Thunderstorms, my favorite thing about summer #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache

MtG illustrations will be available at Japan Expo as prints! 💕🇫🇷

So stoked to share the official trailer for the Avatar Aang movie, now releasing JULY 25th on Paramount+!!

She invited you for tea with freshly baked apple pie. Markers and color pencils 💕

A little warm up painting I did one or two washes at a time between deadlines last month #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache

Horses 🐎

A little warm up painting I did one or two washes at a time between deadlines last month #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache

Oh, to be a tiny mermaid to escape the heat #kidlitart

Oh, to be a tiny mermaid to escape the heat #kidlitart

Wanna be my friend? #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache

Wanna be my friend? #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache

Another piece from the summer of 2018, that’s still one of my favorites. I painted this while renting an apartment in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia and the background was inspired by an alleyway I lived about a mile from at the time. #kidlitart

Another piece from the summer of 2018, that’s still one of my favorites. I painted this while renting an apartment in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia and the background was inspired by an alleyway I lived about a mile from at the time. #kidlitart

Been going through some old art for a thing and I came across a few pieces I still like that I'd thought I'd reshare, starting with this one from my first solo show in 2018 (so long ago! 😭) #kidlitart

Who will I be today? 🐱🐭🦊🐰 #kidlitart

Who will I be today? 🐱🐭🦊🐰 #kidlitart

THE KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!! 🎉🎉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/190... I'm very excited about this Kickstarter!! This art book means so much to me, and I can't wait to show my art journey and the overview of my artworks in this book!  Thank you all so much for supporting me!! 🥹🥹💕💕 #art

More recent-ish warm ups: some little what-I-wore mouse-fits (an idea my dear friend Taryn came up with that I absolutely adore). These are all gouache paintings that I touched up a bit digitally because the originals are only 2" tall #kidlitart

Happy Summer (and Father's Day!) #kidlitart #gouache

Happy Summer (and Father's Day!) #kidlitart #gouache

Hello, everyone! I've been Very Not Online lately as I finish up some deadlines, but here are some warm up paintings from a while ago that I finally got around to scanning #kidlitart #watercolor

Did someone say goblins??? 👀

"Water Wight" from a few years back.

Hello, everyone! I've been Very Not Online lately as I finish up some deadlines, but here are some warm up paintings from a while ago that I finally got around to scanning #kidlitart #watercolor

Sunbeam hour. 🌤️

Interested in owning one of my original watercolor and gouache paintings? All of these pieces are still looking for homes at Nucleus Portland! 💛 www.nucleusportland.com/collections/...

The Wolf Herder 🐺

A limerick. Based on a true story.

Interested in owning one of my original watercolor and gouache paintings? All of these pieces are still looking for homes at Nucleus Portland! 💛 www.nucleusportland.com/collections/...

Calico cat in a calico coat! #kidlitart

On to the next adventure! #kidlitart

I will always be me. I will be the one to put brush to paper. I will be the one browsing photos endlessly looking for the right one to inspire my next painting. I will be the one to create, to succeed. I will be the one to fail. And if I fail let it be me. Let it all be mine. Because I'm an artist.

contemplating time

Some fan arts I made for @whatsupbeanie.bsky.social AMAZING graphic novel My Sister the Werebeast! The cave is part of the story, but the dragons are my own silly invention because I was curious what creatures they might find down there and for some reason my brain thought...literary dragons?

Opening emergency commisions! 🚨 My financial situation has changed, leaving me unstable for this month and the following months. I'm taking pets and birds commissions! I would be incredibly grateful if you could help by sharing this post! vgen.co/dliok #Vgencomm #VGenOpen #commission #comms

Leafy

After the rain watercolor and gouache [ #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache ]

After the rain watercolor and gouache [ #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache ]

@gallerynucleus.bsky.social is having a spring art sale! You can get 20% off with the code SPRING20 at checkout. The sale is April 21st - April 27th, so don’t miss your chance!

@gallerynucleus.bsky.social is having a spring art sale! You can get 20% off with the code SPRING20 at checkout. The sale is April 21st - April 27th, so don’t miss your chance!

Something a little different today -- a digital experiment! When I first found out about my paint allergy, I gave digital a try by painting on top of one of my color roughs from my last solo show in procreate. I didn't enjoy it enough to produce my finals this way, but it was fun to play around!

Something a little different today -- a digital experiment! When I first found out about my paint allergy, I gave digital a try by painting on top of one of my color roughs from my last solo show in procreate. I didn't enjoy it enough to produce my finals this way, but it was fun to play around!

Some little watercolor and ink sketches from a month or so ago that I finally got around to scanning today #kidlitart

@gallerynucleus.bsky.social is having a spring art sale! You can get 20% off with the code THANKS20 at checkout. The sale is April 21st - April 27th, so don't miss your chance!

I'm painting again! 🎉 So far it seems that wearing cotton gloves under nitrile plus long sleeves is working to curb my allergy, hooray! For now I'm painting a bunch of silly little things to retrain my hand to work while wearing gloves, but I'm getting better each day and I'm feeling hopeful! 💛

thanks for all the allergy advice, friends! For now, I'm going to try cotton gloves layered under powderless nitrile + long sleeves (and maybe a carbon filter mask if needed) and if that doesn't work, I might investigate homemade/small-scale gouache and paper. I'll let you know what works!

An update on the paint allergy: Winsor Newton got back to me, and yep, they use isothiazolinone as a preservative in their paints. Now to see if literally all my supplies contain it... I'll update when I hear responses if others are interested

So...I was just diagnosed with a Methylisothiazolinone allergy, which means I'm probably allergic to all my paints and my paper 🙃 I've emailed every manufacturer I use to ask if they use this chemical, but do any of my fellow traditional artists have paint-allergy advice? Do gloves work?

Happy Lunar New Year! May the fire horse bring us all safety, health and happiness. 💛 [ #illustration #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache ]