Vanessa Gillings

watercolor and gouache painting of a boy in a wolf mask playing a flute to guide spirit lights through a dark and magical forest

My tenth piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social!

#illustration #watercolor #gouache #kidlitart #fantasyart #cozyfantasy #storybookillustration

Sending you the biggest hug! I'm sure your book release will go great!! Everyone should go out and buy it, I declare it!

Haha thank you!!

Thank you!

aw thank you so much, Denis!

ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! (quiet scream of anticipation and delight!)

watercolor and gouache painting of a boy in a wolf mask playing a flute to guide spirit lights through a dark and magical forest

My tenth piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social!

#illustration #watercolor #gouache #kidlitart #fantasyart #cozyfantasy #storybookillustration

Thank you!

Thank you!

watercolor and gouache painting of a dragonet sitting on a mossy log in a murky forest watching a procession of spirit lights pass by

My ninth piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social!

#dragonet #dragon #dragonart #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #fantasyart

Thank you! 💛

Thank you!

Thank you so much, Bree!

thanks!

aw thank you so much! 💛💛💛

thank you! (And agreed!)

aw thank you so much! SOMEDAY I intend to show stories alongside my illustrations...working on it! 😅

thank you SO MUCH, Teagan! I'm such a huge fan of your work, that means the world to me to hear 💛

thanks!

thank you!

watercolor and gouache painting of a dragonet sitting on a mossy log in a murky forest watching a procession of spirit lights pass by

My ninth piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social!

#dragonet #dragon #dragonart #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #fantasyart

watercolor and gouache painting of a young witch walking through a misty forest with her trusty fox familiar, leading a line of little circular spirit lights

My eighth piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social!

#illustration #kidlitart #watercolor #watercolour #gouache
#fantasyart #magicalart #witch

thank you so much!

aw yayyy, thank you SO SO MUCH. I truly can't believe how awesome you are to own two of my originals -- that makes me so happy to hear, thank you. 💛💛💛

watercolor and gouache painting of a young witch walking through a misty forest with her trusty fox familiar, leading a line of little circular spirit lights

My eighth piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social!

#illustration #kidlitart #watercolor #watercolour #gouache
#fantasyart #magicalart #witch

Pine Martens - bit more character concept work for the third Gwelf book. Work continues. More soon.

watercolor and gouache painting of two magical kids standing beseechingly in front of a giant, white dragon amid a sun dappled forest

My seventh piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social! 🐉

I wasn’t quite sure how to post such a horizontal piece, but when working on these originals I didn’t want to be limited purely to what would look good on social media, so here we go!

#illustration #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache

An animated storytime where I yap about how my comic book was made

watercolor and gouache painting of two magical kids standing beseechingly in front of a giant, white dragon amid a sun dappled forest

My seventh piece for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social! 🐉

I wasn’t quite sure how to post such a horizontal piece, but when working on these originals I didn’t want to be limited purely to what would look good on social media, so here we go!

#illustration #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache

no problem -- done and done, hope it helps! 💛