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Beverly
@picturedragon.bsky.social
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Illustrator, cat mom, bookseller. 🩷💜💙
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A friend of mine lost someone close to him recently, and it has me thinking about portrayal of grief. It's never as simple as some media tries to make it. It's tangled and confused, somber sometimes but sharp and bright others. It's easier to portray when you're not experiencing it directly.
Watercolor illustration of tangled tree roots and rocks. The top is torn unevenly Watercolor illustration of a twisted tree with a stream flowing between its roots. Two edges are roughly torn.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Watercolor illustration. On an island of large stones with Celtic style spirals carved in them, a handful of trees wind their roots in between stones. On one rock in the middle a small gold dragon perches, looking down to the water where a purplish sea creature looks back.
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Here kitty kitty!
Watercolor illustration of a large cat in the snow ready to pounce.
November 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Dreaming of travel to strange places.

#illustration #KidLitArt #adventure #fantasy
Watercolor illustration. A gigantic tree with twisted roots wrapping around stones and fossils. At it's base there is a set of stone steps leading into an opening in the tree. At the lowest step a fox sits next to a dock where a girl is pulling a boat in with a rope. Several red birds flock in the branches and a shadowy cat stalks towards them on a raised root.
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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The life of a delivery service is tough in any time. You never know what you might be transporting.

#illustration #KidLitArt #Adventure #journey
Watercolor illustration. A child leads a llama with several packs on it up a winding road. Ahead of them stands a dark and somewhat creepy castle with a tall tower. The night sky behind is lit with an aurora in reds and blues.
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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The forging of galaxies is very serious business.
Watercolor painting of an epic size tree, twisting around a glowing opening. It's floating against a background of stars and it's branches support a galaxy of stars.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Apparently one of the local library systems is being forced by the snotbuckets in TN govt to shut down, inventory books, and remove or recategorize "offensive" material.

I am TRYING to channel my anger into productive pathways.

#illustration #KidLitArt #BannedBooks
Watercolor illustration of an angry blue dragon sitting on a stack of three books in a classic attitude - loaf position. Bottom book is an amber shade, middle is charcoal grey leaning to black, and top book has a rainbow spine. Her tail appears to be twitching, much like a cat who is contemplating mayhem.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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"You don't think I overreacted, do you?"

"Well, when a man says 'you and whose army?' it's only polite to answer him thoroughly."
Watercolor sketch of a woman in armor over a crimson skirt. She holds a pole arm in one hand and a small gold dragon in the other. She wears a gold band across her forehead with a shiny red stone.
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Illustration of a winter scene, a lady in a full length red dress with fluffy white trim and a gold crown holds out a hand to a small red and yellow dragon.
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Small ink/acrylic painting of a tan and white gryphon perched on a purple mushroom investigating a shiny dragonfly.
November 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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I know y'all know I'd be the kid feeding treats to the lake monster at summer camp to make friends with it.
Watercolor and color pencil loose sketch. A curly haired girl in bare feet, rolled up jeans and yellow T-shirt stands on a dock offering a large russet apple to an enormous lake monster dripping with seaweed.
November 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Have fun with your trick or treat adventures everyone!

#illustration #halloween #KidLitArt
Watercolor illustration of a huge jack-o'-lantern with spider legs galloping around with two kids riding it
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Happy Halloween!
Watercolor illustration of an eyeball stalking around on tendon-tentacles and covered in slime.
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Watercolor and pencil illustration. An old woman stalks across a snowy landscape, a cluster of evergreens at her feet. Her hair and cloak flow out behind her blending into drifting snowflakes.
October 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I know it's no secret that Halloween is my favorite. I'm going to turn these into pind or pendants for friends.
A series of flat polymer clay jack o lanterns in varying expressions and marbled shades of orange. Three pumpkins made of polymer clay in marbled shades of orange.
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Watercolor illustration of an autumn tree with a yellow treehouse in it's upper branches. A branch closer to us has a tire swing, on which a little girl in a pink dress swings happily.
October 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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"'tis the wind and nothing more."

#TheRaven #nevermore
Semi-abstract watercolor of a raven in purple and black tones with shimmer pink and white highlights.
October 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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I don't think I'll ever do a whole tarot deck, but I feel like an updated version of Justice is needed in the world right now.

#illustration #tarot #justice
Watercolor illustration of a woman with a serious almost angry expression, with long hair that seems to have a life of it's own. In her right hand she holds a sword, preparing to lift it for use. On her left arm is a tattoo of old fashioned balance scales.
October 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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If you've been thinking about getting a pet portrait, I have some time coming up next week set aside just for painting. This is a great time to message me for a commission!
September 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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If you've been thinking about getting a pet portrait, I have some time coming up next week set aside just for painting. This is a great time to message me for a commission!
September 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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You know, having worked with the general public for years, I can kinda see their point.
Watercolor and gouache illustration. A group of trees with angry faces and open mouths with sharp teeth lean over, menacing a small human.
September 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Illustration of a night scene in greyscale of a row of standing stones. At the far end of them stands a female figure holding some sort of light and looking back at the viewer. Her dress trails back along the path in creepy coils with a slightly glowing appearance.
September 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Well, I'm reliably informed that I'm not allowed to go to work today.
Close up of a largeish white cat sitting on a woman in a pink shirt.
September 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Illustration, watercolor and white ink. A fluffy cat in warm gold and brown tones
September 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM