1. The Waterfall

    12”x16”

    Gouache on Paper

  2. Hello, everyone!
    I just ate leftovers and drew in my sketchbook for cyber Monday, so this announcement is late, but! There is a small holiday sale going on over at bear hat studio’s etsy shop! Every purchase through January 1st will have included with it a SURPRISE 4x6 print, and a few hand drawn good luck doodles. Purchase art this season, straight from the artist herself! All the prints are standard size and easily framable and would make great gifts. Plus, more than a few original paintings are still available for sale! Check it out!

    bearhatstudio.etsy.com

  3. Revontulet

    12”x16”

    Acrylic Gouache on paper

    Revontulet is the finnish word for the aurora borealis! There is a folk tale about how a giant fox swishes snow into the sky and makes the aurora, so I obviously had to draw that sweet fox.

  4. keep working

    protective ghost series

    acrylic gouache on paper

    5 x 7

  5. it will be okay

    protective ghost series

    gouache on paper

    5 x 7

  6. stay strong

    protective ghost series

    gouache on paper

    5 x 7

  7. The Animals.

    12”x16”, Acrylic Gouache on Gessoed Paper.

  8. Hello, Tumblr! I know I’ve not updated in a long while. I am steadily updating my sketchbook blog, so follow that one at bearhatsketchbook.tumblr.com, but here are some mermaids to pass the time. 

    ALSO! 

    These ones are FOR SALE (along with some many other things!)

    Check out:
    bearhatstudio.etsy.com

    !! 

  9. mermaid 3

    8”x10”

    gouache on paper

  10. mermaid 2

    8”x10”

    gouache on paper

  11. Mermaid 1

    8x10

    Gouache on paper

    Do you guys know that this lady, and a few others like her, are for sale! And prints, too!

    bearhatstudio.etsy.com. Check it out!

  12. hello, loyal followers!

    it has been a LONG time since I could update my portfolio, and that is a huge bummer. an update IS COMING, i promise. there is some new stuff in the works.

    however, in the meantime, since you are all probably starvvvveddd for visual media, would you guys like to maybe check out my sketchbook blog? there is likely much more stuff going on there than there will be here while I work on some new paintings.

    here is the link:

    bearhatsketchbook.tumblr.com

    and here is also a small peek of my studio!

    hope to see you there,

    melissa

  13. Demeter

    Acrylic Gouache on Paper

    14”x18”

    Demeter is the goddess of the grain and the harvest—also appearing in this painting is Persephone, her daughter. 

  14. Athena

    Acrylic Gouache on Paper

    12”x16”

    Athena is the goddess of wisdom and war.