Janet Chui 🎨🧶🖋🪐📚
@janetchui.bsky.social
Artist, writer, mom, full-time therapist (MCOUNS, CCTP), creator of the Self-Love Oracle and A Field Guide to Surreal Botany. I am vast, I contain ADHD, probably.
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https://campsite.bio/janetchui
Expressed views here do not reflect those of my employer.
https://campsite.bio/janetchui
Today's progress. Interesting to see the smoothness when the piece is zoomed out. Up close there are more hard edges than my usual style because this is the driest I've ever applied watercolors. Working carefully because it's on paper for pastels #wip #noAI #art #traditionalart #painting
September 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today's progress. Interesting to see the smoothness when the piece is zoomed out. Up close there are more hard edges than my usual style because this is the driest I've ever applied watercolors. Working carefully because it's on paper for pastels #wip #noAI #art #traditionalart #painting
I'm on medical leave right now, finding some time to paint with new brushes and in a way that adds more texture with dryer pigments. Old watercolor habits are still creeping in though. #wip #watercolor #painting #art
September 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I'm on medical leave right now, finding some time to paint with new brushes and in a way that adds more texture with dryer pigments. Old watercolor habits are still creeping in though. #wip #watercolor #painting #art
Yeah, I may be on a fox kick. My most recent 3 designs at my (fantasy) RedBubble page are all foxes. I'm not even done yet www.redbubble.com/people/janet... #art
August 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Yeah, I may be on a fox kick. My most recent 3 designs at my (fantasy) RedBubble page are all foxes. I'm not even done yet www.redbubble.com/people/janet... #art
Met a kapok tree on the bike ride this morning and picked up a couple of pods (didn't pick up fluff; most of it was wet). While waiting for breakfast, had an impromptu table-top #photo shoot with a hitchhiker I found on my arm.
August 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Met a kapok tree on the bike ride this morning and picked up a couple of pods (didn't pick up fluff; most of it was wet). While waiting for breakfast, had an impromptu table-top #photo shoot with a hitchhiker I found on my arm.
Video of yet another fox in progress. Will post both finished designs soon #wip #painting #art #watercolor #traditionalart
August 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Video of yet another fox in progress. Will post both finished designs soon #wip #painting #art #watercolor #traditionalart
Moving toward the other watercolor style again with this little sketch. Probably also to become a sticker. #wip #art #watercolor #painting #traditionalart
August 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Moving toward the other watercolor style again with this little sketch. Probably also to become a sticker. #wip #art #watercolor #painting #traditionalart
Sometimes my watercolor doodles get very, very silly. This magnet/sticker set is now at RedBubble: www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Pi...
August 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Sometimes my watercolor doodles get very, very silly. This magnet/sticker set is now at RedBubble: www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Pi...
First #portfolioday for me. Traditional artist working on my own fantasy/spiritual pieces nowadays. Thanks for coming by! #art #artsky #watercolors #mixedmedia #traditionalart
July 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
First #portfolioday for me. Traditional artist working on my own fantasy/spiritual pieces nowadays. Thanks for coming by! #art #artsky #watercolors #mixedmedia #traditionalart
Done. May do more foxes in future, hopefully cuter and less detail. #art #artsky #painting #video #traditionalart
July 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Done. May do more foxes in future, hopefully cuter and less detail. #art #artsky #painting #video #traditionalart
July 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Never say you can't fix #watercolor mistakes. I found better reference photos and redrew the fox's leg. #wip #painting #artsky #art
July 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Never say you can't fix #watercolor mistakes. I found better reference photos and redrew the fox's leg. #wip #painting #artsky #art
I just wanna play with muted warm colors for this one. Another smol. Redrawing the sketch from kraft paper #sketch #watercolors #art
June 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I just wanna play with muted warm colors for this one. Another smol. Redrawing the sketch from kraft paper #sketch #watercolors #art
Finishing this now on my weekend (different days from most people's weekends). I wanted new greens and greens yummy enough to eat, which I got but the photo can't quite capture. I may have better luck while scanning. First time: Using greyscale photos to check values #wip #art #artsky #painting
June 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Doing little bits on this before leaving for work. Posting progress shots as replies #watercolor #art #artsky #fairyart #fantasy
June 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Doing little bits on this before leaving for work. Posting progress shots as replies #watercolor #art #artsky #fairyart #fantasy
Another #watercolor done, of a shophouse, in a different tiny book. This one approximately 5 by 3 inches or 14 by 8cm. I've joined #urbansketchers years ago but usually worked larger. Smaller seems to be more fun #smol #art
June 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Another #watercolor done, of a shophouse, in a different tiny book. This one approximately 5 by 3 inches or 14 by 8cm. I've joined #urbansketchers years ago but usually worked larger. Smaller seems to be more fun #smol #art
It's my off day and I'm STILL chipping away at this mixed media piece on watercolor canvas. Maybe it's going to take another month... #wip #art #painting #fantasyart
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
It's my off day and I'm STILL chipping away at this mixed media piece on watercolor canvas. Maybe it's going to take another month... #wip #art #painting #fantasyart
Finally managed to get all the images to display consistently on this page I created for all my portrait-oriented ACEOs: www.janetchui.com/aceos/ #ACEO #painting #art #fantasyart
Along the way I figured out why my #Wordpress theme struggled to scale images. Anyway, here are 2 favorites:
Along the way I figured out why my #Wordpress theme struggled to scale images. Anyway, here are 2 favorites:
May 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Finally managed to get all the images to display consistently on this page I created for all my portrait-oriented ACEOs: www.janetchui.com/aceos/ #ACEO #painting #art #fantasyart
Along the way I figured out why my #Wordpress theme struggled to scale images. Anyway, here are 2 favorites:
Along the way I figured out why my #Wordpress theme struggled to scale images. Anyway, here are 2 favorites:
Dug deep into my old #ACEO scans and found two more mermaids for #mermay
#watercolors #illustration #fantasyart
#watercolors #illustration #fantasyart
May 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Dug deep into my old #ACEO scans and found two more mermaids for #mermay
#watercolors #illustration #fantasyart
#watercolors #illustration #fantasyart
Does anyone remember ACEOs? They were from when people were collecting 3.5 by 2.5-inch original pieces of art from artists. Maybe I should do those again, because they were not daunting to start. #art #artsky #ACEO #watercolor #painting
May 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Does anyone remember ACEOs? They were from when people were collecting 3.5 by 2.5-inch original pieces of art from artists. Maybe I should do those again, because they were not daunting to start. #art #artsky #ACEO #watercolor #painting
Oh yeah, I'm a #finchapp user and I might have added one or two people I saw sharing their friend code on BlueSky. Here's my birb (stand back, spellcheck) in their Redwall getup for May the 4th.
Tap the link to add me as a friend, or add my friend code PSLH4CGELZ. app.befinch.com/share/YcqvJ
Tap the link to add me as a friend, or add my friend code PSLH4CGELZ. app.befinch.com/share/YcqvJ
May 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Oh yeah, I'm a #finchapp user and I might have added one or two people I saw sharing their friend code on BlueSky. Here's my birb (stand back, spellcheck) in their Redwall getup for May the 4th.
Tap the link to add me as a friend, or add my friend code PSLH4CGELZ. app.befinch.com/share/YcqvJ
Tap the link to add me as a friend, or add my friend code PSLH4CGELZ. app.befinch.com/share/YcqvJ