Kat Richardson

Small, abstract "splatter" watercolor of a branch of lilacs, using up some leftover purple paint from a previous painting. By me (Kat Richardson). Feb 15, 2026.

Some... lilacs?

Goldfinch on a branch tearing up a seed

It is a day and maybe you could use a goldfinch, so here, have this one, totally free

Small watercolor painting of a bartlett pear in shades of yellow, green and brown, by me (Kat Richardson).

An attempt at a realistic small painting of a pear by me. #dailypainting

A small watercolor of purple asters with yellow centers and green foliage. A capital letter A and the word "aster" in gold metallic paint are placed in the upper right corner of the page. By me (Kat Richardson) Feb. 13, 2026

A small watercolor of purple asters because... why not?

Small watercolor of an abstract wreath of pink cherry blossoms and light green leaves on a "twig" wreath of brown and bronzeite pigments, with splatters of pink, red, and yellow. by me (Kat Richardson) February 13, 2026

A watercolor wreath of abstract cherry blossoms by me. #dailypainting

It's one of those "anyone can paint this" kind of things which I've never done before so I gave it a shot.

Speedball Field Watercolor Journal, mixed pallet. Feb 13, 2026

thank you!

Photo of a bright green sweat bee on a yellow-and-deep red flower, by Cherie Priest.

Watercolor of bright green sweat bee on a yellow-and-red flower, based on Cherie Priest's photo. painting by me, Kat Richardson. Feb 11, 2026

A lovely bee photographed by @cheriepriest.com and painted by me. I didn't do the photo justice, but it's at least pretty. #dailypainting

My art, digital. A red wolf stares across a river at a women in a yellow coat

I’ll wait for you- 2024

Happy birthday, you amazing and wonderful human!

We were having that sort of fog this morning where I live. Like a cloud was sitting on the ridge, but it was clear down below.

What happens when #Death knocks on your door? Find out in THE DEATH OF ALL THINGS, an #sff anth from ZNB ed by @lauraannegilman.bsky.social & @katrichardson.bsky.social!

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Small watercolor (6"x4.5") using very wet clear water washes with color bleeds to create very abstract self-spreading washes of blues, greens, browns and a touch of red in the lower right. Overall effect might be a landscape of a rolling gold-and-green hillside bordered by olive trees, overlooking a body of water with a deep blue sky beyond and a swatch of white cloud. Maybe or just blobs of colors. Who knows?

I decided to mess around with big wet bleeds of blue, green, and brown, with a little touch of red to see what happened. It's messy and out-of-focus, but it seems to be a landscape. Sorta. I guess I like it... but maybe not. #dailypainting

Don’t know who needs to hear this, but finish that first draft. Seriously.

I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote the food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide COLOR TASTE TEXTURE. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience required. My goal is to help kids avoid food related trauma and offer a balm of kindness for anyone who couldn’t escape it.

Yay!

The Night Guest will be out in Finnish soon!

I'm not sure how useful a razor that takes X-rays really is...

It says you're more fun than Otto Korrekt. (Gad I hate that guy.)

watercolor painting of a low, wood-and-strapping lounge chair with a blue blanket folded over part of the back. Pink wash background and some shadows, because... well... the chair can't just float around in space, right? by me Feb. 8, 2026.

I was doing the #kdsDailyPainting challenge, but I started to find the subjects a bit annoying, so this was the last one I did. But I like this folding chair made of blonde wood and heavy dark-brown nylon strapping. It's comfortable, too.

Watercolor painting of abstract blue cornflowers/bachelor buttons with olive and sap green stems and leaves against a soft background of washed green-gold, olive and sap green. Dark blue triangles with black fineline ink create suggestions of stamens and seed pods in the darker blue centers of the soft blue flowers. painted by me February 8, 2026.

Some little blue flowers for fun (and for KCD/KCD2 lead actor Tom McKay, who accidentally let it be known that his favorite colour is light blue.)

Watercolor of a turquoise blue coffee mug with a "Kitsap County, WA State" logo in black on it. It has a black rim and visible white interior. The model for the coffee mug is just placed on the table at the top of the small painting for reference.

A watercolor of a small mandarin orange with its model set on the table with it. The orange is painted in several shades of orange to create texture and shape, with brown/blue markings for scaring and shadows.

Two small watercolors for Kris deBruine's Daily Painting project (#kdsDailyPainting): a turquoise coffee mug and a small mandarin orange, by me. The models for each object are included in the photos above their paintings. Not brilliant, but it's fun.

TCM picked up Warners stock of Bugs Bunny cartoons! Any one else remember Saturday morning cartoons. And if you got up early enough you could watch the farm report that proceeded them. The most important lesson. You can learn at that age. Never wake a sleeping adult unless there’s fire or blood.

Thank you! I got to a good stopping place, and I'd just received a cancer diagnosis, so I let it go. I do have a couple of other books out, but they aren't Greywalker novels: Storm Waters (historic fantasy Noir); and Blood Orbit (SF crime/social commentary) which came out under K. R. Richardson

Thank you!

Holy cow! Thank you Multnomah County Library!

A watercolor of a Sunflower: the blossom takes up most of the frame and falls off the sides in multiple shades of yellow and light orange for the petals and stippled shades of ocher and brown for the ripening seeds in the center. A long, slightly curved, olive-green stem and the tip of a large leaf fall off the bottom border. The upper third of the background is a pale wash of pink and blue indicating early morning; the lower background is a thin wash of several shades of green. It is signed by the artist "KatR" along the flower stem in dark green finepoint ink. Blick paper, mixed pallet, by Kat Richardson January 28, 2026.

I big ol' sunflower for y'all. Because we know the sun will come out again.

Watercolor of 7 colorful stacked stones, 3 small rocks, and a purple glass bottle on top, sandy gold ochre implies a bed of sand for the rocks to stand on with some soft blue-gray shadow at the base of the stack. The 3 small rocks are inserted at intervals in the stack to keep the larger rocks in balance. Kat Richardson Jan 26, 2026.

Some stacked stones today. Even the smallest stones contribute to balance.

A watercolor painting of a small bouquet of English lavender tied with a pink ribbon. Kat Richardson 1-23-2026

I made a little bouquet for you all. Sometimes you need a pretty distraction.

An image of the British cover of Wooing the Witch Queen shows a man in a cloak riding headlong through the night towards an ominous castle with an illuminated, crowned female figure in its doorway and bats flying overhead in the moonlight. A potion vial surrounds that central image and is further framed by leaves and branches. Crows sit on the branches, and a tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sarah Beth Durst reads, 'Absolutely irresistible!' Above and beside the cover is this snippet from the book: Closing her fingers around the pen, she held it up to study from different angles. “Which end do you write with?” “Here.” Shoving down the old memories before they could take over, he showed her how to remove the cap, revealing a shining steel nib, far sturdier than any hand-carved quill. “Would you care to give it a try?” Scooping up a spare piece of paper, he laid it on a bare section of the table before her. “You have to use a slightly different angle than you would ordinarily, but...no, that’s not quite—here, let me show you.” Stepping up behind her, he wrapped his right hand gently around hers. He redirected her movements to draw a firm line of ink, his attention wholly focused on instruction as he leaned over her to help—until her warm, lush body shifted with a deep breath against his cloak. He froze, every sense flaming into life with sudden, excruciating awareness. Beneath the quote is an illustration of a fountain pen drawing a curving line of ink.

This week's Friday snippet comes from my fantasy rom-com Wooing the Witch Queen, which is out in paperback here in the UK and in the US, as well as in ebook and (fabulous) audiobook editions!

Grab it now for fountain pen geekiness! stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen

#romancelandia