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I picked a tawny owl bc I’m trying to get more acquainted with the birds where I live :) And I think they look a bit creepy with their black eyes!

I tried a bit of dry brushing with the gouache this time, and I like the effect :)

If someone else wants to do an art trade, DM me! #wip

My finished painting for my art trade with @paulmediterraneum.bsky.social ! Our prompt was animals and a spooky mood.

I did a tawny #owl (kattuggla) and based it off a beautiful stock photo by Stanislav Duben.

Process pics in the replies ⤵️
#painting #watercolor #coloredpencils #smallartist

I was telling one of my friends that I’m thinking of offering pet/animal commissions, and I said I’m not sure if anyone would be interested. The next day she messaged me about painting her parents‘ cat 🥹 waow

A sparse sketch of an owl. The linework is green.

A bit late, but finally working on an art trade! 😄 #wip

I love when I don’t understand something in Swedish and I ask my Swedish friends and they don’t understand it either. Heh, yeah, you could say I’m dumb like the locals 😎

I’m taking a placement test soon and people keep telling me “there’s no passing nor failing“ and that it’s “just about finding what class to go to,” but I know they’re just trying to get me off my game so I don’t get an A+. You can’t trick me!!!

I just submitted my master’s thesis for publishing on my uni’s open access platform!! I know master’s theses don’t always get attention, but I hope people who are interested in my topic can find it and that they enjoy it 🥹 I poured a lot of time and soul into it.

Yeah 😭 ikea used to have pick and mix, but I think they got rid of it in all stores after 2020 😔 I always bring half a suitcase of Swedish candy when I go back to the States haha

Once every four months I go to hemmakväll to get an unreasonable amount of stale candy and to hear the worst music imaginable

I made a fresh Twitter acc to post my art. Tell me why twitter locked my account briefly and then put a temporary label on it 🥲 like I interacted with people too much orrr? I feel like different social media platforms make it so hard to start new accounts these days 🫠 it’s so frustrating

Thanks! And sure! Your art looks cool :)

Oh, also! I think the fur was a lot more challenging than my last cat painting. I think it’s easier to represent medium-long hair than short hair, and I don’t feel I was totally successful with this green kitty. 🤔 Something to practice! Does anyone have any tips or references they recommend??

I tend to make very safe color choices, so I want to keep testing surprising colors. I think the green makes him look like a cute lil alien :)

Also, this is one of my first times using gouache. I’m not sure I did it right, but I think I like the texture?

#artmoots #wip #traditionalart

Yay, I finished another colorful cat painting!

The background is a super neon orange gouache I mixed bc it’s my friend’s favorite color. It kinda hurt my eyes to work with it haha 😅 More pics and thoughts in the replies ⤵️

#traditionalart #watercolor #gouache #coloredpencils #catdrawing

Yeah, I’ve definitely experienced that haha!

Cuuuute!!!!! I like zooming in and looking at the details of your painting and linework :)

Woowwww nice!!!! You did a great job! I really like the colors.

It’s a bit hard to see, but I think the cat’s face is cute 🥰 he’s a bit of a fat cat

A drawing of a cat laying down. A hand is also visible, index finger extended, as if to boop the cat’s nose. The lines of the drawing are faint, so as not to stand out when they’re painted over.

The same as the previous image except that there is a thin, flat wash of green paint on the cat.

Working on another cat painting for a different friend! Still challenging myself with color: today a grey cat turns green! And an even crazier choice you’ll see when I’m done :)

#wip

(Or at least, it was called an art trade when I joined the internet 15 years ago haha 👵🏻)

Message me, and we can decide what to draw!! :D

Hi! The term "mutuals" means means that two users follow each other! "Art mutuals" I think is a little more like the users follow each other and also try to support each other with likes, reposts, comments, encouragement, etc.!

What you described is an "art trade." And I would be interested!!

omg this is so cute/cool!! 😭

I recently did a watercolor painting of a cat! I look forward to see what yours will look like :) Do you want to be art mutuals?

Wow, such beautiful pictures!!

Super nice!!!

Hi! Your art is super fun, and it's nice to see someone else doing traditional art! Do you want to be art mutuals? :)

Cute!!!!

Your art is pretty! Would you like to be art mutuals? I also do traditional art :)

Really cool look!

Hi! Your art is cool! Do you want to be art moots? :)