Hey I'm Alicia, an artist who really hasn't been feeling social media lately (especially IG and FB) so I thought I'd try Mastodon out and see if I like the simplicity of it more. I think I picked the perfect server, since I'm much more likely to be in my sunny garden than anywhere else. :BlobCat_Love: 🌞
While I'm digging through my old watercolor work, here's my big fifteen-minutes-of-fame, frontpage-of-reddit-several-times comic that got retweeted into orbit in the days of Early Twitter, from around 2009-2010.
It's an open secret that if you get a cute fox involved, you're bound to get loads of traction with computer people.
I’ve been bowled over by the warm welcome here at #Mastodon. Thanks so much! :) As an #artist who’s struggled with the algorithmic commodification of #socialmedia, it’s been heartening to find a place that (thus far) is more like Ye Internet of Old. As to #art : Here’s a recent #watercolor#painting of a great blue heron entitled, “A Tempered Blue as of Sky and Water Commingled.” #birding#birdart#portfolioday
Hello #PortfolioDay! I’m a #watercolor artist from Alberta, Canada. I like to paint landscapes, flowers, animals. Anything from the natural world. My BFA was in printmaking, but I mainly draw and paint now, when I’m not writing. Past projects have included a World of Warcraft webcomic for five years fromdraenor.ca and lots of fantasy character portraits. #art#MastoArt#painting
Painting at night and using our son's nap time, I finished illustration number 58 for the next book. Only TWO to go! This time, insides of the wood suppliers/custom furniture shop from the series. I had such a fun time researching and drawing all the tools used in woodworking! #ink#fountainpen#watercolor
With love from me to you - Inspired by a heart-shaped sunflower I spotted in a sunflower field, I painted this small floral still life using watercolors in bright tones of yellow, orange, red, green, teal, blue, pink and purple.
I feel like all that time I’ve been practicing shading is starting to pay off.
Sitting atop a fractal surface of black holes, Tribert tries to make Adenine, one of the molecules in DNA, but he didn’t get it quite right, probably because he got distracted by the cats. Maybe next time, Tribert.
Tribert Tries to Make Life
Doodle No. 140
8” square
Ink, highly lightfast (fade resistant) watercolor pencils and paint, and mica paint on Arches 300 GSM 100% cotton paper
I recently did some plein air sketching at Tucson Botanical Gardens & this cactus menorah was my favorite holiday decoration I saw there! I loved their use of yellow & red grafted cacti for the candle flames!
This is a sketch from my local favorite coffee shop 2 days ago. It's either very rushed or very abstract. But I do like how some colors ran together on the person on right side of the page. #watercolor#urbansketching
If you’re a color nut like me, you know that last week, Pantone named their 2024 Color of the Year, Peach Fuzz. So for this Color Wheel Wednesday, I had to make a color wheel inspired by peach. I really like peach. It was my grandmother’s favorite and my mom digs it too. It’s warm and cheerful. It’s a color of warmth and hope. #color#MathArt#WaterColor#ColoredPencil
I would really love to sell more art prints but I haven't figured out how to advertise my work without seeming too salesy... sigh! oh well... so here is one I created a few weeks ago that I really love and would hang it on my own wall!