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Watching Winter Perform ❄️🌸🌻🍁 - Early Access

Hello Patrons! 🤍Here's my latest piece! It's about seasonal princesses watching their sister, the ice princess; perform at a ballet recital! ❄️🌸🌻🍁This was a huge challenge because it originally started as a landscape format, but I couldn't figure out how to finish it composition-wise. I had ...

Art Guide - ☁️ How to Paint Clouds + Real-time Painting Video ☁️

Hello Patrons! 🤍☁️Today I wanted to talk about how I approach painting clouds! Painting clouds can be a very fun process but it can also get daunting, so I will share simple methods and tips that have helped me approach painting this subject!☁️ Value Structure ☁️When it comes to painting clouds, it helps...

An Old Friend 🐉 👑🌼 - Early Access

Hello Patrons! 🧡Here's my latest painting!I’ve been inspired by old storybook illustrations lately, so I wanted to emulate the mood, story, and style in this painting! I’m trying to take my time with my process and adding more texture to my work!I also think this is the first time I’ve painted a full-sized...

An Old Friend 🐉 👑🌼 - Process

Hello Patrons 🧡Here's the process of my latest painting! This one took quite a while since I wanted to explore different textures and emulate the old storybook look.I was very inspired by these paintings' fantasy themes, woodblock prints, and illustrative feel. 🎨I've always loved how imaginative and c...

✸ PHONE WALLPAPERS ✸ + Shop Update

Hello Patrons! 🤍Happy Friday! 🥰🥰Here's some phone wallpapers! I've also uploaded the files so you can download them!I will have a shop update on August 6th @ 10 AM ET! 🛍️ The shop will open at 10 AM for patrons and will be open to the public at 12 PM ET! I will have more details closer to the date...

✸ Artist Retreat Video Premiere ✸

Hello Patrons!The video is here! The video will premiere in less than an hour at 12:00 PM EST I will talk about my experience in the art retreat, and productivity guilt, and share some fun snippets of my trip!Watch it hereI hope you enjoy the video! 🥰

📮💌 Help me choose an envelope design 💌📮

Hello Patrons! 🌸I sent the mail rewards yesterday and added some floral stickers to match the summer season! Here’s what they look like! 🥰I’m also in the process of designing new designs for the Rosella and Luna envelopes so I thought I’d get your opinion! 💌Let me know which one you like!Option A - The M...

✹ART GUIDE✹ How I learned how to paint Colour & Light - Course, Book, Practice

Hello Patrons! 🤍I will share some art guides that have helped my practice now and then! Today's guide is about How I learned how to paint Colour and Light. 🌼✨Over the years, I learned to apply light and shadow to my work to create a visual story. I still want to learn many things regarding colour and light,...

New Painting 👑 - Work in Progress

Hello Patrons! 🤍How's it going? 😊🫶I was swamped the past week with client work, but I've finished sending everything in today, so I have some time to edit the vlog and work on my latest painting! 🎉🎉This painting is going to be a little different from my usual paintings since it’s going to be in...

🌻 Hello July Newsletter 🌻

Hello Patrons 🤍🌻I hope you had a lovely weekend! It was Canada Day 🇨🇦 this weekend, so I visited a lavender farm and a fair with my partner! 💜 I had a lot of fun, and it was quite relaxing! I hope you had a fun and relaxing weekend too! 😊We have an exciting month ahead! Thank you for the Patreon sugge...

✸ Sketchbook Prompt Challenge #5 ✸: 🫖🍰 TEA PARTY🫖🍰

Hello Patrons! 🤍How's it going? This month's theme is TEA PARTY! 🫖🍰🥰Are you more of a tea drinker or coffee person? I'm more of a tea drinker and drink green tea every morning! I also treat myself to a copious amount of bubble tea! 😅Thank you so much for participating in this challenge!😊�...

La Promenade 👑🌼 🌾 - Step-by-step Process + Timelapse Videos

Hello Patrons! 💛Here's the process of La Promenade! I created this piece mostly on Procreate! Then I made colour adjustments in Photoshop. I'm trying to integrate using Procreate more into my workflow since it helps me create more painterly strokes! 🥰I've also attached the timelapse vidoes of the pain...

La Promenade 👑🌼 🌾 - Early Access

Hello Patrons! 💛Here's my latest painting! ✨ I've been so inspired by the artist retreat in France so I wanted to create a princess painting based on it! 🇫🇷I realized most of my princess pieces are set in winter time so it’s a nice change to draw one for summer! 🥰The place I stayed at had so man...

Reminder - 💌 Last day to shop 💌 + 🫖🍰 SKETCHBOOK PROMPT CHALLENGE 🫖🍰

Hello Patrons! 💕I have a couple reminders for this week! 🧡✨💌 PATRONS-ONLY SHOP 💌I've extended the shop closing to the end of the day. I will be packing all the orders this week!Today is the last day to shop! ALL ORDERS will be processed on June 26th ~ 30th Prints will be shipped via Letter Mail (No tr...

✹ Patreon Suggestions - I need your help! ✹

Hello Patrons! 🌸I’ve been doing some Patreon evaluation and thinking of adding new things on here!What else would you like to see on my Patreon?What are the current things on my Patreon that you look forward to on here? Polls? Mail? Sketchbook challenge?I love to connect with you more on here so I was thinking of ...

