Rhine Art

(formerly AvidLepidoptera) Max. I like moss, moths, amphibians, fungus, and insects of all kinds. I love exploring the natural world. My blog is dedicated to posting my art projects for school, doodles scribbles and personal artworks. some scavenging stuff and photos of nature from...

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Beautiful overcast day at the beach, perfect for #pleinair painting. I've been working like crazy all week to finish this cosplay, so I'm glad I was able to take a break and get back to some painting. . . . #paintingfromlife #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #watercolor #painting #study #artist #watermedia #beach #landscapepainting #landscape #panorama #panoramapainting #impressionism #colortheory

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I wanted to do a quick painting of my favorite character from sense8, Sun . . . #sensate #sense8 #sunbak #sun #art #drawing #illustration #painting #portrait #digital #digitalpainting #digitalart #procreate

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Here's something a little different! A quick digital study from the aquarium yesterday made on procreate. I stayed away from lines and sketching, just approaching it like I would a traditional painting. I had the reference on my phone so I didn't use procreate to "color pick" because I wanted to practice training my eye to adress the palette! I had a lot of fun with it!!! . . . #procreate #illustration #art #drawing #painting #digital #digitalpainting #ipadpro #doodle #anemone #ocean #aquarium #fish #underwater #water #ocean #colorstudy #thumbnail #sketch

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So I'm not really happy at all with this painting or this video, I just try to keep telling myself that the more I practice painting from life the better I will get eventually. Anyway, here is a time lapse of a painting I did of the kitchen of my new home this morning. I hope you like it! . . . #art #drawing #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #thumbnail #painting #watercolor #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #domesticscene #timelapse #speedpaint

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Decided to try out that #eyememe thing I've see floating around... it certainly made me realize that 80% of the eyes I render are animal or inhuman/supernatural. I had to go digging a bit to find (mostly) normal finished human eyes! I threw the moth queen eyes in there too for a bit of variety ;) I feel now like I need to make a seperate eyememe for all my other kinds of eyes! . . . #art #drawing #illustration #gouache #painting #colorpencil #coloredpencil #insect #eyes #eye #digital #digitalart #digitalpainting #portrait

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A quick video of me re-tracing the drawing for my underpainting. Sometimes the hardest part of being an artist is having to decide when to throw away your progress and start again. I had traced this image before and started painting the background. I had used a lot of expensive paint on the background but I hated the way it was coming out and the paper had started to degrade from all of the brushing. I got it to a point where it was passable, but I had to decide whether I wanted to spend many hours on a painting where I would hate the background and I wouldn't be able to fix it, or start again and make a new painting, count my losses, and move on to make something that I was actually happy with. I hope that this next attempt will be more successful than my first! . . . #painting #study #artist #portrait #speedpaint #timelapsedrawing #timelapse #art #drawing #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #watercolor #coloredpencil #colerase #tracing #trace #lightbox #doodle #sketch #sketchbook #sketching

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A #pleinair painting I made in the cemetary today. I really dont like it XD thats ok though, I always tell myself each bad painting gets me one step closer to learning how to make a good painting! I miss pleinair painting in italy 😿 . . . #painting #landscape #landscapepainting cemetary #illustration #art #drawing #gouache #colorstudy #watercolor #watermedia #impressionism #colortheory #realism #gravestone #headstone #grave #trees

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A quick messy self portrait from the other day. I'm glad I got to do some painting right before the move because I probably wont have time again all week. Its been a long time since I've done portraits and I've never done them in gouache so I wanted to play around a bit. I also rarely illustrate expressions so i wanted to practice something different.there are things i would change but my time got cut a little short. This week I moved out of the state and I have my first ever driving lessons, life is busy and good! <3 . . . #painting #study #artist #portrait #selfportrait #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #watercolor #watermedia #impressionism #colortheory #realism #drawing #paint #opaquewatercolors

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A quick messy self portrait from the other day. I'm glad I got to do some painting right before the move because I probably wont have time again all week. Its been a long time since I've done portraits and I've never done them in gouache so I wanted to play around a bit. I also rarely illustrate expressions so i wanted to practice something different.there are things i would change but my time got cut a little short. This week I moved out of the state and I have my first ever driving lessons, life is busy and good! <3 . . . #painting #study #artist #portrait #selfportrait #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #watercolor #watermedia #impressionism #colortheory #realism #drawing #paint #opaquewatercolors

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The finished sketch from this afternoon. I started reading Color and Light by @jamesgurneyart to try and help me conquer tricky colors. Feels like and uphill battle right now but I know if I stick with it things will eventually click! This still life is trickier than it looks because you are dealing both with reflections and white/off white in shadow. I think when i started out painting years ago my values were very desaturated and monochromatic. Now i feel like im over compensating with slightly over chromatic colors. One day I will find the balence! First picture is my painting in the sun, second is in the shade, third is value only, and fourth is the reference I was painting from. . . . #painting #study #artist #stilllife #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #watercolor #watermedia #impressionism #jamesgurney #colortheory #realism #skull #sheepskull #reflection #paint

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The finished sketch from this afternoon. I started reading Color and Light by @jamesgurneyart to try and help me conquer tricky colors. Feels like and uphill battle right now but I know if I stick with it things will eventually click! This still life is trickier than it looks because you are dealing both with reflections and white/off white in shadow. I think when i started out painting years ago my values were very desaturated and monochromatic. Now i feel like im over compensating with slightly over chromatic colors. One day I will find the balence! First picture is my painting in the sun, second is in the shade, third is value only, and fourth is the reference I was painting from. . . . #painting #study #artist #stilllife #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #watercolor #watermedia #impressionism #jamesgurney #colortheory #realism #skull #sheepskull #reflection #paint

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@shanthenjetiart made this really nice video of some of my work at the end of the semester. Makes me feel like a professional 👌 thanks Shanth and thank you @montcollegeart ! . . . #art #drawing #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #thumbnail #painting #landscape #study #waterbasedpigment #watercolor #watermedia #video #houses #studentart

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Its hard for me to let go of being fixed on making things as close to life as possible; cleaning up edges, rendering and defining. This loose gouache sketch of mushrooms i found on a walk may not be the most readable painting ive done, but i really enjoyed the impressionistic feel of the paint. . . . #art #drawing #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #watercolor #painting #study #artist #mushroom #mushrooms #mycology #nature #impressionism #impressionist #flatbrush

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Its hard for me to let go of being fixed on making things as close to life as possible; cleaning up edges, rendering and defining. This loose gouache sketch of mushrooms i found on a walk may not be the most readable painting ive done, but i really enjoyed the impressionistic feel of the paint. . . . #art #drawing #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #watercolor #painting #study #artist #mushroom #mushrooms #mycology #nature #impressionism #impressionist #flatbrush

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I decided to try something new today. I've been really inspired by @nathanfowkesart and his brilliant landscape paintings, especially the 20 stroke landscape pieces. My gouache work is usually really tight so i decided to try a more impressionistic approach. I think you can see me lossening up more from the first to the second sketch. I cant wait to do more of these! . . . #art #drawing #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #thumbnail #painting #colorpractice #landscape #seascape #lake #impressionism #nathanfowkes

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Experiments are so much fun! :D whoosh! . . . #art #drawing #illustration #gouache #colorstudy #thumbnail #painting #landscape #study #waterbasedpigment #watercolor #watermedia #impressionism #livepainting #colortheory