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by LCKUNKLEOctober 28, 2019October 29, 2019

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All I knew is that I wanted to paint a tiger. I decided to start with a (semi) dark background and just dove in, no plan in place other than having a reference picture of a tiger with an expression I loved. The background started filling in, and though I loved things about it at each stage, I kept painting over it, as it didn’t feel right for it’s intended recipient (revealed to be my friend once I started painting!). And it wasn’t until I had finished painting that I had the idea to photograph it and add things digitally via my procreate app. I’m so happy with the result—the idea of painting with acrylics and then adding things digitally is fascinating to me. Definitely going to keep playing around with the concept!

WILD. isn’t it true that sometimes wildness looks like doing the thing least expected? Or should I say least expected by the world? The ways of man?

When I have a lot of orders to fill, I don’t like holing up in my studio because I miss my peoples! It often takes a bit longer when I’m out in the middle of the (mostly?) happy chaos, but it’s worth it. My littlest of four “helping” me with one of my puppy ornaments. ❤️❤️❤️

I tried so hard to share my process here with voiceover but my app keeps glitching and I lost it all twice haha (also 😤) so here’s some nice music and progress pictures 😅.

I plan on fully enjoying this fall season. Also, I am very much looking forward to baking Christmas cookies with my kids. So many good memories of baking with my mom, best friend, and Grandmom growing up. 🥰

I found myself with an extra hour in the studio today so thought I’d try something new! I started out with just a normal pencil but found I wanted something darker to bring out the shadows and depth of the eyes in this piece. I realized the pencil I grabbed was water soluble (had never tried it before) and was pretty fascinated with the process of adding water. It’ll take a bit of practice to feel more comfortable using it (I overworked the top a bit so painted over it to rescue it a little😆)—you live you learn!

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