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 finished my first master study. I have had this version of Mary Poppins with illustrations by Julia Sarda in my library for a long time. She is one of my favorites And, since I am scared, I started with a spot illustration. This one took me about 5 hours. It’s definitely not perfect, but I learned so much… especially about how to use my ipad! My goal is to draw everyday this year, and to fit in as many master studies as aI can. I’ll probably do another full page Julia Sarda and then move on to someone else.
Her’s is the top. Mine is the bottom. I did not drag her actual colors from a picture in procreate, but tried to match them as best as I could with the book open next to me. So hard! But so exciting! I’m glad I finished it.

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.

@burvantill congratulations! That is so awesome!! And your banner is beautiful. Cozy fall vibes.

@carlianne Oh my gosh! The yoga cats need to be on a T-shirt! I love them!

@ContinuousLines The graphic style of this really cute and I think there are some things working really well… the simple style of the bears and the colors etc. I think, though, the perspective of the piece is getting lost in the flatness. I don’t know if that makes sense. I think you could keep the simple style you are going for and still accomplish that. You might play with pushing the values a bit more. Jon Klassen does this really well. His style is definitely flat and graphic, but he uses texture and color and light to create a sense of perspective. Things that are close have much more texture and detail and the things that are further away are very very simple. He also pushes the darks and lights to pull your attention where he wants it. I hope that’s helpful. Very cute.

@Joen-Söderholm Happens to me all the time. It’s like my fingers stop knowing how to hold a pencil. Those are the days when its good to practice the simple stuff - making lines and filling gradient boxes. Or you could print off the pdf pictures from Jakes inking class and just practice inking over someone else’s lines. It’s frustrating, but you don’t have to throw your pencils out on days like that.

@Valerie-Light These are great! They are a little reminiscent of Fancy Nancy for me.

I think I am calling it on this one unless anyone sees something horribly wrong. Why does the last 10% always take so long? It’s also the hardest for me because, I cant ever get to a spot where I feel like thinks are “done.” Anyone else? I took your advice @Elisabeth-Rae and looked at it as a black and white image. That helps so much. Especially with a piece like this where things are a little dark and misty. @Jeremy-Ross I got rid of the accidental snow. haha! Thank you for your help!

@carlianne this reminds me of this artist on Instagram link text
Hope I linked that right. Her artist comics are very relatable too. And I like how she does the text.

@xin-li trying to deal with this problem too. I get going and don’t realize I e been hunched over for a while. I’ve just been trying to take yoga breaks.

@Faeowyn it looks good! I always struggled with perspectives inside a room. And I’ve noticed that a lot of time rooms end up looking too big and empty when the perspective isn’t working. This looks right to me though. If you have a light table, you could trace it without the grid lines and see if it still works.

@Laurasketches I love this!! It’s very beautiful. And, I think it’s reading well. The other mice up on top of the lion help with the perspective. Also lighting can do a lot to communicate depth. Maybe a color study or two would help you know whether you need to change anything or not?