I want to hug them all. Doodle made with iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and Procreate. Tracked time: 3 hours & 55 minutes.

Robin’s nest with eggs ready to hatch

Waiting for the spring

A sketch of the river Thames, London looking towards Parliament

Somewhere in Moscow

Final illustration for a Heart Healthy cook book. watercolor on cold press illustration board.

Just doodling what comes to mind. Obviously water!

current mood

I forgot what wall I referenced for this, but it exists somewhere.

Digital art. I love sun and wind and in this piece I wanted to capture movement and light.

im watching Shōgun ^^

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

Created with a combination of watercolor and graphite drawing. www.christineandersonillustration.com

Watercolor, Sketchbook

Here is one of 3 illustrations I made for customizable postcards, available for purchase at @cava.galeria I wanted to use this green/bluish colour, plants, and a very curious human in this case. What do you think the person is saying? *The size is 15,5 cm by 11 cm Limited number of postcards

What's more comforting than a summer day with butterflies flitting and bumblebees tumbling amonst the flowers in the meadow? My husband felt that blue was most comforting for him. Me, I liked the salmon. The mandala is drawn in Spirality...which takes the designated "wedge" and repeats it around the circle. Colored in Photoshop (given there is a 20 min. time given for this challenge---otherwise, I would have colored it by hand).

This started as a pen line drawing (with Skura Pigma micron pen) which I then painted with Dr PH Martin's Hydrus watercolors. They are fun and very bright. This is on Strathmore 300 11x17 Bristol paper.

A very closeup drawing in 4B, 6B, 8B pencil on Fabiano hotpress Studio paper. I bought some Pitt Graphite Matt pencils and wanted to give them a maiden voyage. They are much lighter on the scale of deep blacks than I expected. More like rarified F pencils. But I like them.