Flowers
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Chickadee in a cherry tree
For my future mother-in-law’s birthday this year, I wanted to give her a memento that would suit the colors of her newly decorated home office. For a pink-and-white theme, of course I’ll choose cherry blossoms! There were many, many iterations of composition before I landed on one that felt right. My fiancé helped break me…
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Blue hydrangeas
This started as a small sketch to test out Copic alcohol markers. But they were so fun to use that I couldn’t stop 🙂
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Hyacinths in a green vase
Painted on a whim during the pandemic after a day of gardening. Acrylic on canvas.
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Blue flag irises
Illustrated for my mom’s birthday years ago, based on a photo of blue flag irises from a neighbor’s yard. Lines are sumi (charcoal) ink applied with dip pen. Colors are Copic alcohol markers.
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Daffodils and ladybug
Lines are sumi (charcoal) ink, applied with a dip pen on Bristol board. Colors are Copic alcohol markers. Illustrated for my grandmothers’s 80th birthday.
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Sunflower bouquet
Medium: sumi ink (charcoal based) on Leuchtturm sketchbook paper A relaxing illustration based on a bouquet I bought a friend for her birthday. It’s embellished a bit from the irl flowers. Available in shop:
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Blue flag irises on yellow and gold
Medium: sumi ink (charcoal based) lines with Copic alcohol-based marker colors on Bristol board One of the houses on my block has a wild, overgrown yard filled with native plants. These irises come up there in spring, and I have several dozen pictures of them on my phone—they’re so eye-catching! The original of this print…
