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.

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.

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









