art side blog

she/they, queer, from the pacific northwest. I do art in most of my free time and sometimes post it here! paint, embroidery/stitching, drawing, coloring, photography, upcycle crafts.... whatever interests my ADHD brain enough to start, and sometimes even to finish. for stuff I've made: "#mine own art" Otherwise this'll prob be interspersed with art/upcycle/diy-related reblogs! Feel free to send an Ask about anything I've made, I'm happy to share more details! may occasionally interact with main blog, tradedsymmetry

[pnglove]

[datgreenmonstah]

I saw someone on tiktok make these eternal dandelions where you take a small wire and run it through the hole in the stem of a dandelion that’s just about to seed/puff and attach them to a stick or something as your base and then cover them to protect the puff and you have a forever dandelion.

I decorated them with preserved insects I found a long with dry dead stuff from my yard

So I made a few of my own for fun

I am just now waiting for them to completely open

Reminds me of the fun little stuff I would do as a kid

[datgreenmonstah]

Forgot to update this that my dandelions finally opened(I did have to crack them open as they dried due to moisture build up from the dandelions releasing it while they puffed cause these aren’t domes so they seal more tightly)

But they turned out so good! Some came out a bit funny as I didn’t take into account the narrow neck of the jars

[datgreenmonstah]

Reblogging because it’s dandelion season and thought ppl might want a fun craft idea. Mine still are chilling in my studio

[datgreenmonstah]

Song by Lydia Lefay on bluesky

Here is the tutorial, I don’t get paid doing this and I’m not an expert at this so please don’t think I can answer everything(ask others for help or look up "flying bird mobile" for other tutorials online).

I hope this explains everything enough.

The measurements for mine came out to 15 1/2 inches on the body from tail to beak tip ans the wings 13 inches long(you can make the wings longer if needed)

Please use the comment section below to ask and someone who has done this or understands the mechanics better can answer.

Aside from that I wish you luck and I hope you have fun.

[daily-spooky]

[your-local-depressed-fangirl]

can confirm my great grandma once told me she would have lost the will to live by now if it weren’t for painting

[huariqueje]

Unknown - Tuula Lehtinen , 2021-22.

Finnish, b.1956 -

OIl on canvas , 200 x 125 cm.

[hannakdraws]

plant studies from bf’s parents garden 

[thecollectibles]

Art by Jocelin Carmes

[flowersfromthevoid]

I took Modern Art History this quarter!! this was our third and final creative project, creating a Warhol-esque self portrait of ourselves. if I had been able to start earlier, I might've chosen a different selfie, or at least printed a less-dark version. but I'm happy with most of the results overall and it was really fun!!

she recommended that we print almost twice as many copies as we ultimately needed (she wanted at least 3 versions, but we could submit up to 6. I printed 8) pretty sure I submitted the first four here?? but potentially in a different order. I think the background on the last one got a little too busy to really be Warhol-esque so I didn't include it. and then the very last one is the Warhol example just cause I still had it on my phone.

[flowersfromthevoid]

I took Modern Art History this quarter!! this was our second creative project, to recreate a photo using divisionism/pointillism (on a 5in x 7in piece of cardstock). I read a pretty long scholarly paper on Seurat's process, all the experiments he did with color. it was really fucking cool. I'd kinda always wanted to do something with pointillism before but the commitment required was way too much for just a personal project, so I was glad to be forced to commit and follow through!! my instructor said "wonderful job with this! you did quite well with this." :3

[vicholas]

[sergle]

MY TWEETS? ENCOUNTERED IN THE WILD?

[allofthedoodles]

Finished the lineart, super happy with the flowers 🌺✨

[scribblescrabbledepartment]

if its okay to ask, how and where do you get your materials for your collages? any tips?

for the most part i like to use Junk & Crap more than purchased materials because to me personally i think it has more character. some of my favorites being:

envelopes, especially from junk mail that has interesting designs

wrappers & packaging

receipts

used scraps of paper. notes, shopping lists, etc

magazines, newspapers, etc

tags, labels, stickers that one might otherwise consider garbage

old shitty coloring books

used tissue paper

books that are badly damaged & would otherwise be thrown out

something i tend to save rather than use but would also be good: cards, letters, notes

some of the things i do buy (or have been gifted):

washi tapes, my favorites being from [here]

sometimes when i join my mom on her trips to joanns i find interesting things in clearance or in the little stationary section

stickers, fun patterned paper, etc

you can find a lot of interesting scrapbook/journal materials on places like etsy

basically like. get into the habit of looking for interesting colors or patterns or graphics on things that you might otherwise throw out or ignore. save things even if you dont see an immediate artistic use for it so youll have plenty to choose from in the future. the downside of this is you will accumulate drawers of straight up garbage,

