Sea Creature Commissions

Wrapped up this little triptych of sea creatures last week for a client in Seattle. They were so much fun to paint! I really enjoy working with vibrant watercolors. He asked for a layout where they could hang staggered on a vertical plane, so I overlapped the elements from each one to give them a little continuity. I couldn’t really get them to match up perfectly in the WordPress interface, but this is close.

If you’re interested in a small watercolor commission of your own, I currently have some slots available. Get in touch at lucypcbellwood[at]gmail[dot]com for more info!

Mo’ Birds

Time for another avian post! A surprised cardinal and other assorted colorful birds. (The latter are for sale!) I’ll be producing a print series of these little guys soon, so if you can’t afford original art, keep your eyes peeled.

HMS Rose

Wrapped up this little painting today. Aren’t boats just the best?

Festive Badger Time

Happy Christmas, all you nice people. Please enjoy this badger. From me to you.

Love,

Lucy

Waterbendin’

Here’s a little Avatar-themed commission I wrapped up for someone recently.

Bird Paintings Roundup

Been doing these tiny bird paintings recently. You can even buy the originals in my store! Hoping to have a full rainbow (and prints) within the next few weeks.

New Comic – Navy Ink

Those of you who follow me on various platforms around the Internet will doubtless know that I drew a little silent, supernatural story for Cloudscape Comics last month. Their full, ocean-themed anthology won’t be out till next year (boo), but they’ve been kind enough to let me share the story with you here on my site (yay!). The drawings are by yours truly and the story was penned by Shannon Campbell, the brains behind VanCAF (where, incidentally, I’ll be exhibiting again next year!). But enough talk. On with the comics!

Sketchdumps!

Some sketches of Greek statues from a current exhibit at the Portland Art Museum.

Extreeeeeeemely delayed portraits for Kickstarter backers.

An anniversary commission.

Aaand some anteaters. Because AWWW.

Odds and Sods

Oh blogitty blog how I’ve been neglecting you…

For those that aren’t aware, I’m in California for the next month churning out the latest issue of Baggywrinkles and working on some other secret comics projects. Comics vacation, if you will.

Freelance jobs have kept me pretty busy, so here’s a bundle of stuff from that plus some doodles to be going on with. I’ve got a Reed-related comic coming out for you later today or tomorrow, as well as an exciting conclusion to the Chacos saga, but those will have to wait until next week.

In the meantime, here’s some stuff!

Portraits for families and couples…

Logo designs for family…

Landscape sketching from a trip to Bellingham…

Reflections on leaving Portland…

And a mess of everyday stuff from being home, watching Game of Thrones for the first time, seeing ParaNorman in theaters (AWESOME, AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, GO RIGHT NOW), practicing tigers, getting stung by a yellowjacket, etc.

(My leg is STILL swollen three days later. Jerks.)

I think that’s it? Maybe? There’s a bunch of other stuff I don’t have permission to share yet, so this’ll have to do for now. Remember you can keep tabs on my less formal Internet movements on Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr. In the meantime, have a lovely weekend!

Melville & The Peking

I recently had the pleasure of doing some illustrations for my friend Justin Hocking, whose forthcoming memoir, The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld, will be released next September from Graywolf Press. Justin is the Executive Director of the Independent Publishing Resource Center, where I got my Certificate in Comics and Independent Publishing. If any of you Portland folk don’t already know about this fantastic resource, I highly encourage you to check it out. While the book goes through final revisions, Justin was kind enough to let me post these here on the blog for y’all to enjoy before they appear in print. So here’s some boaty goodness!