#22x30

[spockandawe]

I forgot to post the last few paintings! I have also been experimenting with watercolors, because I've never been a person to git gud at a single craft when I could be mediocre at ten million 😂 (stay tuned for my impending adventures in straw marquetry and lampshade covering) (neither of those are jokes).

For watercolor, like with acrylics, I dove in pretty big, with the aim of having things for my parents' new house by mother's day. So I was very much aiming for foolproof projects! I had two very tall, very skinny frames (12x36) that i got from the clearance section, thinking I would buy 36 inch watercolor paper, only to learn that no such thing was in the stores near me. So for that, i went abstract and layered, using spacers from the papercrafts i never followed through on to give it some dimensionality that doesn't photograph well. And then i looked up tutorial videos for loose watercolor flowers. Very much a learning process, and I was painting right up until noon of mother's day, but I had fun and mom was delighted! Now it's time to back down and do real studies and learn the fundamentals, haha

[aahsoka]

there was like a weird pillbug but longer on my bed ………… how am i gonna sleep now im gonna be thinking theres bugs all over my bed

[charlesbeckart]

Charles Beck - View from Westside Road

This painting came about after a bike ride to Healdsburg. I took a quick photo for a starter but changed the greens of the vines to fall colors in the painting. In another month or so the view will look like that with St. Helena looming in the distance.

[extinctionstories]

Two hundred years ago, the wetlands of Japan rustled with pink-tinged feathers. Tall, pale birds stepped carefully through reeds and iris, hunting small fish, crabs, and frogs. 

Nipponia nippon, it would be dubbed by the national ornithological society, a bird emblematic of its country. The Crested Ibis. The Toki. The Peach Flower Bird.

Marshes slowly changed to rice fields, with farmers who resented the toki for ruining crops; to kill the birds was outlawed, so children chased them from the fields, singing warnings.

The doors of the country were pried open. Laws changed. Farmers bought their first guns, their sights set on birds who were no longer protected. The toki, the red-crowned crane, and many others began to suffer. But the worst was yet to come.

Pesticides are indiscriminate killers. The poison sprayed to kill a beetle can travel up the foodchain, toppling a cascade of larger animals, or affecting their ability to reproduce. It was reckless pesticide use that nearly wiped out the Bald Eagle. In the rice fields, the peach-flower-bird had little chance. 

In 1981, Japan’s last five living toki were removed from a wild that had become too dangerous for them.

I tell a lot of sad stories here, about mistakes we’ve made and animals we’ve lost. This isn’t one of those. This is a story about one of those precious times when we were able to fix the things we’d broken. 

A joint effort between Japan & China, and the discovery of seven more birds in that country, led to a successful breeding program, which in 2008 saw the first ibises fly free again in Japan. Today, at least 5000 toki exist in the world.

The last wild-born toki, one of those captured in 1981, lived almost long enough to see her species’ return. Reaching the equivalent age of a centenarian human, she died in 2003—not of old age, but injury after throwing herself against her cage door. 

Her name was ‘Kin’. ‘Gold’. 

Mended things can never be as whole as they once were. There will always be cracks that show, weak spots that remain vulnerable. Yet, like the shining seams of a kintsugi piece, these scars speak an important truth: here is a thing that someone chose to save; handle with care.

The title of this painting is ‘Restoration’. It is gouache on 22x30 inch watercolor paper, and is part of my series 'Conservation Pieces', exploring the effort to preserve endangered birds.

[saint-vagrant]

part of a work in progress, one of the ongoing pieces from my residency.

22x30", graphite. him – sé

[fagboyfriend]

the five peices i did for one of my finals- centering around the theme of transness in the home. I’ve been really getting into the concept of domesticity, privacy and intimacy and how these are experienced in trans bodies.You may recognize the characters if you follow my work hehe ^_^

all are 22x30, watercolor, colored ink, acrylic gouache and various other things like gel pen, colored pencil, paint pen- and of course- stickers!

[Image Description:

5 traditional paintings.

The first is of a fat south asian trans man lying nude reclined on a bed inside of a van. His eyes are closed and he is somewhat falling off the bed, his head and arm draped towards the ground. Visable in the van are snacks, a record player, fastfood containers, condoms, a vibrator, and several posters on his walls.

The Second is of two characters, a fat east asian trans woman, who is nude, and a mid-size white nonbinary person, who is shirtless but wearing boxers. They sit on a bed together, smiling and surrounded by pinkish light.

The third is of a thin white transfeminine nonbinary person lying on the floor of a bathroom nude, with her legs propped up on the edge of a bathtub. They’re also making a phone call, and looking absentmindedly into a mirror that is reflecting them.

the fourth is of a chubby trans man with dark curly hair wearing a binder with his laptop propped up on his lap. You can see the rest of his bedroom, including someone watching tv in the far distance.

The fifth is of a thin white man standing in a room, looking down at a mirror that lies at his feet. You can see the rest of his room, including a teal ladder and a stained glass window in the kitchen.

All five paintings are very colorful, covered in stickers and have colorful borders.

End ID.]

[vintagelasvegas]

Fremont Street, 1983. 22x30-inch watercolor on paper by John Baeder.

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

Morten E Solberg (American, 1935-2022)

"Twilight Time" Sandhill Crane Family

22x30 Watercolor

International Signature Watercolor Exhibition 2019, Fallbrook CA. /SOLD

[bonegloss]

started a huuuuuge plushie painting- (22x30 in.)

I dont normally work this large but I want to start making bigger things.

[resonanteye]

I've put a lot of my work up as prints at

this in particular are the paintings I made in 2020. all are large, 22x30" watercolors. each is dedicated to a place and person.

it's an emotional series for me. I've done very little painting since, I've been recovering creatively from working on these. they're an expression of deep personal and collective grief and anger. There are many lighter works of mine there too of course.

if you're looking for my paintings to own, this is the best way. I'm not currently selling originals unless you email me about them to inquire.

and I blazed this, because I have to make a living. boosting in any way helps. thanks all for staying alive, please keep doing that as best you can.

[nazarjoon]

22x30" silkscreen accordion zine. each spread is a picture i took in iran that i then drew over representing the "broken" relationship i have with my culture where i am left to fill in blanks i dont fully understand

[sarahyeoman]

Painted this one in a larger format, 22x30. Bigger is better when it comes to throwing paint! Now showing at Blue Streak Gallery in Wilmington, DE #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorbirds #birdsofinstagram #ravens #crows #crow #crowsofinstagram #aquarelle #watercolourpainting #escodabrushes #saunderswaterford #danielsmithartistsmaterials #sarahyeomanart https://www.instagram.com/p/Ckd1tn9rWHi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[architeuthis3]

"Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes."

Walt Whitman stars. 22x30''. oil on constructed surface. adam sturch

[charlesbeckart]

Charles Beck - Arch Rock Beach

This is from one of those early morning excursions to the nearby coast during a low tide. As a boy I was taken there to go rock fishing for sea trout and perch and bullheads. The memory of surf and the smell of kelp and the tug of a fish on the line stays with me still.

[radamsfineart]

Apple Blossoms, pastel chalk on Rives BFK paper, 22x30 in., 1994, Richard E. Adams

[storytellerartist]

Just finished. "Flora & Fauna" 22x30, oils on panel