Megen Leigh
@leighmarts.bsky.social
Queer watercolor and Ink artist 🎨 painting with whimsy and imagination. Resident Artist at High Road Gallery
SciFi fan (Con brat born and raised), board game geek, ttrpg player
prints available/limited coms
https://linktr.ee/leighmarts
SciFi fan (Con brat born and raised), board game geek, ttrpg player
prints available/limited coms
https://linktr.ee/leighmarts
Been too long since I posted so here’s a quick taste of what I’ve been making! The set of square winter monsters is getting printed as greeting cards as we speak. Next up are WindyCon 51 in Chicago Nov 7-9 and Columbus Winterfair Dec 5-7 so if you see something you like come by and say hi! 🎨
#art
#art
October 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Been too long since I posted so here’s a quick taste of what I’ve been making! The set of square winter monsters is getting printed as greeting cards as we speak. Next up are WindyCon 51 in Chicago Nov 7-9 and Columbus Winterfair Dec 5-7 so if you see something you like come by and say hi! 🎨
#art
#art
I was given the opportunity to live paint at a small fall festival this past Sunday as a promotion for my solo exhibition at Granville Center for the Arts. I had a ton of fun, and always enjoy getting to chat with people about my process. Here’s what came out of it! 🎨
#art #livepainting
#art #livepainting
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I was given the opportunity to live paint at a small fall festival this past Sunday as a promotion for my solo exhibition at Granville Center for the Arts. I had a ton of fun, and always enjoy getting to chat with people about my process. Here’s what came out of it! 🎨
#art #livepainting
#art #livepainting
Here’s a handful of small watercolor paintings made live at my last couple of events! The first two were made on Sunday at Hyde Park arts fest the rest were made over the course of the previous weekend at Dayton Oktoberfest. 🎨 #art #watercolor
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Here’s a handful of small watercolor paintings made live at my last couple of events! The first two were made on Sunday at Hyde Park arts fest the rest were made over the course of the previous weekend at Dayton Oktoberfest. 🎨 #art #watercolor
All my previous little monster paintings have found homes as of Saturday. So I painted a few new ones to keep this going. All previous paintings will live on as buttons. 🎨
#monster #weirdart #whimsy #watercolor
#monster #weirdart #whimsy #watercolor
October 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
All my previous little monster paintings have found homes as of Saturday. So I painted a few new ones to keep this going. All previous paintings will live on as buttons. 🎨
#monster #weirdart #whimsy #watercolor
#monster #weirdart #whimsy #watercolor
Another set of little one eyed gouache guys happened this past week. What do you guys think? Keep going with this series? Stick with the one eye thing? Even my digital doodles are showing up with one 👁️ now lol. 🎨 #art
September 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Another set of little one eyed gouache guys happened this past week. What do you guys think? Keep going with this series? Stick with the one eye thing? Even my digital doodles are showing up with one 👁️ now lol. 🎨 #art
Set up and ready for fun at Rocky River Falls Arts Fest up in the Cleveland area! I’ll be here along with lots of other talented artists from 10a-5p today, so Cleveland peeps, come out and say hey!
#artfestival
#artfestival
September 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Set up and ready for fun at Rocky River Falls Arts Fest up in the Cleveland area! I’ll be here along with lots of other talented artists from 10a-5p today, so Cleveland peeps, come out and say hey!
#artfestival
#artfestival
Experimenting with gouache a bit this week. Was getting frustrated with the slowness required, struggling with it not looking like what I’m used to with watercolor, so I started adding silly creatures til it was fun again. Don’t ask why they all have 1 eye. They just do. 🎨
#art #gouache #creatures
#art #gouache #creatures
September 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Experimenting with gouache a bit this week. Was getting frustrated with the slowness required, struggling with it not looking like what I’m used to with watercolor, so I started adding silly creatures til it was fun again. Don’t ask why they all have 1 eye. They just do. 🎨
#art #gouache #creatures
#art #gouache #creatures
Started this 16x20 watercolor at Westerville’s 4th Friday. Finished it a week ago, just took this long to convince myself it was done. Title yet to be determined, ideas welcome. There’s tons of little Easter eggs to find in this one, and according to a teenager I apparently painted Ed Sheeran
#art 🎨
#art 🎨
September 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Started this 16x20 watercolor at Westerville’s 4th Friday. Finished it a week ago, just took this long to convince myself it was done. Title yet to be determined, ideas welcome. There’s tons of little Easter eggs to find in this one, and according to a teenager I apparently painted Ed Sheeran
#art 🎨
#art 🎨
I was the live demo artist at Westerville’s for Friday arts Alley this past weekend and started in on a new large painting, the idea for which has been sitting in my sketchbook untouched for like a year. I think it’s coming along nicely. How about you?
#art 🎨
#art 🎨
August 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I was the live demo artist at Westerville’s for Friday arts Alley this past weekend and started in on a new large painting, the idea for which has been sitting in my sketchbook untouched for like a year. I think it’s coming along nicely. How about you?
