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🎃Let’s get weird! October is coming up fast. Join me for my Mythtober prompts. You can write or draw each prompt or just your favorites. Tag me @ursa.ink in your entries next month and I’ll feature you in my Stories! 👻 #mythtober #mythtober2021 #drawthisinyourstyle #dtiys #octoberdrawingchallenge #drawingprompts #promptlist #inktober #inktober2021 #witchtober #witchtober2021 #drawtober2021 #drawtober #artprompts #artchallenge #mythicalcreatures #mythical #mythic #dtiyschallenge #dtiys2021 #ursaink #mythicalcreature https://www.instagram.com/p/CUIuU4xvvQa/?utm_medium=tumblr
Let’s get weird together in October! Join my prompt list featuring mythic creatures from around the world. 👻 How to participate: 💜 Starting on October 1st, follow along with the daily prompts either in part or the entire list. 💜 Draw, paint, write a short story or poem, cosplay— the prompt for the day. 💜 Post your mythic creature creation and tag me @ursa.ink and use #mythtober2021 💜 I will share all posts I am tagged in in my stories!!! Let’s lift each other up this October. 🥰 . #mythtober #ursaink #mythtobercreature #mythicalcreature #octoberprompts #drawtoberprompts #drawtober2021 #inktober2021 #artchallenge #artchallenges #artchallenge2021 #mythology #mythical #artprompts #artprompt #octoberartchallenge #octoberart #weirdart #weirdartist #babayaga #kumiho #bigfoot #wendigo #selkie (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTVkY03P7ru/?utm_medium=tumblr
MERMAY // Mercury Mermaid ✨I’m using the “Celestial Sirens” planetary prompt list, but I’m old school, so I will be including all NINE planets. Pluto still counts— even if as a dwarf planet. I’m also working a little ahead of the scheduled dates because I have other fun stuff to share. 🧜🏻♀️ #ursaink #mermay2021 #celestialsirens2021 #mermaychallenge #mermaiddrawing #mermaidcartoon #mermaidart #mermayart #mercury #planetmermaid #mercuryart . @josephbayfield @donaverbo.art @lova.draws @nlo_illustration @shlokadraws @leoniergg @dampfnudel_illust @naman_doodles (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COYCqqHsRms/?igshid=1ka80g8u34ggv
Rabbit,rabbit,rabbit. Say this on the first day of each month for good luck. I’m making all kinds of weird things lately for my own amusement. ✨👁✨ #ursaink #thirdeye #weirdrabbit #rabbitrabbit #creepycute #weirdart #rabbitillustration #rabbitart (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COWW1LOsjPP/?igshid=1arvai3wyph16
Does your battery ever run low? My personal energy level is directly tied to social media. The less I look at my phone, the better I feel. But I will say, I do enjoy scrolling through now that I only follow other art accounts. 🌙✨🖤 #ursaink #femaleillustrator #socialmediaaddiction #socialmediaaddict #femaleartistsofinstagram #batterylow #beggingforlikes #cantputmyphonedown #zombieapocalypse (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COTU64KsaPI/?igshid=1m0n3tsznagyy
Look how fancy I am!☝️Don’t blink. ✨✨✨ #ursaink #outofbattery #instafamous #socialmedia #zombieapocalypse #phoneaddict #socialmediaaddict #socialmediaaddiction (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COQ5jAMMDeP/?igshid=y7mxmlcgn779
It’s officially official. At 34, I am returning to college to earn my Associate of Arts in Illustration. This is a huge step for me and I’m a little nervous, but I’m also determined to open new opportunities for myself and this is how I’m going to do it. 💜💜💜 #aauillustration #ursaink #academyofart #academyofartuniversity #femaleillustrator #womenillustrators #goingbacktocollege #IFeelOld https://www.instagram.com/p/COOZb52sBgP/?igshid=1ka5oruwbe1ec
The month is almost up! Which means so is your chance to get these April ✨Print & Sticker Club ✨rewards including the exclusive bat sticker. New rewards coming in May for all my Clubs! 💜 #ursaink #stickerclub #stickershop #artprintsonline #snailmaillove #monthlysubscription #monthlysub #bonussticker #freebiestickers #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationartists #californiaartist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COLjc_aMgPJ/?igshid=1u1rc3lkrhk23
My neighbors moved, not recently, and I was the beneficiary of many pads of paper. I will definitely be using these up with some classes I’m enrolled in for this year. Thanks Tom! . #ursaink #artsupplies #artsupplieshaul #paperhaul #artsuppliesmakemehappy #giantsketchpad (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COJFDSZAr0T/?igshid=1515c2uazd7x8
