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KarinWanderer

@KarinWanderer@mastodon.art

I use #watercolor, #ink, & #Krita, to make flora, fauna, & #fanart. I also play with my #food & #fiberArt. Self-taught & still #learning; no AI, no NFTs.

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Reviews are my own unpaid & unsolicited opinions.

Avatar is a watercolor woman in a green shirt, resting her chin on 1 hand while looking at the viewer. Her head is on fire.
Banner is Moon Girl studying.

#Art #Painting #KidLit #KidLitArt #DigitalArt #Creative #Education #Inclusion #Accessibility #KWPrompts

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"No, I ate your father."


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Happy Second Cheese Goblin Day!
https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/cryptid

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My SO wished me a “Happy First Cheese Goblin Day!”
No further explaination
The ‘first’ makes it extra worrisome

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The Grapes of Rapport


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Some Ado About Nothing


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Halloween is so far away… I’m feeling a distinct lack of monsters

For the next 2 weeks, the is

If there’s one thing the internet needs more of, it’s pictures of cryptids!
Photos, sketches, paintings… All skill levels welcome!
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed.

https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/cryptid

Title Card features watercolor & ink painting of a pale woman with short green hair smiling & holding a paintbrush & a large piece of paper with “#KWPrompts #Cryptid” written on it. The table behind her is covered in art supplies & mysterious bottles.

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It’s the last Day for art challenge!
I have loved seeing all your cool cats so much 💚

KarinWanderer , to random
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“I woke up mornin'
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt”
~Johnny Cash, probably

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JonStew.art


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Why yes, the cat did see you petting that dog.

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Why yes, the cat did hear you pick up the can opener.

KarinWanderer , to random
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Yesterday I posted a black cat in a dark room, today it's a white cat in a bright room

KarinWanderer , to random
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Vantablack is supposed to be the blackest black, but that paint has got nothing on a black cat in a dark room.

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We’ve made pizza before. This week we’re getting a little more creative!
https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/pizza-time-part-deux

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Siamese cats have striking blue eyes & notoriously terrible eyesight.

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“Books bend space and time. One reason the owners of those aforesaid little rambling, poky secondhand bookshops always seem slightly unearthly is that many of them really are, having strayed into this world after taking a wrong turning in their own bookshops... You stray into L-space at your peril.”

This is the bookstore cat.
Which bookstore? All of them.

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“Well you came in with the breeze
On morning…”
~No Doubt, probably

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The lawnmowers are done.
Soon this snow-white indoor cat will escape to do the one thing he loves: rolling in fresh-cut grass
Then he trots home to proudly show his humans the lovely greens & browns he has achieved

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Friday is a sleepy cat

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This is the fluffiest cat in my neighborhood. He walks cafe to cafe, being as fluffy & cute as he can be, begging for food from everyone sitting at outside tables. He has perfected the “starving kitty” act, which is extra impressive because he clearly is well fed & cared for, not a street cat at all! But if you try to pet this cat, he will – I repeat: WILL – claw your hand off! The fluffiness is a trap

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Friday the 13th Going On 30


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In a Clowder of Cats, be Ornery Orange

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Landowner David Hampton planted larch pines in a Douglas fir forest in Oregon in the shape of a giant, 300 feet smiley face 🙂

Every autumn, the larch pines turn orange, and the smiley face stands out.

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@marcioaleks
:blobfoxdrakedislike: Rich people buying yachts

:blobfoxdealwithitfingerguns: Rich people planting lots of trees in amusing shapes

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Cats Cats Cats! Show me your cats!
For the next 2 weeks, the is
If there’s one thing the internet needs more of, it’s pictures of cats!
Photos, sketches, paintings… All skill levels welcome!
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed.

https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/cool-cats

Title Card features watercolor & ink painting of a pale woman with short green hair smiling & holding a paintbrush & a large piece of paper with “#KWPrompts #CoolCats” written on it. The table behind her is covered in art supplies & mysterious bottles.

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These happy lil Capybara friends were drawn in 128x128 pixels using the #PICO8 palettes & enlarged 10x for your viewing convenience. 🪶

#mastoArt #DigitalArt #Krita #PixelArt #KWPrompts #Animals #Art #Nature #Capybara

Enlarged pixel art picture of 3 capybara. One big capybara is standing & the other 2 are sitting on her head/back. A yellow bird is flying in for a landing.

KarinWanderer , to random
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“I want a kind of love”
-Etta James, probably

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Winduism


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May the Fourth Be With Us All

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“Luminous beings are we. Not this crude matter”

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Yellow Robins, found in Australia, are the first birds to start singing each morning. These early birds don’t get worms, though- they prefer spiders & other arthropods 🪶

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Sheep, like many grazing animals, have rectangular pupils. This, combined with their eyes being on the sides of their heads, allow sheep to see about 300° around them. The pupils are parallel to the horizon & rotate to stay that way when sheep lower their heads to eat grass.

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Beauty & the Number of the Beast



https://youtu.be/WxnN05vOuSM?si=wfrTvdyEWh2xXUwP

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Nautilus have been around for hundreds of millions of years! They draw water into their shells & spit it out to move themselves through the ocean via jet propulsion. This is slower than swimming, but very efficient!

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Let’s talk about color through a more cultural lens- corporate culture
That’s right, we’re talking about Logos!
https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/the-color-of-money

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It's the last week of April - is here!
Time to share my love for these spineless little friends with the world!

You can find invertebrates (& vertebrates, & ghosts, & rocket ships) in my shop: https://karinwandererart.creator-spring.com/

Watercolor ladybug perched on a blade of grass.
Watercolor shrimp having a lovely day.
Watercolor sea jelly with a yellow hood & rainbow tentacles.

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It’s a beautiful day for a beautiful 🌱

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A ladybug landing on you is supposed to be good luck! Even if you aren’t superstitious, they are good to have around. A single ladybug eats thousands of insects over their lifetime- mostly aphids & other pests.
I’m painting with more reds for .

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Crabs can move in any direction, but they most often choose to move sideways
I’m painting with more reds for

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Will you be my ?

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There are thousands of kinds of ferns, ranging in size from under half an inch (the Malvi's adder's-tongue fern) to 70 feet tall (the Norfolk tree fern)

- Sap Green & Raw Sienna

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My Ko-Fi page is new & improved!
https://ko-fi.com/karinwanderer

Charity Bundles featuring some of my most popular art are in my Ko-Fi shop! $1 per sale goes to support the LA Food Bank!

Also on my Ko-Fi:
Behind-the-scenes looks
Works in progress
Discount codes to my Ko-Fi & Spring shops

& more to come soon!

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- Raw Umber & Raw Sienna, & Sap Green
I started this sweet little for an last month, but didn’t finish in time.

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Happy New !

- Raw Umber, Raw Sienna, & Pyrrhol Scarlet

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Kiwi birds have the shortest beaks of any bird. This is because a bird's beak is measured from the nostrils to the end of the beak, & the kiwi's nostrils are located down at the end!


This bird was painted using Raw Sienna & Raw Umber, with just the teensiest bit of Pyrrol Scarlet on the feet because I did not rinse my brush thoroughly enough between paintings 🪶

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Manta Rays can grow enormous- up to a 7 foot “wingspan”! Like so many other ocean giants, they get that big by filter feeding on huge amounts of tiny shrimp & plankton.


This ray was painted using only black & Payne's gray.

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I seem to be incapable of only painting 1 hippo. I have a similar problem with foxes & cats. The more, the merrier!

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A merry to you all!

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Let’s start the week with another

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