Creative Process

I work fluently across traditional and digital media, from ink, gouache, colored pencil and printmaking to Procreate and Photoshop, often combining hand painted textures with digital drawing to create playful, layered illustrations.

Hand using a wide paintbrush to pull green, wavy strokes through bright orange and pink paint on paper.
Open sketchbook with small paint and texture studies on a cluttered desk covered in pens and brushes.
Hand drawing a striped gourd on an iPad with a stylus, surrounded by real gourds and art supplies.
Paper cut-out bunny character placed on top of a loose green watercolor background in a sketchbook.
Hand holding a paint-covered toothbrush over a blue wavy painted surface, with inks and brushes nearby.
Sketchbook page filled with colored pencil drawings of goats standing in grass, clipped open on a busy desk.
Hand drawing simple colorful icons—strawberries, pretzel, cup and flowers—in a sketchbook.
Hand using a stylus on an iPad to paint over a scanned green watercolor texture.
Bright yellow and pink wavy stripe pattern painted on taped paper, with palette and brush just off to the side.
Hand coloring a bright flower in a sketchbook beside a neatly arranged roll of colored pencils in sunlight.
Hand drawing colorful gourds and a pink pumpkin on a pen display tablet, refining textured digital brushstrokes.
Hand holding open a sketchbook filled with loose black ink wash strokes and texture studies on a wooden desk.
Esther's Art Lab - Illustration Course
Colorful decorative border surrounding the words 'Digital Brushes' on a white background.