Lafiya Watson

I recently took a class called "The Printmakers Journey", and what a journey it was! 😀 We got to experiment with #linocut , #drypoint , and #screenprinting techniques. I think I kinda love drypoint now??
We created art and listened to 90s playlists. It was a vibe! 💜

Watercolor of bushy, plant. Flower are pink and purples. Leaves have lighter/white spots.

pulmonaria
lungwort

perennial • zones 3-8 • part to full shade • flowers march-may• prune: remove entire stalk to encourage fresh growth • feed with compost

attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds

#watercolor #botany #art #illustration #plants #bloomscroll #pnw #pdx #pdxartist #pdxart #pnwartist

Illustration made of cut paper pieces pasted onto a flat illustrated surface. Flat surface is a bordered image with dark red and brown watercolor wash colors and chaotic marks. The lower composition includes ripped up pieces of dark paper, some with burnt edges, stacked and randomly chaotically placed - coming out of the border edges. At the top of the composition is the most eye-catching feature: a female figure, strong, powerful in white and gold, wings agape. She and her wings have flowy colors of sky blues with yellow soft greens. She is mounted physically on top of the flat surface, rising above the surface with a sense of shadow and depth behind her silhouette, paper cutout shape. Radiating out from behind her wings are six rays of powerful light: blues with purple galaxy blends, shimmering with some slight shine - also extending beyond the illustration borders.

You don't need to keep reliving the darkness
To exist and *BE* Light.

Let go of the need for the darkness.
Just B.E.

#arttherapy #dailyart #art #illustration #paperart #2D #3D #2.5D #analogart #paperandglue #cutpaper #traditionalart #watercolor #ink

Folks need to take a breath and touch grass

A black and white linocut print of old, wooden shutters falling off the hinges in front of a dark window.

Playing with texture in my intro to printmaking class.

#linocut #printmaking

A vaporwave-style graphic showing a tiny plant sprout that says "If the situation was hopeless, their propaganda would be unnecessary."

found on r/me_irlgbt, seemed relevant. stay strong. i love you all.