Resharing this marker sketch because it’s one of my favorites. 😍 . #ursaink #markerketch #sketchbook #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbookart #sketchbookpage #ohuhumarkers @ohuhuart #womanillustrator #californiaartist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COELLmEMTr-/?igshid=ucsyoznqjm0y
I printed out an entire set of these postcards of my art drawing challenges, including Inktober, from last year. They are printed on really nice, satin, postcard cardstock and the colors turned out perfectly vibrant. It’s amazing to have the entire set of 31 to browse through. Let me know if I should print a set for you! ( S H💜P in bio links.) 💌📫☺️ #Illustration #inktoberset #inktoberart #drawingchallenges #ursaink #girlandhercat #sassycat #CatIllustration #ArtPostcard #ArtSet #CollectiblePostcard #CollectibleArt #MiniArtPrint #miniart (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/COBEN5cstM9/?igshid=kd00z50dqfi6
Dude, this Draw This In Your Style from @foamfoolery was so fun! Great colors already laid out in the original (last slide) by @jack.razor for @throwin_goats_band 🐐🤘🎸 #ursaink #mythrowingoatsgal #throwingoats #puppetmetalart #dtiys #dtiyschallenge #drawthisinyourstyle #drawthisinyourstylechallenge #dtiyschallenge https://www.instagram.com/p/CN-493tsbqI/?igshid=w9hpgbtqcn82
Join my Print & Sticker Club by the end of the month and get these beauties! 😘✨ . #ursaink #stickerclub #stickershop #stickeraddict #exclusivestickers #artprintshop #artprints #femaleillustrator #femaleartists #illustrationartists #digitalillustration #californiaartist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN8MGWxsgVN/?igshid=1v4b8zcj6x8pj
This is the abandoned Japanese theme park used by the spirits in Spirited Away. My daughter wants me to paint the big tree from Totoro next. These are great paintings to cleanse the palette during breaks on other projects. You know, can’t be an artist without 50 “works in progress “... 😂 . #ursaink #spiritedaway #spiritedawayart #spiritedawayredraw #spiritedawayfanart #ghibliredraw #ghiblifanart #ghibliaesthetic (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNz46FlAt5V/?igshid=u6dxwdp6u757
Spirited Away watercolor and gouache town scene. #ursaink #spiritedaway #spiritedawayart #scenestudy #artstudy #ghibliart #ghiblifanart #ghibliredraw (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNxSZQ_M07_/?igshid=15utxs4l4axpx
I just finished updating my shop with these scene study paintings. I am so happy with how they turned out and I really appreciate all the love they have gotten this week. . If you wander over to my shop, you will be able to see the third Ghibli scene study that I have not posted yet on social media. ✨🖤✨ #UrsaInk #KikisDeliveryService #Greenhouse #GardenGreenhouse #WatercolorPainting #GouachePainting #GhibliScene #ghibli #artstudy #spiritedaway #shopupdate #sketchbookpage #sketchbooktour #10kartist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsxoIBMulC/?igshid=96n8xuh8jw9s
Be sure to check out my Instagram reel for the (brief) process of painting this. 💜 I think I’ll scan these and turn them into prints today. . #ursaink #ghibliart #kikisdeliveryservice #10kartist #sketchbookpage #sketchbookpainting #artoftheday #gardenart #californiaartist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNpyR7_sVmx/?igshid=1u80tjspri92f
Loose paint sketch for my next Ghibli scenery study. I really love this particular scene from Kiki’s Delivery Service, but my version will not have Kiki hanging in the window. 💜💜💜 #ursaink #scenerystudy #artstudy #kikisdeliveryservice #ghibliart #watercolorpainting #goauchepainting #artistsoninstagram #artpractice https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnW48_MRLG/?igshid=1ory823fwhdn9
It was really nice to use actual paint for a change and not work digitally. Plus, The weather has been so nice this week that I just found a shady spot in the yard and took my time, enjoying painting. I think I will do more of these Ghibli scene studies. 💜 #ursaink #landscapeart #artstudy #scenestudy #californiaartist #watercolorpainting #gouachepainting #sunshine #10kartist #artistcommunity (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNlAsk3MdT1/?igshid=11fcepvyjsw35
