Initially this was to be a representational illustration of a crow. However, in layering the blues, turquoise, and purples I got carried away by the color pattern. The result became more elaborate through some struggle and initial reluctance, but I'm glad I didn't walk away.
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Spontaneous image with font inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
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This is a sketch for an idea I have about changing our aim.
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Splashing some watercolor around to loosen up the ideas.
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Inspired by the cathedral of trash.
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I started drawing this with the initial two words of "blazing doughnut." It transformed into something creature like in the end. :)
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A year ago I started combining the brain and heart to create a singular organ. I'm sure this has been interpreted in one way or another many times, but I've grown attached to the image and its symbolism for my own reasons. Mainly I'm drawn to the balance we struggle with between reason and emotion, logic and madness, love as something magical and intangible while at once being something practical and controlled by chemicals in our brain. I'm still exploring this and am excited to see what bubbles up.
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Yesterday I heard someone share a composer's advice for breaking a creative road block- give yourself permission to fail. So here it goes again. It's a struggle to remember this but every time I do let go, I feel that much happier. Perhaps nothing comes of this idea as a whole, but maybe a stroke will trigger something else.
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Continuation of the brain and heart theme. I'm pushing myself to draw even when I'm not sure what to do.
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There are some things that are best left unsaid if nothing else will sprout from it. But it's nice to take a new meaning and make it your own. Happy Thursday!
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I don't know why I felt like combining these bones and organs together today but here they are. To me it looks like a skeleton cheer leader. :)
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I took to a larger paper today and stretched out my lines. It was a time to abstract ideas I was holding on to as too precious a thing.
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Today is feeling lovely and balanced and in flight. Hence the drawing from today. Happy hump day!
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Started thinking about nurture versus nature and emotions versus logic. Sometimes it feels like we push one out of the way in order to attain an intangible desire.
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Watercolors are certainly becoming my favorite medium especially on days like today. A dribbling heart poised in mind.
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Today was a messy day.
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Continuing from yesterdays thought of, "if hearts had teeth," came a walrus-like creature. Naturally. :) I swear I was aiming to create a heart with teeth, but one thing led to another.
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Today I felt a need to loosen up and splash some watered down gouache on a page. Some days just call for that. While drawing this I thought, "if hearts had teeth." A thought for later.
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A feeling.
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