maddieraeart

I was super inspired by @askinya and her challenge for realist work that I'm finally getting my submission in at the last minute. Seeing and learning about Irik Musin's work reminded me of a photo I had

It's been a little over a year since I graduated from university, and I wanted to take the time to revisit the basics of the human form, since I've been working on a lot of other random little projects

Someone help -- I took a day trip to the Natural History Museum (which is awesome by the way, if you're ever in DC make it a mandatory visit), and I took reference photos of every rock in that museum and

I took an amazing three week trip to Japan a couple years ago, and I've been revisiting the collection of over 2,000 photos I took while I was there, and felt the urge to recreate some of them in paint.

I've never been good or even much of a fan of the whole social media thing, but after being introduced to this community, it seems like just a quirky enough place for me to feel a little more comfortable