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Sketches: Howl & Sophie ☁️ + filming a new bonus video for you! 🎥✨

Hellooo! :)

Earlier this week I posted a poll for Devoted Dragonfly members to vote for this month’s bonus video topic, and the topic that won was a Howl & Sophie scene! 🥰

The sketch is done so now I’m gonna start coloring it! I’m going to turn it into a mini comic since I’ve been wanting to do another one of those again:) I’m cur...

Drawing my Followers! 💘 Real-Time Drawing Process 🫶🏻

Hellooo everyone! 🥰

Today I’m busy filming a new bonus video for you guys, but in the meantime I wanted to share a new real-time drawing video with you! This one shows the sketching & painting process of  drawing my followers :) These were so much fun and great practice for me to try capturing the likeness of each person! It’s still a challenge for me but ...

WIP: Warriors 🗡️🌊 + tutorial poll results! ✨

Hiii everyone! :)

Yesterday I went out to draw in a cafe and started drawing this scene to practice lighting and composition! It’s always a challenge to draw two characters in a vertical/portrait-style canvas, so I’ve been practicing ☺️ It’s not done yet but I wanted to show you some progress! I think all the fantasy books I’m reading are influencing my art c...

Vote for the Bonus Video Topic! 📮💌✨

Hello guys! 😍 Happy weekend:)

It's time to vote for this month's bonus video topic! As always, this poll is just for you Devoted Dragonfly members 💘 Earlier this week you guys voted for this month's tutorial video (I'll be announcing the results soon!! �...

Draw With Me! ✏️✨ Painting Elizabeth Swann 🖤

Hello! 🥰

Here is a new draw with me video for you! ✨ In this video I go out to a cozy cafe bookstore to sketch and paint Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean, one of my favorite childhood movies 🖤 

I also give you guys a mini tour of my new bookshelf in my studio space! 😍 Maybe we’ll do a bookshelf/book tour video soon! 👀🫶🏻

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Early Look: Drawing my Followers 💕 + new draw with me video later today! 🥳🫶🏻

Hello everyone! 🥰 I hope you’ve all been having a happy week :)

I wanted to show you a sneak-peek of my finished drawing of my followers! 💘 These were so much fun to draw, I loved trying to capture the different vibes/aesthetics of each person ☺️  I recorded the full  drawing process so you guys will get another real-time video later...

Vote: January Tutorial Video Topic! ✏️🫶🏻✨

Hellooo everyone! 🥰 I hope you all had a restful weekend :)

It‘s time to vote for this month’s tutorial video topic! Thank you to everyone who commented suggestions over the weekend 😍 I’ve put all the most popular requests into this poll an...

Tutorial Video Suggestions! 📮 what should the tutorial topic be? ✏️💌

Hi everyone! ☺️ I hope you’re all having a happy weekend:)

It‘s time to comment your suggestions for this month‘s tutorial video topic! 🫶🏻 For all the new patrons here, each month I let you guys drop suggestions for the topic and then I go through them and create a poll for you to vote on ...

Early Look: Elizabeth Swann ⚔️🌊 + new draw with me video for you! ✨

Hello guys! ☺️

Today I went out to a cozy bookstore cafe and filmed a new draw with me video for you guys! 🫶🏼 I felt suddenly inspired to draw one of my favorite characters from my childhood ~ Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of The Caribbean 🏴‍☠️

There are a couple more details I might add to the drawing but I wanted to show you all...

Sneak-Peek: Sketching my Followers ✏️💕 + plans this week! ✨

Hellooo everyone! 🥰

Last year I drew my followers and I discovered I LOVE doing that, so today I’ve been doing another round! 💘 It’s so much fun to draw these and I feel like it’s a cool way to get more personal with followers too :)

I’m recording the full process of these for another real-time process video for you guys, so get ready...

Painting a Book Character 👑🔥 Real-Time Process! ✨

Happy weekend everyone! 😍 

Here is a new real-time drawing video for you! 🫶🏻 This one shows the process of painting my character sheet of Enzo, a character from the Heavenly Bodies book series ☺️ I loved reading how he was described in the books and then drawing him the way I see him in my imagination! He‘s supposed to have dark curly hair, warm skin, ...

Early Look: Enzo 🌞🔥 drawing a book character + new video for you!✨

Hello everyone! 🧡

Here’s an early look at a new character sheet I’ve been working on! This is the male lead from a book called Heavenly Bodies ~ I had so much fun reading the descriptions of what he looks like and drawing him the way I imagine him! ☺️

I recorded the painting process of this character sheet for a real-time video, and I’...

January Newsletter 🗞️✨ decorating my studio space + sketching + new year plans ✏️💘

Hi everyone! 🥰 I hope you’re all having a lovely day:)

Now that things are finally slowing down from the holidays, I can sit down and write this newsletter for you 💌 So let’s talk about what’s happening this month!

Decorating my studio space:

In 2023 I started reading books again and now it’s become one of my ab...

