Rough color study that I made today in Photoshop. The essence of Aurora is emerging. Next stop...paint!
#wip #northernlights #sketching
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Rough color study that I made today in Photoshop. The essence of Aurora is emerging. Next stop...paint!
#wip #northernlights #sketching
New work in progress inspired by recent encounter with the Auroras. Working larger than I have in a while which feels really liberating!
#sketch #northernlights #wip #illustration #winterscene
Here's a much better copy of my new painting 'North Country Girl'. Prints and cards, etc are available @ InPrnt link on my page. #northcountrygirl #autumn #painting #gouache #illustration
04.11.2025 16:19 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Happy Haunting ๐ป๐ "Boo"!
#trickortreat #halloween #ghosts #spooky #owls #dragons #penandinkart #illustration #childrensbooks
New painting (gouache 11"x14") titled 'North Country Girl'. #autumn #painting #gouache #watercolor #illustration #dahlias #goldenlab #mushroomhunting
28.10.2025 02:48 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Color study for a new painting. Might not see the sun like this in Oly for awhile, but trying to capture the unique goldenness of Autumn. Switching back to watercolors & gouache for this one...it's been awhile! #fall #autumn #windy #wip #illustration
12.10.2025 21:16 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you! ๐ฉต
09.09.2025 23:17 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I recently finished a portrait commission, it was small (8 x 11) and my subject is an art quilter, so I added a quilted sun to go with the sailboat that represents their love of sailing! When she opened it, her laugh was a perfect mirror of the painting! #oilpainting #portraits
09.09.2025 22:32 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0If you see this, post your blue Art ๐ฉต๐๐ฉต
โGaiaโ (oil on board) #imaginativerealsim #starryskies #oilpainting
Clouds loom high over a distant lighthouse. A small sailboat passes in the foreground, and above a massive woman towers in the clouds, flanked by two owls. The woman is surrounded with pale drapery that mimics the color and shape of the clouds. She looks down upon the lighthouse and boat.
gonna call this one done, I think ๐ค
20.06.2025 22:03 โ ๐ 5846 ๐ 1168 ๐ฌ 69 ๐ 11This is โTrinaโ who began as an exploration of the Empress in tarot, but became a โLady of the Canyonโ (Joni Mitchell). I worked with Cobra water soluble oils, which I can recommend to anyone looking to move away from solvents. #painting #illustration #imaginativerealism #JoniMitchell #CobraOils
28.05.2025 23:08 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Happy Mermay! #diving #inspiration #oilpainting #illustration #orca #haida #mermay2025
13.05.2025 18:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Update on the new water soluble oil paints by Cobra. I love them! It was a quick adjustment, and now Iโm all in. Highly recommend! #oilpainting #makeart #dreamscapes #colormyworld #imagination #illustration #cobraoils
17.04.2025 14:13 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Had a poetic moment yesterday walking around the lake with some friends, and cherry blossoms wafted across our path and landed on the water. It reminded me of this painting I made after the tsunami on March 11th 2011. #japan #fukushima #healing #cherryblossoms #painting #illustration #gouache
14.04.2025 17:32 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Rough first stab at painting with my new water soluble oil paints. Itโs going to take a minute to adjust, but they have great potential! #cobraoils #paintplay #catportraits #nontoxic #messyfun
13.04.2025 15:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0#portfolioday
Iโm Karen Mac from the rainy PNW. I love storytelling mixed with history & some fantasy. Iโm available for illustration work from childrenโs books to YA and beyond.
I can be reached at: kmackenzieart@gmail.com
Color study for a new painting that Iโm titling โTwilight with Trinaโ. I tried using acrylics, but have decided to experiment with water soluble oils. Theyโre made by Rembrandt in the Netherlands, so I have high hopes theyโll do the trick! #workinprogress #colorstudy #illustration #repose
05.04.2025 00:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Rough drawing for a new painting in acrylics. Have had to discontinue oils due to a kind of allergic reaction. Hoping for a smooth transition! #sketch #illustration #painting #lapcat #luna #ocean #workinprogress
01.04.2025 12:50 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thatโs so wonderful you think soโฆpretty sure thatโs my next undertaking (illustrated novel)!
18.03.2025 03:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Finally wrangled this bear to the finish line. Learned a lot! I think Bob Ross was a genius! And then happened to see the animation โBrother Bearโ last nightโฆso timely, and great story! Thanks for checking in. #landscape #oilpainting #nature #pacificnorthwest #brownbear #salmon #eagle #sunrise
18.03.2025 02:54 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I made this MerKitty avatar for a friend recently. It was fun collaborating on the project. As it turned out, I watched the Aristocats in the midst of working on it, so thereโs a little bit of Duchess in her! #logos #mermaid #kitty #avatar #illustration #color #collaboration
08.03.2025 16:38 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I donโt usually make an underpainting, so thisโll be an interesting evolution. Have been wanting to alter my approach. Iโm hoping the next (color) layer brings it alive! #wilderness #oilpainting #landscape #wildlife #pacificnorthwest
20.02.2025 02:00 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0stylized gouache painting of a brown-skinned fairy-sized woman tracking footprints in the snow while her trusty pine marten steed stands behind her looking on
Still wintery โ๏ธ
#kidlitart
Thanks darlinโ! ๐ฑ๐
17.02.2025 01:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Following the muse like a river without endโฆand looking forward to working in oil paints again after a bunch of digital work. #sunrise #pacificnorthwest #sketch #landscape #nature #illustration #bear #eagle #douglasfir
17.02.2025 00:52 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Quote re-post with yer wings
11.02.2025 16:20 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Fabulous! Congratulations! Must feel amazing! ๐
22.01.2025 19:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0#MartinLutherKing by the extraordinarily talented Bud Cook.
20.01.2025 18:16 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I just finished revising this painting which was originally used for the inaugural concert by the Seattle Womenโs Choir. I started work just before Christmas, and now with the terrible fires in California, I can only hope that they have cooler weather and rain soon! (โSnow Flightโ).
11.01.2025 02:07 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Love seeing these influences brought forward so exquisitely!
18.12.2024 22:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0