I created this account just to enter the #EvoArt2025 contest by @ssegrad.bsky.social ! I have been drawing some supplemental artworks for my masters thesis about local adaptation and phenotypic selection in Mimulus guttatus. Thank you for stopping by!!

I'm using gems as a theme to practice blending pencils. It's funny that I thought the black pearl would be harder than the white one. Boy, was I wrong...

"Trapped in Amber"
Quick question: What does this image make you feel?

Asking because I'm not sure how I feel about my own illustration. 😅

Skull art? Alright, I think I got some!

Tree burning in the colors of fall.

It was a pencil, not the snacks.

Testing new Faber Castell Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencils.

I love illustrating songs. So many songs give me visual impressions, and I have great fun putting those images to paper. This one was inspired by the song "Take me to Church" by @hozier.bsky.social I just adore that song and how powerful it is. 🖤🩶

So apparently there's #artshare on Thursday.
I've learned to appreciate my art more this year, so I'm happy to see that it was hard to choose favorites. 🤭

Another color pencil illustration from earlier this year. I found this spider in my backyard, and that blue on its back caught my attention right away! 💙

#spider #art #traditionalart #colopencils #illustration

I do a lot of work with color pencils. This one was based on a dream I had. It was quite vivid, and before I fell back asleep I thought "I have to draw it!" 😅 Do you remember your dreams?

#dreams #fish #colorpencils #art #traditionalart

Last month for Halloween I started playing with charcoal again. Brought Gollum to life to scare everyone a bit.

#gollum #Tolkien #lordoftherings #charcoal #illustration #traditionalart #art

An exercise on symmetry with charcoal. Who else likes messing their working space with charcoal?

#charcoal #art #traditionalart #illustration

What's up, you clouds in this Bluesky? I'm looking forward to connecting to others that like me want to share their art in a safe place.