Where AI dances with watercolour – A fusion of pixels & pigments.
An exploration of creativity, storytelling, and AI-assisted illustration
(How I blend AI and watercolour for expressive art)
Having painted in watercolours most of my life, generative AI allows me to push further, diving deeper into my imagination. AI as digital watercolorist creates art that’s both organic and reimagined.
My process
I prompt AI to craft paintings that feel natural and alive, showing how technology can enhance, rather than replace, the soulful essence of hand-painted art.
Tools
I use Image Creator to bring illustrations to life and ChatGPT or Copilot to write poetry or stories that accompany them.
Finding Beauty in the Process: AI Art on a Rainy Saturday
Today's exploration underscored the importance of patience and adaptability in working with AI art. By embracing the process—not just the results—I explored ways to coax the medium toward something unique, organic, and fluid.
States of Being
A figure rendered in delicate line art sits in quiet reflection, while abstract watercolour strokes in vibrant greens and blues swirl around, creating an atmosphere of introspection.
The Forest Became Them
A bold watercolour of a someone's profile with colourful bursts symbolising the flow of creative energy and connection to an unseen, ineffable reality, to illustrate a short poem.
The Song that Bent the Light
Lilith stands at the edge of the first silence and speaks a word never before uttered—a word of self, unbound. The Garden trembles, unable to hold it, and she leaves, casting the word into the world. Though forgotten by history, it lingers in defiant hearts, waiting to be spoken again.
The world that appears when you close your eyes
A pale, dark-haired woman in white stands in a swirling underwater dreamscape, surrounded by mythical creatures—serpentine dragons, horse-like beings, and a skeletal beast, evoking danger, mystery, and otherworldly beauty.
The Watcher in the Eucalyptus
A lone figure emerges beneath the eucalyptus canopy, reaching toward something unseen. A crow perches above, watching in silent understanding. This AI-generated illustration captures the ethereal, mythic essence of ‘The Watcher in the Eucalyptus.’
The Howl and the Hollow
A figure kneels, their spine entwined with a tree, its branches stretching into the unknown. An illustration to the flash fiction “The Howl and the Hollow”.
Tideborn
A dreamlike silhouette emerges from the waves, AI & watercolour dancing together. A reminder that art isn’t about tools—but imagination.