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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As a fun way to come up with drawing prompts I've been thinking up rhyming couplets (a la Dr. Suess) with my wife. Particularly pleased with this one! It's going to a friend who loves D&D. Pen and watercolour on paper, 5x7".

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

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

Pencil and watercolour on paper, 5x7".

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Pencil and watercolour, 7x5".

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, 8x12cm. From a photo at Sktchy.

Acrylic on canvas, 12x12".

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!

Acrylic on black-primed MDF, 6x6"

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.

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

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