Loreland is an internationally published book exploring world beliefs through the examination of mythical creatures from every corner of the magical globe.

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Conjuring a Faerie!

How to Paint a Moon Faerie in Watercolor Bringing the creatures of your imagination to life — one luminous layer at a time. Welcome back to my lil' painting corner of the internet! Today we're going deep into one of my favorite subjects — a faerie. Supplies: Thin watercolor brush Watercolors (I use Stonegournd Paint Co and made a custom magic palette or them!) Watercolor paper (I like Arches Hot press, but Stathmore os great too! Anthing that is at least 140lbs) Mixing Palett

Hope Christofferson

Jun 7

Gemstones, Ghosts & the Garden of Earthly Delights

On the winding, luminous path of painter Alessandro Keegan by Hope Christofferson Some people find their way to painting through a single blinding revelation — a vision, a teacher, a thunderclap of purpose. Alessandro found his way through gemology. Which is to say: through a dark laboratory on 47th Street in Manhattan, a microscope, and eight hours a day spent staring into the hearts of diamonds. The paintings came anyway. They always do. In the interview Alessandro spea

Hope Christofferson

May 6

World Building with Science Fiction Author C.M. Kosemen

Greetings from Loreland! It has been awhile since I have posted, as I entered a graduate program at the University of California in 2025 and have since fallen into an Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole of speculative science! Cover of All Tomorrows I have dearly missed writing and interviewing intriging minds for the sake of joy and inquiry! So here is a rather special interview with C.M. Kosemen, an artist, writer, and world-builder I have admired for years. We speak about his

Hope Christofferson

Jan 24