Mauro's Menagerie

Printmaking project 1! This is a drypoint etching (no matter how much my autocorrect wants it to be a "DuPont etching"). The last one is the sketch in preparation for etching it. #artist #printmaking #etching #drypoint #drypointetching #print #artschool

New painting! Sorry for vanishing off the face of the earth I exist again (and then vanish shortly after...) #watercolor #artist #painting #traditionalart #painter #art

Some new paintings! These are all watercolor and India ink scanned in. #watercolor #traditionalart #painting #artist

Art from the market I was at yesterday! Wind threw a bit of a wrench in my plans but I figured it out... was a last minute decision to vend, i was asked if I wanted to do it the morning of and I just decided on the spot to do it!
#watercolor #painting #artmarket #traditionalart

First four together! They're currently arranged in a diamond shape on my art wall, I'm likely going to make prints or a sticker pack or both once the print lab at my school opens up again for the year! #watercolor #ink #painting #aquarelle #traditionalart #watercolour

Bad lighting in the process photos for this I apologize for that lol, not sure how I like this one but it's meant to go with the last one I posted! #watercolor #ink #painting #traditionalart #artist

Forgot to photograph the process for this one but here's another! #watercolor #painting #hands #traditionalart #ink

Final of the first four of the series, I have two more that go together #watercolor #ink #painting #artist #traditionalart

Another from the hands series, two of the ones I've done so far have an apple and this is one of them - I did this one first and needed something thematically matching to put on the other side of my current art wall so I did another! #watercolor #painting #ink #traditionalart #artist

First of hopefully 4 or more, been painting a lot of hands lately and it's been really fun! #watercolor #traditionalart #painting #art

Been working on a bunch of hand paintings bc they've gotten me to paint again, here's the most recent one. I'll post them all at some point! #watercolor #ink #painting #hands

Watercolor landscape sketch

Small sketch today after a marathon paper stretching session. This is meant to be a sketchbook with cold press Fabriano Artistico but I'm not sure it is. Ok for sketches though #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorlandscape #landscapepainting

Been working on practicing with hands and feet more with these quicker sketches in a little sketchbook I've had since middle school... abandoned it a long time ago but figured I'd finish it up this summer! #sketch #sketchbook #drawing #practice

Knowledge
#watercolor
#imagination
@bsky.art

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark inspired watercolor painting! I almost didn't add the background but I am so glad I did... this is my final for 2D design this semester inspired by those books which I looooved as a kid! #watercolor #painting #traditionalart

Got my art wall started! #watercolor #decor #art #painting

Finished (ish) drawing for figure drawing project! Got the background in n stuff, not the best but charcoal is my enemy.... #charcoal #traditionalart #art #artschool

Final portrait! This is 22 x 30 in watercolor, the biggest I've worked in this medium! It's not my usual style either but it was for a school project. #art #artschool #watercolor #aquarelle #painting

Working on this portrait for figure drawing and struggling a lot with charcoal - I just feel like I can't make it look polished no matter how hard I try, and transportation to and from school always causes it to smudge horribly lol #help #charcoal #art #drawing #artist

Watercolor painting of Marlborough Baptist Church

A baby one today. 7"x5". This is the local Baptist church which I seemingly never tire of painting. #watercolor #watercolorpainting #marlboroughma #churchpainting #art

Working on swatching some of my new and old colors! I've been struggling to understand how everything mixes with the new colors I have so these should be good to look back on #watercolor #swatch #art #painting

Wip! Biggest watercolor I've done yet #watercolor #fineart #portrait #selfportrait #painting

Test painting for a muuuuuch larger piece, will be my first large watercolor piece! This one is about 8.5 x 8.5 but the final one will probably be around 22 x 30
#watercolor #painting #portrait #artist #traditionalart

Head of a Roman Patrician
I may go back and add more red or yellow, I feel like my yellow got very green in this one so I may balance it out with a bit of a warmer yellow tone
#watercolor #traditionalart #artist #painting

A sketchbook page filled with small gouache illustrations ~ most are nature scenes, including fungi, mossy logs, and trees

Continuing to fill up this sketchbook page with small woodland gouache studies. 🌿 After I complete this, I plan to paint a wolf or snow leopard.

#gouache #illustration

Floral Heart

The most detailed painting I’ve done. 19hrs sketching & 300+hrs painting. This is for everyone who adores flowers.
Oh how ephemeral beautiful things are, like life💐

~watercolor
~sold / prints available

#watercolor #artwork #painting #artists #art #florals

Another one for this series of Roman portraits painted in my style! #watercolor #artist #painting #art

Blue Florals & Wild Berries

Experimenting with cooler tones and focusing more on achieving depths and detail🖌️
~watercolor
~original sold
~prints available

#watercolors #painting #art #artwork #artist

Paintings for a zine I'm making for art history!! Hoping to get around 5 of them made, but that's ambitious lol... I'm doing the project on verism in Roman sculpture busts

Newest painting! Trying to figure out feathers and fur in watercolor... it's been difficult and this definitely isn't great in that aspect but I think it looks good overall!