a tiny tiny love letter to carrots, thank you for your crunch and color <3 3"x4" graphite, watercolor and colored pencil

Started a painting for today's #septempera but didn't finish it in time so day 04 is this quick chicken sketch.

here's how this batch was made, 1. watercolor originals as a base 2. interesting parts and pieces of the originals were selected and a new place to fit in is found 3. rinse, repeat as necessary

one more tiny tiny love letter to doors, doorways and other very fine portals: I made a kit out of the watercolor originals and had a blast discovering new door after door after door :)

Introducing Emlyn

One more tiny painting for day 14 of #septempera - mulot sur pomme.

Kitties!

close ups for the first, pencils for the second. real fun to do the tiny tiny doors, they had already been designed and painted a lil larger, so compressing the information further was a fun challenge but also quick and easy :)

Day 11 of #septempera - acorn thief. I managed to keep things pretty loose so I'm happy 😊

A dream of the fields study

one does not simply draw into more doors~ 🤡 two more tiny tiny love letters to doors, doorways and other very fine portals: 3x4" watercolor, colored pencil and graphite

Day 09 of #septempera - Bear de rigueur

preliminary sketches for both:

two tiny tiny love letters to doors, doorways and other very fine portals: 3x4" watercolor, colored pencil and graphite

couple close-ups

another tiny tiny love letter to pouches, packs and satchels; thank you for holding our loot and protecting our lunches <3 3x4" watercolor, colored pencil and graphite

a tiny tiny love letter to pouches, packs and satchels; thank you for holding our loot and protecting our lunches <3 3x4" watercolor, colored pencil and graphite

a tiny tiny love letter to ... cabbage?! thank you for staying crisp in my fridge longer than anything else <3 3"x4" graphite, watercolor and colored pencil

new neighbor is a fruit inspector and seemed to enjoy the plums but decided the peaches needed a week or two.

three more tiny tiny love letters to rpg dungeons; thank you for the countless adventures and endless loot

and here's an animated deconstruction; each and every leaf it looks like

a few close ups and a deconstruction of all the bits and bobs in this kit collage:

Prints if you'd like one: www.inprnt.com/gallery/vmad...

4th generation was really fun and further and further from the source. I found myself working on this kit a few winters in a row ...

Last of the 3rd generation and all it's separated parts:

the 3rd generation left the paths behind and became it's own wilder and wilder jungle:

Here's the first one deconstructed so you can see all the parts <3

Here's the 2nd generation built with the watercolor assets below; sticking with the theme of overgrown paths

a tiny tiny love letter to the overgrown paths of late spring; I can't wait to see you again <3 3"x4" graphite, watercolor and colored pencil --- Keep an eye out this week to see how far I pushed this original with kit collage <3

fun I think, to see the watercolor roots (harhar) now; next to the digital scenes a few generations removed

process: a group of individuals

Found one last one -- a tiny tiny love letter to mother nature; thank you for the sanity you provide <3 mixed media; digital collage of watercolor paintings

process; one more early example, nice and simple

okay last batch from this series; I remember (visually) composing these like music notes or a poem; very enjoyable -- more tiny tiny love letters to mother nature; thank you for the sanity you provide <3 mixed media; digital collage of watercolor paintings

process: just like nature, made of many many things

68 Capybaras 🥭

another tiny tiny love letter to Mother Nature; thank you for the sanity you provide <3 mixed media; digital collage of watercolor paintings

process; a collage of collages of watercolor paintings; an ecosystem

another tiny tiny love letter to Mother Nature; thank you for the sanity you provide <3 mixed media; digital collage of watercolor paintings

another tiny tiny love letter to Mother Nature; thank you for the sanity you provide <3 mixed media; digital collage of watercolor paintings

a tiny tiny love letter to Mother Nature; thank you for the sanity you provide <3 mixed media, a digital collage of watercolor paintings

a tiny tiny love letter to Mother Nature; (Aunt Geology?) thank you for the sanity you provide <3 3x4" graphite, watercolor and colored pencil

two tiny tiny love letter to Mother Nature; thank you for the sanity you provide <3 3x4" graphite, watercolor and colored pencil

pencils and a close up, it's been interesting how painting small plays with my patience and impatience almost equally. A fun but also fast challenge.

another tiny tiny love letter to nintendo; thank you for many of the first games that inspired a tiny tiny thomas <3 3"x3" graphite, watercolor and colored pencil

+ pencils and close ups

another tiny tiny love letter to Mother Nature; thank you for the sanity you provide <3 3x4" graphite, watercolor and colored pencil

pencils and impossibly close up!

Cooling off.

a tiny tiny love letter to Mother Nature; thank you for the sanity you provide <3 3x4" graphite, watercolor and colored pencil