Posts Tagged ‘brush and ink’
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
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
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
100 Cats no.1-10
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
A long, long time ago – okay, in the first quarter of 2023 – I did a big art project where I painted or drew 1 cat (almost) every day, until I had 100 cat paintings. It took me a long time to properly scan, process, and ready all those images for you, but believe it or not, they’re only just now ready to share here.
I shared the whole thing on Patreon as it was happening, but they’re used to my badly edited phone photos by now! I wanted these nicer for posterity, which ended up making them so, so late.
At some point I’d like to revisit this project with 100 birds, but for now, enjoy your first 10 cats!
“Nope.” 7x”5″ ink and watercolor on paper
“Three Fates,” 5″x7″ watercolor on paper
“Bleh,” 7″x5″ watercolor on paper (sold)
“Mlem,” 3.5″x2.5″ ink and watercolor on paper (sold)
“Play,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on yupo
“Space,” 3.5″x2.5″ watercolor on paper (sold)
“Decay,” 5″x7″ watercolor on paper
“Beans,” 3.5″x2.5″ pen and ink on paper
“Hmph,” 5″x7″ watercolor on paper (sold)
“zzZZ,” 7″x5″ watercolor on paper (sold)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Daily Art, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books
Tags: 100 cats, brush and ink, for sale, sold, watercolor
February 2024 Sketch Cards
Thursday, April 11th, 2024
New month, new sketch cards! I’m mostly busy writing the 4th Consulting Magic book this month, but the blog won’t go totally neglected again. There’s at least these, after all.
I want to say I’m feeling messier than usual but let’s be real, these are pretty average. But hey, they’re on time!
- Amber asked for Sportsball and I did this motley thing (sold)
- Kelly wanted a dragon and got a tiny one with a tiny hoard (sold)
- Jeff asked for ghost stories and got gossiping ghosts (sold)
- Eric asked for and got beets (sold)
- Amy B wanted cheese and got a bonus cheese-hoarding dragon (sold)
- SaraBeth wanted something silly and Trotsky volunteered to be blobbed (sold)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Whimsical and Strange, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amber, amy b, brush and ink, cat, copic marker, dragon, eric, ghost, jefferson, kelly, patreon, pen and ink, sarabeth
October 2023 Patreon Sketches
Thursday, March 14th, 2024
A bunch of goodies this time! Patron stuff, non-patron stuff, and spaaaaaaace!
I got in a weird mood and did a whole bunch of things that were not for patrons before getting to those, so bear with me. From the top left:
- Jefferson asked for “patience, dammit” and gets this grumpy yet patient crow (sold)
- This is a bird no one asked for
- Amy B asked for “hibernate” and gets a random dark fluffball hiding in a blanket burrito, with blep (sold)
- Skulls 1, 2, and 3 are vaguely portraits of my holiday centerpiece, which consisted of Edgar, Ezra Bean, and Dalton, respectively. Yes, I do name my skulls. Don’t you?
- This blue galaxy is by special request (sold)
- Eric asked for the Great Pumpkin and I went horror with it sorry (sold)
- Rey & Amber requested “seasons change” and get some word art (sold)
- The lunar eclipse is for SaraBeth (sold)
- Nick wanted Pumpkin SPICY and gets a pumpkin chili pepper jack-o-lantern pun (sold)
- Kelly asked for dragons and gets these two little dudes (sold)
- In the second image we have a whole rainbow of galaxies! (all sold)
Thanks again for being awesome!
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amy b, brush and ink, dragon, jefferson, kelly, moon, nick, pen and ink, rey, sarabeth, space, watercolor
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