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Cleaned up as best as I could & put on a butterfly bush. Not sure how long they’d been stuck but I hope it wasn’t too late💛
[Virginia, US]

She used to redecorate the bathroom with the tp, but it’s been quite a while since her last artistic endeavor.

Mom & son. Just a couple cats that came with the rural property I’m renting.

This is Basil🌱

Stabilo Carbothello & FC Pitt pastel pencils on PastelMat. This bird is a resident at a local non-profit parrot sanctuary.

Really not sure why the mods of r/parrots deleted my post. I’m not trying to sell anything, I have a genuine question for parrot people.

I’m considering drawing a larger series of different parrots that live at this particular sanctuary. They are non-profit & rely entirely on public donations. I’d love to gift the drawings to them as a surprise with the hope that they may be able to auction them off to raise money for the birds. Is this a good idea or should I just keep them for myself?

Stabilo Carbothello & FC Pitt pastel pencils on PastelMat

1. Polychromos & Prismacolor drawn on back/smooth side of Hapikalor watercolor paper

2. Faber-Castell Pitt pastel pencils & Stabilo Carbothello drawn on PastelMat

3. Bday boy

My little dude turns 18 today 🥹 I got him just a few months after my mom passed away in 2008. He’s been by my side through hell & back and I can’t imagine life without him 💚💙❤️ I wanted to draw a couple portraits of him to celebrate. Every year I make him a special birthday cake out of his favorite fruits/veggies.

My little man is 18 years old today 🥹

Pastel pencils on PastelMat. Pre-bday portrait practice. I still can’t believe he’ll be 18 next weekend!

Pastel pencils on PastelMat.

A friend of mine is getting married later this year.
My bf will be the DJ at their wedding so she told me the song she wants playing when she walks down the aisle. I don’t remember who sings it but it’s a country song called “Little Spouse”.
Right away I knew I wanted to draw something for a wedding gift. I tried a few variations of a single piece but I wasn’t happy with it & there was so much I wanted to fit on one paper. Eventually I decided a small series of specific visuals from the song would be a pretty fun thing to challenge myself with.
We live in a relatively small town near the Appalachian mountains, she’s marrying a cattle farmer, the dress she has chosen is black, the song mentions blackberries, apples, & daisies so I think I did a decent job covering most of the things I wanted to include. I really wanted to do a rooster as well, but I need to work on feathers a bit more.
I like it but I’d like to know what others think before I give it to her. Should I have them framed in this format or in a horizontal line?

Carbothello & Pitt pastel pencils in PastelMat

Prismacolors & Polychromos

Faber-Castell Polychromos on Strathmore ArtAgain paper. Panpastels for background. I struggled to choose the right background colors, but I really like the warmth.

My latest commission was a dog portrait in colored pencils that I will be sending off to Australia this weekend. That person is a dear friend & mentor to me. I want to surprise him with a little something extra so I’ll be putting this gouldian finch in his package as well. I really hope he likes it!!

Faber-Castell Pitt & Stabilo Carbothello Pastel Pencils on PastelMat