Hello, my name is Lindsay Baker,
and I'm a doodle addict. Sydney, Australia

My passions include painting (watercolour, acrylic, oil pastel, and more), playing the guitar and piano, reading, illustrated books, cartoons (Rick and Morty, Gravity Falls, Future Space), humour (especially classic British comedy), fantasy and science fiction, gaming in all forms, the paranormal and supernatural, nature, animals, and probably a bunch of other stuff I've forgotten to mention. I *love* to trade original art with other artists. Not big, expensive pieces, just fun postcard-sized pieces. Everyone should own at least one piece of original art (that's not their own!).

I specialize in acrylic, illustration, landscapes, oil pastel, portraits, still life, watercolor, watercolour.

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Gouache and colour pencil, 6x4”. Trying to learn how to achieve a more “animation” look.

Brown ink and watercolour on paper, 4x6". Reference photo from Deviant Art. This is probably the closest I've come yet to the style I'm trying so hard to learn. Being self-taught, I'm very much open to suggestions and advice.

Acrylic on canvas, 12x12".

I participated in an art swap challenge at Sktchy where I had to draw someone randomly assigned to me in a "space" theme. I'm so pleased with how this one turned out! Pen and watercolour, 6x4". Would love to hear what you think the story

It's official. I've gone to the dark side and fallen in love with acrylic gouache - specifically the Liquitex one. If you'd like to read my detailed thoughts I've put them in my blog ( https://www.lindsaymadeit.com/2020/03/05/acrylic-gouache-review-new-portrait/ ) , but otherwise, here's my first painting with them.

Had this joke in my head for days, had to doodle it out so it would shut up! Pen and watercolour, 5x4".

I recently discovered oil pastels and am being amazed every day at how versatile they are. While cleaning my desk this morning I found some blank ATCs (Artist trading cards, 2.5x3.5") and wondered if I could work small with such a bulky medium. Turns out, absolutely yes.

Acrylic on black-primed MDF, 6x6"

Pencil and watercolour on paper. I had intended to go further with this, but I really liked the freshness of this first impression, so I left it alone.

Pencil and watercolour on paper, 5x7".

Pencil and watercolour, 7x5".

After Portrait of Armand Roulin by Vincent Van Gogh

A pen and watercolour study, inspired by Scott Christian Sava's "60 days of studying the masters" on Youtube.

A pencil and watercolour study, inspired by Scott Christian Sava's "60 days of studying the masters" on Youtube. This was intimidating from start to finish, by far the most complex drawing I've ever done! It took me almost a week to get the drawing right, but the painting was done in a day. In between were many days of feeling overwhelmed, lost, and then afraid of messing it up. But I got there in the end and I think I pushed myself to a new skill and confidence level. Good thing too, I've got 58 more studies to do!

Was most interested to take on this unusual lighting! It was challenging but really satisfying. Pen and watercolour, about 3x5".

Pen and watercolour

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According to our fun daily calendar, April 8th is "Draw a bird day". So I drew my favourite bird (the pelican), perched on a streetlight as we often see them on the bridge over a local lake. Pen and watercolour.

This was an exercise in taking a photo that was quite dark and foreboding and turning it into a happy looking illustration. I'm slowly getting my head around how to make my work look like illustration instead of "fine art". This is watercolour and colour pencil.

So I had this idea for a series; fun, whimsical paintings of pet rocks. Full of personality, sweet, make you laugh, that kind of vibe. First one I draw is this. I was so horrified by it I haven't drawn another one since. I'm not kidding; I'm actually quite upset to discover I can't draw "sweet". Or maybe it was a bad day.

Gouache on paper, 5x7". Wanted to see how far I could go with simplification without losing a sense of three dimensional form.

Acrylic gouache on MDF, approx 4x6". Part of an experiment: what if I painted the inside of a picture frame (ie, the inside of the backing board)? Result: it actually works really well!

Pencil and watercolour. Reference came from u/moonymelt via Reddit r/DrawMeNSFW.

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