Gorgeous Sketchbook Paintings Invite You to Explore Lush Lands Inspired by Studio Ghibli

Artist Tara Jane invites you to take a jour­ney through her sketch­book paint­ings. Inspired by gar­dens, forests, and the work of Stu­dio Ghi­b­li, her small gouache works show­case lush lands that will make you want to lace up your shoes and go outside.

Each paint­ed envi­ron­ment is con­fined to a sin­gle page in her sketch­book. When shar­ing the spreads on social media, Tara Jane asks whether you’d go “left or right”—essentially, which place would you vis­it? That’s a tough deci­sion. I pick both.

Tara Jane sells her work as orig­i­nal paint­ings through her online shop. To see more of her sketch­book work, make sure you fol­low her on her pop­u­lar Insta­gram.