I'll be at Whispering Woods Fayre, just north of Glasgow, this weekend! www.instagram.com/whispering.w... I'll be doing a: • Fantasy Art Q&A on Saturday 2pm • Live painting demo on Sunday 3.45pm And I'll also have my usual stall with books, prints, stationary, etc! :) 🌿

Rachel McNab (b.1965,UK) Helford Passage, Cornwall. #Linocut

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

This is the data centre they're planning on building 10 miles from our home... It will use the same amount of energy in a year than half of Scotland’s households, or 20% of Scotland’s total energy use. aprs.scot/auchtertool-...

I just had to turn down an assignment because the deadline was unreasonably tight - so, question to my fellow art peeps: what's the bare minimum time you need for a standard wraparound book cover? (For me, considering research, thumbnails, sketches, revision, painting, adjustments: at least 1 month)

Happy Pride Month 💚🌿

Kelly's latest project is so lovely, check it out! <3

My May Queen sale is on for a few days before I close the shop for the better part of May 🌸🌿 Everything is 10% 0ff - including books, hand-embellished giclée prints, and stationary! natasailincic.etsy.com

Gouache study of Suilven. Last time I was there it was late Autumn and a kind soul had left 2 pieces of firewood in the bothy, othewise we would have been stuck trying to make a fire with wet gorse at 6pm. We had whisky though, which improved our situation considerably.

Lights on the Lagoon, water mixable oils.

I keep seeing genAI decks on KS (with the creators doubling down on "It's all hand drawn!") doing REALLY well, with backers being none the wiser. I'll be honest, the motivation to keep working on mine (especially when I know it will take YEARS) wanes every time I see one of their adverts.

Here you can see the difference between the watercolour and the oil painting :) It's been over 10 years since I touched oil paints, this was a lovely experiment to ease my way back into them.

I have several seats open right now for some one shots in April! One shots: • Springtime Oops, All Draculas! | April 5th • Murder Mystery D&D 5e | April 8th • Botanical Horror D&D 5e | April 11th All details can be found on my Startplaying for each listing startplaying.games/gm/thewerera...

🏳️‍⚧️🌿HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY!🌿🏳️‍⚧️ i'm viktor, a trans man illustrator from the u.k (unfortunately), and historical fiction, fashion, and fantasy is my cup of tea 🍵 look upon my visible self and artworks (and hire me) 🏳️‍⚧️ #tdov #transdayofvisibility

Happy Trans Day of Visibilty! Take care of your trans people dear allies, we need your help more than ever! And to my trans siblings, be gentle with yourselves and just be hot and shine 🥰💖 Feel free to share/support our work and make us visible! Love you all! #tdov #transdayofvisibility

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Day of Visibilty 🏳️‍⚧️ means you have to look at my art again, sorry I don't make the rules I'm Chloé, an artist who happens to be a trans woman, working in comics & video games ✨🌸 #tdov #transdayofvisibility

This month's postcard is Lightbearer 🌿 If you'd like to treat yourself to some art snail mail join us before the end of March! 💌 www.patreon.com/natasailincic

Casual reminder that the whole "Separate art from the artist" only applies to creators who are not actively using the money you give them to harm people

Carnage on Cape Cod is in its last 20 hours! This is the final call and the last chance for your name to be in the credits 👁️ zoop.gg/c/carnage-on... And if you still need convincing, give this a listen: youtu.be/qHVT4zuhpIg Thank you for helping us reach the shore 🖤🖤🖤 #ttrpg #solorpg #horror

For no reason at all, what about sharing some trans friendly MG/YA books for #TransRightsReadathon, hmm? Or for any time of the year, really! - Splinter & Ash, by Marieke Nijkamp; - The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang; - Scarlet Morning, by N.D. Stevenson; - This Is Our Rainbow (anthology);

It's book writing day! I'm currently reworking the final chapter (Practical advice and sustainable practices for artists - working title), and I feel like I'm writing exactly what my 20 year old self would have needed to read.

