water

… for me right now.

I’ve been busy working on a children’s book with my characters from @amousenamedpeter. It’s a tribute to my father, who passed last year, about the night many moons ago when he built a swing set for me. Here’s page 1

this took me almost 12 hours to complete. this was an impulse project and tomorrow I'm going to try loki. hope you enjoy this. i almost gave up multiple times because watercolor is not forgiving. this was done on poster board

I modified the challenge a wee bit. I didn't use the same paper for the various drawings since I was using (top row, left to right) hard graphite pencils (3H to HB), watercolor pencils, (bottom row, left to right) brush pens and ballpoint pen. These media work best on very different paper textures and moisture absorbing qualities. The second picture shows the object of my study --- and the apparatus I use to hold botanical subjects. "Third hand" tools are very useful and cheap. This one was under $10 and serves my purposes well. Just FYI. (Each drawing/painting was scanned and composited in Photoshop.)

Colored Pencils, Art watercolor Crayon, and acrylics on Stonehenge Paper

Acrylic and pastel. From my imagination a waterfall trickling down a rocky mossy hill at night.

I've never taken a watercolor seriously before. I think this one turned out just fine.

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Just some plants to pass the time

Splish splash. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTpHmQkLnm_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

A combination of watercolor background and micron pen details

Daily sketch , while sitting in from of a fresh mint growing in a lovely vintage bucket.

Made with charcoal in paper. It's is real meditative art piece

Created with watercolors, marker, various different pens and bright colors

Watermelon dream

Beginning. The Unforgiving Tree. Once there was a tree... https://www.instagram.com/p/CQeBCxghBtm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Beginning. “No means no!” Dudley thought to himself. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJxPD4h7d4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Drew my silly cat. Her name is Kismet and she is very very hard to photograph. https://www.instagram.com/p/CPvRHSyB-OQ/?utm_medium=copy_link

DIY fan sold in Daiso for 100 yen. Koi and Momiji - Hiroshima symbols

Many beginnings. Beginning 6. The best ice cream in the world is made from the clouds you gather at dusk on the beach. Everyone knows that. * Starting is easy, it's the middle that is often a muddle. And I won't even mention the endings. Here are some beginnings for children stories that flitter through my head. https://www.instagram.com/p/COxp0KSh4KR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

various pencil/ink

Things I learned from fairy tales. You are indeed what you eat. https://www.instagram.com/p/COdBxFLhO1s/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Watercolor of multiple views of a friend’s cat. Felt good to use a paintbrush again

Henry made a delicious chocolate cake for his friend & went berry picking so he could top the cake with the sweetest and juiciest berries. The only problem was the berries were so delicious and he couldn't help nibbling them off the tree !

an original character named marigold :) wacom tablet on a site called flipanim. Link to my acc: https://flipanim.com/anim=pvzjrwsu