#art 🎨
#art 🎨
Did some live painting at Art on the Commons in Kettering the other day. Here’s the results! The 4x10 I just had some fun with, the 8x8 I was loosely painting the view from my booth until my 0 shade, direct sunlight booth space made me start melting to death. 🎨
#art #pleinair
#art #pleinair
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Been awhile since I posted. Been deep in festival season. Another local festival tomorrow, Hilltop Summer Jam. Here’s a couple photos of what I’ve been up to. 🎨
#art #watercolor
#art #watercolor
July 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Been awhile since I posted. Been deep in festival season. Another local festival tomorrow, Hilltop Summer Jam. Here’s a couple photos of what I’ve been up to. 🎨
#art #watercolor
#art #watercolor
Very slow festival up in Toledo, so I spent some time painting in what shade I could find. Here’s the results. 🎨
#art #watercolor
#art #watercolor
June 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Very slow festival up in Toledo, so I spent some time painting in what shade I could find. Here’s the results. 🎨
#art #watercolor
#art #watercolor
Been making minis all day since after last weekend’s festival I only had 4 left. Between the 10 I made last night and the 24 I made today I MIGHT have enough to last me thru next weekend. Gonna try and get some more of these plus a few of the 1x8 panoramas done tomorrow. 🎨
#tinyart #art
#tinyart #art
June 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
After the success of my last couple events, getting low on smalls, so guess how I’m spending my weekend “off” from festivals 😂 This was another set of smalls using a randomly pulled color cube card for the palette 🎨
Aiming to have new inventory ready to go for the Crosby Arts Fest in 2 wks! #art
Aiming to have new inventory ready to go for the Crosby Arts Fest in 2 wks! #art
June 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
After the success of my last couple events, getting low on smalls, so guess how I’m spending my weekend “off” from festivals 😂 This was another set of smalls using a randomly pulled color cube card for the palette 🎨
Aiming to have new inventory ready to go for the Crosby Arts Fest in 2 wks! #art
Aiming to have new inventory ready to go for the Crosby Arts Fest in 2 wks! #art
Day 1 of Worthington Arts Fest down! Had a lot of fun, lots of art found new homes, and I met a lot of lovely humans. Heading back to do it all again tomorrow 11-5!
Here’s me (with my yo-yo 🪀 ), my booth and the 4x10 smalls I made today during the festival.
#artfestival #localart
Here’s me (with my yo-yo 🪀 ), my booth and the 4x10 smalls I made today during the festival.
#artfestival #localart
June 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Day 1 of Worthington Arts Fest down! Had a lot of fun, lots of art found new homes, and I met a lot of lovely humans. Heading back to do it all again tomorrow 11-5!
Here’s me (with my yo-yo 🪀 ), my booth and the 4x10 smalls I made today during the festival.
#artfestival #localart
Here’s me (with my yo-yo 🪀 ), my booth and the 4x10 smalls I made today during the festival.
#artfestival #localart
Mini paintings I made at the festival waiting to be mounted. The other photo is the sheet of paper I made minis on this past weekend. It will become a background later. Going to mount these and have them ready for Westerville’s neighborhood pride festival. See you there! 🎨
#tinyart #art
#tinyart #art
June 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Here’s my booth setup for Summerfair. Other than the torrential downpours Friday which made setting up not fun, I’m having a lovely time. Great weather, great people, solid sales. If you’re in the Cinci area swing by and say hi!
#artfestival #localart
#artfestival #localart
June 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Here’s my booth setup for Summerfair. Other than the torrential downpours Friday which made setting up not fun, I’m having a lovely time. Great weather, great people, solid sales. If you’re in the Cinci area swing by and say hi!
#artfestival #localart
#artfestival #localart
Any of my Cincinnati people, come out and see me this weekend at Summerfair! I’m in booth 41E.
#artfair #festivalartist
#artfair #festivalartist
May 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Any of my Cincinnati people, come out and see me this weekend at Summerfair! I’m in booth 41E.
#artfair #festivalartist
#artfair #festivalartist
The Columbus chapter of Urban Sketchers visited the Community Artists of Westerville meeting tonight and led us through a session of urban sketching. I think it came out pretty nice for a ~45-50 min sketch. Micron pen and watercolor.
#columbus #urbansketchers #sketchbook
#columbus #urbansketchers #sketchbook
May 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Columbus chapter of Urban Sketchers visited the Community Artists of Westerville meeting tonight and led us through a session of urban sketching. I think it came out pretty nice for a ~45-50 min sketch. Micron pen and watercolor.
#columbus #urbansketchers #sketchbook
#columbus #urbansketchers #sketchbook
This is what I painted instead of matting the pile of future festival inventory I have been procrastinating dealing with for like 2 weeks. I’ve now given several friends permission to smack me if they see me painting instead of prepping. 🎨
#watercolorart #fantasyart #art
#watercolorart #fantasyart #art
May 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This is what I painted instead of matting the pile of future festival inventory I have been procrastinating dealing with for like 2 weeks. I’ve now given several friends permission to smack me if they see me painting instead of prepping. 🎨
#watercolorart #fantasyart #art
#watercolorart #fantasyart #art
May 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If you see this post a dragon! 🐉
Here’s one I painted a little while back. 🎨
Here’s one I painted a little while back. 🎨
May 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you see this post a dragon! 🐉
Here’s one I painted a little while back. 🎨
Here’s one I painted a little while back. 🎨