I’ve recently developed a love of hippos and really wanted to paint one. These danger friends are just too cute!
I experimented a ton on this piece and learned a lot from it. It’s also the biggest watercolour piece I’ve painted to date at 16″x12″!
Here’s a new design that’s debuting at RB Studio & Gallery.
I wanted to create a different frog design that was a little simpler and more friendly than my original froggy. I’m very pleased with how this one turned out! You can see by the two different frogs how much the finished rug can vary even using the same design, so they’re all just a little bit special.
Happy June, and happy Pride Month!! The theme for this month is snails, as voted on by my Patrons! In honour of Pride Month, I’m including a sticker sheet of Pride-inspired snails with every physical rewards tier this month. These little guys are 2″ on the longest side, so just a bit smaller than my usual 2.5″ stickers I sell year round. (They look so mini compared to the JUMBO snails haha!)
If you’d like to get your free sticker sheet, be sure to sign up for the $5 tier or above any time this month over on my Patreon. It’s totally fine to subscribe just for this month’s rewards! These guys are also available at their usual 2.5″ size on my shop page.
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I thought it would be fun to palette swap my rainbow orange fox for a rainbow silver fox, and this little blue friend was born. It was very difficult matching the purple for this one, but I think it turned out pretty well in the end.
Here’s one of my latest rugs. I wanted to try my orange tabby colour scheme with higher contrast, and a tiger seemed like the perfect subject! I also experimented with shaping the outlines to make them cleaner, and that’s definitely something I’d like to keep practicing.
Here are some little prickly friends my Patreon sticker pack this month! I’ve also painted an extra bonus sticker, since these guys were so fun to draw!
Remember to sign up for the $5 tier or above any time this month if you want to get some of these spiny boys in an exclusive jumbo size, and at a steep discount from my Etsy shop. (Plus a bonus sticker this month!)
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Here’s our Patreon sticker pack for this month, weird dogs*! I added a second painted sticker as a special New Year gift, so expect that in your little care packages!
Our designs this month going clockwise from upper left: Bush dog, tanuki, aardwolf, maned wolf, and striped hyena. Both painted stickers are spotted hyenas.
Please remember to sign up for the $5 tier or above any time this month if you want these guys at a steep discount. Or check out my Etsy shop to buy these little guys at full price now.
*Not actually dogs
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Here’s a little art dump of all the work I’ve been sitting on and not posting. Some of these were xmas gifts and so I couldn’t show before now, and others are pieces I’ve just been too busy to post. I’m especially happy with the ladybug somehow.
I hope you’ve all had an amazing end of 2021, and here’s looking forward to a fantastic 2122!
Here’s another take on one of these beautiful little turtles. I just love the red on their faces; they’re so charismatic!
It’s been soooo long since I’ve painted on wood. I forgot how much fun it is! I tried a few different things with this one. I used a white ground instead of the transparent one I normally use. I put it only under the frog, so you can still see the wood but the frog really pops. I also used ink instead of watercolours. As it turns out, ink is really pale on the watercolour ground and acts more as a stain. It worked fine for this piece, but I won’t be able to use it for darker areas. I actually did dip into the watercolours to add some finishing touches at the very end. I learned a lot working on this little guy, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. I definitely need to invest in some larger wood sheets in the near future.