Posts Tagged ‘crow’
July 2026 Patreon Sketches
Saturday, August 29th, 2026
Another month, another batch of sketch cards for my wonderful Patreon supporters!
- Jo’s quiet glade is a bit abstract, but hopefully the concept comes though
- Lila asked for a cloud dragon and I went Asian for her long boi (gender neutral)
- Joanne wanted an axolotl on an adventure and this little guy has vintage luggage
- SaraBeth asked for Fairy Carmilla and got her loafing with moth wings (sold)
- Amy B wanted Mothman, who also has moth wings for more obvious reasons
- Gill asked for sleep and gets Meadowsweet, as I’m currently rereading those so I can start book 4 in September
- Chloe wanted snowy trees and gets tree because small
- Sky asked about autumnal aspens in the mountains and gets this cheerful fall scene
- Jefferson prompted “endless driving” and I went kinda surrealist with it (sold)
- Rhonda wanted a sunset and gets this riot of golds and oranges with just a little red
- Kelly asked for “melting” and gets cool word art in shimmery blue
- Andria asked for purple & orange Summerween and gets a crow with his Sharpied-up tomato jack-o-lantern
- Libster wanted a water kelpie and I went dark and gloomy with it (sold)
- Eric prompted “baseball” so he gets a baseball mimic — Rawr! (sold)
Categories: Angels, Cthulhu, and Other Myths, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, chloe, consulting magic, crow, eric, gill, jefferson, jo, joanne, kelly, libster, lila, patreon, pen and ink, rhonda, sarabeth, sky, trees, 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
Ravens and Bats, Oh, My!
Sunday, September 14th, 2025
Felt like doodling, did some flying things. Six ravens, two bats, and a lot of pen and ink. These were doodled pencil-free with a dip pen, and the one smudgey one was deliberately smudged with a water brush. A few of them have a little secret sparkle, but it’s hard to spot in the photo.
Categories: Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: bat, crow, pen and ink, sketch
May 2025 Sketch Cards
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
After doing June in June, we finally have May in July! If that’s confusing, think how I feel trying to keep track.
- SaraBeth asked for a cherry custard tart from Diffidence and the Rift, and gets a bonus leaf-plate with it. (sold)
- Jefferson prompted “bird talk!” and gets, well, this joke. (sold)
- Eric prompted “olo” which is a new color made by lasers, and I went kinda abstract with it since I had a watercolor bookmark laying around for reasons. (sold)
- Amy B asked for a skrungle and she has received. (sold)
- JoVE asked for “dawn chorus” and gets some little brown birds at dawn in rather abstracted trees.
- Rhonda wanted some spring flowers, so have a little breath of the cooler, better previous season.
- Kelly gets not only purple but also an experiment gone wrong, done experimentally on both sides of this translucent yupo. (sold)
- Lila asked for something with hockey and trees, so here’s the after-practice pond waiting for someone to come back and play. (sold)
- Rebecca S asked for Space Whales and so here are the purrgil from Star Wars.
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, cat, crow, eric, flower, jefferson, jove, kelly, lila, pen and ink, rebecca s, rhonda, sarabeth, star wars, trees, watercolor
December 2024 Sketch Cards
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
How is January almost over? The passage of time is a continued problem. I have two! Two sets of sketch cards for you! Ah-ah-ah-aah! [insert Count von Count here]
Above, I did a set of six moon phases because I always need extras for my patreon goodie packets. These were fun to experiment with the clouds on each, so they feel connected but not too samey.
Here are everyone’s actual sketch requests from last month! And that wraps up the whole year, which is wild.
- Jefferson asked for ninja espresso and got an espresso ninja (sold)
- Rebecca S wanted a hockey boy and I paid homage to her team, the Krakens (sold)
- Amy B asked for a skunk
- SaraBeth wanted flight or freedom, and apparently my brain went the easy route with this bird escaping its cage (sold)
- Eric asked for “Captain Negasonic Human Torch” because he’s a troll, but I had fun with it
- Kelly wanted a goth to interpret “red” so of course it’s bloody bones (sold)
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Tentacles, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: amy b, copic marker, crow, eric, jefferson, kelly, moon, patreon, pen and ink, rebecca s, sarabeth
November 2024 Patron Sketches
Saturday, January 4th, 2025
I’m gonna have some actual full-size art to show y’all pretty soon, but for now here’s another batch of sketch cards from Patreon!
- Jefferson asked for, “That trick never works!” and gets a crow peeking out of an orange magician’s top hat. (sold)
- Amy B wanted a cosy mole in a waistcoat, and I gave him a cup of tea and a jaunty bowler hat, which has somehow made him look like a Loony Tunes villain, or at least a henchmole. (sold)
- Kelly wanted autumn/fall, and having a leaf to do later, I decided on this cosy purrito objecting to the changing weather. I think autumn was about 11 seconds long this year, so my mood has gone straight to winter, sorry! (sold)
- This crow is the first of three bonus cards! I did some gloomy, rainy autumn/winter backgrounds and then let myself play. (nfs)
- Bonus Crow the Second, with a trio and a tree.
- Bonus Crow the Third, just one jaunty corvid and a different tree.
- SaraBeth asked for Solidarity and gets some Pride-themed word art. (sold)
- Eric wanted a favorite cup of tea, and this is one of my favorite impractical teacups that I own, filled with sweet, milky Earl Grey. (sold)
- Andria asked for the perfect autumn leaf, and I think doing this first stole all of my fall feeling, lol. (sold)
A lovely end to the year, all watercolors and my fancy new pencils!
Categories: Completed Commissions, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Tentacles, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: amy b, andria, cat, crow, eric, jefferson, kelly, patreon, sarabeth, word art
Consuming Sunlight
Monday, April 1st, 2024
Consuming Sunlight, 12″x12″ acrylic ink on paper, $450.
An unusually large painting for me, this one is also set in the daytime instead of the middle of the night. Weird!
This corvid is trying to wrap his beak around something far too large and abstract for it, as the sun shines through the tree branches, turning them red-gold. In the detail, you can see real sunlight shining off the bird, and the tangle of winter-bare sticks in the middle of the tree.
Consuming Sunlight, detail, by Amy Crook
Categories: Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Sea Creatures and Other Animals
Tags: acrylic ink, crow, for sale, horizons, tree
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