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I put this down for a while but am coming back to it to finally add color!

I'm using my sketchbook to help me plan my color palette. I haven't always done this, but with my last couple pieces with detailed linework I've found this helpful to avoid regrets once I start adding color. I blob out colors I plan to use, then I make a super rough copy of the drawing, and finally I loosely paint the rough sketch.

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I forgot I hadn't posted this one yet. More spring things. Mulberry paper, colored cardstock, paper I painted.

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A spring halo.

Collage with mulberry paper, paper I painted, and paper I drew on.

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Work in progress. Spring flings.

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Moon moon moon.

I really like this one! I inked some paper and cut it out for the collar. The rest is mulberry paper or speckly card stock. Gold ink for the details. 8.5x11"

Available here.

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Collage!!!

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Garden Ghost: Purple Flower

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Garden Ghost: Mushrooms

I painted on watercolor paper and yupo paper and then cut them into the larger shapes. I added some lavender mulberry paper and gold ink to finish off this little piece.

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Eeep, I stopped uploading these! If you scroll back through my tumblr you can see this is continuing my Garden Ghosts series. Here are Buds. I will have some (maybe all!) of these small art pieces available for you to adopt soonish!

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Garden Ghost: Moss

The third of the series! Collage with mulberry paper and paper I painted. Gold ink. 5x7"

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Garden Ghost: Pink Flower

Another 5x7" for Helvella Art's small art show Send Me Across the Sea Vol. 6! Collage with mulberry paper and my own watercolor/ink texture on black paper, with gold ink. More coming after this! I basically did a rainbow of these things, I couldn't stop.

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Garden Ghost: Sun

First in a series of postcard sized art for Send Me Across the Sea Vol. 6 at Helvella Art in Oakland!

Made with collage and gold ink.

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A heart gown (from Valentine's Day)! This collage is made from various papers--mulberry, cardstock, some paper I painted on then cut up. I'm so enjoying collaging these days. It's like painting blobs but with paper. Paper blobs. This is about 8.5x11".

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Collage and gold ink details, from a series of collaged beings on black paper. I'm excited to share the whole series soon! For now working on scanning and editing.

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Just a wip wip wip

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Now with gold! Flaming heart linocut, hand carved, hand stamped, hand embellished. If you want one.

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Are you in need of a love note, or maybe just a like note? Here you go.

Features a little ink illustration by me, plus that cute stripey envelope. Hooray for snail mail!