This coming Sunday (and continuing the second or third Sunday of the month for the rest of 2026) I'll be hanging out at Ashley's Pub in Bremerton WA from 2-4 just chatting and chilling, possibly playing games, having a cider... whatever. Drop in!

A small Mother's Day card I made for my mum-in-law. #watercolor by me, May 10, 2026.

A salt marsh. Bee 100% cotton paper, mixed pallet. by me (Kat Richardson) May 4 2026. #watercolor

A yellow-and-black butterfly perched on a large cluster of mauve phlox blossoms with white centers and small yellow stamens. From a photo I took in our yard last spring. Mixed pallet on Blick 100% cotton paper. By me (Kat Richardson) April 28, 2026. #watercolor

A couple of lemons hanging from a branch. Done from memory. Not bad for my firs time painting lemons. They even look a bit round, which pleases me. #watercolor

I have a brand-new Dillal and Matheson story coming out in this charity Anthology: youtu.be/e3_lJbXPhcs?...

Two little paintings. Left: some pink-and-dark red carnations, plus 1 blue carnation type flower. All with dusty-green foliage. Right: ornamental cherry in bloom, leaning into the wind. by me (Kat Richardson) Apr. 16 and 18 2026. #watercolor

Bright cobalt blue cornflowers (also called bachelor's buttons) and two buds with pink-and blue tips on slender, dusty-green stems with slim leaves. Center details are in pink, purple and white. By me (kat richardson) April 16. 2026. #watercolor

Home from SquatchCon in Port Angeles last night. Fell asleep very early; still manged to sleep until Noon. dang... It's always a fun little con and I was lucky to be on great panels with amazing people.

First time I've ever gotten the salt-on-wet watercolor technique to work. Indanthron blue wash with off-white stars created by dropping coarse kosher salt on the wet (but not pooling) painted surface. #watercolor

I'm off to @norwescon.org this weekend. Come find me!

Just one watercolor sweet violet by me (Kat Richardson) March 25, 2026. #watercolor

thank you, fabulous human!

Lovely!!

Big floating fantasy flowers—yellow, multi-petal transparent flowers with red edges and metallic gold stems and stamens. Big and flamboyant. Because that makes me smile. #watercolor by me (Kat Richardson) March 22, 2026.

Delighted watching this guy rocking out with his harp.

Some silly little yellow chicks in both wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry techniques. #watercolor Bee paper, Cotman cadmium yellow and Daniel Smith pyrrol orange. by me (Kat Richardson) March 20, 2026.

A small watercolor of sweet violets and dandelions. Not too good, to be honest. Also some tiny M birds in the blue sky. Lamali handmade paper watercolor journal, mixed pallet. I have also discovered that this paper is too soft for masking fluid. By me (Kat Richardson) March 20, 2026 #watercolor

Some dried fennel twigs with their dried flower clusters and seed heads on long brown stems in front of a green and brown wash. This was one of the first times I've worked with very fine brushes. Not great. But it looks like I remember. #watercolor By me (Kat Richardson) March 18, 2026.

Dandelion puffs using loose washes of yellow and green with sprinkles of salt. #watercolor Bee paper, mixed pallet. by me (Kat Richardson) March 16, 2026.

Here’s an adorable “Little Tree Library,” complete with its own forest gnome entrance, that I saw while walking through downtown Des Plaines today.

A "Happy Little Cactus" and an equally "Happy Little Poppy" just for fun.

A soft, abstract watercolor of 4 red poppies on handmade Lamali watercolor paper. Just a quick experiment with water. by me (Kat Richardson) March 7, 2026.

First time I've ever drawn the base sketch of a watercolor instead of tracing an existing picture, or just going without. (I really struggle with drawing.) Not perfect, but a step forward, I think. #watercolor #dailypainting #watercolorjourney

I can scream endlessly or share a bird So here’s a bird Very demure, surreptitious slurpin’, the very best kind of slurps #bird

Five months in and still looking for work. Game writing would be great, but I've also got 30 years software QA management experience with waterfall and agile. So, if you need someone who can write with a strong tech background and can work with teams across multiple continents, I might be your guy.

I learnt a new word of Hookland dialect today – wodwak. It's used to describe the sensation that a wood or even a specific tree is watching you. That moment when your psychic skin won't let you deny that bark-browed eyes are upon you. – #MattAdams

Right now I need a laugh. Thanks, Tom Gauld.

Sometimes it's the little wins that mean the most.

Experiments with how watercolor reacts to water drops and alcohol drops applied before, or after paint. It appears that alcohol draws pigment in as it soaks into paper, while water creates boundaries of flow defined by the degree of wetness. #watercolor #dailypainting #paintexperiments

Some waterlilies. But really it's an excuse to remind myself how to layer. Sort-of #dailypainting.

Having a lot of trouble with my paintings this past week, so I'm going back to basic brush stroke practice. Some leaves and stems here.

A sightly underwhelming watercolor by me of yellow laburnum blossoms. The flowers are OK, but I'm very disappointed in my leaves. Not very realistic—that's OK—but the cranky trefoil leaves annoy me. Why can I only paint autumn leaves?

Some... lilacs?

It is a day and maybe you could use a goldfinch, so here, have this one, totally free

An attempt at a realistic small painting of a pear by me. #dailypainting

A small watercolor of purple asters because... why not?

A watercolor wreath of abstract cherry blossoms by me. #dailypainting It's one of those "anyone can paint this" kind of things which I've never done before so I gave it a shot. Speedball Field Watercolor Journal, mixed pallet. Feb 13, 2026

A lovely bee photographed by @cheriepriest.com and painted by me. I didn't do the photo justice, but it's at least pretty. #dailypainting

I’ll wait for you- 2024

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I decided to mess around with big wet bleeds of blue, green, and brown, with a little touch of red to see what happened. It's messy and out-of-focus, but it seems to be a landscape. Sorta. I guess I like it... but maybe not. #dailypainting

Don’t know who needs to hear this, but finish that first draft. Seriously.

I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote the food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide COLOR TASTE TEXTURE. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience required. My goal is to help kids avoid food related trauma and offer a balm of kindness for anyone who couldn’t escape it.

The Night Guest will be out in Finnish soon!

I was doing the #kdsDailyPainting challenge, but I started to find the subjects a bit annoying, so this was the last one I did. But I like this folding chair made of blonde wood and heavy dark-brown nylon strapping. It's comfortable, too.

Some little blue flowers for fun (and for KCD/KCD2 lead actor Tom McKay, who accidentally let it be known that his favorite colour is light blue.)

Two small watercolors for Kris deBruine's Daily Painting project (#kdsDailyPainting): a turquoise coffee mug and a small mandarin orange, by me. The models for each object are included in the photos above their paintings. Not brilliant, but it's fun.

TCM picked up Warners stock of Bugs Bunny cartoons! Any one else remember Saturday morning cartoons. And if you got up early enough you could watch the farm report that proceeded them. The most important lesson. You can learn at that age. Never wake a sleeping adult unless there’s fire or blood.

Holy cow! Thank you Multnomah County Library!