Marit Cooper
@maritcooper.bsky.social
“Look!” said Mushroom Mama, pointing out into the dark garden that was beginning to look like a wet swamp. “The snails can’t swim. They like damp but they drown if there’s too much water. I wish the rains would wash them away once and for all!”
#art
#art
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
“Look!” said Mushroom Mama, pointing out into the dark garden that was beginning to look like a wet swamp. “The snails can’t swim. They like damp but they drown if there’s too much water. I wish the rains would wash them away once and for all!”
#art
#art
The following day Strawberry made his way down to the old root cellar at the bottom of the garden. “Hello! Is there anyone down there!?” He shouted. He waited a while as the sound of his voice echoed back, but there came no answer.”We could sure use some help up here…” he added softly.
#art
#art
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The following day Strawberry made his way down to the old root cellar at the bottom of the garden. “Hello! Is there anyone down there!?” He shouted. He waited a while as the sound of his voice echoed back, but there came no answer.”We could sure use some help up here…” he added softly.
#art
#art
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“We can’t keep going like this,” said Strawberry “we need help!”
“What about the Oooold Potato?” someone whispered. “The legend says that he will return to help when things look bleak and the vegetables are facing their greatest threat…” Was there help to be found in the old root cellar?
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#art
“We can’t keep going like this,” said Strawberry “we need help!”
“What about the Oooold Potato?” someone whispered. “The legend says that he will return to help when things look bleak and the vegetables are facing their greatest threat…” Was there help to be found in the old root cellar?
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#art
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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“We can’t keep going like this,” said Strawberry “we need help!”
“What about the Oooold Potato?” someone whispered. “The legend says that he will return to help when things look bleak and the vegetables are facing their greatest threat…” Was there help to be found in the old root cellar?
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#art
“We can’t keep going like this,” said Strawberry “we need help!”
“What about the Oooold Potato?” someone whispered. “The legend says that he will return to help when things look bleak and the vegetables are facing their greatest threat…” Was there help to be found in the old root cellar?
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#art
🎃I’m telling you, these anthropomorphic vegetables are getting out of hand! Actually, this one would probably qualify as more of a “gallusomorphic” creature.🙄 I don’t even know what’s going on with those fangs?!! 😂
Watercolour in my sketchbook. #art
Watercolour in my sketchbook. #art
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🎃I’m telling you, these anthropomorphic vegetables are getting out of hand! Actually, this one would probably qualify as more of a “gallusomorphic” creature.🙄 I don’t even know what’s going on with those fangs?!! 😂
Watercolour in my sketchbook. #art
Watercolour in my sketchbook. #art
🍂 Happy October! This one kind of snuck up on me… or maybe I just wasn’t ready to let go of September. As you are enjoying your pumpkin-spiced everything 🎃, I hope this season brings you focus and fulfilment.
#HelloOctober #art
#HelloOctober #art
October 2, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🍂 Happy October! This one kind of snuck up on me… or maybe I just wasn’t ready to let go of September. As you are enjoying your pumpkin-spiced everything 🎃, I hope this season brings you focus and fulfilment.
#HelloOctober #art
#HelloOctober #art
🍐There are probably a gazillion things I could be painting, and should be painting, but they all require brain power and I’ve run out of that commodity… hope you’re having a nice restful Sunday. ☺️ #art
September 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🍐There are probably a gazillion things I could be painting, and should be painting, but they all require brain power and I’ve run out of that commodity… hope you’re having a nice restful Sunday. ☺️ #art
I’m tired, I can’t use my words right now. Happy to have arrived in my favourite month of the year, worried because there’s so little left of 2025 and I’m not feeling like I know where I’m going yet. Here’s to spiced lattes and apple pie!
#kidlit #art #September
#kidlit #art #September
September 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I’m tired, I can’t use my words right now. Happy to have arrived in my favourite month of the year, worried because there’s so little left of 2025 and I’m not feeling like I know where I’m going yet. Here’s to spiced lattes and apple pie!
#kidlit #art #September
#kidlit #art #September
Am I the only one who, when planning a new project, immediately heads over to their favourite online art materials shop and starts browsing?
Repeat after me: “I do not NEED any MORE tubes of PAINT at THIS time.”
Got it, got it? Good. Now carry on as you were.
#procrastination #evasivemaneuvers
Repeat after me: “I do not NEED any MORE tubes of PAINT at THIS time.”
Got it, got it? Good. Now carry on as you were.
#procrastination #evasivemaneuvers
July 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Am I the only one who, when planning a new project, immediately heads over to their favourite online art materials shop and starts browsing?
Repeat after me: “I do not NEED any MORE tubes of PAINT at THIS time.”
Got it, got it? Good. Now carry on as you were.
#procrastination #evasivemaneuvers
Repeat after me: “I do not NEED any MORE tubes of PAINT at THIS time.”
Got it, got it? Good. Now carry on as you were.
#procrastination #evasivemaneuvers
Indulging my obsession with anthropomorphic fruit and veg. There’s something so nice and tactile about cutting them out. 😆
#kidlit #picturebookillustrator #watercolour #art #childrensillustration
#kidlit #picturebookillustrator #watercolour #art #childrensillustration
June 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Indulging my obsession with anthropomorphic fruit and veg. There’s something so nice and tactile about cutting them out. 😆
#kidlit #picturebookillustrator #watercolour #art #childrensillustration
#kidlit #picturebookillustrator #watercolour #art #childrensillustration
The things we find lying around the house! 😂 This was sitting in a cabinet in the garden shed. It’s a set of weights for “oldyworldy” scientific scales. Comes complete with a pair of tweezers for the tiny weights (under the glass lid).
