Watch how Shanna Van Maurik maps out her magical oil paintings in our new series Sketchbook

Описание: From line drawings to paper cutouts she uses to test placements, Van Maurik's sketchbook is a tale of process.

Artist: Shanna Van Maurik

City: Toronto

Medium: Oil paint

How she describes her work: "A daydream"

Most unusual thing in her sketchbook: Removable paper cutouts that she uses to test out placements on her canvases before painting the elements

Fun fact: Her instagram handle @nogobed is inspired by her childhood. As the youngest in her family, she would always have to go to bed the earliest — to which she would reply, "No go bed!"

Shanna Van Maurik is an oil painter from Toronto, Ontario. She calls her work "a daydream," blending fantastical elements with the real world for her large-scale pieces.

"To me, it always represents a place that doesn't exist, situations that don't exist," she explains. "Mixing a lot of different creatures and colours and animals that you normally wouldn't find."

In this video, you'll see Van Maurik's sketches turn into oil paintings and watch her sketch something from her latest personal series: expressive line-drawings of mushrooms.

Follow Shanna's artwork at:   / nogobed  


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