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growing through the cracks...

My first attempt at drawing a piece inspired by the art in my favorite childhood book series Scary Stories to tell in the dark. I am actually rather happy with this piece even though some details are a bit off. Comments and critique always welcome. ♡♡

My idea was to make a textile pattern for fabric printing. Drawn on paper with a micron pen .005, colored with pens then put into Photoshop for some color manipulation, blurring of lines and pattern arrangement.

Pen and colored pencil drawing of a garden begonia.

The Whooping Crane is an endangered species due to human activity. It is the tallest bird in North America.

Tired these himi gouache paints for the first time and I honestly really like them love how the painting came out

A red a black flower I drew with red accents through the petals and red and gold leaves surrounding it.

a pattern made of illustrated, retro-inspired Italian postcards

Micron pen and colored pencil on paper

Micron pen and colored pencil on paper

Micron pen and colored pencil on paper

Micron pen and colored pencil on paper

I had a rock tumbler as a child and really enjoyed it. When my youngest was a child we bought her one. She was eager to enjoy it too, but somewhere after starting on that path, we lost track and it everything inside turned into a solid mass. We tossed it and forgot about it. On a recent beach trip, I collected handfuls of rocks, as I am always likely to do, and, upon return, remembered how I loved my childhood rock tumbler. I immediately researched, ordered and eagerly anticipated its delivery. Of course, with Amazon Prime, that was only a couple day’s wait. As soon as I unboxed it I thought “what am I doing?” I have neither time, nor space for yet another hobby. I thought “what will I DO with a pile of polished, pretty rocks?” I would gather them in my hands and feel their silky smoothness. I would likely gather them in some beautiful glass bowl and…then what? I have toddler grand kids frequently at my home. They put small colorful things in their mouths and up their noses and feed them to the dogs regularly. And I don’t even have a single space to display a bog bowl of pretty rocks. So I quickly decided “I’m Returning the Rock Tumbler” and will, for NOW, stick to painting them when the mood strikes.

A redone vector version of my Blood Money design I did for Conshohocken Brewing Company a couple years back.

Powdered graphite and iron oxide from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

Colored pencil on toned paper

Colored pencil on toned tan paper

Napkin challenge, I missed the deadline but figured I might as well upload the file.

Practicing textured backgrounds on wood. Mixed media is MUCH harder than watercolor.

A cat is taking a nap on a red chair.

Taking time after all things festive to scribble some more… and of course, test out even more washi tape I got gifted!

Getting inspired by Blixa Bargeld from Einsturzende Neubaten and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, as you do!

In dreams I write... I expand... I glow

It’s a Billy Connolly inspired piece this time around…

Doctor Who flavoured cats and goblin sharks going cosmic…

Inspired by Holly Nicols Illustrations.

This was inspired by the creative work of Sam Wolfe Connelly.

Another Ink drawing inspired by Miss Betsi's Youtube Channel. They are fun to do when you are not sure what to draw that day.˖ ࣪‧₊˚⋆✩٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ✩ Filtered digitally to give it a softer look.

So, my sister asked if I would draw her unborn baby as a movie monster to hang in the nursery. She loves the Thing from 1982. This is what I delivered. Apparently, I went a little too disturbing for a baby's room haha gonna have to go another route. The small photo is from her ultrasound