Mosslike | Gemma Hazen

Tag: painting

  • ALOHA! Artist Introduction

    ALOHA! Artist Introduction

    Aloha!

    🌺 I’m Gemma ~ a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Hawaiʻi. ✊🏼 Kanaka ʻŌiwi

    🖤 My work explores dark naturalism, Hawaiian lore, and local flora & fauna through traditional and digital mediums. I also enjoy doing portraits of people, pets and plants.

    What you’ll see here:

    • Painting – acrylic & watercolors – one day I’ll be brave enough for oils
    • Drawing & Illustration
    • Ink Work, Fountain Pens & Calligraphy
    • ProCreate process videos
    • Bespoke Hand-embroidery projects
    • … and lots more!

    (p.s. I’m trying my best to add good ALT descriptors for accessibility reasons – still learning best practices while I’m new here in the Fediverse!)

    (p.p.s. I am slowly learning the following languages – let’s talk! : ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Française)

    (p.p.p.s. I’m building a little thing here on my site because I’d like to eventually run away from Instagram and never look back🖤)

    Find my online journal & ARTIST shop @ mosslike.com

    Ink & watercolor sketches of Hawaiian flora, featuring a bold orange Wiliwili flower, a muted green Wiliwili variant, and two purple Honohono orchids against a white paper background.
    Wiliwili and Honohono
    An Ink artwork of a deer facing outwards on an outcropping of earth in a shallow but reflective pool with the full moon in the distance.
    Ink and watercolor drawing of Pua Kala, also known as the Hawaiian Poppy. Itʻs a delicate white flower with a deep yellow center and very hardy thorns. Background is a pale green.
    Two black and white ink drawings of sickle-shaped Koa leaves and their little white pompom flowers.

  • Some progress shots of the recent painting class I took

    Some progress shots of the recent painting class I took

    Hi!! I recently signed up for a month’s access to some acrylic painting tutorials! I hope I can make at least 3 of them before my subscription runs out. Wish me luck! I’ve listed more information about the painting class below.

    The first painting coincided with Mother’s Day, so it’s alrady been gifted 🖤 But I took some progress shots along the way so I could have proof that I actually made it. I’ll share them here.

    Starting the underpainting in 5 different tones. The class called for Copic markers, but I used acrylic paints in Naples Yellow & Burnt Sienna, as well as Acrylic Ink in Sepia.
    Underpaint is complete! I love it already.
    A “ground” wash of Burnt Sienna was added before the colors went on. I took a pretty long break here becuase I was really afraid of ruining all the hard work.
    Beautiful Blues
    Vibrant greens.
    The completed piece!

    This class is offered on JimMusil.com I still have the rest of the month to access even more classes on his site, so I’m hoping to paint a few more to really learn these skills.

    The end goal is to make some paintings of the views I love so much from my hikes!

  • Deer in the Moonlights – Ink Wash drawing with digital highlights

    Deer in the Moonlights – Ink Wash drawing with digital highlights

    Using the official Inktober prompt list: This art is for day 5 – DEER.

    When I first started to brainstorm for “Deer”, the first images that came to mind were the fire scene in Bambi. Those scenes were animated so beautifully. I also looked at a lot of Amy Sol’s art.

    Wanting to keep a spooky, inky feel, I began this Deer piece in the same way I did the Inky Swamp. I started with very a light toned wash and slowly built in the dark areas. I really like the way the texture of the water turned out.

    I scanned my very inky drawing into ProCreate and added the purple flower and a lot of the moonlights.

    For Inktober day 4, I re-used my Inky Swamp from 2024.

    An eerie ink drawing of a swamp dream