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good morning everyone! I have a new all-time favorite work of art, and it’s this early 19thc ivory netsuke in the shape of an INCREDIBLY fat bird

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flower person the third. flower people. 🌼 . . #sketchbook #kidlitillo #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #childrensillustration #illustratorsoninstagram #illustration #mixedmediaillustration #cutpaperart #paintandcut #collagepainting #watercolorpencil #blackandwhite #popofcolor #charactersketch https://www.instagram.com/p/CVS9Ko-pSRx/?utm_medium=tumblr

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flower person # 2 🌹🌹 . . . #sketchbook #kidlitillo #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #childrensillustration #illustratorsoninstagram #illustration #mixedmediaillustration #cutpaperart #paintandcut #collagepainting #flowerperson #charactersketch https://www.instagram.com/p/CVN6KfKPSsb/?utm_medium=tumblr

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flower person 🌷 . Watercolor pencil, water soluble crayon, and some junky colored paper . . . #sketchbook #kidlitillo #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #childrensillustration #illustratorsoninstagram #illustration #mixedmediaillustration #flowers #cutpaperart #paintandcut #collagepainting #taketimetoenjoy https://www.instagram.com/p/CVDrliYvC-s/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Boo! and squeak! . . #artprocess #kidlitillo #kidlitillustration #childrensillustration #illustratorsoninstagram #illustration #mixedmediaillustration #kidlitart #cutpaperart #collagepainting #paintandcut #animalillustration https://www.instagram.com/p/CUx3oK6rmZZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Happy #nationaldogday 🐕 Almost missed it, but I'm squeaking in on the tail end (sorry) to say: I wish you all good dogs, and your dogs comfy naps https://www.instagram.com/p/CTED2_XP5Rd/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Starting to feel a little more competent with the iPad 🍁 This was for a Spoonflower "autumn botanicals" design competition. I got the iPad when I was pregnant, thinking it would be a great way to make keeping up an art practice easier to combine with baby care and sleepless nights. It didn't work out quite as I imagined at first (for several months), but it's starting to come together https://www.instagram.com/p/CTAmakDvFlJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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summer friend . . After a few weeks of grace and merciful wind, it's finally gotten quite smoky outside. Good to remember the bees buzzing about out there, even when I can't join them . . #pollenators #insectillustration #watercolorart #watercolorillustration #digitalcollage #animalillustration #childrensillustration #kidlitart #illustratorsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CS177T_PcAC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Something I've struggled with for a long time: when I work quickly, I'm often at least as happy with the results as when I take forever to do something meticulously. But can't seem to get that through my head enough to make that quicker, looser work my default. Has the potential benefit been sharply highlighted now, by parenthood? Very much so. Have I actually gotten better about it? Not yet! I think it's time for a naptime-based sketchbook project. 🦋 https://www.instagram.com/p/CSSZVSDhfsJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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It’s a lovely morning in the late Cretaceous, and you are a horrible halszkaraptor.

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Watercolor collage-painting process, getting all the parts painted and cut and ready to be assembled into a finished piece

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Painted, cut out, and reassembled lady's mantle plant, inspired by the landscaping down the street

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🐟🐠 . . #creativebug #lisacongdon #dailydrawingchallenge #makeart2018 #dailyart #dailydrawing #dailysketch #sketchbook #doodle #quickdraw #linedrawing #pendrawing #keepitsimple #animalillustration #fish #sealife #carveouttimeforart

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