jess cruz studio 🌈

creating lately 🫶🏻

did some model magic marbling with my 5th graders today 🌈

sent these babies off to their new home yesterday 🫶🏻

officially at the point in my art teaching career where i am compulsively collecting all toilet paper and paper towel tubes with no current plans to use them

just had a magical afternoon- went to orientation for my new art teaching job, walked around the corner to get an iced matcha and flesh out my calendar, then walked to the library and picked up some art books to use in my classes, all on this glorious sunny warm afternoon!!

after years of using yellow strathmore pads, i’ve slightly upgraded my watercolor paper go-to 🌈

i wanna eat it

changed my name on my socials because i used to be mostly a graphic designer who also owned a sketchbook but now i’m mostly an artist who occasionally gets hired for design projects 🤸🏻

i love her 🌸

market day 🌈

do you ever feel your hand-eye coordination leaving your body?? i’ve made about 30 mini watercolor paintings this week and have been painting for the last 10 hours straight. by the time i finished the words “diet coke” i felt like i was using a touch screen in need of recalibration

my new ~*aperitivo collection*~ will be available this saturday at goodthings philly’s first birthday celebration 🌈 if you’re in philly stop by!!

❤️❤️

thank you!!! i was a bit nervous about that one lol

some more market prep 🌈

working on a little cocktail series for a market next weekend!! if you’re in philly come by 🤸🏻

sunday afternoon painting set up 🌈

snaps from my studio (the corner of my living room i decided to work in today)

was gonna post this yesterday with a caption like “art class prep 🌈” but i forgot and now the class has happened it’s more like “forgot this example project that i made at home and the kids didn’t understand the project 💔 oh and also they hate me”

i love taking commissions bc tbh why on earth would i paint a fly fishing fly?? i didn’t even know these existed last week but now i got to paint something colorful and fun 🌈

tomato in progress 🍅

there are so many places to sit and paint in my apartment that wouldn’t destroy my posture but there’s something special about sitting on the floor and painting at my coffee table 🫶🏻

starting another afternoon of painting watercolor minis 🍅🐟

update

today’s watercolor setup 🌈 working on an etsy order and prepping for a market!!!

docs + strawbs acrylic painting 🍓 part of a still life series i’m slowly but surely getting through!!

a cute little fruit tart watercolor commission 🤗

a spontaneous little february wallpaper process ❣️

entering my gouache era (also help how do i use gouache??)

i started teaching a new after school art class to 3-6 year olds yesterday

kid: what’s your name??

me: you can call me ms jess

kid: …ica?????????????