Melocotonki's Cozy Watercolor Worlds Blend Reality and Fantasy

Mexico City-based artist Sandra Lavaniegos, known as Melocotonki, creates whimsical watercolor scenes that merge reality and fantasy. Her detailed illustrations feature cozy interiors like kitchens stacked with cookbooks, magical markets, and bookstores with cats. Lavaniegos draws inspiration from films, fashion, photography, Pinterest, cooking blogs, and classical paintings. She works with watercolor's transparency and layering, finding opaque mediums more challenging. Her creative process involves quickly sketching ideas before they fade, then refining them later. She hopes her art evokes calm, comfort, and magic, offering viewers a sense of peace she finds in making art. Her work is available as prints and stationery through her online store.