I saw the #MonochromeMarch hashtag and thought it would be fun to do a painting! This painting is of a banded alder borer and was done in gouache on 12"x9" mixed media paper only using the color black. It was a very fun painting to do! (zine permission granted.)

#art #MastoArt #MonochromeMonday #watercolor #goauche #beetle

Apparently it's been over a year since I made any #EmpathAndAugur fanart. Didn't quite accomplish everything I wanted with this painting, but still like how it turned out.

anyways, high recommend designing an elaborate dress for your male protagonist.

https://nebulos.space/sebastian_scales.html

#goauche #art #painting #TraditionalArt

#ScribesAndMakers: How's it going?

my gouache setup is back online so I've been painting again. trying the limit my palette even further but figuring out that yes, I do need those colors lol.

here's a bit of something I'm not super happy with. I did the more finished color one and didn't like it (shadows too cool in tone), so I started again. like the new sketch better but still futzing around with this time I'm trying to do with eyes in the shadows of the folds in the dress, and maybe making the bodice look a little more like it's made of teeth. feedback welcome.

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#goauche

A teeny, teeny, tiny drawing I made last night a piece of scrap aquarelle paper in gouache.

For reference of size, I added the brushes I used and my pinky finger in the photos. The brushes: brand DaVinci kolinsky 3, 2 and 00.

#mastoart #tinysketch #sketch #art #drawing #painting #illustration #goauche #fediart #artist #house #boat #smallart

"Glow of Winter" is another Christmas painting from last year, now available as 5"x5" greeting cards (and prints), perfect for 2024 Christmas Cards.

Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1816018372/glow-of-winter-greeting-card

Website:

https://artbymattias.com/product/glow-of-winter-greeting-card/

#christmas2024 #christmascard #goauche #painting #EtsyStore #Etsy #Art