art by allysia
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A Fresh Start: Returning to Oils, Letting Go of Commissions, and Finding Joy in the Studio Again
Yesterday, I made a decision that I’ve been avoiding for a while: I officially announced that I’m no longer taking on commissions, starting next year… well, starting now, really. And the moment I hit “post,” it felt like a weight slid right off my shoulders. Truth be told, I’d been irritable all day and couldn’t…
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From Toner Troubles to Creative Lessons: A Notebook Story
The Toner Troubles Sometimes, the simplest projects teach us the biggest lessons. Recently, I’ve been working on creating notebooks…and what should have been a straightforward task quickly turned into a masterclass in patience. It started with my printer supplies. I thought I had it figured out, only to realize I kept ordering the wrong thing.…
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Miss Audrey Hepburn
As per request, I digitally painted the portrait of Miss Audrey Hepburn. When asked if I had drawn her, I immediately recalled a time when I did attempt to digitally paint her portrait. At that time, I was just playing around with different digital brushes, and the portrait ended up looking like crap, so I…
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Today Was A Great Day!
I’m having such a great day, thank God. I had a feeling like something special was going to happen. I read somewhere that you can trick your mind by waking up and saying “something amazing is going to happen today” and your brain will try to find things that prove that statement. Well, my amazing…
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Look what I found
First…it has been a while. I was scrolling back through my short blog posts and was reminded of my random portrait challenge, and how that didn’t last and barely got started. I think I put too much pressure on myself, and then fizzle out. However, I am able to stick to posting one time lapse…
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Wild the Coyote
My husband introduce me to Wild the Coyote and Badd Wolf. It was a particular song that hit me in the soul from 2018, “From The Grave To The Stars.” I had already used that song for my Willie Nelson digital painting, so I decided to choose their instrumental tracks “Moonlight”. Next up… Badd Wolf.
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Random Portrait Project
Random Portrait #1 After speaking with one of my mentors, I decided to start a random portrait challenge. I have started to add to my “100 portrait inspiration” Pinterest board, random folks head shots. For this challenge, I will start off in increments of five random portraits. The above portrait grabbed my attention. I was…
