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A collection of 608 posts

Dec 19, 2024

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas Update: FINISHED!!!!!! Used metallic copper acrylic paint for scales. Added 22 birds. Signed the bottom and back. My DRIFTING DRAGON mixed media art is complete!!!!! ⛰️🐉⛰️ I don’

Dec 14, 2024

I’m just a hobby #photographer…

I’m just a hobby #photographer…

I’m just a hobby #photographer - this is from my mom’s backyard during fire season in BC 🇨🇦 a few years ago. Scary beautiful. What’s one of your favorite photos or photographers

Dec 8, 2024

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas Update: dragon back ridges Did some experiments last night to figure out the right size, shape, textures, and colors. Now to replicate all that 40+ times because

Dec 4, 2024

This is the oldest canvas I…

This is the oldest canvas I…

This is the oldest canvas I have: an oil painting I made in the mid-1980s. Have old art to share? Add the hashtag #nostrartstrDec2024 and you’ll have completed this month’s

Dec 3, 2024

I have a set of art…

I have a set of art…

I have a set of art tools I use all the time: pencil, pens, scissors, ruler, glue stick, clips. They can get buried in the accumulated stuff that ends up covering my art

Dec 2, 2024

It’s so inspiring to see…

It’s so inspiring to see these being created. I want to create for a tarot deck myself “some day” ….. watching this happen, that day maybe getting closer. #artstr #art #tarot #🖼️…

Dec 1, 2024

Because I wanted an easy art…

Because I wanted an easy art challenge for December, everyone gets an easy art challenge for December!!!!! 💜🫂🎨 #nostronly #grownostr #plebchain #nostrartstrdec2024 #pastart #artchallenge #art #artstr #🖼️…

Nov 29, 2024

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas Update: tiny touch ups Added greenery to the tops on the mountains so they are more obviously in front of some of the clouds. Used little flat

Nov 24, 2024

Finished up my blue swatches. Had…

Finished up my blue swatches. Had…

Finished up my blue swatches. Had never heard of Indanthrone Blue but I love it! 💙 The indigo in the book was swatched in 2022, so I did another on a strip of similar

Nov 24, 2024

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas Update: clouds’ end “Finished” adding the clouds to the top half of the canvas. Leaving it in quotes as I may change my mind tomorrow. But I

Nov 21, 2024

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas Update: much closer to final Spent most of the day working on this in batches on the lower half of the canvas. Added white tissue paper to

Nov 19, 2024

So those chipboard tags I bought…

So those chipboard tags I bought…

So those chipboard tags I bought so many years ago are ideal for the art project I want to do that I no longer need the envelopes I was originally searching for when

Nov 18, 2024

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas…

24” x 30” Mixed Media Canvas Update: all about the values Been ignoring this one for too long. Got tired of trying different ways to keep white white (would turn yellow near the