Rustypuppy

Trying something new, along the lines…

Rustypuppy — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:45:49 GMT

Trying something new, along the lines of the Pottery Paradox from the book, Art & Fear.

A 500 sheet ream of copy paper will be my sketchpad for the year. Not intentionally trying to use all of them. It’s just practice, and somehow easier to tackle than a bound sketchbook.

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Back to work on my entry…

Rustypuppy — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 20:40:02 GMT

Back to work on my entry for the nostr.build video contest. ✍️

Loving my screen glove. So much easier to use Procreate when the canvas doesn’t randomly jump around when I accidentally touch it with my wrist.

#artstr #vidstr #procreate #artprocess #contest

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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. ✅

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Made some progress on my#2026calendarchallenge…

Rustypuppy — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:31:53 GMT

Made some progress on my
#2026calendarchallenge art: researched vintage images that express my idea and feelings for February of starting and planning, getting back to work after hibernating in January.

After cleaning up the images, I print them on copy paper. Then I use liquid and soft acrylic paint to give them an aged book look. The darker splots are alcohol ink from my Copic marker refill.

Also reposting existing sprinkles
note that has helpful prompts and info if you’d like to join her art challenge.

#artstr #art #artprocess #artchallenge #mixedmedia #vintage
#rustypuppyart

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Cleaned up my main art desk…

Rustypuppy — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 21:57:01 GMT

Cleaned up my main art desk and laid out the supplies to continue working on my calendar art for existing sprinkles art challenge. 🎉

I’ve given up getting 11 more done in time to print a calendar, but I discovered the art boards I’m using as a substrate will fit in the card holders I have (second photo), so I’ll use these to display the art each month instead of a printed calendar hanging on my wall. 🎉

And for those of you looking for a different November art challenge, there’s #huevember 🎨🗓️

#2026calendarchallenge
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Finally the right mix of humidity…

Rustypuppy — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:58:43 GMT

Finally the right mix of humidity and temperature for me to spray varnish my art. 🎉🖼️

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