Is it spring yet where you live? I don’t mean by the calendar, but actual wildflowers and sunshine spring. . See how fancy I’m getting? I had to pose my sketchbook in my backyard like all the big art accounts. 😂😉 This is Komorebi watercolor and Arteza gouche in my 8x8” watercolor sketchbook. ✨ #ursaink #japanesewatercolor #watercolorandgouache #gouchepainting #ghiblistudy #kikisdeliveryservice #forestart #10kartist #artistcommunity #californiaartist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNiFagtMK0T/?igshid=1al3ktrpec8bo
I’m going to experiment today. I am painting the under layer with my pretty Japanese watercolors and then I’ll try doing a top layer with gouache. I have a new watercolor sketchbook that I want to fill with Ghibli landscape studies and Sailor Moon screenshots... because why not?! 💜 #ursaink #workinprogress #artworkinprogress #watercolorpainting #komorebiwatercolor #japanesewatercolor #gouchepainting #ghiblistudy #ghiblilandscape #ghibliscenery (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNfn_7FsWXf/?igshid=10un0qorsv6ww
I can’t live without my water bottle. I’m one of those people that carries it everywhere because otherwise I would forget to drink ANY water during the day. So of course I have to decorate my massive water bottle with my pretty stickers. 😍 . #ursaink #stickerclub #stickershop #trollstickers #kitsunesticker #alienstickers #alienmovie #xenomorph https://www.instagram.com/p/CNdTICRsTb1/?igshid=xn5b0sjydpxm
What is your favorite mythical creature? This kappa isn’t necessarily my favorite, but I do find his whole story morbidly hilarious. 💜 All the behind the scenes details on this new book in my Clubs! 💜 #ursaink #kappa #kappacreature #japanesefolklore #japanesemythology #yokai #japanmythology #mythicalcreatures #mythicalcreature #mythicalart #mythicalbeast (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNbAA42MqYn/?igshid=118pyi4njf0de
Work in progress ✨ This doggo is joining his German Shepherd friend in the commission I’m working on. Background base is going in today, then I’ll be safely in the halfway stage. 🐶🐶 . #ursaink #mastiffsofinstagram #mastifflove #doggosbeingdoggos #commissionedart #commissionart #workinprogress #artworkinprogress #familyartportrait #californiaartist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNX28nHMSur/?igshid=16hk0s1aawd81
Yay! Pretty new Club on my Patreon with a 4x6” print and an exclusive sticker not found in my shop! This month I am throwing in a bonus holographic sticker just to say thanks. 😉 Check out my different Clubs in my bio. ✨🖤🌙 . #ursaink #stickerclub #patreonstickerclub #batsticker #holographicstickers #printclub #artprints #monthlysubscription #fantasyart #macabreart #10kartist
Kinda, pretty, very excited about offering this new tier on P a t r e💜n! Everyone in my Print & Sticker Club will receive a different 4 x 6” print and a Club exclusive sticker each month in the mail! It’s gunna get fancy up in here. . #ursaink #stickerclub #monthlystickers #patreonstickerclub #artprints #artprintshop #printandstickerpacks #joinmyclub #artclub #supportartists #idrawstuff (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIgMZXMmaW/?igshid=9rj7tq7y8vxv
PAIN 🖤 Are there any visual artists out there without hand pain!? Doubt it. 😂 Trying a little different composition with this one, but the same super saturated colors I love. . #ursaink #fantasyart #fantasyartist #horrorart #10kartist #artoftheday #artaccount #macabreart #weirdart #weirdaesthetic #darkaesthetic #californiaartist #californiaart (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNDVFjCssAk/?igshid=58l4ighr8awn
WORK IN PROGRESS 🖤 I am my own best hand model. I have no idea where this one’s going (as with everything I draw), but it will likely be weird. I’m a little frustrated with having hands lately and it’s coming out in my work. I think some dead flowers might be in order… 🖤 #ursaink #DrawingHands #DrawingHandsHard #handmodel #artisanoutlet #WeirdArt #DarkArt #MacabreArt #MacabreArtwork #DarkArtwork #FantasyArtist #FantasyArt #CaliforniaArtist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNAx5-DMGvt/?igshid=1b52p68yo56ni
This beautiful girl, Valkyrie, is part of my current commission piece. I just finished doing her nails. 😂 #ursaink #germanshepherd #germanshepherdsofinstagram #germanshepherddog #femaleartist #artaccount #10kartist (at Calaveras County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM-0HXgs_MA/?igshid=s65s7n4z7zpb