back to drawing and it feels so good! i had a lot of fun just making this up as i went today. had so much life stuff going on i took a break from drawing my own things that somehow that gave it a lot of room to breathe and i am coming back feeling more inspired :)

played with the new procreate brushes, creating random shapes and tada! create everyday 68/365 #thoughtfulwandersstudio #createeveryday #365challenge #createarteveryday #365daysofart #365days #artchallenges

there is something grounding about drawing, but especially grounding when i get to doodle and draw whatever comes to mind or i feel like in the moment. create everyday 67/365

sluggg #peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25slug peachtober 03 slug create everyday 66/365

the thought of kite like the flying kite but also the bird kite and somehow this formed #peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25kite peachtober 02 kite create everyday 65/365

yay, peachtober begins! doing this challenge last year is what got me back into art. i love the cozy vibes of the prompts and seeing the work of other illustrators for acorn, designed a lil house and am curious… who lives here? #peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25acorn create everyday 64/365

a sketch and coloring sesh from imagination today ~ i love how taking a break from doing something then coming back to it can bring many new and unexpected changes create everyday 63/365 #thoughtfulwandersstudio #createeveryday #365challenge #createarteveryday #365daysofart #365days #artchallenge

taipei main station urban sketching

a whole day spent urban/life sketching! the portion i am sharing today is from an evening spent at the taipei jazz festival. i had prepped some sketchbook pages ahead of time blue and yellow and it fit the flashing yellow blue lights perfectly #urbansketching #livesketching #jazz

spent today doing life drawing in the mountains, it was really cool! perhaps that art will be shown another time. afterwards, painted a little bit at a cafe before the sun set. create everyday 60/365

finally finally after thinking about it for ages i am starting to use my bigger sketchbook. i have been itching to paint for a long time but kept putting it off because i felt like my skills werent at a point yet where i was comfortable using up paints (theyre not cheap!) create everyday 59/365

mindless doodling led to this funky portrait. anyway, asian women are often on my mind. i am one. and the experience of being one pervades my mind. how often we are conflated and stereotyped and assumptions be made. create everyday 58/365

first doodled in the sketchbook with some posca markers and color pencils. after some abstract patterns and a page formed, i decided to keep building on it via the ipad. looking into the shapes for what was there but also making it up as i went, a face came to be. create everyday 57/365

drawing a feeling. is it a person in a sleeping bag? or a worm with a humane face. either way, its a feeling of my scalp being pulled back, tight and snug. cozy and yet, somethings not quite right create everyday 55/365

wow i unintentionally took like a week break. a lot of life happened but a break was good! i feel ready to draw regularly again and its amazing how a week of not drawing can actually inform the drawing process. create everyday 54/365

a quick abstract piece today while taking a moment of calm to release and process all thats been going on externally and internally. i am loving the close up shots create everyday 53/365

today we did a trial run to practice some poses and ideas for improv life drawing night! we came up with words based on the alphabet and then our model did some poses while i drew on my ipad, not looking down at the page but focusing on the model.

Oil pastel, neocolor & acrylic ink -- abstract improv portrait create everyday 48/365 #intuitiveart #abstractart #abstract #mixedmedia #mixedmediaartwork #mixedmediaonpaper

the making of 0903 mixed media piece with acrylic ink and oil pastels and one white neocolor (its so fun to listen to music and follow the colors/textures/gut) #mixedmediaart #mixedmediaartwork #mixedmediaonpaper #acrylicink #createeveryday

ok i am loving leaning into analog mixed media abstract art with a few colors and tools. today was oil pastels, one neocolor (white) and a blue acrylic ink. i love just making all these shapes and seeing what comes out create everyday 47/365 #intuitiveart #abstractart #mixedmedia

We’re launching a new life-drawing series! Our aim is to feature a diverse array of models. This week we’ll be drawing a non professional male model. Art by: @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social event's page : www.facebook.com/share/1CDFH3...

had fried my brain earlier in life drawing today with too many art concepts floating in my brain. i returned to my favorite art activity which is just making abstract marks with whatever tools i had. i loved what came out create everyday 46/365

very happy with todays late night drawing. experimented with graphite/charcoal line and shading vibes and adding color and lovee the look. create everyday 42/365

here is a flip through of my painted doodles from today #sketchbook #doodleart

todays doodle painting with some old dried out gouache colors that had been in an altoids tin for forever. i put a ton of water to rewet the paint and spent the session using up all the colored water. it was lovely! create everyday 39/365 painted while hanging @newbloommag.net pen club!

days 13-17 of my #365daysofart

12/365 - my favorite thing to do ever is doodle and letting myself play with colors and shapes and whatever i feel like. this is when i get most immersed in art and have fun. i like with traditional materials but on ipad is also fun because i have so many brushes colors and textures to play with.

10/365 - in recent doodles, i started drawing faces on bird bodies and then i couldn’t stop thinking about a human face on an owl body. i have been reading more about zoomorphic motifs in ancient art from the region of china today

9/365 - omg learning animation and after effects is very time consuming. i had a doodle of a penguin with a spiral tummy and it turned into this. drew the things in procreate and then composited in AE

8/365 - inspired by a doodle of two girls running in opposite directions but with a hair plant connecting them! i had a lot of fun playing with the colors for the grass and the tree #illustration #doodle #procreate

7/365 - a tiger on a magic carpet (?) played around with no line work today. i do really love collage-y art. the colors of the background remind me of a regular ol’ living room. perhaps this is just a house cat chilling at home

6/365 - i love how this one turned out! combined two previous doodles and played with some pens. the human has two holes in her and is sad but a rainbow pops out and the plants are present and lovely 🌈🌹

5/365 — i start every drawing just doodling and building from there. was surprised to find myself ending up here! i never thought i would find interest in drawing humans and yet here i am. thanks to life drawing sessions. #365challenge

4/365 - creating creatures via #doodles on #procreate

got some new procreate brushes so time to play play doodle doodle play!

2/365 - originally a doodle in my sketchbook. love how it turned out! had no energy to color in the full spread today tho #drawdaily #illustration #procreate

1/365 - attempting to draw everyday. i love my doodles and i want to keep bringing them to life. this ones inspired by my own impressions of chinese ink painting but done without any references #drawdaily #illustration #procreate

a doodle turned scene ! was more intentional with color this time round. having fun creating dream worlds 💫

a trio of sorts! done in procreate

mixed media sketchbooking! unintentionally ended up doing the 3 material challenge

pigeon sketch! (tombow markers and color pencils)

a favorite page from my sketchbook, i’m loving experimenting with shapes and color to interpret foliage #sketchbook

a girl and her best friend #mixmediaart #illustration

got to help set up and practice some still life drawing today at daybreak @newbloommag.net for pen club / coffee hours. i’ve been wanting to draw IRL still life for a while and glad the team put this together!

mood. anyone else?

watercolor experiments from back in feb ~

more gouache flowers ~ #gouache #floralart

cat friend from todays watercolor improv sesh (then neocolor2 pastels afterwards) #mixedmediaart

belated posting of #pleinairpril where i completed 10 postcards of flowers in gouache to get to know the material better (ended up loving gouache!!) #gouache #flowersart

#stillherestilllife week 123! watercolor and gouache 🌼