Tumia Art Studio

05/28/2026

04/25/2026

Beast of Legend
My Art Foundations class is learning how to sculpt. The focus is on art and science as students learn to design a creature that lives in a specific habitat, how they eat, hunt, and navigate their environment.

04/23/2026

Buddy Boy Portrait

Like many of us, I have some family members across the rainbow bridge. I am honored to help comfort someone who had to part with their furbaby, and just like me, has to wait a rude amount of time before we can meet again.

12/29/2025

Mountain-scape Watercolor Palette

And to top off the year, another custom watercolor palette. I'm really enjoying the greyscale with 1 emphasis color. I would like to explore that in more work.

12/29/2025

The latest in sketchbook designs. I wanted to experiment with more 3D elements and overall silhouette of the cover pages.

12/23/2025

It's been rewarding to return to my bookbinding. The same can be said for monochromatic line-art illustration. It's a cozy and familiar feeling, which is appropriate for the month of December.

12/23/2025

Planning out a project before starting it is a vital skill that students need to practice. This is a collection of project plans for my advanced art classes so students can see the learning goals and how to execute them while allowing creative liberties.

12/23/2025

Tumia’s Proposal Book

Planning out a project before starting it is a vital skill that students need to practice. This is a collection of project plans for my advanced art classes so students can see the learning goals and how to execute them while allowing creative liberties.

12/23/2025

“Don’t teach something you haven’t learned yourself.” I can’t expect my students to improve their observational drawing skills unless I teach them how and show them clear examples of what it looks like. NGL, this was a fun exercise for me.

12/23/2025

Kickstarter Examples

“Don’t teach something you haven’t learned yourself.” I can’t expect my students to improve their observational drawing skills unless I teach them how and show them clear examples of what it looks like. NGL, this was a fun exercise for me.

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