Sophie Colette Illustration

The world feels very dark atm but we must keep making art ❤️

This one’s nearly finished and for sale soon. It will be my first finished large painting in 2 years (loads on the go) I’m not sure how to part with art like this that’s one of a kind.

#painting #tigerpainting #tiger #art #artist

Progress.
I’m loving it but too tired from work to add any more tonight 😴

#tiger #painting #canvas #art #artist

New set up ☺️
Whoops I went out and bought a giant canvas 🫣 going to paint this blue tiger at a larger scale.

#studio #artcorner #art #canvas #painting #artist #sunspot

This one was last week when I was jazzing up the space more.
It’s all moved around since but this is my favourite set up.

#interior #home #maximalist #colour

I guess the platform sorta made us that way 🫣 to feel competitive with folks and that all the followers matter and they made it matter because they made it harder and harder for us to be seen. I imagine it didn’t start out like that.

I feel super free to post whatever I like here.

Recently got this piece of furniture from marketplace but I did have to admit defeat that it didn’t fit in the hallway where I planned to put it but it does look stunning in my bedroom.

Featuring my beautiful print by printmaker @eskamarsh
I feel so very lucky.

#art #decor #interior

Why do I feel so jealous of everyone on instagram but just happy and proud of people on here and Substack?

Anyone else?
#art #jealousy #artist #painting #upcycle

Trying to figure out a new set up for my easel in our living room/music room/art studio/. As my kiwi friend is visiting/staying with me all summer.

the plant also produced a new leaf today! 🍃 it’s all happening here.

#art #artcorner #artist #studio #newleaf #musicroom

How Convenience Kills Curiosity I’ve been thinking about the death of curiosity. Remember when you had to figure out how a new piece of software worked by poking around its menus? When finding an obscure fact meant wandering through library stacks, accidentally discovering three unrelated interesting things along the way? When getting somewhere

Curiosity has a natural predator.

It’s called optimization.

Accurate.
But would still recommend.

Struggling to un see that tapeworm

A bird and a cat

#cat #bird #painting #illustration #art #artist

What are they even selling?

I do get mocked for my trainer socks 😅 it’s not wrong.

Sophie Colette | Substack Illustrator, painter, former printmaker

Is anyone on here also on Substack? I absolutely love it but don’t have much of a community myself.
Would love to connect with some more folks

substack.com/@sophiecolette

#substack #blog #community

‘Profanity Embroidery Group’
🤭 I love that.

I dream that about pets iv had and that I still have them and iv forgotten to feed them all this time 😭

This is by farrr one of my most popular greeting card designs. I made it when I did a printmaking course in Nz cause I missed printing sooo much at the time.

I’m thinking how nice it would be to make print an edition now I’m back in the uk.

#printmakng #allotment #garden #printer #art #artist

Tiger tiger.
Frustrated at none of my paintings going well last night. I almost gave up until I thought I best use up all the paint already on my palette otherwise it’s a waste mixing this lovely lilac. And so finally I painted something I didn’t hate! Horray.

#painting #art #artist #tiger #flower

The neighbours cat in my house, camping at the weekend. This one eyed moon/sun and oh yeah I put my back out again 😬

I love Substack, I prefer it but I don’t know how to get interactions there 🤔 any clues?

#cat #camping #painting #art

I’m highly creative but I absolutely stink at writing. I do understand the usage for things like this as I use it myself.
But it is contradictory since I hate it’s use in art.

I added some eyes to this and i really don’t know… I just had the urge but it might be too bizarre and less serene.
Honest thoughts please? 👀

“Oklahoma” (if you have seen ted lasso )

#art #illustration #artist #painting #sun

Conclusion = I need a cat in my life 😩

I feel sad today so I will scroll bodega cats for a while and also the squirrel a day page.

A spotted trunkfish goes SKKRRTTT in slow motion #spottedtrunkfish #swimminghandbag #trunkfish #boxfish #skkrrttt #slowmotion #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf

Some more from the breakfast sketch club ☺️

#art #illustration #artist #illustrate #sketch #sketchbook

Happy Easter.

Here’s a design I made the other week. It’s based on the Easter tree my mum would always put up. With a few modern twists.

Hopefully will make it a greeting card in time for next year.

#easter #illustration #illustrate #art #artist #procreateartist #greetingcard

Who told you that you have to finish every book you start?

We had our first breakfast sketch club today ☺️ just a group of artists meeting that didn’t really know each other, having brunch and sketching. It was lovely!

#sketch #sketchbook #drawing #cafe #art #fooddrawing #artist #mixedmedia

Awhhhhh two! So lucky! They are so cute 😍