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May 2026 Patreon Sketches
Thursday, July 2nd, 2026
It’s sketch card time for my lovely Patreon patrons, who also get a cat pic with their version of this post.
Here are 9 requests and 1 bonus card to make the layout pretty. Enjoy!
- Joanne asked for an owl reading a book. It was a very bookish month!
- Eric asked for Zechs Marquise from Gundam Wing (sold)
- Amy B wanted a Beach Day skunk (sold)
- Libster wanted a bear reading and I had fun with scale on this one (sold)
- SaraBeth wanted Grogu and idk here he is kinda (sold)
- Kelly finally got her book dragon request from March, oops (sold)
- Kelly also got some sea life, specifically from the Kelp Forest Cam at Monterey Bay Aquarium, which I really want to go back to someday (sold)
- Jefferson prompted “icebergburglar” so this is blatant iceberg theft (sold)
- Jo wanted one of Alex’s gift paintings to Julian from Courtship
- and no one wanted this rainy day but me, because I am dying of the hot
Categories: Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, consulting magic, dragon, eric, gundam, jefferson, jo, joanne, kelly, libster, patreon, pen and ink, sarabeth, star wars, watercolor
April 2026 Patreon Sketches
Monday, June 15th, 2026
Whoops, forgot to share these here! It was a fun month with some weird prompts on Patreon, and some extra art, too.
I did all of these with watercolor this time because reasons. Enjoy!
- Kelly wanted an Easter themed dragon. Bunny! (sold)
- SaraBeth asked for a flowering tree, and has received. (sold)
- Jefferson prompted a favorite game, Sea Salt & Paper, and gets an alt colorway mermaid. (sold)
- Sara Elise wanted a little girl caterpillar, and got this shiny pink girl.
- Allison asked for a happy turtle and gets this little cartoon guy.
- Eric prompted “sea salt and pepper” and gets this mini surrealist painting. (sold)
- Amy B wanted a spring crow and gets a fledgling with a peanut. (sold)
- Rebecca S wanted sunflowers, because y’all are determined to make me paint flowers.
- Jo’s path through a spring forest is a little abstract but you know, tiny sketch card. (sold)
- Joanne also wanted flowers and gets daffodils, because tulips were last month.
Bonus! I did some random brush-and-ink sketches, one of which was to make up a little deficit in Snow Leopard sketch cards.
- Bat! (sold)
- A bee visiting an odd sort of flower
- A crow with its beak open (sold)
- A crow with its beak closed
- A cat lounging and starting into your soul
- A cat sleeping like an absolute dingus
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: allison, amy b, brush and ink, eric, jefferson, jo, joanne, kelly, patreon, pen and ink, rebecca s, sara elise, sarabeth, watercolor
March 2026 Patreon Sketches
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
Everyone’s in a spring mood this month, including a commemorative coin from ancient Rome.
- Andria wanted a lucky fox, and gets this cheeky fellow
- Joanne asked for a hare gazing at the moon
- Amy B wanted Raccoon (and specified the cat) so here she is in her ideal form, a sphere (sold)
- Gill prompted, “Beware the Ides,” and I found this coin that Brutus put out after the assassination. Cold, Brutus, really cold. (sold)
- SaraBeth wanted ART from Murderbot saying, “Make peace or else.” Since ART doesn’t have a physical body the same way some of us do, we get word art! (sold)
- Molly asked for an Easter egg
- Sky wanted something spring-ish, and suggested tulips, so here we are (sold)
- Jeff prompted “Onlyferns” and reminded me of Opus, so this is the result (sold)
- Lila asked for a fox amongst flowers and frolicking occurred
- Eric wanted one of the cats, and since I was already doing Raccoon, here’s Trotsky! (sold)
Categories: Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, copic marker, eric, gill, jefferson, joanne, lila, molly, pen and ink, sarabeth, sky, watercolor
Sunrise 1
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
Sunrise 1, 9″x12″ ink and watercolor on paper
I waffled for days about the title to this before hitting on the very simple, easy, descriptive title, lol.
A while ago Shayla Maddox did a whole photo series where she woke up every day at sunrise to photograph it from her Hawaiian home. These were so colorful I got inspired to paint some backgrounds in the same palette and then immediately did nothing with them, oops. I have one other of these, which I actually have a plan for, so hopefully that’ll be April’s finished art piece.
This is a larger painting, as is the second one coming up, so it doesn’t entirely fit on my scanner. I decided to go with scanning what fit rather than trying to piece together multiple scans, so the scanned image is technically a detail shot.
Sunrise 1, 9″x12″ ink and watercolor on paper
Categories: Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: brush and ink, for sale, shayla maddox, sunrise, watercolor
February 2026 Patreon Sketches
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
Almost forgot to post these here!
- Gil asked for a birthday cake – happy late bday, darling! (sold)
- Kelly asked for a willow, wisp or tree, and got one of my spooky tree and ghost arts (sold)
- SaraBeth wanted Gonzo, and Gonzo wanted turtles on his shirt (sold)
- Amy B wanted a Cheshire Cat, and got this odd little creature with sparkly pink and also a rainbow tail (sold)
- Jefferson prompted “WTFebruary” and tbh I just wanted to draw this cat I saw on tumblr (sold)
- Karla asked for a dust bunny dragon, and gets this scruffy gal (sold)
- Nick asked for a Beautiful Disaster so I drew him Lestat
- Eric wanted 2×1, so he got his Gundam Wing boys in bad stick figure glory (sold)
- Andria wanted a sparkly purple birthday cupcake – happy late bday to you as well!
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, copic marker, dragon, eric, gil, gundam, jefferson, karla, kelly, lestat, muppets, nick, patreon, pen and ink, sarabeth, watercolor
Harvest Moon 7
Sunday, March 22nd, 2026
Harvest Moon 7, 8″x8″ mixed media on paper, sold
I painted this in 2024 and apparently never posted it to the site! Some darling person bought Harvest Moon 5, which then got lost in the move to NY, and I promised her I would (eventually) paint a replacement.
This one’s different but, I think, absolutely gorgeous, with the acrylic ink texture in the moon and acrylic paint mixed with watercolor to give the sky a tumultuous texture. There’s only one crane this time but I think it makes a really nice contrast to the moon and sky all by itself, and my buyer agreed.
The mix of media really makes it shine, and makes me want to get my acrylics back out — but first I have to clean the table of detritus, because acrylics are a lot messier than watercolor.
Categories: Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books
Tags: acrylic, acrylic ink, brush and ink, harvest moon, nfs, sold, watercolor
Three Crows 3
Thursday, March 5th, 2026
Three Crows 3, 5″x7″ watercolor and brush & ink by Amy Crook
After a long hiatus, I’m working on getting back into a regular art practice along with my writing. This first finished piece is technically part of a series, mostly because I wasn’t feeling original about the title.
I had this background painted already from months ago, but I hadn’t had the motivation to finish it until I did a short mentorship with the wonderful Sarah Lacy, who gave me “finish one work in progress” as homework. The very darkest blue at the top has a subtle sparkle, fading down to a more demure vivianite and then just that first blush of pink and gold as the sun comes up to outshine the moon.
The twisted tree is one of my favorite types to paint, brush and a dark matte india ink really making it stand out from the background along with the titular birds. There’s more focus on the tree than the birds in this painting in the series, but I think that’s okay.
I have another abstract coming soon, as well as a pair of more spectacular sunrises, so keep an eye out! This one’s for sale if you’re inclined, but the point was more to get back into an art practice than to make a sale, if you know what I mean. Contact me if you’re interested, though!
Categories: Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books
Tags: brush and ink, crow, for sale, three crows, watercolor
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