So, Vera won't be starting her adventure after all. Turns out the DM uses genAI in the game and I just... can't. I'm pushing against this crap on an every day basis in my work, and I'm sure as hell not going to let it taint the few precious hours of free time that I have. Ugh.

Do you remember when millions of us tuned in to watch Bob Ross paint happy little trees in 2020? How art brought us some solace in a time of uncertainty? Can you imagine watching Chad type "Majestic forest at sunset, hyper realistic style, detailed foliage" in a genAI prompt? Yeah, me neither.

A silly sketch for my new dnd character Vera, a Circle of Spores halfling druid 🍄 Her husband is buried under the celery patch (which he hated), & her chicken is not to be trusted. Her scones are the best, so please do stop for tea, don't be put off by the abandoned cottages surrounding her hut.

Happy Spring Equinox!☀️🌱

Oooh this is looking good!!

Something is brewing! And I'd like your input 😊

I'm slowly running out of books to read, I'd love some suggestions! 📚 I like good world building & character driven stories. Recent faves: Robin Hobb, T. Kingfisher, Scott Lynch.

Some spontaneous watercolour sketches from this morning

They raided the jailed children to steal their letters. The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.

When I'm trying to avoid social situations... A Visit to the Witch, Edward Frederick Brewtnall, 1882, Wikimedia Commons #WitchSky #art #ArtHistory

Happy Year of the Horse! 🔥 We need more of this energy in 2026

I can't convey with words how utterly revolting is to find your own work regurgitated by genAI. Left: Owl Witch, watercolour, 2021. Right: ..whatever that is

Snowdrops in the morning and in the evening. The sun seems to have come out of hiding on my birthday 😊

Thank you to the jury for selecting "Ossian's Crossing" for Infected By Art vol.14! 💚

I keep seeing authors getting duped by AI users pretending to be artists (and then sadly realising it when everyone calls their book AI slop). These grifters are everywhere and I don't have a solution, but I have a few pointers:

"Lightbearer". 21x29cm. Watercolour, gouache, PS. I'll be keeping this original with me (some paintings are meant to stay with you, this is one of them), and gift it to my son when he's older. But! Hand embellished prints are available :) natasailincic.etsy.com

When my son was a baby we would go on a daily walk in the woods. Every morning, Lando (the neighbourhood cat who adopted us) would wait outside the house to join us. It became our little tradition.  Those moments felt so special, I decided to turn them into a painting 💚

Blessed Imbolc friends! 🕯️🌿 Three of Wands, Watercolour on hot pressed paper.

Turned my frustration into art. 📜You can watch the full video & read the transcript at natasailincic.com/fuck-ai

January's Patreon postcard 🌿 If you'd like to get one in the mail join before the end of the month! 💌 www.patreon.com/natasailincic

The original is on its way to a loving home, but hand embellished prints are available here: www.etsy.com/shop/NatasaI... ✨

Kelpie, watercolour on hot pressed paper. Now on Every Day Original: everydayoriginal.com/artist/Natas... The lochs are dark and gloomy this time of year, silent mirrors of steel.

Something is emerging from the waters (and coming to Every Day Original on Friday 9th✨)

The World✨ Tarot of the Witch's Garden. The card of accomplishment, fulfilment, wholeness, belonging. Watercolour on hot pressed cotton paper. 🌿 Original available natasailincic.com

I've been staring at my current painting for so long I don't know if it's good anymore. I need an eye reset. A visual palate (palette?) cleanser.

Ossian's Crossing, September page of the 2026 Calendar. This watercolour depicts the poet's last journey. People often ask me if the place I painted actually exists: it does! It's the Hermitage Bridge over the River Bran, in Dunkeld, Scotland - built in 1770 by the 3rd Duke of Atholl.

..these days feel a little bit like this ✨ The Hermit, Tarot of the Witch's Garden November page of the 2026 Calendar (fewer than 50 copies left, signed & numbered).

More traditional media experimentation! Watercolor, ink, color pencil, and a little bit of digital touchup.