✨artwork reveal 🖼️
I’ve been keeping this one under wraps for a while. I was lucky enough to help out some authors by illustrating a map!
This was such a fun project. I used procreate but kept it in a watercolor style- my wheel house if you will 😉 the result was a soft but detailed window of Regency Bath.
I’m pretty proud of how it turned out.
Thanks to
@authormichelleangus @brookejlosee @teahthewriter @author_amanda_panhorst & @authorbrookehampton for letting me create this map.
Fun closeups coming soon. 😉
#heartsofsomerset #regencyromance #historicalromance #bookmap #romance #carouselpost #multiauthor #summerromance #bookishlovegroup #romancereader
✨It’s …almost a book!!! 📖 🖌️
I just put the one last final itty bitty detail to my last illustration for a project I’ve been working on for over a year!!! That’s 12 whole watercolor illustrations. I can’t quite show you the whole thing but 😘 MERRY CHRISTMAS…in May! lol 😂 I am beyond excited. Just scanning and sending to the author!
#BookIllustration #ChildrenBookArtist #IllustratorsOfInstagram #FinalTouch #WIPtoFinal #IllustrationProcess #IllustrationReel #ArtistsOnInstagram #BookArt #ArtInProgress #DrawingReel #CreativeJourney #FreelanceIllustrator #IllustratedBook #ArtCommunity #PublishingJourney #ArtistAtWork #VisualStorytelling #HandDrawnIllustration
Artwork/Bookmark Reveal✨🖌️
The final stingray bookmark is complete.
Soft colors, slow movement, and a little ocean calm for your next read. 💙 My goal was to make it light, airy and soothing.
What book would you use this one in? ⬇️
#WatercolorBookmark #ArtistAndReader #StingrayArt #BookishFavorites #ThatArtistWhoReads #BookmarkReveal
✨Book Review✨
Right With You by @clairecainwriter
📚 Releases TOMORROW! 💕
Just when I thought I couldn’t love Silver Ridge more, Claire Cain proves me wrong. “Right With You,” the 6th in the Veterans of Silver Ridge series, might be one of my favoritesyet. If you love strong heroines and swoony heroes, this one will absolutely steal your heart.
Our leading lady? She’s kind, smart, and quietly fierce. A small business owner with a big dream and even bigger gumption—her donut shop is her dream, and you can feel it on every page. She’s been through hard things, learned to stand up for herself, and came out the other side stronger.
And the MMC? Ohhh my swoon. 😍
Let’s just say if you’re into protective, thoughtful, “who is this guy really?” vibes—this one has that hidden identity done so well. 🫠
This book made me smile, cheer, and melt a little. If you love stories full of heart, healing, and characters who feel like real people, grab this one. 💕
Claire Cain fans, you’re going to LOVE this addition to Silver Ridge. And if you’re new to the series… welcome! The donuts (and the suspense) are waiting for you. 🍩✨
After I finished the ARC I had to go back to book one and re read them all again. They are THAT good! ➡️ it’s also perfection in person. Thanks for the amazing book mail Claire 🫶🏻
#RightWithYou #ClaireCain #VeteransOfSilverRidge #BookRelease #RomanceReads #BookstagramLove #SmallTownRomance #SwoonyReads #RomanceBookReview #BookishFavorites #DonutShopRomance
Best way to spend a rainy day? 🌧️
I got out my newest watercolor set. It’s a “vintage pastel” set by @artphilosophyco. There’s something soothing about making a swatch sheet. It may just become a regular practice to meditate.
#paintingmeditation #artisttime #watercolorswatches #myfavoritepasttime #artistofinstagram #rainydaypainting
A peek behind the scenes in my “studio” when I was in the middle of this book illustration project. It’s almost done, I’m scanning and getting them ready to pass off to the author! Woot woot! @calliemore_stories
Was I watching Princess Bride? Yes yes I was. 😉
Despite the cluttered-ness (which is probably my natural habitat 🤪) it’s fun to be surrounded by my paintings and see them all come together along the process. As you can see I use any possible surface. Sorry to those who get stressed just looking at my desk. 🙃😉 this is pretty mild for a big project like this. Just sharing the truths behind the gram. 😆 😉😉
#christmasbook #childrensbookillustration #bookillustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #behindthescenesart #cozyartstudio #holidaybookmagic #workinprogressart
Want to know a secret about me? I love baseball movies. 🎬⚾️ Not baseball games (sorry to the fans—I find them kinda boring 😬), but give me a baseball movie and I’m all in. “A League of Their Own” (obvs), “Moneyball,” “Trouble with the Curve,” “42”… yes please.
Ironically, “Field of Dreams” doesn’t do it for me. I don’t get it. I know, I know—cue the collective gasp (my husband’s still recovering from that confession 😂).
So, I figured… maybe it’s time to try a baseball book. And friends, @authorannahconwell just released one in her “More than a Game” series and I might’ve found another new favorite genre. 😉
📚 The Double Play by Annah Conwell is everything I love in a story—heart, heat, and a hero that had me swooning. It’s cute and full of humor that balances out the angst/past history the characters work through.
⚾️ If you love a good sports romance, or you’re a fan of slow-burn chemistry and grumpy/sunshine, add this one to your TBR!
Have you read any baseball romances you loved? Drop them below so I can keep the streak going! ⬇️ I’ll put a couple more I’ve read & loved in comments. ⚾️ 💚
#BookReview #SportsRomance #BaseballRomance #TheDoublePlay #AnnahConwell #RomanceReaders #Bookstagram #BookishConfessions #AmReadingRomance
Let the sky paint itself. ✨
There’s something so calming about watching the colors bleed together in a night sky.
This was one part of the painting where I just let the water lead, and it turned into something soft and a little bit magical.
#bookillustrations #WatercolorProcess #NightSkyArt #WatercolorMagic #ArtistAtWork #CalmCreative #WatercolorVideo #PaintingTheSky
Working on a new shark bookmark in Procreate—something fun for ocean-loving readers. 🦈 (a little secret surprise I’m doing for my book club 🤫 )
It’s fun seeing these little creatures take shape, even in the sketchy stages.
Should I add more sea creatures to the lineup?
#ProcreateIllustration #BookishArt #BookmarkDesign #SharkIllustration #OceanInspired #DigitalArtistAtWork
#ProcreateArt #DigitalIllustration #SharkArt #BookmarkDesign #BookishArt
Getting some painting time in. This project is getting sooooo close! 🎨 🖌️
I just love the shadows. The best part: it looks so messy as you begin but then it just all works out and looks like all those splotches were on purpose. This one is only like an hour into its process.
#christmaspainting #watercolorartist #workinprogresspainting
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