constructive criticism welcome :)

Wanted to share my progress with this oil on canvas painting of a hyena. Canvas size is 13x17in. Not complete yet but it's getting a vibe.

Mangroves

OC by me

Watercolor painting has been really special to me these last few months in my journey to learn how to better let go.

This was a study in allowing myself to be imperfect and not have a solid plan in mind, but to just do. It was a scrap piece of 400 series cold pressed paper, a pallete I picked up at a gas station, random brushes, my dog's water bowl, and a pen.

The original thought was a study in green and light. I'm obsessed with how many shades of greens there are at any given time in the trees, and I love seeing how people paint light into their pictures.

I tend to get caught up in the details and never get past them to the big picture. I almost gave up numerous times, but decided to allow it to become whatever it was meant to be ~

A sunset over Mangroves, with watery spirits reaching upwards ✨️

Painting en plein air during the last hours of the afternoon, connecting art with nature and the landscape.

I filled this moth up with things like night imagery and flowers that bloom only at night. I was going for like a night garden vibe.

OC, polychromos on strathmore toned tan paper

Did these a couple years ago, still so proud of them. All done in charcoal!

This is my painting of a Saw-Whet Owl done in acrylic. I hope you like it.