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The inevitable is digitally playing with my original drawings and now an original painted background. I truly want to experiment more with textures with different brushes and techniques. I thhink I willl hold off painting an image or two on these surfaces but you never know how I will feel at any given time. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzQc24UoftL/?igshid=117ms9xjse11w

Underneath 10 layers of acrylic paint are failure, near hits and zero caution. I do like the smooth surface emerging and the color blends courtesy of gloss gel medium which I will no longer be without. Tomorrow: light sandpaper and dry brush touch ups in a unifying color plus a coat of matt medium for a smooth surface. I am not even sure I want to ruin this with a painting like flowers or an abstract portrait over it should that not go well. It would definitely be done in bright colors but I am enjoying it as is. I'll sleep on it tonight. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzQYDF2I0oN/?igshid=l318kdulo7vv

I have a notebook dedicated thematically to urban street art design. It feels good to be focused so even when sketching feels tortured or just plain wrong, I know where I will return. In the meantime, there is always that one time when it is not looking too great but you just feel something in it is worth fighting for so you keep going until your gut says to stop. This little sketch (based on a Leonor Fini photograph) is one of those times. I like the face and though the figure isn't quite there as I see it, I know where I can go with it. Digital filters help push the visual boundaries just a little more. ❤ https://www.instagram.com/p/BzOJT-pIe-e/?igshid=x9t8wp7rrgpl

Urban wall textures in acrylic paints are my newest challenge. I am inching closer to better results but not enough to keep so I painted over my little canvas to start again. In the meantime, I am obsessed with female graffiti artists so I took to a little sketching for figurative ideas to incorporate into a painting. Something whimsical and simple against urban textures. I feel so determined but need to stop today because other life has to happen. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzK_1aaIF2z/?igshid=ot6a530drg8c

Before I walk my dog and mow the lawn and before I do laundry and before the midday heat hits, I am preparing for the most important part of my Sunday: painting. ❤ https://www.instagram.com/p/BzC_VQwI7sK/?igshid=dj390o00z286

Three images from a 2015 issue of 'Happi.Home' and two from my house to inspire me for today's art session: exploring textures in acrylics. I am not sure what I want to do just yet but an idea is already forming that hopefully is not too ambitious but not too simple I will be bored. I never really know what I am capable of and, therefore, have little foresight to the finished piece. You think you know until it's finished only to realize you knew nothing at all. If you don't know, then what and how you are doing it could possibly be right. ❤ https://www.instagram.com/p/BzDA5X-oIii/?igshid=b2qqs3e03yce

The Depths 2 Wax colored pencils and chalk pastel on 8x10inch textured toned cardstock My art mojo has been compromised these last two days. It never feels right to watch it slowly dissipate while doing absolutely nothing so another hour's worth of catharsis ended up on yet a second (November 2018) bubbles trial I found in my reject stash. With this warm weather, my attic window is open and I could hear two women talking and laughing outside. My mood followed the rhythm of their conversation to guide me for form and color and waited for them to go quiet as a signal it was finished. Now I hear only the faint sound of cars and a bird with a hoarse call and tenacity to keep going until another one hears. ❤ https://www.instagram.com/p/BzAnMHHIiog/?igshid=1erzqh9d62i9q

Faded Aura Chalk pastel on A3 creme paper I'm not even sure if an aura can be faded considering it is invisible to the human eye. Tonight, I had excess energy and well...I don't run. It's terribly satisfying to enjoy without much thought. Grab a throwaway page and have at it. At the point your hands are drenched in chalk... it's time to sleep. ❤ https://www.instagram.com/p/By3ZfX9oqcC/?igshid=14nujcmki05am

1. The Depths: wax based colored pencils for bubbles; chalk pastel for figure holding ball of chaos on 8x10 inch textured toned paper. 2. Self Portrait (in progress): chalk pastel and graphite on A3 creme toned multimedia paper While organizing my supplies I came across my first attempt (November 2018) at a drawing using colored pencils. I did not know then there was such a thing as oil based colored pencils that would significantly increase my success so I grabbed the kids' art kit. That said, my bubbles are awful because my circles are awful. Even the best supplies cannot hide mishapen bubbles. For some reason, I tucked it away and when I pulled it up this week, I had the desire to draw something else on it but waited for the perfect moment. That moment was today still feeling melancholy and frustrated at my progress in color art (see self portrait 😭). Other factors are mixed in so I googled how I was feeling and saw a vector drawing that I wanted to emulate and came up with my own version of a figure holding up the weight of the world. A whole world is a bit dramatic so mine is simply a chaotic sphere. With bubbles? A chaotic, water breathing sphere. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByuxQmAIYGA/?igshid=1n2mjngzpn7qk

