I was handed down a huge pile of old, musty Communication Arts magazines from 20 years ago. I ripped out all my favorite pages and am now using the leftovers as acrylic palettes. When I'm done, I smear it around, and while it is still wet, I drag a stylus (or the back of my brush) in it to draw!

Isola Gaiola 9x12” Colored Pencil on Paper #contemporaryart #drawing #intuitiveart #fineart #art #traditionalart #abstract #automaticdrawing #expressivedrawing #surrealautomatism #eleventyeleven

I love this idea. Great way to stretch your creativity. Super fun to look at.... #watercolor #watercolour #expressive #pink #sketching #sketchbook #drawing #artyear

Pink in Pink - #Abstract #Kissho #MozArt #ArtTheory #Watercolor #TomsStudio #Ink #PinkMon #ColourADay #Shapes #Abstractia #Art #Artisan #AbstractArt #Doodle #Geometric #Pattern #Painting #MindfulArt #MeditativeArt #Zen #IntuitiveArt #Artist #ArtTherapy #ECK #EastCoastKin #DailyArt #ArtSky #ArtYear

My mixed media piece, Sandstorm, now showing in the Loft Gallery. We are open Saturday and Sunday from 12-4, come by and see it in person! #mixedmedia #soloartshow #sherwoodparkevents

Born on this day, July 7, 1887. "In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love." — Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter, 1931 I and the Village, 1911 Oil on canvas MoMA, New York 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

Art journal Oil paint markers

182/365 "Gather Glimmers" 2x3in/ 5x7.6cm #2026tinyart This week's theme is #water one of my favorite elements. Today I'm inspired by the idea of noticing Glimmers not just triggers. 💙 #BlueSkyArtShow #tradart #watercolor #tinyart #smArtist #arttherapy #mixedmedia52

Trying to be slightly more open with things still in the working phase. So in that spirit, here's some of the panels I've been working on the past week or two #wip

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Cutie, cute bird captures. I think these babies qualify. 🪺 Thanks @alan678.bsky.social #birds #juvenile #babybirds #grass #breakfast #ECK #photograpHER #nature #green #photography

Between class and catching the bus I often stop for a Dunkin’ and some sketching. I didn’t use the first months of this 18 month planner, so I decided to use the month’s grid to examine parts of things. Great practice for developing my noticing. #sketching #sketch #planner #notice

:::Alive installation::: Mixedmedia Artwork “The Red Dinosaur: While the Sea Remains Calm” A child sees a dinosaur inside a coral blossom. A flower is never only a flower. Memory returns in fragments. The future arrives as sensation. #Surrealism #Photography #Mixedmedia #TransSurrealism

Worked on this mixed media collage a few days, I think it complete. #mixedmedia #collage #collageart #analogcollage #handmadeart

The vault door at Blonde Salon, Seattle. I walked by this salon every day for years and thought about drawing this door, left from when the space was a bank. Finally pulled the trigger. #urbansketchers #drawing #vault #watercolor

So this is an old Assemblage project. I loved creating this one. It took ages though !

These hot days, there's almost nothing as glorious as being near, on, or in water. Let's celebrate that with some #mixedmedia art. Grab your #sketchbook or #artjournal and create! #summer #water #painting #drawing #collage #gesso #gelliplate #paintedpapers #humanmadeart #arttherapy #mm52w28

time is complicated sometimes. #stitchedcollage

Celestial fire Acrylic on paper #art #abstractart #monoprint #abstractia #sky #coloraday #orangesun #artyear #originalart #intuitiveart

Cottage time! Blue Mountain here we come. Let the week-long social experiment begin. #arttherapy #artjournal #mixedmedia

#Collage #MixedMedia #AnalogArt #AnalogCollage #HumanArt #QueerArt

What a cool project! Love the combo of textures and minimal colors. Thanks for taking part in the Mixed Media 52 weekly #artchallenge.

Detox Doodles! These animals are from my 100-day journey to swap scrolling for sketching: www.joyousjoyness.com/pages/detox-... This page is all about Giraffes! #art #giraffe #sketch #DetoxDoodles #sciart #InkArt

Name your favorite muppet.

