Green Aracari

Another fun bird painting inspired by my zoo trip.

Painted with gouache.

Hummingbird

A green hummingbird commission for my grandma and grandpa!

Painted with watercolor.

Blue-Crowned Motmot

I went to the zoo and was inspired to paint all the birds!

Painted with gouache.

What A Weekend!

 

 I had a wonderful time at the RMCAD Watertower Art + Craft Market this past Saturday! That's me under my tent that was wonderfully supplied for me. It was my savior. It.Was. So. Hot. Met so many wonderful people! Thank you to everybody that came out! My favorite part of the day were handing out those balloons behind me. I passed them out to kids and drew whatever their cute hearts desired.

These are some of the goodies that I sold at my table! 

 What else have I been up to? Well about two weeks ago I've had the wonderful experience of teaching an art summer class to kiddos between the grades of 4 to 8. I carved the hummingbird above out of linoleum as a demo for them and I liked it so much that I decided to make prints and cards out of it.

I Will Eat All The Things You Own

Painted for my dad for father's day.
Gouache.

Mug Commission FINISHED

 Here is the finsihed pelican I posted a WIP of a while ago.

 My aunt commissioned me to design a mug for my grandpa. He loves the ocean, lighthouses, and pelicans and I love him. I had a lot of fun designing and painting this. Painted with gouache and assembled in photoshop.

 

Birds! And an update!

Hello! I have added a new tab to this blog!

 The tab Birds Before Bed links to my new tumblr I created dedicated to just my gouache birds!

I decided to start this new year off right with this new blog dedicated to painting/drawing a bird before bed!

Here are a few of the birds I liked so far from Birds Before Bed.

And here are some birds I haven't posted here yet that I did a bit ago!

 

 Thanks for taking a look!

Space Lady WIP

I need to update my blog! I've gotten a little behind on posting on here.

Here is a work in progress of a piece I've been working on. I took a break from it but I'm getting ready to finish it up! (ha I misspelled corrections)

Chilly Nights

Painted with gouache.

Goodnight Owl

 

Winter Themed Birds Dump

 

 

Painted with gouache. I had fun painting these cuties. Gouache how I've missed you, sorry photoshop.

I Put a Bird on It

Painted with gouache. Had a lot of fun with these guys! It's been a crazy busy week of painting and painting and painting. Even more to come, enjoy!

Also, I just made a Society6 store! Just in time for the holidays. PLUS there is a deal going on at Society6 until this sunday night (12/8/13) so check it out!
http://society6.com/KatherineIllich?promo=d06c9f 
Keep an eye out because I will be adding more to my store!

Thanks for taking a look.

Hip Owls

Painting some owls in gouache. Having fun with these guys. Reminder to self, paint with gouache more.

Love Birds

A quick gouache painting of some love birds for practice and fun.

It's been awhile, so here is a bird!

Just a small gouache painting of a cardinal for fun. I recently started painting with gouache and like to practice by making small pieces such as this one.