madeleine bennett

blood clerics who stay together slay together 🩸⛅️

Ladies of the Living Princess is now at ShortBox Comics Fair... my slightly scary medieval romantic fantasy... here's a preview...!

This is one of those “ain’t that just the way” things - it’s gratifying to perceive the improvement but then also ughhhhh

a highly decorated medieval metal book shrine

In an unassuming lake in Ireland’s northern County Longford, an unprecedented find emerged in 1986: the nation’s oldest and largest medieval book shrine.

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Rose, ever the vigilant and vocal guardian, took an extended respite from being the block marshal. I was Johnny-on-the-spot to capture a super rare moment.
#sleepingdog

Two paintings of the same grassy, hilly landscape under moody cloud; one is more golden russet, one greener.

hazy tufted distances, working out my gouache stuff
#gouache #gouachepainting #landscapepainting #scotland #artsky

cafe sketchin #sketchbook #botanical #artsky #drawfromlife

pre-ordered!! check out Rob’s beautiful book!

泡沫のいろ

A green stag stands atop a hill, his antlers fill the top of the page and are filled with plants and birds. In the hill he stands on, a doe leaps over her fawn. Below them two foxes chase a rabbit who waits at the opening of a warren.

the hart of the forest #art

In the end I was not too happy with this but I still like the composition a lot… learning with every painting. #gouache #paintsky #artsky #painting #landscapepainting

In progress painting of mossy trees on the shore of a loch

Earlier stage painting; trees are bare and oddly colored

Sketch stage; sienna tree outlines over a faint blue wash

Still a WIP but this one is looking cool imo #pleinairpril (not really) #gouachepainting #gouache #artsky

Put in 7 hours drawing from life at the Palette & Chisel today.

Haha hi Kiki!! 😊

always love to see kurama!!

#pleinairpril2025 7/??

so beautiful!! An especially moody one

Using more brushes than I have before; I want to go on vacation

Tiny sketchbook gouache painting of houses in foresty mountains

poster advocating for pollinator gardens in black gouache

I paint with watercolors and gouache!

beautiful tho!!

I made a poster for a class using black gouache. #illustration #artsandcrafts #handlettering #gardening #ecology #art #artsky

I made a poster for a class using black gouache. #illustration #artsandcrafts #handlettering #gardening #ecology #art #artsky

I mean, seriously. Was ever an animal more aptly named? It looks like a guardian forest spirit.

That’s a really interesting thing to love

Rly horrifying and just how I’d imagine

The Great Sun Woman and the Pitiful Red Dragon

grave of the fireflies

princess mononoke

nausicaa of the valley of the wind

howl's moving castle

apropos of nothing but it's funny how certain folks will always try to chase the style of studio ghibli/miyazaki but only on a surface level and never tackle the themes of environmentalism, anti-war, and empathy i.e. the stuff that made those movies masterpieces

Painting of pink hyacinths next to two small bottles of honey

Sketch of painting

the point of this was to finish a gouache study in one day so good job me on that #artsky #gouache