Something I made 4 years ago. Tempted to redraw it with another medium.

Pastel drawing.

Drawing in mainly black ink, primarily in silhouette, of a hen standing on a pumpkin on the vine, bending her head quizzically down towards it. The pumpkin bears a grinning expression like that if a carved jack-o-lantern. The hen's comb and wattle are the only touch of red gouache.

Henny Halloween. 🐔🎃

Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 95 × 64 mm.

Some progress on my Christmas card illustration. I can tell that not painting much has affected my confidence quite a bit. I’m surprisingly happy with how it’s turned out so far, but also terrified to add a few more watercolour layers. Which I think is needed in some places.. (before I add pencil)

Panting. Painting. 😂😂😂

Lines are mostly done, just got to add some background stuff before I start panting.

Another one.

I feel like I need to get out my regular pencils and watercolour paint again though. Let’s see if I can make that happen tomorrow.

I wanted to start on my Christmas cards early for a change, but I have zero inspiration yet. 🥲😅

It really is quite a challenge to pick all the colours. It’s much easier to use oil pastels and then mix colours on the paper.

Definitely a fun challenge to pick a colour and then hope it turns out to be the one I wanted though.

Did a bit “treat-yo-self”, and bought a fancy set of soft pastels. Definitely fun to try out all the colours.

Here’s a small thing I just made.

Thank you:)

Some recent soft pastel sketches. I definitely struggle with this medium, but I also love playing with this material.

Playing with soft pastels

Drawing.

Leuk!

Two little illustrations, in two pretty little frames, on the corner of my desk.

Work in progress :) a little landscape.

Dankjewel!

Little sketch. I used khadi paper with one layer of pastel ground on it, but I think I either need to skip the pastel ground or add more layers. It was hard to get rid of all the white background where it didn’t work. Maybe I should’ve added a bit of colour to the pastel ground before adding it 🤔🤔

digital art of a snake like fantasy creature with a single pair of wings and multicolored purple scales. its feathered wings are pastel colors and its head and tail are black

a purple one

I always love how you use lights and darks in your art!

Caldera 4: Western Hemlock
Charcoal on Stonehenge 250gsm
22x30 inches, 2025

Fresh off the board, returning to the Caldera series after a few years away. This piece is also available for purchase as a signed loose paper drawing (unframed) on my website amoryabbott.com

Illustration of Bluebeard , caught in his beard are his past wives

‚Bluebeard‘ Illustration for my Fairytale Collection

#art #bluebeard #fairytale

Some more pastel playing. Layering and picking the right colours is kind of tricky.

I also think just one layer of pastel ground on watercolour paper may not have been enough. 🤔

Tekening in kleurpotlood op wit papier. Een putter staat op een takje een kijkt je aan. Het is een vogel met rood in het kopje en blauw en gele accenten in de veren

Dag 15 van de #februarivogelmaand : putter

Gebaseerd op een foto van @sannevroom.bsky.social

This is lovely! Oil pastels are so fun to play with 😊

Sky Over Paris
Watercolor - 23x17 inches
@bsky.art

Not great, but fine for a practise piece. I do like the corner on the top left.

Learning about how to layer colours here. And I also use a watercolor paper with pastel ground on top of it this time. Pastelmat definitely works better, but is also so much more expensive!

QRP with your wings #art

Cover art for @marinalostetter.bsky.social book The Teeth of Dawn, client: Tor

QRP with your wings! ✨