Chris Padilla/Blog / Art
Making pictures!
I doodled some as a kid, but assumed I didn't have talent, so I never pursued it seriously. In 2022, inspiration struck, and I decided to take a swing at learning the craft!
I've been documenting my journey ever since. I've written about the lessons I've learned from drawing in 2023 and digital painting in 2024 as Notes on this blog.
Browse my curated gallery or view all art as a grid. For some common themes:
Lemonaid
Unleash the power of the sun āļø
Winter Night
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Snow Trek Home
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Mostly Cloudy
Clear water, cloudy sky. Squeezing this in between moving this weekend!
Twilight View From the Park
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City Sunset
Thinking back to a visit to Chicago...
Calm Sky
It's grey out this time of year. But behind the clouds, there's always a blue sky. š¤ļø
Parkway
Getting ready to move neighborhoods next month. The current place is just walking distance from a beautiful trail. So I'm savoring it while we're still here!
Night Lake
The veil is thin. š»
Squeaked in one Inktober drawing this year! Very much directly inspired by the energetic ink work of Violaine Briat's Lil' Dee.
From the Other Side
We have bobcats and coyotes on the other side of the lake near our home. You can hear them at night. Every now and then, I see one looking back at me šŗ
Waiting to Be Picked
To be someone's pumpkin...
Gentleman Frog Surveys the Pasture
As the crisp autumn air starts to roll in. š
Street Light
Fond memories of wandering quiet streets late at night. š
Blue Sky Thinking
Lucy dreaming up the next big adventure!
View from the Desk
The scene I wake up to. š