One of the many nights my sister and I spent hidden away in blanket forts reading fairy tales by flashlight. (Watercolor and Colored pencil on Arches 300lb cold press)
I tried to keep it simple since painting glowy light is very new to me, but might revisit this again after I watch some more classes and feel like I can add all the things I wanted to.

Keep to the path through the wood and don’t ever stop!

Materials are watercolor, Colored pencil, cut paper, and chalk. I don’t have any digital capabilities so I’m experimenting with ways to use traditional art and still have the depth and dimension I want.

I asked my 10 year old what she would do in a mushroom village and she didn’t even hesitate, “play hide and seek!” So, here it is. Hide and seek in the mushroom village. I should have done the whole thing bigger. Sorry if it’s a bit blurry. It’s watercolor, colored pencil and cut paper. No digital because I don’t know how. ️

I’m not sure if I took this one too far... but I got a little excited. Does a poster style mashup with Labyrinth count? I did a few more than 4 characters.

I've actually been planning and sketching and working this one out in my head for quite a while. I love cut paper and tiny things so I made this candy tin illustration/ diorama (inspired by Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere")this month. It feels like you open the lid on a tiny magical world. I'll definitely be making more. It took a lot of planning to figure out how I wanted the layers and then I had to paint and place all these impossibly small elements, but it was really fun.

Here’s mine! Aside from seeing the growth over a year, highlights for me include actually finishing the Draw 50 things assignment, having Mindy Kahling share my sketch on her Instagram, and participating in MerMay.

I also can't figure out how to post more than one photo at a time. Grrrrr. Me and technology.

This little sketch was probably my most honest and vulnerable piece this year. And, as unplanned and quickly done as it was, I love how simple and true it is.

Here's a little illustration that popped into my head today. Obviously, it isn't perfect, but I'm happy with the general composition. Still trying to find a way to work on lighting.

@taislemos This is beautiful! Are you on instagram?

@nadyart I LOVE this!!!

Hi! Welcome and Congratulations on deciding to follow your dreams!!

@Andrew-Spinney I am not good at perspective, but my eyes seem to be okay with this, if you know what I mean. Usually something feels off when I see a drawing where the perspective is out of wack. I face this in my own work sometimes, but I don't always see what needs fixing. This is not really big enough to see a whole lot, but the only issue I see is that there is a tangent where the top edge of the mattress meets the bottom of the trunk. That's the only spot that feels off to me. It looks like it overlaps a bit, but not quite enough. This can make it appear like the trunk is floating right above the edge of the mattress, and just a little more overlap would solve it I think. I hope that's helpful.

Also, @nikstage your art is beautiful! I was just poking around on your website and I love your images!!

Loved this episode. Its okay to dream and to work toward those dreams. I have to remind myself because its easy to get busy. Its also easy, if I'm being honest, to let the business take over because, not very deep down, I am scared that if I had more time and opportunity, I would realize that I'm actually not good enough. Its insecurity , but I want to get past it. I don't want to model living out of fear for my kids because I tell them to work hard at what they want. I'm more determined to go after it now. Thank you!

@jdubz When Will read what you said I had to come back and read it myself. Yes! I love this. And, I completely agree. Part of the reason I want to do art is because I love it. Part is to prove to my teacher who believed in me that I could believe in me too. (Part is to remind myself that the teacher who told me I wasn't "worth his time" doesn't get to tell me who I am.) And, a HUGE part of pursuing the dream is for when I tell my kids to work hard for what they want in life. I want to say, "like mama did, " because anything else feels hypocritical.

@Whitney-Simms I love that! You want to paint pancake recipes. That made me smile. And the illustration is perfect too.

@ArlMon thank you! Someday I’ll get to see Europe!

@Arlene-montoya Hello! Welcome! I like your Red Riding hood in the wolf eye! What part of France are you in? I have been wanting to go since I saw the artist residency at the Chateau d'Orquevaux. It looks so peaceful and beautiful.