May 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The things we find lying around the house! 😂 This was sitting in a cabinet in the garden shed. It’s a set of weights for “oldyworldy” scientific scales. Comes complete with a pair of tweezers for the tiny weights (under the glass lid).
Spent time with my grandson yesterday and inspiration struck! Good thing I’d brought my sketchbook! 😂 I’m definitely using those Brussels sprouts in a project.
#kidlitart #freelanceillustrator #picturebookillustrator
#kidlitart #freelanceillustrator #picturebookillustrator
May 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Spent time with my grandson yesterday and inspiration struck! Good thing I’d brought my sketchbook! 😂 I’m definitely using those Brussels sprouts in a project.
#kidlitart #freelanceillustrator #picturebookillustrator
#kidlitart #freelanceillustrator #picturebookillustrator
Here's a picture of a mockup from Patternbank with a floral design I just uploaded. :-)
#surfacepatterndesigner #textiledesigner #patternbank
#surfacepatterndesigner #textiledesigner #patternbank
April 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Here's a picture of a mockup from Patternbank with a floral design I just uploaded. :-)
#surfacepatterndesigner #textiledesigner #patternbank
#surfacepatterndesigner #textiledesigner #patternbank
April 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I had a piece of work in a local art exhibition. The technique is a little different to the way I normally work, mixed media with collage. I used gelli printed papers and gold leaf. It was a lot of fun to make and I definitely want to do some more in this style.
April 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I had a piece of work in a local art exhibition. The technique is a little different to the way I normally work, mixed media with collage. I used gelli printed papers and gold leaf. It was a lot of fun to make and I definitely want to do some more in this style.
A recent trip to Lapworth Museum coalesced into a pattern on Patterbank!
#textiledesign #surfacepatterndesign @patternbank.bsky.social
patternbank.com/Undaunted-De...
#textiledesign #surfacepatterndesign @patternbank.bsky.social
patternbank.com/Undaunted-De...
February 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A recent trip to Lapworth Museum coalesced into a pattern on Patterbank!
#textiledesign #surfacepatterndesign @patternbank.bsky.social
patternbank.com/Undaunted-De...
#textiledesign #surfacepatterndesign @patternbank.bsky.social
patternbank.com/Undaunted-De...
This how I deal with anxiety… because I can’t paint and think about world politics at the same time! 😆🙌
#workinprogress #surfacepatterndesign #fossils
#workinprogress #surfacepatterndesign #fossils
February 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This how I deal with anxiety… because I can’t paint and think about world politics at the same time! 😆🙌
#workinprogress #surfacepatterndesign #fossils
#workinprogress #surfacepatterndesign #fossils
Took a bit more effort to ensure a decent repeat. So many layers! Do we think this would work for a nursery?
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/18...
#surfacepatterndesign #fabricdesigner #freelanceillustrator
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/18...
#surfacepatterndesign #fabricdesigner #freelanceillustrator
February 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Took a bit more effort to ensure a decent repeat. So many layers! Do we think this would work for a nursery?
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/18...
#surfacepatterndesign #fabricdesigner #freelanceillustrator
www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/18...
#surfacepatterndesign #fabricdesigner #freelanceillustrator
Another pattern inspired by the sketches I did recently. A bit more on the chaotic side…
#surfacepatterndesign #illustration #patterndesigner
#surfacepatterndesign #illustration #patterndesigner
February 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Another pattern inspired by the sketches I did recently. A bit more on the chaotic side…
#surfacepatterndesign #illustration #patterndesigner
#surfacepatterndesign #illustration #patterndesigner
Four colour ways and counting...
www.spoonflower.com/profiles/und...
www.spoonflower.com/profiles/und...
February 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Four colour ways and counting...
www.spoonflower.com/profiles/und...
www.spoonflower.com/profiles/und...
So obviously I had to turn some of those elements in my sketchbook into a pattern and upload it to Spoonflower. 😂
February 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
So obviously I had to turn some of those elements in my sketchbook into a pattern and upload it to Spoonflower. 😂
Second page of my new (very expensive gift) sketchbook. I’m not sure about the introduction of the red, what do you think?
#sketchbook #studiolife #insects #watercolor #experiments
#sketchbook #studiolife #insects #watercolor #experiments
January 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Second page of my new (very expensive gift) sketchbook. I’m not sure about the introduction of the red, what do you think?
#sketchbook #studiolife #insects #watercolor #experiments
#sketchbook #studiolife #insects #watercolor #experiments
I felt brave and started making art in my new sketchbook. 🫣 When in doubt, draw a bug. 🐛 😂
#sketchbook #insects #nature #freelanceillustrator
#sketchbook #insects #nature #freelanceillustrator
January 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I felt brave and started making art in my new sketchbook. 🫣 When in doubt, draw a bug. 🐛 😂
#sketchbook #insects #nature #freelanceillustrator
#sketchbook #insects #nature #freelanceillustrator
This is the video I wanted to upload for new years but it didn’t seem to work. I just wanted to check if it worked now! 🙄😂
January 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This is the video I wanted to upload for new years but it didn’t seem to work. I just wanted to check if it worked now! 🙄😂
Art materials and related things are possibly my only addiction. It was our wedding anniversary a few days ago and my husband bought me a present. The only problem with a sketchbook this posh is that you feel like every drawing has to be a masterpiece! 🥺
January 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Art materials and related things are possibly my only addiction. It was our wedding anniversary a few days ago and my husband bought me a present. The only problem with a sketchbook this posh is that you feel like every drawing has to be a masterpiece! 🥺