J. Contreras - Artist

Oh my goodness. I know I've been neglecting this page and I appreciate the messages I've received. I'm not currently open to commissions at the moment, however I will message back when I am. 🖤 the kids and I just moved into a new house and my art studio is under construction. I've also been in burn out mode the last 6 months working and feeling too tired to do anything extra beyond survival mode. I've been averaging only 4 hours of sleep a night and that needs to change... 😬😬😬 But I will get back to it, I promise. I have so many ideas and so many paintings to create. Love you all, 💋💋💋 cheers!

Awww right on! 🌒🌕🌘

Slow, but getting there. Almost ready to start adding color.

My son's birthday is in two days and he requested another image from his favorite game Hollow Knight. I just sketched it out. Still not sure what I wanna do with background or if I wanna use water color or acrylics ....or both... ✨️

My most recent completed piece that I spent the last few days on. It has already gone on to it's new home as a birthday gift. 🧡🐝

I have to let it dry before I finish the last layer and the outline.... 😕

Work in progress

Felt like painting succulents 💜💚💜

A 10 min watercolor fun exercise while painting with my youngest. Not sure what I was vibing. Started with a green line and just went with it. Sometimes it's fun to just get on the ground and watercolor with the kiddos. 🥰

I often have this problem where I can't decide what color to use ....so I just use them all.... 🤣❤🧡💛💚💙💜

Forgot about this one I started ages ago... I just took it back out and finished adding the stars and nebulae. Once it dries I'll start the seahorses.

Had to call out of work today... my youngest caught a fever overnight. Maybe I'll take this free day to paint some more... just not sure what I want to paint...I need ideas otherwise I'm just gonna paint more space bees and I know you are all sick of space bees... or maybe I'll just put my Pj's back on and nap with the little man 🥰

Acrylic on canvas.

Internet went down until further notice... estimated repair time .... 4 hours. So I decided to just keep painting today... work in progress

Finally finished this little custom piece for my son. It's from his favorite game Hollow Knight.

Started a new piece for my oldest. He is a huge HollowKnight fan. This character is not my creation it's from a game. I'm just making a cool art piece for him out of it 🖤

Stay tuned... ceramic coasters and coffee mugs with art by yours truly, thanks to a fancy new sublimation printer!

Finished this little guy... on to part 2....

Work in progress. First of three pieces that will hang together

The first part of a three part piece. 🥰🐝

Work in progress. Gonna be last piece to a series. Then on to something new!

Starting sketching a new painting out 💚

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Continued working on layers today 💙 almost ready to start highlighting and outlining.

Stopping here for the night. Hands are sore. I like the way it's coming along. I think I'm going to transition to blues and teals for the lower honeycomb. Gonna let it dry all night before I touch it again so my colors don't mix too much 😒

Deciding my color pallet before I go any further.... I have some ideas... 🐝

Sketching out a new painting!!! 🐝 🐝 🐝

Finished this beauty today! Acrylics on art board.

Tonight's progress. Time to let it dry awhile. Will continue tomorrow. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

I have so many paint brushes and still.... not the one I want ... 🤣🤣☠️ ugh... frustrating artist moments...

Progress.... 💚

My lines aren't as straight as they used to be and I have to take a break because it hurts so much. But .... I'm feeling optimistic. Art as physical therapy. 🥰😭 this one's gonna he badass.

Fleshing out a new painting. Jellyfish. Tying to work thru a wrist injury. Learning to hold the pencil differently. But so far.... success!!!

Working on some colors

Some little guys I might watercolor soon. 🐙

Water color fun

Finally finished this one. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🐙

Today's progress 🐙🧡

Progress.... he's coming to life! 🐙🧡