The Scenic Route

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Seeing so many good cat sketches on tumblr made me want to collect some of my old cat doodles and studies here 😸

These are from like 2008-2010-ish.

These ones are newer, from 2015

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Party at the deer carcass!

I know it’s a little early, but I figured I’d post it anyway :)

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Is it too early to bring this back?

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Is it too LATE to bring this back?

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I will never apologise for this kind of punnery

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Testing out a new sable brush and round watercolour papers a few years ago~ 🍂🍁🤩

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A few years ago I had a lot of fun illustrating some tiny fruits in watercolour and coloured pencil. 🍒🍑🍋🍊 I love painting really tiny things, though it's become more difficult lately with my neural issues.

I used Sennelier watercolours (incredible vibrant transparent colour, wonderful for glazing) and Faber Castell Polychromos. I LOVED the way the Polychromos pencils handled and am now a total convert!

This design is available on my Spoonflower store in white, navy and black! I can add more variants on request.

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I drew cursed pokéfusions some years ago

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Greetings, Tumblr! It’s been a while!

I figured I would (re-)introduce myself with some of the work I’ve done since I was last active on here.

My name is Danelle. I’m an artist from Cape Town, South Africa, and I love working in pencils, ink and watercolour. I also teach beginners watercolour classes sometimes. My style varies a lot, but this is typically what I like to do (and what people hire me for) in terms of pet portraits!

I do watercolour pet portraits sometimes, and they’ve all been a delight. Memorial portraits, celebratory portraits, and just-because portraits, they are all wonderful and I am grateful to be able to immortalise these special little critters. 🥰

I actually have two slots open currently, with tomorrow being the last day that you can order to have a chance at having it in time for the holidays.

If you are interested in following me elsewhere, too, please see my linktree here.

If you know me from Twitter, please say hi! :D