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I tried for a bit of an unsettling and “wrong” use of colours in this acrylic painting, but I’m not sure whether the branches in the right corner add too much realism/detail/chaos to the otherwise orderly scene. Am I wrong? Even then, how would I fix it? I think I like having them there but it looks a bit off.

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Just a quick boredom sketch

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Enter the Tale.

[kinysha]

"I Was Never Meant to Survive"

They wrote my name in quiet rooms,

sealed it inside walls I never built,

tied it to a fate I never chose.

I was meant to kneel,

meant to follow,

meant to obey,

meant to disappear into a story that was never mine.

But I?

I ripped the script from their hands,

walked through the wreckage,

barefoot, bleeding, unwanted.

They whispered unbreakable as they watched me splinter.

Called me strong when I swallowed silence instead of screaming.

But tell me—

what kind of strength is built on suffering?

I stood in the wreckage of who I was,

palms bloodied from holding on too long,

lungs choking on the smoke of what I couldn’t save,

waiting for mercy that never came.

But silence doesn’t hand out mercy.

And when the world begged for my obedience,

for my silence,

for my surrender—

I laughed.

Not because I was fearless,

but because I was done being afraid.

But let me tell you something they will never say:

I did not survive out of strength.

I survived because even breaking wasn’t an option.

Because even when I wanted to break,

to disappear,

to let go—

Even when I begged to disappear,

life kept dragging me back by the throat.

So now I stand.

Not whole.

Not healed.

Not forgiven.

Just here.

And sometimes, that's enough.

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Tried my hand at realism and still-life, it's not perfect and my lining is still a little shaky, but it's getting better, a few more compositions/artworks, and my technique will get better. It's acrylic on canvas, with the reference painting for comparison.

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Another artwork from around last Christmas, watercolours in A3 format. I'm pretty proud of this one, from the shading to the colours and composition, I'd say it's pretty successful.

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These are a set of three artworks I made around last Christmas, with the original inspirations/ reference images for comparison. They are made with alcohol markers on watercolour paper, a combination which I've found works extremely well for vibrant and striking colours. I have changed some aspects of them from the references, like some colours (also just didn't have the right colours available).

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I’m working on this portrait based on the veiled virgin statue, I made the mistake of painting the foreground first, which I’ve read you’re not supposed to do with acrylics. Yet all in all I think the portrait itself looks good with the shading and composition.

First I painted the background in a light-ish cream tone, hated it and roughly painted it back to white. Honestly, I don’t how I can save the background at this point, or what to do for it. I don’t want it to be detailed, so maybe something a little abstract or blurred. I don’t wanna ruin it so hoping for some advice.

Update! I made a dark background and I’d say it turned out quite well.