Kat Richardson (@katrichardson.bsky.social)

@katrichardson.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 9:26 PM

My novella, Ghost Image, from the Grifters Song series has been re-issued in paperback! Whooo-hoo! www.amazon.com/Ghost-Image-...

A small pile of paperbacks of the novella "Ghost Image" by Kat Richardson, episode 26 in the Grifter's Song crime series; A gradient from dark-to-light gray with an overlaid image of a large, spooky hotel seen from the exterior at night, overlaid by posterized black & white images of a parabolic microphone, and a man and woman representing the protagonists, Sam and Rachel—a married couple of con artists who ply their trade wherever the money leads.

@katrichardson.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 7:57 PM

I'm glad it filled the need.

@katrichardson.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 7:57 PM

A water control exercise from the class I'm taking. Three glasses of liquid in primary colors. by me (Kat Richardson), Sept 24, 2026. #watercolor

medium-sized watercolor of three glasses of clear liquid, each in one primary color: red, yellow, and blue. Light passes through the glasses and the liquids, casting colored shadows. Whatever it is must be very alcoholic, since the glasses and their shadows contain swirls and squiggles of red, yellow, or blue within both the liquid and the glass shadow. This was an exercise in water control and transparency given during the watercolor studio class I'm currently taking.

Bee Creative notebook, mixed pallet. September 24, 2026, by me (Kat Richardson).

@katrichardson.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 2:20 AM

A view from the hillside over a vineyard. The light is very warm and yellow, which I shall put down to the use of Daniel Smith's Green Gold and the cream color of the paper. #watercolor by me (Kat Richardson).

Saunders Waterford 100% cotton paper, mixed pallet. September 21, 2026.

Watercolor of the view of a vineyard from the hillside above. The distant vines in the valley below are bare of fruit, standing in long lines toward the horizon under a bright blue sky filled with fluffy clouds. Strong yellow light falls on a tree in the left foreground with a rustic bench beneath, looking out at the valley. A green glass wine bottle stands in the grass next to the bench. The grass is turning gold-green as the leaves in the tree begin to go yellow and orange. by me (Kat Richardson) September 21, 2026

@katrichardson.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 9:20 PM

Not my best landscape, but the sky isn't bad. I forgot to put in shadows, which really flattens everything out and makes it look very flat. #watercolor #watercolorfail

A rather amateur watercolor landscape—they are my bane. A stream of pale blue water runs away from the viewer in the center of the picture. Cattail reeds with their tall green leaves and stems crowned with dark reed heads line the edges of the stream while a meadow of yellow and green spreads to either side. Vague blotchy trees break the horizon where a deeper blue sky of fluffy white clouds rises over the scene. I forgot to put in any shadows or stones so the scene is very flat, but I'm not too unhappy with the sky.
Bee aquarelle 100% cotton paper, mixed pallet. September 15, 2026 by me (Kat Richardson)

@katrichardson.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 10:00 PM

You have the most adorable doggy.

@katrichardson.bsky.social Sep 6, 2026, 11:01 PM

some negative-space white flowers on a soft-wash background. #watecolor by me (Kat Richardson) Sept 6, 2026

Watercolor of white abstract flowers on a soft background wash of pinks and purples. The flowers and stems were painted in with masking fluid (liquid latex) on plain white watercolor paper) then the background was made by wetting the whole page with water and brushing in dabs of each color and allowing them to spread and dilute. Once the page was dry, I removed the masking fluid by rubbing with my (clean) fingertips and added some flower detail with diluted gray and bleedproof white..

Bee aqurelle 100% cotton paper, mixed pallet September 6, 2026. by me (Kat Richardson).

@katrichardson.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 4:11 AM

Some tube-shaped flowers I painted just for fun. #watercolor

@katrichardson.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 4:01 AM

Technique and color pallet are being very hard to get a handle on right now.

@katrichardson.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 3:59 AM

Bremerton Chat&Chill in a little more than 2 weeks! No fees, no membership required, just free fun with writer-folk (and writer-adjacent folk) in a relaxed space.

@katrichardson.bsky.social Aug 30, 2026, 5:07 AM

Studies for the hydrangea painting. An early attempt went very much awry. Starting over.

@katrichardson.bsky.social Aug 30, 2026, 4:51 AM

So far it's evading me.