A Little Art-share

Posted on January 16, 2025 by

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Watching my friend Michael over on sceadugenga share his artistic journey has been very inspiring (and humbling) for me. At a passing comment from him that I share something of my own… I agreed.

colored pencil drawing of two squirrels on a tree branch holding an apple and a pinecone, art by tara caribou copyrighted
my most recent finished piece. colored pencil and micro-sharpie on my drawing pad.
copyrighted drawing by tara caribou, book cover for Patrick Gillespie’s novel North of Autumn, two autumn birch trees in front of a field with a tugboat and Vermont mountains and blue sky with white clouds
front book cover for Patrick Gillespie’s second novel, released Jan 2025. Completely out of my comfort zone, a style I’ve never done. Patrick’s happy with it, so therefore, I am too. Procreate.
drawing of a badger and lupine flowers, art by tara caribou copyrighted
because I am a badger… Procreate.
pencil drawing of a fox cub and rabbit, art by tara caribou copyrighted
something for a friend. pencil on my drawing pad.
drawing of a hummingbird and wolverine, art by tara caribou copyrighted
commission. hummingbird and wolverine. my first serious attempt at art using the app Procreate.
drawing of a crying woman with empty arms. art by tara caribou
not all my art. drawing using a sharpie on paper, then removing the background on GoDaddy (the Over app), adding free elements from the app. something I’ve had in my head for years, created for a book cover; I ended up scrapping the entire project.
usually about once a month I hold “paint parties” to raise money for our community library, here’s my practice piece for one of the last ones we did, acrylic paint on acrylic paper
tara caribou
the artist. me on a moderately good (emotionally) day.

I decided not to share any photo manipulation art pieces in this post. I don’t want to bog it down. I’ve got all sorts of things brewing, unfinished, in process. Keep creating, friends. ~tara

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33 Comments on “A Little Art-share”

  4. Awww, shucks Tara. I’m such the WiP when it comes to doing visual art — I keep hoping I get much better than I am but suspect that I am stuck using my kiddo’s crayolas — as far as they’re concerned, I have not progressed to the point that I can be trusted with their *good* colored pencils. The are all giving me advice on how to improve… :-D

    Thanks for sharing all of this. It all looks great. And very nice photo at the end :-)

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  6. There are so many beautiful details in the bookcover that wouldn’t have occurred to me. I love it. There’s almost something humorous in the squirrels and I love the fox and the rabbit. Also—your glasses—they’re great. :)

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    • That you like the book cover, especially with me being out of my element, is all I could ask for! I was definitely going for whimsical with those squirrels. The kids and I often do art together where we “draw this in your style” which is always fun.

      As for the glasses… I wore gas permeable hard contact lenses for forty years and last year when I got the new ones, they weren’t right and I’ve had no choice but to wear my glasses always. I can’t afford to get new contacts. I didn’t know at the time that if they mess up the prescription, they’ll fix it. This is the first time in those forty years where a mistake was made so I had no idea. So, while I’m not entirely happy about it… I do thank you for the kind words.

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  7. Lovely work, Tara. I particularly like the pencil drawing of the fox and rabbit. Painting party sounds wonderful-if only I was closer. haha

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    • Thanks Kelley! I enjoy making art as a gift. The paint parties are always great. The turnout isn’t huge as I don’t allow alcohol to it and so many people, that’s their thing, but it isn’t mine. I really love it when kids and teens show up too. I always say: in the words of Bob Ross, there are no accidents, just happy mistakes.

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    • Yeah, basically I provide all the supplies, paint, canvas, brushes, etc and I show them how step by step how I to paint it. They aren’t trying to duplicate mine, but do it in their own style. Pretty fun to do art together.

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