Blood will Flow

i'm feeling rather sleepy and putting it down to the course of antibiotics I'm on for my tooth implant. I don't think of dentistry as surgery but the info sheet the dentist gave me talks about post surgery actions so I suppose it was. Over an hour of jaw achingly unpleasant drilling and bone strengthening... yeah, I wouldn't particularly choose to do this again for fun. LOL

Anyway, art-wise, I've been doing birthday art for my friend Lois, who's into foxes big time, but also loves the esoteric and Green Men. So I thought I'd combine the two for her card, and did some watercolours for her.
Here's the fox sketch

and here's the finished watercolour.

I actually managed to resist adding linework when I'd done with the watercolours, which makes a change. 😁

These are my Roman Szmal colours, and I really like them. I'd definitely recommend these for anyone looking at starting watercolours - they are great quality, but also exceedingly good value for money. They are Polish and handmade with honey as a binder, so some pans are quite sticky, but that also makes them very easy to activate. The colours are all rich and a lot of them are single pigments which is good. They also have some gorgeous granulating mixed pigment colours. All the paints are full pans, and I think in the US they are even cheaper than in the UK - you can buy them via Jackson's art supplies, or in Europe there's a Spanish seller, Artemiranda, whose prices were comparable. They work out about half the cost of brands like Daniel Smith but all the reviews I've seen from expert watercolourists say the quality is just as good, and the range of colours to choose from is really good too.

Maybe Clint was the right choice for Michelmas and the Harvest Festival because he's an archer like William Tell and apples and...oh ok, there was no rhyme or reason, I just wanted Clint in high heels up a tree, okay?

My final entry for the wonderful Marvel Pinup Calendar (HERE) - and a massive thank you to our mods, and all the fabulous supporting artists on Marvel Art Party. You rock, guys.

There are two versions in case people want to print him out for 2020 or 2021. Simply click on the image to go to the full size version for downloading and printing.
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Some lovely folk over on our Marvel Art Party discord group decided to set up a Pinup Calendar project, and their hard work has paid off with a bunch of lovely sexy art!
My Mr February (go check out the other artist's offerings and months!) is Eddie Brock and Venom with a Superbowl theme. Whether the actual Superbowl will even happen in February 2021, who knows - but at least we'll have Eddie and Venom, right?
( Large NSFW art under the cut! )

I'm very busy doing nothing and trying not to watch too much news to prevent my blood pressure sky rocketing (effing world, effing Trump, Effing Boris and his weapons-grade bellend advisor...) so here's some random art instead.

I bought some (more) new watercolours - I have poor impulse control while watching artists on Youtube videos. I think I now have sufficent supplies of watercolours, sketchbooks and paper to last the rest of my life. I need to find a young artist to bequeath my supplies to...

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My second 2020  spn_meanttobe post is a collab with wetsammywinchester - what a treat! There were so many scenes I wanted to do but in the end, one stood out, and that's what I went for.
Click HERE or on the banner to read the story!


The main picture - not really spoilery but it is a scene from the story, where Jared takes Jensen on a boat trip and they encounter a turtle.( Read more... )

I'm taking a break from painting my two elephants this weekend and trying some watercolour painting. Neither of the two pieces have turned out how I imagined, but I'm not unhappy with them all the same. I really need to keep reminding myself I'm a proper novice and need to practice, practice, practice before I'll be able to produce the kind of work that I'm getting excited about watching Youtube tutorials.

Yesterday it was a Sam day. I thought this could be Boy King Sam, but also, it could be Witcher Sam too...
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Eons ago, in the mists of time, I entered a picture in the Marvel RB. There was a looooooooong gap between that exciting moment and the posting, but we finally made it! My shining pinch-hitting knight, Starjargon, stepped in to rescue my art when the first claimant had unavoidable issues.
You can read the story HERE and I know I'm looking forward to reading it too!

This is the art prompt.( Read more... )

Inktober is doing a weekly challenge this year and this week is the first time I've managed to fit one in. Of course, with a prompt like hammer, I was bound to think of Demon Dean, right?
Imagine him singing Pete Seeger's If I had a Hammer...
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Title: Tighter
Gifter: amberdreams
Giftee: blindswandive
Pairing/Characters: OFC/Sam & Dean
Art: Traditional (watercolour, ink, gold leaf)
Rating: R
Warnings: Visually implied threesome.
Summary: Illustration inspired by blindswandive's sensual and sexy case fic, The Wild Wild West. Lucille is an original character with a fondness for corsets. Lucille features strongly in the story, and persuades the Winchesters to try a threesome (among other things). For spn_j2_xmas
Note: I hope you like this, my dear, since it doesn't follow any of your prompts and only really includes one of your many likes!
Teaser


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