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Completed Aubergines! 

Little one: Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper, glued down with other decorative papers onto wooden panel.

Big one: Giclée print of the smaller painting, cut out and glued onto 4’ x 2’ wooden panel.

Assembling on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Fitting puzzle pieces together.

Priming on Flickr.

Fall in love with someone who will help you prime your paintings. That’s how you know it’s for real.

February 16, Day 47 out of 365

Ben Dewey (of the Tragedy Series) giving me a painting tutorial. He went to school for painting, I took one semester in my freshman year. Can you tell who painted which picture? ;)

Teeny tiny little self portrait I painted to use as an author picture for an upcoming project.

Available on Etsy!

Moon Snail cross-posted from my real blog.

Click through to see way more photos of me putting this together!

By the way, you’re coming to see me in Seattle at the Jet City Comic Con this Saturday, September 22nd, right?

Artichoke, cross-posted from my real blog. 

Click through to see the in-progress shots of how I put this together! 

Hey, you coming to visit me tomorrow, Saturday September 8th, from 10-3pm, table A56 at The Rose City Comic-Con, right? Yeah, I knew you were. We cool, bro.

(The Collection, cross-posted from my real blog)

Most of the paintings I’ve completed for my not-yet-scheduled art show so far this year (The Queen of the Forest lives in my friend’s house as a birthday present, but when I get my show lined up I’ll borrow it back to put on display). 

Snail Lady <—- click through to see the steps this painting went through to become real!

This hair was 100% inspired by ALB and specifically this photo of her taken by MWFB_OSC:

Chicken Lady <—- Way more process photos posted on my blog, showing how I put this all together!