I’ve got some family stuff coming up so I got myself a little travel tea set. Now I have to address heating water in places like an airplane, any tea drinkers solved this problem already? #tea

Drinking Imperial Mojian golden bud Yunnan black today as part of a Dian hong sampler I picked up recently from Yunnan Sourcing. It’s got a wonderful chocolate aroma and the flavor does not disappoint. #tea

It’s 11am, I’ve had two cups of tea today already and I’m trying to hydrate but I just want more tea. #tea

Happy international tea day!

This afternoon I’m trying out my darjeeling puttabong summer. It’s delicate and fruity, very light and mild. #tea

I had a few days of sadly mediocre tea that I didn’t post about at the time. I tried the Qifu golden needle and found it dull, I hoped it was an issue with not using enough tea leaves for the pot, but it wasn’t. Today I’m trying Qifu’s bi luo chun, I’m finally getting to brew gongfu style at home.

This is real, I vouch for it. Help a neighbor whose partner has been kidnapped by ICE make her rent and bills. #minneapolis #iceout #mutualaid

I’ve had terrible creative block since ICE came to my city but managed to sit down and cut paper for a while today. #papercollage #handcutcollage #collage #iceout

I’m calling this one “Cat Get Out of the Plant” based on real events. Paper collage and washi tape. #collage #papercollage

#minneapolis #minnesota #iceout

Most of the time I can’t draw. Yesterday I managed to draw Liam Ramos, who needs to come home now. #minneapolis #iceout #liamramos

Aw Boston. We love you too, and it’s not so cold there - you’ll be fine with some extra socks.

It’s been a hard week and I haven’t made art every day because having the city occupied is unbelievably stressful. So here’s a little street scene I managed to make a few days ago. Watercolor, paint marker, marker and pen on cold press watercolor paper. #watercolor #paintmarker #fuckice

Things are too much right now and I am out of tea but I managed to paint something so that’s cool. Sai watercolor markers and pen on hot press paper. #watercolor

This was based on a totally normal photo of my friend and his partner’s cat. Watercolor and glitter paint marker on cold press watercolor paper. #watercolor #glitterpaintmarker

I dig this little dancing demon person. Sai watercolor markers on hot press watercolor paper. #saiwaiercolormarkers

Lemons lemons lemons. Watercolor on hot press paper. #watercolor

Today I learned that this thing is called a bromeliad. I was prepared to fully describe it visually and am relieved to have a shortcut. Pen, watercolor markers and gel pen on hot press paper. #watercolormarkers #gelpen #pen

This is a post about a major accomplishment this year. This year I read Journey to the West in Chinese. I found a publisher whose whole thing is bilingual editions for English speakers learning Chinese, so pretty perfectly at my reading level +

Sometimes when I don’t know what to paint I check the bloomscrolling tag and bloomscroll until I find something. Watercolor markers, watercolor crayons and gouache on hot press paper. #watercolorcrayons #watercolormarkers #gouache #hotpresspaper

Watercolor portrait of Matthew Rhys as Philip Jennings as “Jim” from late in season five. Watercolor and pen on hot press paper. #watercolor

Yesterday’s art, the first use of a set of Sai watercolor brush markers. These are a really nice set I got as a birthday gift, and extra bonus is that it’s a Japanese set and the color characters are largely the same as in Chinese. Watercolor markers and watercolor on hot press paper. #watercolor

More cat more of the time. This is my portable Derwent watercolor set on hot press paper, not to be confused with mystery paper. #watercolor #derwentwatercolor

Cat in ink and watercolor on mystery paper. I’m almost through the little book of mystery paper, soon it will rest on my shelf. This is my grandma’s watercolor set with pilot iroshizuku ink in murasaki-shikibu, which is to say, fantastic glittery purple. #watercolor #InkAllYear

Yesterday’s art is watercolor crayon and watercolor on mystery paper. #watercolor #watercolorcrayon

Yesterday’s art is more rosy maple moth. Gouache and gel pen on mystery paper. #gouache #gelpen