Acrylic
Mountain study
Snow, distance, and a lot of tiny brushes. This one shows up on the grid between the book stacks.
The studio
Paintings & the kit
The other half of the name. Work on the easel, and the paints, brushes, and paper that actually get used.
Acrylic
Mirror
A girl looking back. I painted this between chapters and it still lives on the easel in more than one photo.
Mixed
Studio still
Brushes, palette, checkered Kindle, and whatever I'm reading. The art desk is half the feed for a reason.
More paintings as they come off the easel. Until the photos are up, this is the work already living on Instagram.
On the desk
Tools I recommend
Same idea as the books: these are the supplies that earn a spot next to the TBR pile. Affiliate links help keep the studio stocked.
Liquitex Basics acrylics
Liquitex
The tubes that actually get squeezed. Not precious, just reliable colour for landscapes and the odd portrait between chapters.
Synthetic filbert brushes
Princeton
A small set of filberts does most of the work — skies, mountains, and the soft edges I keep coming back to.
Stay-wet palette
Masterson
Acrylics dry too fast on a kitchen plate. This keeps mixes usable while I go make tea and forget I was mid-sky.
A5 mixed media sketchbook
Seawhite
Small enough to live next to the Kindle. Tests, colour notes, and the drawings that never make it to canvas.
Stretched cotton canvas
Winsor & Newton
Ready-made canvases for the pieces that leave the sketchbook. Nothing fancy — just something that can take a few layers.