BlogHide Resteemskristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoNarwhal LoveA couple of pages from my sketchbook. Have been drawing a lot of sea creatures recently for a project! 💦Narwhals are adorable 💕kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoMugged by a Monkey!Another page from my travel sketchbook, here is a cheeky wee expletive from Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, Bali. Scroll down to see me be the victim of a crime as a minion monkey…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoArt vs ArtistI decided to jump on the #artvsartist bandwagon...So here's my mug next to some of my work 🐌 Life has been wild recently but I'm hoping to start posting more frequently asap! ! !kristenbruce (48)in travel • 7 years agoDid I mention I loved Bali?A bamboo bridge in Bali. More travel sketchbook pages coming soon, I'm still processing all the inspiration 😅😍kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoTravel Sketchbook: Balinese TempleWhile in Ubud, we noticed that many statues were wrapped in black and white checked fabric, and even some trees were too. Curious, we did some research and found out that this fabric, named Saput…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoSketchbook Diaries: Otterly adorable💦 Visited the otters at Loch Lomond a few days ago to do some research for a new project. Any excuse to spend hours watching cuties like this! ❤ They were such inquisitive and interesting…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoTravel Sketchbook: Spirits of BaliWithout a doubt my favourite place I've ever been... Bali really blew me away. One of my favourite sights was the beautiful statues, most of which have moss growing on them. These statues were…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoTravel Sketchbook: A Quiet CornerA super quick gouache painting of a corner of a block printing workshop in Kutch, a region of Gujarat in India. I think there should be more purple buildings and turquoise doors in Scotland!kristenbruce (48)in creativity • 7 years agoUni Diaries #1(Enjoy this completely unrelated picture of me reflecting over the Mekong River in Phnom Penh..) Hello. This strand of my blog has come into existence to document my journey through life as an…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoSetting time limits is so helpful!I gave myself an hour to paint this lovely cow I met in India. Forcing myself to work quicker than I usually would is something I really need to do more often, as in this case I was pleasantly…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoAnother Netflix Binge...In case you didn't work it out yet, sketching characters from shows is how I justify to myself the bingeing of said shows... This time it was Top of the Lake, which I thought was great! Haven't seen…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoSome more bears!I sketched these guys while visiting the incredible Natural History Museum in NYC. I have a huge fear of bears (somewhat irrational since I live in Scotland...) and I've been trying to sketch them…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoSketchdates are the best!My friend Nicola and I have started organising sketchdates for ourselves, where we will go out somewhere and sketch the day away. This is always such a fun day, and so interesting as although we…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoAnyone else love Ozark?I did a sketchdump recently while watching Ozark on Netflix. I've heard mixed feelings about the series from others, but I thought it was really great! I love series' where the location really…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoMy first muralA little look back at my first ever mural, which I painted in Pai, Thailand a few years ago. This was such an exciting thing for me and I felt so lucky to be invited to paint it. The mural was for…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoMy first ever animation! - Natural History Museum ProjectFor Uni I had to create a display and three promotional items for the Natural History Museum in London. I chose to create a display about the Sumatran Tiger, and it's stalking & hunting…resteemeddobartim (83)in steemitstars • 7 years agoSTEEMIT STARS - All Talent Style Competition - Prize 50 SBD , 10 DAYS - Day #5 - The Registration Is In ProgressSteemit STARS - All talents competition is new and original global multidiscipline talents competition and unique entertainment opportunity for steemit community around the globe. It is a talent…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoMr BonesFrom a life drawing session at Science Lates at the Glasgow Science Centre. We did warmup sketches of a skeleton, and in this case the rule was not to look at the paper while we drew...funnily…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoDrawing from life...kinda!I took some inspiration from Aaron Blaise and spent an hour sketching from a live Alaska Bear Camera. These guys were so beautiful! 😍 Will definitely be doing this again...it was beary inspiring…kristenbruce (48)in art • 7 years agoA lovely commissionMy friend Frankie asked me to create a family portrait of her animals! This was so much fun to do! I really enjoyed the simplicity of using only black and grey pens...definitely going to try…