Self Portrait Mechanical pencil on A3 creme multi technique paper Maybe I will enhance with bold strokes of color. Maybe I won't. Though I take grave issue with Egon Schiele's tendency towards underage girls it is unfortunate his work moves me. I love his use of color with play on organic linework. These past two days, I have indulged in a few videos including a 35 minute one with beautiful music moving his more than 300+ works along. I was inspired to do a self portrait not to emulate him so much as explore with simplistic lines I could perhaps make exciting with bold color choices. Well...that is for another day. As I felt deeply melancholy today, there was hope I would express that but the artist in me is never sad because drawing is a joyous occasion. I achieve contemplative at best. Fyi...that hand looks eerily close to my hand with crooked features and all. However, if you want a perfect likeness of me...look at a photograph. 😃 https://www.instagram.com/p/BysZ-_DIs8T/?igshid=1k8d1k94z2uno

Kulit Langsat Tiki Garden

Digital varitions on the original drawn in graphite and colored pencils.

Kulit Langsat Tiki Garden Graphite and colored pencils, white ink Finished! Well, until I decide to spray fix because I never know if I want to touch up before putting this in my collection. This was a learning project for sure with a lot of elements like color blending and flowers! Flower practice! Also notice the Eddie van Halen ukelele pendant for that extra Dutch-Indo touch. Though I am not 100% satisfied on her face regarding features and the color blending, I think it filters quite well. Also, I ask myself if my style is too retro/vintage. Read: dated. I do love mid century modern art and home decor so it must be stuck in my creative molecules. ❤ https://www.instagram.com/p/ByngtGOIWEv/?igshid=2j8i1fu6ekkv

Kulit Langsat Tiki Garden (in progress) Graphite and colored pencil This is far from over. Colored pencil is laborious but ever so heavenly. The face is subject to change and corrections. ❤ What started as a relaxing evening exercise the other night is now a labor of love. I changed the face to accomodate the 'Indische' (Dutch/Indonesian) women I have known and have spent two mornings thus far coloring flowers and contemplating what it should eventually become. Practice, dreaming...thinking. Eventually, I decided the cream colored pastel paper should be the skin tone because it is 'kulit langsat' which my mom and grandmother taught me is Bahasa for my skin color. Not all Indos are one color. I have so much more to do before I finish. I don't care because the process of art is epic. ❤ https://www.instagram.com/p/BybAzHHIsn3/?igshid=xmf3m3w3qr8s

My Inner Urban Digital self portrait superimposed on New York City graffiti https://www.instagram.com/p/ByI-LY3IU_t/?igshid=adc0g2m9r3b7

Underneath a Complex Sky Pan and soft pastel on 11x27cm lightly toned cardstock. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByAWJvmonI0/?igshid=n5zvylz2gou5

Light Up the Night Pan and soft pastel, pastel pencil (second photo is a filtered version). 11x27cm lightly toned cardstock Relaxing a bit with a pastel city abstract inspired by midcentury modern acrylic paintings. https://www.instagram.com/p/ByAU0IooVxN/?igshid=smwycxc8c2ic

Working on my first chalk pastel cityscape (Los Angeles) and I just remembered I purchased a portable, daylight lamp so I can work anytime of the day. Today, I have art documentaries running on the large television with my dog by my side. This 8x10inch piece will take me a day or two...maybe longer...because I have no idea how it should be painted in pastel and that is a good thing as I enjoy trying my own colors and techniques as a springboard to what workd and what does not work. So far I like it. The clouds require my attention and time. This could be a disaster come time for the buildings and trees but as I've been sewing and knitting for 30+ years, I know this is part of the process and the biggest part of facing your own fears. ❤ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx7bS5YIs4Y/?igshid=z8hy7nx5k3vu

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