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New Products in my Etsy Shop

November 1, 2021

I’ve just found a couple of new production partners, and am now offering 100% recycled notepads and 500-piece jigsaw puzzles in my Etsy shop! You can find notepads HERE and puzzles HERE.

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ECO-Friendly Resources for artists

October 19, 2021

TLDR? skip straight to the resource list HERE In December 2019, an Instagram post by illustration Studio Ferntree Lane raised the issue of nature-based artists offering vinyl stickers. While it’s a huge market, it’s contributing to the proliferation of microplastics choking our water and affecting wildlife worldwide. It really resonated with me, as someone who tries to think…

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@mwashburnart

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Illustration inspired by the natural world. She/her.

Got these beauties framed at @ancillaerie recently

Got these beauties framed at @ancillaerie recently and am so pleased with how they turned out! I will have prints available soon, but if you're interested in the framed originals, just send me an email or dm. #gouachepainting #insectart #originalart #cicada #leopardmoth

Planning my next print… . . #printmaking #nature

Planning my next print…
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#printmaking #natureillustration #birdart #drawing

Dental surgery yesterday. This one is helping me r

Dental surgery yesterday. This one is helping me recover today.
#saffron #greyhoundsofinstagram #longdoggo

The summer edition of @ediblerenotahoe is here! Th

The summer edition of @ediblerenotahoe is here! Thank you for asking me for this fun illustration of heirloom tomatoes, one of my favorite parts of summer.
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#foodillustration #editorialillustration #heirloomtomatoes #foodart #watercolor

I finished a VERY tiny edition of these bee and bu

I finished a VERY tiny edition of these bee and butterfly linocuts last week! A couple of each on masa rice paper and a couple on a beautiful grey-toned Stonehenge paper. A one-of-a-kind version of each, printed on botanical dyed papers, will be in an upcoming exhibition at @artbarn.school !

melissawashburn.com/product-category/block-prints/

#printmaking #blockprints #rustypatchedbumblebee #butterfies #bees #endangeredspecies

Magic! Finally doing some printing today including

Magic! Finally doing some printing today including some experiments with chine collé.
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#printmaking #pollinators #rustypatchedbumblebee

Another little gouache painting on some handmade p

Another little gouache painting on some handmade paper. #moth #painting #gouache #giantleopardmoth

A couple of the coolest moths at last night’s ev

A couple of the coolest moths at last night’s event at @heinzetrust Meadowbrook Preserve!
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#moths #mothing #getoutdoors #bugsarecool #naturenerd

Gouache and ink on handmade paper #cicada #illustr

Gouache and ink on handmade paper #cicada #illustration #natureart #bugsarecool #broodXIII

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