#kniftytober

A quiet magical forest containing playful butterflies who like to hang out with the deer. 🦌🦋❤️

Ya know, as we get further along into the month of October and this art challenge, I'm noticing I'm drifting to use more acryla gouache than watercolor. I enjoy both mediums but am finding it faster to work with gouache - it dries faster haha!

What better way to get back into the swing of doing art everyday and challenging yourself to work with new supplies and prompts than inktober or in this case #kniftytober2022 !

For more details on this challenge, please check out my Instagram post!

Halloween Skull Moth ☠️🎃🦋

Fall season means warm scarves and hot cocoa while watching colorful leaves fall to the ground outside.

I've said this a lot already but these professional grade watercolors are super vibrant - like THESE ARE THE COLORS! Not a lot of editing happened besides increasing exposure - crazy!

You know how you watch a certain movie and then feel the, 'I need to paint this' passion light up inside you? That's how I feel EVERY TIME I watch Howl's Moving Castle when the beautiful valley scenes pop up. They're only on screen for a few seconds but oh my word - so stunning! Inspired by those scenes I wanted to try painting my own valley!

Day 3 - Drop for #kniftytober2022

It has just finished raining and now Mr. Snail has come out of hiding! I love this vibrant color green - it’s so happy and refreshing!

So far this piece has taken the longest because of the amount of time invested in creating DEPTH! So many layers of green watercolor were used to create darker leaves in the background. Thank goodness for blow dryers haha - helped so much with the drying process.

Sleepy Bean 😴

The prompt for this painting was inspired by Mission to Zyxx which I’ve been listening to throughout #kniftytober2022. I highly recommend this podcast if you enjoy improv, sci-fi, and comedy! oh my goodness, it’s so funny and the sound design is SO GOOD!