Delighted Muse

Procreate digital painting of a fairy woman standing in profile facing right and smiling slightly, with purple and pink wings. She has purple hair and a purple dress and pale skin. She wears a simple blue shiny crown with a pink gem, and metal hair piece, as well as simple drop earrings and gems danging from near her temples. Behind the figure is a dark forest grove with fireflies. The painting is circular, with curly ivy for a border.

Watercolor painting of a fairy woman standing in profile facing left and smiling slightly, with purple and pink wings. She has purple hair, pale skin, and a pink and purple dress. She wears a simple blue shiny crown with a pink gem, and ribbons, as well as simple drop earrings. Behind the figure is a suggestion of leaves. The painting is circular, with simple leaves as a border.

New blog post with a process for a fairy queen watercolor painting, and then painting the same line art in Procreate: delightedmuse.com/2025/04/digi...

Gorgeous! Like a dance of the web of life. It reminds me of earlier today watching robins in my garden use last year’s dead leaves and stems to weave a nest for their young, how everything is connected.

A digital painting of a woman sitting, wearing brown boots, a blue button shirt, dark pink skirt, and green tank top. She has a black backpack on her back and short brown hair. To the right is the initial sketch of the painting, in pink lines, with a light blue under drawing.

A photo of a sketchbook page showing several simple gesture drawings of people in action poses. Notes on the page note using sketchdaily.net 30 sec to 2 min per pose. Paper Mate Flexgrip Ultra. Pilot Juice 0.5.

My recent blog post from last Sunday was all about practicing gesture drawings and more fluid line work. Relaxing while drawing continues to be my goal. delightedmuse.com/2025/04/prac...

Do you ever look at a sparrow and think, "that bird is really wasting her potential?"

No. That thought would clang against the simple dignity we sense in nature, the dignity of a living thing inhabiting a life.

You are that sparrow. You are the branch she rests upon.
You embody that same dignity.

Photo of a Bienfang sketchbook from the 90s, with a Lisa Frank sticker on the cover, along with multiple Crayola stickers. Taped on top is a library due date card with the words Delighted Muse Lizbeth Wildwood Sketchbook No. 9 1998 and 1999 and November 2024 to February 2025.

A sketchbook page of several gestural drawings from Pexels references. Dated Nov 27, 2024. Sketches include: A woman in a dress with her hand to her heart. A woman with curly hair and freckles. A small sketch of an elf woman wearing a corset and dress, a couple leaning on each other. A dancer leaning on her elbow. An older woman dancing. An older woman with glasses sitting at a table. A man wearing a large brim hat and circle sunglasses.

A sketchbook page dated Nov 30, 2024 showing studies of faces roughly drawn in red ballpoint pen, including a man reading, a man smiling, a man wearing sunglasses and large headphones, a man in a hoodie, a woman with short hair, a woman with wavy hair, a woman adjusting a hat on her head, and a woman wearing cyberpunk wraparound sunglasses.

My blog post from last week was a longer sketchbook tour of a bunch of gesture drawings and figure studies in order to fill the blank pages in my oldest of sketchbooks: a Bienfang Sketch from middle school. delightedmuse.com/2025/03/sket...

April Fool's Day Live 2022, by S. J. Tucker track by S. J. Tucker

May we survive with our whimsy intact. sjtucker.bandcamp.com/track/april-...

One bright side to being forced to live in an AI slop tornado is now I see my artistic mistakes as incredibly endearing. The human machine of my body made that weird line. My worst day of drawing is completely untouchably better than anything AI will ever produce until the heat death of the universe

Years ago, I had one of the funeral home staff — at my grandma’s funeral — ask me to make them a website, while I was clearly grieving. She found out I was in college for graphic design. I’ll never forget how excited and happy she was when she asked. I just replied “No?” and walked away.

The character’s pose has so much hope in their body language, but not showing the eyes really gives me that feeling of deep despair and confusion. Gorgeous and haunting!

I want art that looks worse made by real people who are paid a universal basic income and who don't have to compete for the bare minimum and I’m not kidding

Sometimes I look at the art on my walls and think about how the idea of art may be older than the idea of walls.

Ah the sticker investment in tech making it hard to let go, even when it’s past usefulness 🥲

Lovely!

Love the orange and all the reflected light. Gorgeous!

Haha, yes 😂 I’ve also tried tapping a word in a paperback to go look it up…

While things feel uncertain, staying true to human creativity is so important. Artists have the power to bring something irreplaceable into the world—our thoughts, feelings, and perspectives. Let’s keep going with the imperfect beauty of human art, and continue connecting in ways only we can🎨✨ #art

Mix and match! Pass these around, spread the word, and support human artists!

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Just got a pack from your shop - looking forward to getting these and sharing them. Very nice design and important message

Your art is so gorgeous and relaxing. I especially love the first piece with the owl and crow.

Abe Simpson talking to the kiddos

It was called LiveJournal and you told the whole world what you wouldn’t even share with your therapist

These are so vibrant! I especially like the shooting star.

Digital sketch of a redheaded, pale woman holding an ornate mask with wings. Below the drawing is the text: Meet the Artist. Delighted Muse, she/her. Likes: Hazelnut Lattes, Dungeons and Dragons, The X-Files, Camping. About: Web developer, born in the 80s, Midwesterner, Neopagan witch.

I'm a witchy digital artist learning all I can about art! My full list of social links are available at linktr.ee/delightedmuse