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I’m literally so stupid I didn’t realize the brand of paints I’m using meant THE Holbein like

I was recommended the brand and the thought “I know that name! That’s an artist!” flitted through my brain, then passed out my ear. I’ve known about this artist for almost 2 decades. I’ve been using these paints on and off for over a year now. It wasn’t until I did a major study of his work while using the paints simultaneously that I put it together like WAIT THEY MEAN THE HANS HOLBEIN

#i can’t even describe to you how many times things like this have happened to me

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A little celebratory painting in honor of Anne of Cleves' Hans Holbein portrait being cleaned

People often were not completely static sitters for their artists. They were also often played music, read to, and spoken with to help pass the time. Anne of Cleves, like many women of the era, was a fine sewist, but she may have also whiled the hours away practicing English for her prospective new husband or being taught court etiquette.

William Kay Blacklock's "The Lesson" was somewhat referenced for proper hand anatomy, as the main reference for this was the Hans Holbein portrait itself. Blacklock actually had two very similar paintings, which would have been even more useful to me had I discovered it earlier. The Second is "The Window."

Edit: Better photo

#art #tudor #anne of cleves #hans holbein #english history #german costume #tudors #watercolor #colored pencil

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Recently I’ve been working to up my game a bit on my technical skills. I made a sketchbook from some left over higher quality paper and busted out my anatomy resources. And of course, referencing the newly cleaned Holbein portrait of Anne of Cleves.

#wip #english history #german costume #anne of cleves #henry viii #six wives of henry viii #watercolor #colored pencil

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Welcome back to hell

inspired by Edwin Abbey's King Lear Act 1

#fanart #hellraiser #kirsty cotton #pinhead #hell priest #pinsty #someday i'll be good at digital painting

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hrgmgh hecklifter

#yeah #hellraiser #pinhead #cenobites #kirsty cotton #pinsty #worst sketches of my lifeeeeeeeeeee

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I went a little nuts a couple weeks back and deleted all my Hellraiser fanart but thankfully the internet is forever so I'm reposting from permalinks on google LOL thanks to everyone for reblogging these or they'd be lost foreverrrrrr

#hellraiser #SORRY

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Dragonslayer

#art #dragons #knights #medieval #armor #ser wymond #ocs #illustration #artists on tumblr

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Commissions are open again!

Have some medical expenses from a surgery earlier this year. Anything helps :)

I'm opening up commissions! The cost of living is getting expensive where I am and I'm a little nervous :(

I'll be opening up slots 3 at a time, and give myself time to pause between batches. If you're interested, you can message me here or email me at [email protected]

Text version of commission tiers and explanations below:

Base Prices:

Sketch (digital): $25

Lineart (ink): $40

Lineart + Watercolor: $75 - you may choose ink lineart or colored pencil lineart for a softer look.

Size Tiers:

Bust: base price, no additional costs

Half Body: + $5

Full Body + $10

+ $10 per additional character

+ $15 simple vignette background

NSFW: no for now, maybe later.

Please be available to provide half payment up front. Paypal and Venmo are both available!

If I close commissions, but you would like to be notified when I reopen them, let me know!

It is also important to note that during the weekdays, I work a full time job. I will communicate my progress through the process, please don't hesitate to reach out.

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Little painting of Pluto and Charon :)

#art #planets #pluto #illustration #space

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A triumphant return

Was inspired by some of JC Leyendecker's early medieval paintings. It's always nice to take a little break and study.

#art #knights #medieval #armor #ocs #lady olwen #ser wymond #charcoal #colored pencil

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What lies ahead

#art #medieval #knights #armor #fantasy #colored pencil #watercolor #ocs #lady olwen

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Fealty

#art #medieval #knights #armor #ocs #ser wymond #lady olwen #charcoal #colored pencils

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Anyway so I’m going to make it my crusade to try and at least speak with someone about the Col-Erase availability thing

I really think a lot of us are missing out on a product I know a lot of people used professionally and as beginners

Maybe we can even make a swap program or something if it doesn’t go anywhere. I have a lot of colors that I just don’t use and would be totally willing to trade

Either way I’m trying to get their attention on my insta so if you want to see that nonsense my @ is adderstonesart

Yeah

#prismacolor #prismacolor colored pencils #col-erase #col erase #colored pencils

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I went on Prismacolor’s website in their Col-Erase listing and the comments are just other professional artists begging and pleading for them to sell singles of every color again. Ten to twenty poor souls in the same predicament I find myself. I have never felt so connected to strangers on the internet so much I feel this in my soul. I went to Ebay like some of the comments were suggesting and did manage to find a couple greys, but not black. Please. Please almighty Prismacolor bring back the Col-Erase pencils in singles again. In my youth, I could walk into a Michaels and buy them without another thought. Now I can barely find them on reseller sites.

#have i not suffered enough

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Tuna loves my scanner, she always hops onto the desk to watch

#kitties #personal posts

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I was quite literally drawing the last line 🤧

#you can’t see it but the pencil is like 1 cm long #wip #personal posts #at least charcoal pencils are cheap af

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been really into older fairytale art lately

#i adore this #oil pastel #art #fantasy art #traditional art #colored pencil #fairytale