[scribblescrabbledepartment]

thinking further on it. other things ive used (although less frequently)

drawings, whether i made them specifically for that purpose or just had them on hand

chunks of writing used as a background or as an accessory rather than the focus of the page, legibility may not be a concern

bubble wrap with fun colors (i like to pop the bubbles or poke em with a sharp object to make it lay flatter but maybe you want the depth)

hospital bracelets, used gauze, visitors passes, etc

you could use bracelets & passes from other places too but i dont go places so I Dont Got Those

stamps

old manuals ill never need again

takeout menus

maps

sequins (these are a pain bc they require stronger adhesives than i typically use)

teabag wrappers or tags

playbills

[scribblescrabbledepartment]

Your colleges look incredible! Do you have any tips on how to create a college for a beginner like me?

auauuaua thankyouuu🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

personally my method is to just slap shit on there without thinking too much about it. sometimes i have a theme in mind when i start but its pretty much all improv for me & this creates a certain Messy vibe. if youre somebody who wants a Neater result then i have no idea😭😭😭 anyways my friend asked something similar recently & this was the advice i gave them:

use any shit

go through glue like your life depends on emptying that tube Yesterday

dont plan anything lest you grieve over the failure to adhere to it [<-note: this one may not apply if youre going for a cleaner & more deliberate style]

even if it has no aim or meaning at the time you will Definitely see what you meant when you look back on it in 5 months

junk mail is your best friend

go hog penis balls-out wild

it also helps to accumulate a fuckass load amount of crap to use. somebody else asked recently about materials & i gave them [a list] of some things i think are good to use

if u wanna ask about anything more specific feel free otherwise i think once u start ur style & methods will kinda start falling into place on their own

[scribblescrabbledepartment]

additional thoughts as i think about it (& again, my advice is more geared toward the Messy & Improvised type of collages)

if it doesnt look finished maybe just add more shit until it does

sometimes you wont like the end result anyway but half the fun is just making something with your hands. this keeps me from going insane

be ok with things getting more covered up than intended as you go

if you intend to fill a journal with them be aware that it will get fat as fuck and become increasingly difficult to use. ive started using a wide ring binder & hole punching my pages once theyre done

if youre hole punching your pages be aware that some materials will make this so difficult. place them with caution

sometimes youll want to make a collage but filling an entire page will seem daunting. taking a tiny page & making a mini collage is fun

most of the ones i make have no particular purpose but potential Uses can include: reading/movie/etc logs, scrapbook to document memories, space for journal entries, homemade bookmarks, book/binder covers, cards, etc

using collage to make some kind of picture (as opposed to just a random assemblage of stuff that isnt meant to look like anything, which is what i usually do) is very challenging & i dont have much advice for it other than Take Your Time, but it can be fun & look really cool

[flowersfromthevoid]

ive been on spring break for almost a week and I've been getting over covid for most of the time but when I got better enough to do something I got obsessed with painting watercolor bubbles. this is just a few of the pages I did.

this was the (short) video that set me off on it:

https://youtube.com/shorts/4h2EzA00zlo?si=_0b_xKflxaZhuU8g

and there are many more videos by other people that I watched for different ideas of how to do this, and I combined a few techniques and just messed around for awhile.

the last photo is the end of a letter back to my cousin, we're pen pals :3 it's my favorite because I kept the colors separate through the process and just added them to another palette (a plastic lid I covered in saran wrap) before dipping something circular in them, if that makes sense. instead of mixing them/watering them down all in the same place where I dipped, which gave me much more muddied color like the first one. but also the photo of the letter was taken with natural light so it also looks the best for that reason haha

[gasteracanthacancriformis]

have i ever shown u people my hand sofa

[gasteracanthacancriformis]

my prized possession is this loveseat I bought from a divorced dad who couldn’t tell me anything about it and in the years i’ve owned it i’ve never been able to find out who made it or where it came from. it’s got nails and finger creases and palm lines but they’re all kinda hard to see in this pic.

[leatherandmossprints]

‘Study of Thistles’ by Sophia L. Crownfield, c. 1890.

[vangoghcore]

by samanthacavet

[daffodilmornings]

☁️ dreamy flower field ☁️