Michelle McGaughey | PortabelloRoad

Tumblr mainly for my nerdy interests, art and writing! https://archiveofourown.org/users/portabello_road https://www.michellemcgaughey.com/ https://buymeacoffee.com/portabello_road

[thatwelshartist]

Couple of Thieves

I really like the colours you get on magpies, what at first glance looks like a other black and white bird is actually full of these wonderfully iridescent greens and purples

just a really spectacular animal

[taylornprice]

somewhere in angeles national forest

[beautifulbizarremagazine]

Surreal floral shapes and gradient make the organic forms in this painting like a dream. Flowering Tree 2025, 54x36 inches enamel on canvas by Inka Essenhigh @inkaessenhigh.

[musubiarte]

The other day I was surfing the internet and I found this specialized painting colour wheel, it shows how real paint colours relate to each other. 

Outside: the purest/brightest colours.

Inside: naturally muted or earthy colors, like browns and ochres.

The Center: dark neutral tones used for mixing shadows.

The Lines: the lines connect colors that are opposites, if you mix them you neutralize the tone creating clean grays or browns instead of muddy puddles.

I want to share this with you because I think it is really illustrative!

Reference: “Quiller Wheel” by Stephen Quiller

[oliviawhen]

Just swimming by to say hello. 🦭

[s1ck0]

Vorace by Pauline Mauvière & Charles Ouvrard

[murrksss]

more herons

[ieafy]

Lily of the valley, gouache 🌱

[samimarkart]

meep!

[monstermonger]

The Gardener.

Second of two pieces I had the chance to make for Swords without Master - Fugitives of the Shattered Menagerie!

[j-tee]

Dragon these………

[littlestpersimmon]

Free Ornamentation IV. This work is dedicated to the public domain 🐌

[fialovart]

Redbubble | ko-fi | instagram | bluesky | tattoo commission

[taylornprice]

thickleaf yerba santa

[s-u-w-i]

And here are some sketches for Teri Sloat’s book Scritch! Scratch! which should be published this summer by @randomhousekids

You won’t find all of these pages in the book though as they ended up completely changed due to some changes in the plot. Also the mice and frogs had to be changed a lot to make it less traumatic for the kids. └⁠|⁠∵⁠|⁠┐⁠♪

[anotherdayinbliss]

Kilian Eng (b. 1982), A Dream of the Reef

[cheglok-art]

More fountain pen bird sketches I've done recently while feeling kinda bad about art. I REALLY love birds that have a lot of texture in them, like the wrinkles in the skin of their bald heads, or fun feather shapes. And I LOVE a large bill.