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Rainbow Sulcata Tortoise Portrait

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After painting so many fluffy animals recently, I had the urge to paint a tortoise. This is a sulcata tortoise, one of the most charismatic tortoises you can meet imo.

I had a ton of fun painting the scales on this cutie. Sulcata’s have quite thick spur-like scales down their legs that create beautiful, dramatic shadows. I’m still working on balancing the more subtle scales on the face, but painting each leg scale individually felt right for this guy.

One of my biggest frustrations with painting on wood is how poorly it scans. The yellows and oranges have so much more depth in person that gets lost in the wood when scanned or photographed. But even so, I’m pretty happy with this piece! I’d love to paint more tortoises in the future. Do you have a favourite tortoise or turtle species?

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Small Red-Footed Tortoise Rugs

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This is one of two new designs I’ll be premiering at the Capital Art Sale TONIGHT!!! (eee so excited!) I created this design to be a 30” rug, but I managed to squeeze it into a 15” rug without losing too much detail. I’m really pleased with this design and am SO excited to create a bigger version later.

These little tortoises will be available at the Capital Art Sale, happening May 17th to May 21st at 1400 Prospect St, in the Uptown Sobeys Plaza in Fredericton! Be sure to swing by and take a look at all the amazing work from local artists!

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Micro Turtle Rugs

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These fuzzy little turtles are a great example of how items hand made from the same pattern can still turn out super unique! I love how the one on the left looks a little more apprehensive and the one on the right looks enthusiastic!

These tiny rugs are about 7-8” long and are available at RB Studio & Gallery here in Fredericton!

Learn how to make rugs like this in my Skillshare class here: Intro to Rug Tufting

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Rainbow Turtles Sticker Pack

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And after 6ish weeks of painting, here are all the rainbow turtles together! I’m really, really pleased with how these stickers turned out, both individually and as a set. The over-the-top colours make me happy, and I feel like they’re a huge step towards the kind of work I’d like to be producing.

These guys are available individually or as a set on my website and Etsy stores.

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Rainbow Painted Turtle Sticker

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Painted turtles are so fun to paint because of their flashy colours! The contrast between red and green is just so striking. It almost feels like cheating to paint these guys in rainbow.

This little friend is the last of the rainbow turtle sticker pack! It’s also the Ko-fi exclusive holofoil sticker for February. Please sign up on Ko-fi any time in February to get this little guy.

Support my work here:

Ko-fi

Patreon

My rug tufting class on Skillshare

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Rainbow Map Turtle Sticker

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These turtles are sooo beautiful! Their intricate patterns are really mesmerising. I had a lot of fun painting this one and trying out new techniques to represent those patterns. I’d love to do a full painting of a map turtle one of these days.

Support my work here:

Ko-fi

Patreon

My rug tufting class on Skillshare

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Rainbow Snapping Turtle Sticker

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I don’t know what it is about snapping turtles that makes them so charming and charismatic. (But ya’ know, from a respectful distance.) They remind me of dinosaurs so much more than other turtles, and their stompy feet are adorable. All that to say, I had a ton of fun painting this guy!

Support my work here:

Ko-fi

Patreon

My rug tufting class on Skillshare

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Red Eared Slider

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Red eared sliders are probably my favourite turtle. They’re just so gregarious. That flash of red on their faces is really fun to paint, too! I decided to go maximum rainbow on this guy and give it a rainbow shell.

Support my work here:

Ko-fi

Patreon

Etsy

My rug tufting class on Skillshare

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Monthly Sticker – Box Turtle

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Hello lovelies, and Happy New Year!
I hope you’re all having an amazing new year so far.
For my first post of 2023, here’s my latest sticker design: a rainbow coloured Eastern box turtle! I’m slowly re-creating my classic turtle sticker set as traditionally painted, rainbow turtles. It’s taking quite a while, but I’m really enjoying the process and outcome so far!
The jumbo, holofoil version of this little guy is a Ko-fi exclusive and available only this month! Please be sure to sign up if you’d like to get one of these shiny friends for yourself.

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