Feelings
If someone were to ask me which of the classic Nine Deadly Sins I’m most guilty of, it probably wouldn’t even be completely out of their mouth before I answered: “Wrath!” I’m a very angry
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Dance of Flowers
Today, after dealing with a whole bunch of non-art related, real-life stuff, I sat down and finished this drawing that’s been in the sketchbook for a really long time. I think it mostly reached out
Class Portrait Doodles
The squares on the left are all experiments with different watercolor wash techniques. Today, I flipped to this page of the sketchbook and couldn’t stand how empty the other half of the page looked with
February, Michigan
Today’s sketchbook exercise was inspired by this painting by Dutch artist Jan Mankes: As you can see, I changed my colors quite a bit, but the composition quite little. I just love the original with
Color Profile: Gamboge
Recently, frustrations with watercolor have lead to practicing, and I used the excuse to create a little illustration centered around the newest tube of paint in my watercolor collection: gamboge yellow. Gamboge is fun because
Victorian Street Performers
This week, I was inspired by an old Victorian photograph of two street performers, and assigned myself the task of illustrating them as characters. Here’s the photo for side-by-side comparison: It was a really fun
Missing the Coffee House
I find myself missing the coffeehouse experience, which is odd, because I’m not the sort of person who found myself hanging out in coffee houses casually. In fact, my last job had an associated coffee
Wah-wah-watercolor
I’m going through one of those phases where I can’t seem to do anything right. Or, even if things eventually work out, it has been a one-step-forward, two-steps-backward sort of process, putting in a lot
Family Crest
For this little sketchbook exercise, I just approached the idea of a family crest using a curated color palette as my jumping-off point. I tried to match this palette from a designer named Erika Firm
Alternate Book Cover
This drawing was started a while ago as a side doodle, inspired by the drawing prompt: “An alternate cover design for your favorite book”. It’s really hard for someone who loves books as much as