ArtistTara Jane Crandonfills her sketchbooks with portals to fantastical natural prefs.

On each page, she paints a new bucolic scene fit for a fairy tale.

To create such rich artwork, Crandon layers the more translucent watercolor on top of an opaque gouache background.

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane

In doing so, she is able to portray a better sense of depth in her paintings.

Artist Tara Jane Crandon shares her sketchbook paintings of luscious landscapes.

Each illustration is made using a combination of watercolor and gouache paint.

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane

She is inspired by Studio Ghibli films and her natural surroundings in Brisbane, Australia.

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane

Sketchbook Paintings of Nature by Tara Jane