whimsical illustration

This shriveling half onion has been in my dirty fridge for a week.

Ink, charcoal and carbon pencil on paper

To scale, hyperrealistic painting of our solar system for educational purposes.

Watercolour and pencil crayons on watercolour paper

Dark Side of Spring. Lots of murder going on in springtime, it's not just flowers.

This star is dying, but had a good run of several million years. Soon it will share its knowledge.

Monster meets a flower for the first time.

Ink, charcoal and carbon pencil on paper

Cosmic Cat Monster

Cosmic bird incubates the earth.

This fish swam through a portal and witnessed the meaning of everything.

This is my last paintchip card painting (for now) because I only had a set of three cards.

My only niece's 1st birthday was a few days ago. I decided to start a tradition of drawing her every year for her birthday as special uncle presents. Here is her first one. Her favorite movie right now is Monsters University

Your tarot card for the day: The Magician.

Alien tourist wears the perfect disguise and goes undetected.

Frog Monster Consoles a Sad Cat.

How I feel before the first sip... second pic is my daughter’s coffee painting - she seems to have followed her stream of consciousness better than me

The devil sees something beautiful for the first time.

Strange Creature has a Flower for you. Do you take it?

Doodle made with pen and colored in with Copic marker.

All acrylic paint in various forms: heavy body acrylic for the background, Golden fluid acrylic for the black, and Posca acrylic paint pens for everything else. In my mix media sketchbook.

This tired elf has been working too many hours. This is how I've been feeling with a toddler and a newborn...

Thanks to all the hard working moms on this Easter, like this hard working Easter bird with it's giant baby.

Nothing quite like sitting around a campfire with your best buddies.

Ink, charcoal and carbon pencil on paper

Ink, charcoal and carbon pencil on paper

Hooray~ Here's my Sketchbook Bus for the 'Doodle Caravan, Drawing Challenge'. We're stocked with art supplies, good music, lots of coffee and creative friends! Let's enjoy this artistic adventure together! :)

Done with liquid watercolours and fineliner on watercolour paper.

9 x 12 acrylic painting that is part of the Best Friend series. Check out the time lapse on my instagram @RichardKoehler1218