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a pixel watercolor sketchbook i filled up

a few weeks ago i finished a special sketchbook on stream (ahem, like and subscribe) and have been adding photos of it to my portfolio (which i've been coding on stream hehe). the sketchbook is a letterpress grid watercolor pad from case for making and the paints were gansai tambi which i've really been enjoying.

the book came with 20 but i forget what i did with the first page lol. the 19 pages start with a couple of fried eggs i free-handed:

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 1, a couple of pixel art fried eggs

then i free-handed some purple flowers.

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 2, a couple of pixel art purple flowers

at this point i started looking for digital pixel art i've done before but never in watercolor. this is when i finally got into a flow state with painting for several days straight. you may recognize some of these if you've been following my work.

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 3, a pixel portrait of a woman with red outline and green hair

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 4, a pixel portrait of a woman's pink lips to her neck

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 5, a pixel portrait of a boob, with blue skin

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 6, a pixel portrait of a black cat dreaming about fish bones

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 7, a self portrait from my eyes up and i'm about to cry

i hate this flamingo one because i picked bad background colors:

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 8, a pixel art flamingo but it's green

this recreation of a steiner mural in pixel art is probably my favorite of the group:

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 9, a pixel art take on a steiner grafitti painting, a teal tiger with mouth open and yellow eyes

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 10, a pixel portrait of grimace of purple mcdonalds fame

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 11, a pixel figure drawing of a the back view of a woman with green skin and pink hair

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 12, a pixel figure drawing of the front view of a woman with blue skin and green hair

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 13, a pixel drawing of an open mouth with its tongue sticking out

mods are asleep, time to post pinup gumby:

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 14, pixel painting of a green pinup girl's (well, really, gumby's) legs, one with a foot pointing up

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 15, a pixel portrait of gumby, the green clay thing

one night i did a pixel art sketch of a candle i wanted to make. i did make this candle and then i dropped it on the floor so i'm going to remake it:

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 16, a pixel painting of a candle i made - the bottom block is green like grass, the middle has clouds and blue sky, and there's a half sphere of yellow on top representing the sun

i love vintage cake decoration! this is my first of what i think will be many more pixel art patterns from cakes:

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 17, a pixel pattern inspired by a pink floral vintage cake

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 18, a pixel figure drawing of a woman soaking in the tub, she's got blue skin and black hair

photo of pixel watercolor sketchbook on page 19, a pixel portrait of a dolphin (fin fin, to be exact) witha. sunset-colored background

i want to get a scanner so i can start saving these digitally and giving away these and other sketchbook pages. if you have a recommendation on good flat bed scanners for scanning art, let me know!

xoxo jenn

this was published January 26, 2025 under living art pixel-art watercolor sketchbook painting