Carnations from Flower Arrangement

Struggling now for going on two months with this art slump I'm in, I managed to work this digital painting.  I tried a week or so ago to do some sketching but just couldn't force myself to accomplish anything.  This morning I woke up and actually felt that "itch" to do something as I looked at the bouquet of flowers Terry brought me last Sunday.  Still not ready to deal with watercolor, I grabbed my Ipad to work this illustration.

Love the color in these carnations!!  And they have such a nice fragrance to them, as well.  Other flowers in the arrangement include tiger lilies and various color mums. 

For a change, I didn't overthink things resulting in my feeling overwhelmed by all the petal details....I just jumped in and started adding color and blending. 

Procreate Digital Painting / Airbrush Med and Soft brush tools

Leaf Footed Bug

This was done back in April as I was fighting the beginning of an art slump I'm still dealing with.  Just now catching up posting this plus I managed a digital painting today I will share in the next post.

This is a Leaf-footed bug crawling on the front porch back in April.

It was late and I was tired when working on it so no surprise I misspelled "CREEPY"   Although not something I'd want to land on me, I do find them intriguing with their unique shape.

Fabriano Hot Press / Hand Sewn Journal / DS watercolors / Document Brown but can't remember which pen I used.