Jasmyn Arnold

Who are you?

I go by Bottling Sunshine online, like the cool kids. And I’m actually a traditionally trained artist, and I used to do watercolor. Don’t @ me, professors, I did switch to digital. A lot of my work centers on, I don’t know, that brokenness but vulnerability and understanding that it is okay to feel vulnerable. And so I tried to get that across with my theming and things like that.

How did you first get into art?

I was a baby and I used to doodle my cat all the time growing up. I just knew it’s what I wanted. I’d say was about five, and I knew I wanted to do art for a living. When I was nine, my parents didn’t like that too much, which is a very common story but yeah, I’ve drawing all my life. Interestingly enough, I am a college dropout as well. so it’s been an interesting journey. And I can’t wait to do more.

How would you describe your current style?

I’m also a person [who] doesn’t do much rendering. I’m a very much flat kind of person. Like even when I was a traditional artist I did watercolor wash because something that I love is the beauty of lines. I love intricate line work and very fine detail.

I like having my sketches come through with my original liner. I appreciate little mistakes, and I feel like it has like a really beautiful gestural to it and you get a real feel for the process of it all. I felt like you get a little peek in to the artist process and whatnot.

What are you thinking about as you line this piece?

I like something very natural. I’m thinking about how are the lines complementing each other, and it better not be tangent, I hate tangents. I’m just trying to keep that messiness and not trying to keep too much order. Just below in the field, I find shape language to be very important too. So I try to make that a very strong aspect of my work as well. I think it’s like a really good identifier and it catches the eye. I like the movement following the lines that take you everywhere in the drawing.

Where can people find you?

You can find me on Instagram primarily. You can find my website at bottlingsunshine.net.