Getting excited for the zine workshop I’m teaching in just 2 weeks! These are a couple of my mini comic zines- one about a road trip and one about forming relationships with plants 💚 (Workshop taking place in person @ Open Space in Ottawa, IL. Link to register: www.osartstudios.com/classes)

I'm starting seeds today and dreaming of the potential they have. With time and patience, the natural order of the garden is abundance- providing for the gardener, and far beyond... "Abundance" 2024, digital drawing

Art vs. Artist 2024 ✨ I taught myself pattern design, had my first solo show, + completed my first mural last year! I don’t know what’s in store for 2025 yet, but I’m hoping for both rootedness + exploration- like a sea anemone! (exploring tendrils, but also rooted) 2025, Taking A Deep Dive 🤿

I love seeing inside other people’s sketchbooks, so here’s some excerpts of mine. I use my sketchbook as a journal, for learning how to draw new things, and working out thumbnails/composition. And hey, if you see this, how about you quote repost with some pages from your sketchbook? I wanna see!

Did you know that all these vegetables are actually the exact same species? Over thousands of years humans have selectively bred Brassica oleracea to emphasize different parts of the plant! Anyway, once I learned that I had to make them a family portrait. #art #procreateartist

Some favorite photos of my garden so far- a nice reminder that green things will return, even though everything is dormant + covered in snow now ☃️ My first solo show (in June of this year) was all about gardening + the magical connection that comes from it. *This* was the inspiration. #gardening

✨quote repost with your art that has stars ✨ “The Universe at Our Feet” 2024, digital drawing

Measuring the Marigolds 🐛 Did anyone else grow up watching the 1952 Hans Christian Andersen movie musical? If so, lore behind this piece unlocked ✨ #art

Poem by Joseph Fasano

Soup Season 🍜

Sticker sheets I made of some my favorite bugs! I want to keep adding to this series… maybe isopods next? Or dragonflies?? #bugart

Some oldies but goodies. My current style is quite different, but I feel like these are the building blocks of where I am now

Munch Buddies 🐛

All the Good and Green Things ☀️

Some surface patterns I designed this year! I think SPD is a really fun brain twister and I’d like to do more of it 🤔

Hey Bluesky! 👋 I’m Clara, an artist and illustrator in north central Illinois. Let’s stay soft together in spite of everything. Can’t wait to meet you! 💜