Oil painting of a pale orange long haired cat laying on a blue floor with a purple background
Getting back into oil painting outside of teaching. Here's a cat in progress for ##CatsofBallard opening this June at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social
A doodle of a storm cloud with "Stormy Blue" written below. Underneath reads "Faraday" with a lightning bolt to the right.
All my fountain pens need to be cleaned 😆 so instead of cleaning them, I filled some Karappo pens. Current favorite work/note writing inks by @pushpullseattle.bsky.social
Oil painting on canvas of a field of pink tulips with a lightly cloudy sky and trees very far in the distance.
Tulip field demo painting from class yesterday at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social I was really nervous about this and I'm really happy with how it turned out.
Pencil drawing of Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinese)
Pencil drawing of a camellia flower and leaves (camellia japonica)
My two favorite drawings from Botanical Sketching at the Locks today. Sign up for next week at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social
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Pink-purple ink drawing featuring flowers that are native to Scotland - poppies, snow drop, violets, thistle, forget-me-nots, and clovers.
Drawing from Ballard Sketch Team last night. Wildflowers of Scotland. What's super cool is that I also made the ink (Mauveberry available at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social ) and the sketchbook.
Charm necklace with the letters m a x x in the middle. Full of silly charms such as gummy bears, cats, keys and tiny people in a pill capsule
New class this weekend at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social Maxximalist charm necklace. Come get silly with me
Tiny plastic frying pan with two eggs and sausage patties
Made some tiny breakfast ornaments for @pushpullseattle.bsky.social Be Merry ornament show opening this Saturday 6-9 Come get tiny art
Digital artwork of two woman sitting next to each other with long flowing hair
Working on Gemini for @pushpullseattle.bsky.social Zodiac calendar coming in January
I learned a new thing. Wood burned mushroom ornaments for Be Merry at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social opening in 2 weeks
Gouache painting of woman leaning on one hand wearing black gloves and black sleeveless jumpsuit. On green background with green shadows and warm yellow light.
Painting demo from All About Gouache at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social
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Colorful portrait of a femme person done with alcohol markers.
Portrait demo from yesterday's Intro to Alcohol Marker class at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social Stay tuned to see what else I drew (gotta drag out this social media content)
I've been feeling crappy about having frizzy hair but I realized yesterday that in the last year I've had nearly 40 electrodes glued to my hair and ripped off. So now I feel less bad but I'm also embracing the need for a haircut.
Promo image for Draw Skulls, featuring an ink drawing of a human skull floating against an exaggerated full moon photo background. Pencil sketches of a weasel and bird float in the foreground. "Draw something spooky -- with eerie accuracy! Join RJ to draw from real skulls and bones." Friday, October 3rd, 5:30-8:30.
Promo graphic for Collage Masquerade featuring a photo of a masquerade mask decorated with collage elements, including a printed speech bubble that reads "I will destroy you!". Various clip art of masks and scissors also decorate the graphic. "Celebrate the Halloween season with Maxx and create your own very unique mask using collage techniques!"
Promo graphic for Make Your Own "Lafufu" with Holly, featuring two modified teddy bears with their faces replaced with various horrors, and an in progress photo of a replacement face. "Want to participate in the whimsy of having a little guy on your person, but don't like to contribute to the crushing despair that is capitalism? This class is for you! Create a one-of-a-kind Cursed "Lafufu" using second-hand stuffed animals and polymer clay. At the end of the class, you'll have your own friend you can clip onto your backpack or use as a warning to your enemies."
Coupla NEW upcoming classes to ring in the spooky season... 💀🎭🧸 Mark your calendars for:
Draw Skulls! with @carapacestudios.bsky.social ! Collage Masquerade with @maxxfg.bsky.social ! And Make Your Own (Cursed) Lafufu with @hollyconrad.bsky.social !!
It's so less exciting than that. They hook you up to a bunch of cords but those are all just monitoring you, they can't impact you. Then they either tell you to sleep or stay awake depending on what they're testing. It's actually pretty dull.
Just wrapped up my second sleep test, this time it was overnight plus all morning and most of the afternoon. I got 100% on my nap test, which is a bad thing but I have to wait for an official review before I know why I'm such a sleepyhead. #brokenbrainclub
Art I made today. My alcohol marker class is coming up at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social and I think I did ok with this one so maybe come learn from me. Also gouache Kingfisher which is the bird with the best colors.
Four panel comic of a brown haired woman. In the first three panels you see her picking colorful fall leaves. In the last panel you see her jacket pockets full of leaves and it says in cursive script “pockets full of leaves”
The page from Pockets Full of Leaves that inspired the title of the book. All about my adventures with plants. Coming this fall, of course.
Promo poster for The Winged Histories, art inspired by Sofia Samatar's poignant saga. Opening: August 9, 6-9 pm reception. Features black and white art of two women standing facing away from each other. A large castle is in the background. A crow flies over the woman on the left, a bat, over the woman on the right.
Our annual Book Club show opens this Saturday, featuring various works inspired by The Winged Histories by Sofia Samata. If you've read the book, come marvel at the cool art and connect pieces to the narrative! If you haven't, perhaps you'll be inspired to!
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Painting of a woman in a pink skirt suit with a very unbothered expression as the bowl of alphabet soup she's holding spills down the front of her. The letters in the soup spell out "FUCK THE SYSTEM"
New gouache and colored pencil piece that will soon be available at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social
2 photo composite showing a child and their parent, each holding a page of bug drawings and notes.
Promo graphic for Draw Bugs! featuring a variety of lady bug, beetle, and foliage clip art. Text reads "using specimens and reference photos, attendees will build skills in insect anatomy and come away with 2-4 drawn species!" Sign up at http://pushpullseattle.com
Kids AND adults can come Draw Bugs! together!
Join your local little guy enthusiast @carapacestudios.bsky.social THIS WEDNESDAY (tomorrow!) to conquer your fears or celebrate creepy crawlies by learning more about bugs and how they work! 🐛🪲🐞🦗🪰
Magenta print on sage green fabric of a cute little bird with a speech bubble that reads 'No'
Tasked with making a cute print for a 2 year old, I was inspired by every toddler's favorite word. From screen printing class at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social
Risograph print of a pink and green tabby cat hissing because I won't get out of bed or maybe I used too much of the pillow or maybe the most awful sin of trying to cuddle.
I made a postcard for @pushpullseattle.bsky.social inspired by what I wake up to on my pillow every morning.
I painted this pigeon months ago but it literally melted everything when I tried a new varnish. I listened to Seth today and stayed home to paint and here's where the second version is now.
Small bucket of dirty potatoes
I put rotting potatoes in the ground and I got edible potatoes in 2 months. Magic is real.
Acrylic painting of a beach with large rocks and a bright yellow sun
I am too exhausted for social media or news or *gestures at everything* but I painted this beach yesterday at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social for the Acrylic Landscape Class so that's a thing. 🤷♀️🏖
Photo of a mixed color tabby cat with a white neck and belly being a very good boy and giving lovey eyes at Maxx (human in denim overalls) while laying on top of her.
Bernie says it's time for a general strike so we can get back to worrying about important things, like if he's getting enough cuddles
Oh I have about 100 plant/flower books, so I'm good but always looking for great LFL finds like this.