I'm back! Artist Retreat Update! 🇫🇷🎨

Hi Patrons! 🎨I’m back from the artist retreat in France! 🇫🇷 I’ve recorded a lot of footage from the retreat so I will be making a video about it soon!However, I want to share some of the things now! This is going to be quite a long post so I apologize in advance haha! I had the pleasure of staying at La Mu...

Update - Artist Retreat 🇫🇷 + Plein Air Painting 🎨

Metamorphosis 🦋 - Early Access

Hello Patrons! 💙Here’s my latest painting! 🦋I want to try something different for this piece! I’ve been really inspired by exploring storytelling through different methods of painting! I always love the idea of seeing two different views in a painting! Let me know what you think! 😊🫶Have a fantastic Sund...

Metamorphosis 🦋 - Process

Hello Patrons! 💙Here’s my latest painting! 🦋I’ve been inspired by exploring storytelling through different methods of painting. I’ve been using Procreate a lot to do illustrations. It helps me let go of striving for perfectionism and embracing the process. ✨Doing traditional painting last month made me re...

📚 Book Cover Process Breakdown 📚

Hello Patrons! 🫶Yesterday, I shared a cover that I had illustrated on social media! I want to share the process breakdown of “The Unicorn Legacy: Tangled Magic.” 📚Last year, I was recently approached by a designer from Bloomsbury to illustrate the cover for Kamilla Benko’s latest book. Once I read through t...

💌 Patrons-Only Shop is Open 💌

Hello Patrons! 🧡✨The Patrons-only shop is back! Here are some key information about the shop: The shop will be open from June 8th - June 25th ALL ORDERS will be processed on June 26th ~ 30th Prints will be shipped via Letter Mail (No tracking): Prints with quantities up to 2 will have free shipping but anything ab...

June Sketchbook Prompt Challenge - POLL

1. Cast your vote in the Sketchbook Prompt Challenge Poll. The theme with the majority votes will be the theme for the month’s challenge2. Fill in your sketchbook page or draw an image using the winning prompt.- Feel free to use any medium (ie. pen, inks, digital, watercolour, etc)- You can also use different art for...

Metamorphosis 🦋 - New Panting WIP

Happy Monday Patrons! 💕How was your weekend? 😊 Did you have any exciting plans? Here's a sneak peek preview of the new princess art I'm working on! The theme is metamorphosis; so I will add some butterfly motifs to her dress and around the background! 🥰🦋I’m really excited to paint her dress! I wan...

Hello June 🌼 - Zine/Book + Artist Retreat + Patrons-only Shop

Hello Patrons 🌼It’s always sad to say goodbye to May because I love seeing mermaid art on my feed, but I’m so excited for the summer months! I have some exciting things ahead! 🥰I have a couple of painting ideas I want to do this month; I really want to get back into painting princess themes, so expect some pr...

✸ Sketchbook Prompt Challenge #4 ✸: 🐚🧜‍♂️🧜 MERMAIDS🧜‍♂️🧜🐚

Hello Patrons! 🤍How's it going? I am so excited to share this month's entries because the theme is mermaids! 🥰As you all may know, May is a special month for art because of Mermay! I am always blown away by the creativity you all display through these entries! 🧜🧜💕I love the variation of poses and...

Reminder - 🐚🧜‍♂️🧜SKETCHBOOK PROMPT CHALLENGE🧜‍♂️🧜🐚

SKETCHBOOK PROMPT CHALLENGEHello Patrons, just a reminder to submit your challenge entries!The theme for this month is 🐚🧜‍♂️🧜 MERMAIDS 🧜‍♂️🧜🐚The sketchbook prompt challenge is due on May 29th at 9 PM EST.You can submit your entries to submit your files to Google Drive or submit your files ...

Mermay 🧜‍♀️ - Waterfall 🌊🌺 - Early Access

Hello Patrons 💕I am very excited to show my latest painting because I’ve challenged myself to paint traditionally! 🎨I am so happy I could finish a painting using acrylics this month! I kept delaying it, but I did it! 😂 I really wanted to do one this year! I had so much fun painting this piece! I can't wa...

Mermay 🧜‍♀️ - Waterfall 🌊🌺 - Thoughts and Process

Hello Patrons 💕I am very excited to show my latest painting because I’ve challenged myself to paint traditionally! 🎨 I kept telling myself that I’ll eventually try it out, but I always delayed it this time, I told myself, no more excuses! 😂I’m sorry I didn’t take as many pictures as I’d liked or vide...

🛍️ My INPRNT SHOP is open! 🛍️

Hello Patrons!My INPRNT shop is open:INPRNT SHOPINPRNT SHOPI've uploaded previous artwork I won't be selling in my personal shop anymore! These artworks include the Mermay collection from 2020 and 2021, the Solitary Landscape series, and paintings from previous years.All the artworks are available in acrylic pr...

Mermay 🧜‍♀️ - Palace Guardian 🏰🌙 - Early Access

Hi Patrons! 🤍Here's my latest mermay! 🏰 I wanted to create something fantastical and magical for this piece! I also wanted to try using some bolder colours! 😊🧡I had a lot of fun painting this especially the stars and all the sparkles!!Thank you all so much for your support! 🥰Love always,Maxine