Peeling the tape off one of my plein air pieces from a recent painting trip with my good friend @kimillustration.bsky.social. Kim is the bestest ❤️ (Less shitty crop is over on my IG if anyone is interested)

Laura Bifano (@bifanoland.bsky.social)’s Stylizing on the Fly 4-Day Workshop is returning in November! 😍 This workshop will focus on some fundamental picture-making principles with the goal of creating a broader tool set 🤯 Registration is NOW open! 🌟 Learn more via our website ✨

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More reasons to be anti-AI

Do it. Search your name. Take their money. It’s yours anyway.

I went to the fall fair and had an absolutely delightful time.

A little painting of our local swimming hole. A tree came down overtop of it this spring and makes for a great diving log!

I’ve got a small spot in this month’s issue of Fine Art Connoiseur magazine!

Picking our apple tree was too slow so I was like HEY WHAT IF I CLIMB ON UP IN HERE AND KICK THINGS LOOSE.

Messing around with some water-soluble oil this weekend. Kept the subject matter very self-indulgent and familiar 😀 The painting on the left was from yesterday, and I already see so many ways I could improve!

I won best painting in the “Plein Air Acrylic And Gouache” category for the July PleinAir Magazine competition!

I made this entire outfit!

My painting "June Evening on the Goat River" is a finalist in the July plein air salon competition!

One of my fav paintings to come out of the Vancouver island art retreat!

Thanks to all my lovely newsletter subscribers who bought pieces during my preview yesterday! There are still few paintings left on the store if anyone is looking for some small affordable art pieces. Link in profile.

I temporarily put a password on my store so I could have an advance preview for newsletter subscribers. Not a subscriber? No problem! DM me and I'll send you the password. www.laurabifano.com/shop

Some more paintings that will be going up for sale this Saturday the 16th at 9am PST. Link is in my profile.

New paintings dropping in the store soon!

Some plein air/studio hybrid pieces from a recent trip to Vancouver island. Trying to work bigger on-site (10x12 in) and get these as finished as possible before that final polish in the studio. Sometimes I need to sit with these for a bit before something 'clicks' into place.

Nocturne under Blue Light, Gouache on paper

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Two of my paintings won in the June 2025 PleinAir Magazine salon competition! I won best artist under 40 with “Valley from on high” and “the view from balancing rock” got an honourable mention in the Plein Air acrylic and gouache category!

Using my vtuber powers to say this show is on streaming now and more MAY be made if it does well there. I may or may not have done some stuff for it….😉 the show is hilarious and beautiful looking SUPPORT ORIGINAL CARTOONS PLS!! 🙏

Ok gouache is pretty neato

It was such a pleasure having you along Alisha!!

Four of my paintings have been selected as finalists in the June @pleinairmag.bsky.social Salon competition!! So stoked!! #pleinairsalon #pleinairmag #artcompetition2025 #artcompetition #onlineartcompetition #paintingcompetition #drawingcompetition #pleinairsalonartcompetition

Awesome painting session today with @jwinchesterart.bsky.social. Fun was had!!

Here are a few of my favourite layouts/shots from the movie! We had over 530 bg’s and I drew and coloured them all.

I’m super proud of our tiny crew. We had 1 director(who also also did writing, Char design, rigging, comp/FX), 1 modeller, 1 story artist, 1 TD, 1 BG artist/color designer (me) and 9 animators for an 85 min movie. It took us a little over two years to make.

Today I did a big bike achievement and made it up the highest mountain pass in BC. It was 90km round trip and over 1200m of climbing. I’m super proud of myself!!

✨Summer✨ Today’s bike trip up the Salmo/Creston pass and a friend visit tour of my favourite swimming hole!

After 5 straight weekends of teaching I am TIRED.

A couple of demos for class today!

Holy shit KPop Demon Hunters was so good. What an achievement!!

Just a little announcement: I’m postponing my show with @gallerynucleus.bsky.social until 2026.

Couple of snaps from the fairy garden today.

A very satisfying peel.

Blue birthday dress! It’s got TWO leg slits! (Might at some point make some matching shorts/modesty panels cause HOOBOY one stiff breeze and I’m going to jail for indecent exposure).

A few photos from a creative retreat I co-hosted with my friend Jess last weekend.

When I’m having a bad day it helps to just step outside and look at the flowers 🌸

After removing over 200 invasive blackberries and a metric ton of Reed Canarygrass, the public pollinator garden that we took stewardship over last year is really starting to come into its own. Special thanks to the volunteers that help make it happen 🌱

TANECHAN, with his distinctive rabbit-like ears, loves to observe things. Today, he is carefully observing bees collecting pollen. #Illustration #CommentPls #RTpls

Prepped some little palettes for my first in-person workshop this weekend!

The first of hopefully many poppies in my wildflower lawn.

Demo piece from class the other day.

It has pockets!!