nova's art blog

nova | 23 | she/her | i draw strange people and stranger places

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a shiny quarter to whoever can tell who i used as a reference for laurence

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a gift for my grandmother's 90th birthday, based on a photo of her (holding the bottle) and her friend taking a break from studying

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the forever nectarine

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thing i drew after getting mad

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eep it's sniffing me!!!!

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da peepers. i still haven't drawn mark because i can't seem to capture his baby cow eyes accurately

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painting i made of a dead rat i found by the road

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my first foray into oil painting !!! a self portrait

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milo because, and i'm not kidding here, never has there been a fictional character i have empathized with so greatly

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reading master and commander :)

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another contextless vn snippet

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applying rouge

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all i can draw these days is naked guys just sitting there looking all serene it's not even funny

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one of the beacons at the edge of the city that maintain a pleasant climate. the structures are less than 100 years old but were built to appear older, lend the project a little legitimacy

another little study

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this week's gratuitous dewy:

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The desert mountains and dreary glaciers are my refuge. I have wandered here many days; the caves of ice, which I only do not fear, are a dwelling to me, and the only one which man does not grudge.

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'The birds? The game, you say? The animals that were put here to be hunted? Mai-low, you hypocrite.'