Wallpaper Pack! + Happy New Year 🥳🌟✨

Hello everyone and happy new year! 😍 

Starting off the month with a new wallpaper pack for you guys! This pack has all the drawings that I made in December 🥰 Last month I painted a lot of comfort zone pieces ~ fantasy characters, sparkly portraits, romantic movie art, winter scenes, sketches, and kpop art 💘 

Just scroll down to download the wallpa...

TUTORIAL: Line Art Tips & Tricks! ✏️♡✨

Hello guys! 😍

Here is a new tutorial for you ~ all about line art tips and tricks! In this video I show you guys the basics of how to create line art for sketches and also how to create line art in 4 different line styles! Traditional & sketchy, loose & airy, clean & precise, and rough & scratchy ♡ 

Make sure to watch the video in HD for th...

Line Art Tutorial Video Sneak-Peeks! 🖋️🖤🎞️✨

Happy weekend everyone! ☺️

I’ve been working on our tutorial video for the past few days and I’m excited because I’m officially DONE filming! 😍 Currenrly working on editing the video now and it will be finished later today for you guys 🥰

In the meantime I wanted to show you a few sneak-peeks from the video! I share lots of tips and techniques for lin...

Step-by-Step Tutorial: Painting Cool Tones in Skin ✏️💌✨

Hello everyone! :)

Here is a new step-by-step tutorial guide for you! 🫶🏻 This one covers the skin rendering process of my recent portrait drawing, specifically focusing on how I create a mixture of warm and cool tones in the skin :) I used to only use warm tones in my rendering for skin, but skin naturally has lots of cool tones in it as well! This one shows the pro...

WIP: Painting Dramatic Lighting 💡✨ + content I’m working on this week! ✏️

Hello everyone! 🥰

I hope you’ve all been having a lovely week so far:) I’ve been busy celebrating the holidays with family for the past few days, and today I’m getting back to work on some content for you guys! 😌

This drawing I’m working on is for a new step-by-step tutorial guide for you! I’ll be showing each step of the rendering ...

BONUS VIDEO: Painting Romantic Art 💘 Romeo & Juliet 🫶🏻✨

Hi everyone! :)

Here is a new bonus video for your weekend! 🥳 The option that won the vote for the bonus video this month was painting romantic art, and I thought it would be fitting to draw Romeo and Juliet 💘 Here is the final artwork :)

And here’s...

Early Look: Romeo & Juliet in the Elevator 💘✨ + new bonus video!

Hello everyone! :)

Here’s an early look at my new drawing of Romeo & Juliet from the elevator scene in the 1996 film 💘

For this month’s bonus video, everyone voted for a video where I draw romantic art and I thought it would be perfect to draw these two 🥰 I love drawing characters gazing at each other 💕

I’m all done filming ...

Draw a Snowy Scene With Me 🫶🏻❄️✨

Hi everyone! 🥰 I hope you’re all having a lovely week so far :)

Here is a new draw with me video for you! In this video I draw a snowy scene from start to finish, so you’ll get to see the sketching process and the coloring too :) This was such a fun study to paint, especially since I got to experiment with a color palette that I don’t usually work with! Lots of c...

Sketching Romeo & Juliet ✏️💘✨

Hi everyone! 🥰

Today I’ve been sketching another scene study of Romeo & Juliet! You might remember me painting a different scene of them a couple months ago from the 1996 film:) I wanted to draw a scene that comes later after this one:

They have so many cute moment...

Vote for the Bonus Video Topic! 🎥♡

Hellooo Devoted Dragonflies! :) 🤍

Now that we've got our tutorial video topic, it's time to vote for our bonus video topic! I've included a few new options this month for you guys to choose from, and I'm so excited to see which one you guys pick!! Keep on read...

Early Look: Snow Day ❄️ + tutorial video poll results! ✏️✨

Hi everyone! ☺️

Here’s an early look at my finished snow scene drawing! ❄️ I painted this one for this month’s draw with me video and oh my goshhhh I loved the process so much 😍 I usually stick to warmer color palettes because it’s what I enjoy the most, and at first I wasn’t sure how I’d feel about working with a very muted/cool pale...

Sketching a Snowy Scene ☃️🤍✨ + filming a new draw with me video!

Hellooo everyone! :)

I’ve been working on filming a new draw with me video for you guys and here is some progress so far! 🤍 I wanted to draw something fitting for this season ☺️ We rarely get snow where I live so I’m living through my art rn 😤

The video will show the sketching process and also the coloring too! Here’s where I’ve go...

Vote for the December Tutorial Video Topic! 🎥🎞✨

Hello everyone! 😍

Here is a poll for you guys to vote for this month's tutorial video topic! Thank you so much to everyone who dropped suggestions and ideas for the topic, I'm always so inspired whenever I read your comments 🥰🧡 Several of your suggestions have already gi...

Early Look: Cardan 🖤👑✨

Happy Sunday everyone! :)

It’s currently a rainy gloomy day and I’ve been spending the morning finishing my painting of Cardan from The Cruel Prince! 🥰 I had so much fun drawing him the way I imagine him looking in the books 😍 

He usually wears jewelry and also some gold paint/makeup in the books which I haven’t done for any of my male character dra...