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Drawing Prompt Submission

Ember and her tiny friend are on a mission to find a cure for a curse

A little bit of an issue with the foreshortening of the figure. Model: Meadhbh (Maeve) 2B Pencil, Soft Charcoal Pencil on 5.5” x 8.25” Moleskine sketchbook.

A colored pencil drawing of a turban squash. We made a curried squash, pear, and onion soup with it today! It was pretty while it lasted....now it's tasty!

Pink papered scribble style illustration of a old stone town.

Alien Imprinted Humanless World

Over a year ago, I finished my Robin Williams portrait, and I decided I wanted to create a series of different black and white portraits. So far, this is the happiest I've been with a piece in a while. There's no expectation, there's no real pressure on this, it's me falling in love with painting again. I've only been working on this for a week, so there isn't a ton of progress. I suppose I'll reveal who the person is later once more progress is made but for now, enjoy.

The ink drops were unintentional. The hazards of using a fountain pen.

Greek mythology around the crow, its feathers, Apollo and Coronis.

My second ever attempt at charcoal.

An experiment to see if I could represent decay using line. I learned a lot.

An illustration for a children book.

Tiger painting printed on textured paper :)

Acrylic on 12 x 9 canvas

"Hold your head up, you silly girl. Look what you've done. When you find yourself in the thick of it, help yourself to a bit of what is all around you, silly girl." Frustration, frustration, and the anxiety that goes hand-in-hand with it. It's hard to let these things go.

Setting boundaries