Rustypuppy

Now that our Week of Winter…

Rustypuppy — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:54:18 GMT

Now that our Week of Winter has past, I can go outside to fixative and varnish my mixed media art.

This is my February Calendar Animal: an industrious little mouse planning plans for the year. 🐭

Second photo is a close up of the spray cans if you want to see the labels better.

#mixedmedia #art #artstr #rustypuppyart

When you finally find a use…

Rustypuppy — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:27:45 GMT

When you finally find a use for that piece of string you’ve been holding into for years… as a wrap for an artist exchange journal.

I make art on a page, then pass the journal on to my friend. He creates art on a new page and passed the journal back to me.

Only 3 swaps and the poor little journal started having closure issues, so I added the string to allow us to keep it somewhat closed and protected.

Second photo shows the last pages of the journal, where I taped the string to the inside back cover, then glued down the last two pages on top.

#art #artstr #artjournal #artprocess

I’ve done a little bit…

Rustypuppy — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:52:32 GMT

I’ve done a little bit of pyrography - the details in this art is top notch!

#art #artstr #commission #v4v #grownostr

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Putting up the last of my…

Rustypuppy — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:52:52 GMT

Putting up the last of my Christmas decor. This artwork is “Deck the Owls” by Michaela Evans…. AKA my spirit animal when required to go to a holiday party. 🦉

#art #christmas #introvert

If you’re interested in science…

Rustypuppy — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:39:45 GMT

If you’re interested in science fiction and fantasy art by Michael Whalen, his website shop has his first art book, Wonderworks, available as a PDF for $10 ($15 after January 1st).

120 pages. Introductions to 6 genres by writers such as Poul Anderson, Michael Moorcock, C.J. Cherryh, Anne McCaffrey, Gerald Page, and Alan Dean Foster. Tons of cover art and concept sketches.

This was originally published in 1979, so it’s Michael’s early works.

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/shop/wonderworks-digital-edition/

#art #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #michaelwhelan #artbook

My citadel art in a calendar…

Rustypuppy — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 05:25:04 GMT

My citadel art in a calendar showcasing bitcoin holidays! 🏰

Print and digital versions of the calendar are for sale for sats or fiat at the links in the SATOSH.EE note.

#art #artstr #calendar #bitcoin #grownostr

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Day 1 of artist Jo Blakey’…

Rustypuppy — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 01:01:22 GMT

Day 1 of artist Jo Blakey’s Winter Trees draw-along. First time using willow charcoal sticks. She supplied the photo reference.

#art #artstr #treestr #artchallenge #birdstr

A friend found a book of…

Rustypuppy — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:38:17 GMT

A friend found a book of vintage flower illustrations that Kew Gardens turned into a grayscale coloring book.

Great paper for colored pencils, not great at all if you want to use watercolors, which is my friend’s favorite.

So I did a little experiment…

Brush the page to color with clear gesso and let dry overnight.

The page curled, so use clips to keep flat.

Use watercolors and watercolor pencils. Add gold highlights with acrylic marker for fun.

Look at back of colored page and be a bit surprised how good it still looks.

The clear gesso is rough to work on, but it did what it was supposed to do, so I’ll call this a success. ✅

#art #artstr #artprocess #watercolor #bloomstr #rustypuppyart