Kat Rhus Art

Picked up my gouache yesterday for the first time in a while :)

You can see a progress video on my tiktok: vt.tiktok.com/ZSU9QRuw9/
#gouache ##mushroomart #fox

Painting done as a little memorial for someone close to me who lost their dog unexpectedly.
#watercolourpainting and #ballpointpen
#petportrait

*Soon to be stickers!*
All based on real species with a fantasy twist, can you guess who?
the 4 on flowers are native species to #VancouverIsland , as are the mushrooms.
Included a WIP of a couple to show my digital painting process. :)

#digitalart #fantasyart #butterfly #dragon #mushrooms

My favorite way to keep my watercolor brushes. I love collecting pretty stones, when I put them in the bottom of the jar it's much harder to tip over when I am flailing around painting. Also it charges my brushes up with magic hippy crystal energy I am pretty sure.
#painter #paintbrushes

"The Brightness" - been reading the southern reach series recently, this is vaguely inspired by it.
#watercolourpainting
#thesouthernreach
#annihilation

"Alien Cove"
Playing with #watercolorpainting
#fantasyart

More practice #ballpointpendrawing today, post a picture of your pet in the comments, if they inspire me I'll sketch them (no promises, inspiration is a fickle thing) :) 💖
#petportrait #sketchdaily

Impressionistic style #gouachepainting of my beautiful old lady pupper 💖
#petportrait #dog

When the muse is dead but you want to draw; pull up some references and practice, practice. All done in ballpoint pen from the start so no takebacksies, no eraser, just practice.
#sketchdaily

One of my resin pendants of a unicorn, with another unicorn pendant in the background.
#unicorn #resinart #resinjewellery

A digital painting I made for my mom of her chicken coops a number of years ago. May she RIP 🖤
#digitalpainting🎨 #chicken #chickencoop

Another mini painting, I think this one was like 5"x5", I am not sure as it's sold now.
#fantasyart #acrylicpainting

Another mini acrylic painting. 5"x7"
#unicorn #acrylicpainting #mushroom

Older digital painting I did based on a photo I took of some cherry blossoms. I swear there really was a butterfly dragon there ;)
#dragonart #dragon #butterfly #digitalpainting

A mini raven man painting I made, this was only about 6"x4". It's sold now. ♥️ I love doing these mini paintings :)
#acrylicpainting #raven

Cute wood ornaments I made last Christmas for my sisters. I don't have a good photo of these so I took a screenshot of a video and cleaned it up in Photoshop, that's why the pic looks a bit weird.
I cut the wood, varnished, painted and then sealed in resin :)
#resinart #resin #acrylicpainting

Some mini acrylic paintings and resin paintings I had for display at an art market earlier this year :)
#resinart #acrylicpainting #resin

Digital painting I did a number of years ago for my mom. She loved poultry. May she RIP 🖤
#rooster #digitalpainting🎨

Digital painting I did a few years back after a magical hike through a high alpine forest. I love #bunchberry
#digitalpainting🎨 #forestart

"interconnected" inspired by watching Rufus hummingbirds madly feeding on Salmon Berry blossoms in the spring, I wonder how many thousands of years these two organisms have held this symbiotic relationship.
#hummingbird #acrylicpainting #psychedelicart

Watercolour/gouache painting of a moss unicorn. They can lay down in the moss to become just a little knoll in the forest, that is why we never spot them ;)
#fantasyart #watercolorpainting #unicorn

Just a fun little study on the color green 💚

#gouache #nature #forest #forestpainting
#trees #painting #landscapestudy #sketchdaily

A couple more shots from this winter.
#photography
#nature
#naturephotography
#forest
#mushrooms
#lichen
#moss

As well as drawing/painting I also love photography. Here are some of my favorite shots from this winter. As with my other art I am inspired by the natural world and that is most of my subjects.
#photography
#nature
#naturephotography
#forest
#mushrooms
#lichen
#moss

A number of ballpoint pen horse sketches colored with bright watercolors.

Some practice in my sketchbook, first drawing horse anatomy from references and then playing with some watercolour paint. You can see by the wrinkles in the paper this was not watercolor paper 😅
#sketchbook #horses #anatomy #sketchdaily #watercolor #sketch

Have you heard of vograce? they make custom washi tape and it's pretty low volume and very reasonable. the shipping can be expensive though.

Gouache painting encased in resin. Bottom layer is resin with mica powders, then a painting with acrylic gouache on top, and finished with a layer of clear resin, I love how these look and feel :)

#gouache #gouachepainting #wolf #redmoon #resin #resinart

study I did by blindly selecting two colours and then creating mini paintings with them. I also used black/white to create contrast. It's an interesting way to find lovely new colour combos. I love this pink and green together 💚🩷
#gouache #gouachepainting #mushroom #cherryblossom #landscape

Gouache painting of early autumn in a grove of maple and cedar.

Forest study based on a photo I took of early autumn in a grove of maple and cedar. Not my favorite piece but it was good practice.
Gouache on watercolour paper.

#gouache #painting #forest #trees #nature #landscape #westcoast #maple #cedar #beautifulBC

A couple of quick and dirty landscape studies. ballpoint pen and watercolour/gouache. Reference photos were taken by me. They each took me around 30-45minutes.
In my sketchbook so not the best quality paper, but good for practice.
#gouache
#watercolorpainting #sketch #sketchbook #sketchdaily