Finally had a chance to create this week's #mixedmedia52 #artchallenge theme #doors. I had more ideas for this but energy level is low, so this is it. Processes was enjoyable! #mixedmedia #journalsauce #painting #collage #interactive #markmaking #surprises #opentopossibility #processoverproduct

Check this out. What a fabulous project, Tara @burntflowers.bsky.social The Brady Bunch of #amphibia!!! #watercolor #watercolour #humanmadeart #art #colorful #createdaily #

For Gray’s fabulous #FlyDay here’s a Western Honey Bee flying into a flower in my garden. I will do some BOTD reposts shortly folks but not commenting as it’s a busy day for me. Sorry. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Pollen baskets not as big as the bumblebee from earlier in week. #NatureLovers #Bee #photography #ECK

Message de service

Because the car wash is just another photo opportunity! 💦💭😁 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekZforZany #ColorADay #bluetue #art #water #wackywednesdayart #carwash #photography

This gal will be off to her new home soon. I will miss her.

I love taking photos of cool textures and patterns in cities. They're everywhere! #TextureTuesday #texture #patterns #photographHER #ECK #EastCoastKin #crosswalk #white #gray #grey #cobblestones #frames #scape

Such à cool mixed media piece. It fits this week's theme for #mixedmedia52 of #doors #doorways #humanmadeart #sketching #painting #watercolour #artonpaper #art #createdaily #expressive

173/365 "Hot Love" 2x3in/ 5x7.6cm #2026tinyart Continuing hot week theme & #GreenSat thinking of how love keeps us going in life. Grateful for my husband and life partner 💗 #BlueSkyArtShow #tradart #tinyart #smArtist #arttherapy #mixedmedia52 #hot

I’m in tears right now 🥹 @helenahan.bsky.social Thank you so much for this wonderful gift. This brightened my day more than you can know 💛

175/365 "Door to Renewal" 2x3in/ 5x7.6cm #2026tinyart This week's theme is #doors & #PinkMon plus some random butterflies that appeared 🦋 🩷 #BlueSkyArtShow #tradart #tinyart #smArtist #arttherapy #mixedmedia52 #renewal

Giulia Bernardelli spills her morning espresso on purpose — guiding it with a spoon into tiny cityscapes, fairy-tale forests, and even a coffee-stained nod to Manet. Nothing is planned; the story just spreads where the coffee leads. ❤️ @bernulia

Kenny Harris (American, b.1974) "Moka with Pink and Blue," 2023 Oil on panel 31 x 23 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Blinging out my latest project #fiberarts #embroidery

Our feature artist/tutorial today is this great example of the power of CROSS CONTOUR LINES, by the talented @simodasketch! Each of these boxes has an IDENTICAL SILHOUETTE , but FORM is shown with INTERIOR LINES. #anime #manga #visdev #conceptart

Early morning baking. Cherry almond marble cake. Simple but delicious. Ready for the family tomorrow. Right it’s 6.22 got go to work 🫣 Happy Friday 🤍 #friday #bakingsky #baked #homemade #food #yum #eat #cook #cake #cherry #bakers #homebaked #taste

These #hydrangeas took my breath away! #ColorADay #PinkMon #EastCoastKin #ECK #PhotographersUnited #photograHER #pink #bloomscrolling #summer #flowers

How's '26 going? What's your vision for it? Have you entered fabulous doors? Missed some? Gone through dark ones? Why not create an #artjournal page featuring #doors or #doorways #mixedmedia52 #mixedmedia #artchallenge #goals #intuitiveart #abstract #painting #drawing #create #arttherapy #artyear

Your cheat sheet for the new week! Join in and have fun 🥰 #ECK #EastCoastKin #ArtChallenges #Prompt

New #Palette for #ECKPalette #ArtChallenge starts Mon 29 Jun ends Sun 05 Jul Use at least 3 colors from the palette & no non-palette colors except black / white. Full rules in Alt Txt All #Art mediums welcome, #artisitic nudity okay, no NSFW or AI & use ALT Text for inclusivity #ECK #EastCoastKin

#ArtChaĺlenges #EastCoastKin #prompt #ECK

Blue streets #art #illustration #gouache #painting #gouachepainting #landscape #nature

#ImageAndVerse #ColorADay #OrangeSun #ArtYear #ShowHeart #MixedMedia52 #hot #inspire "Fate loves the fearless" J Lowell Therefore, let us be fearless..🔥💥 Let us be Firestarters.. 💫🔥💥🪄

Tags and Space Mini journal #Scrapbooking #Collage

Blackberries . . . In the making. #blackberries #berries #ECK #summer #growing #plants #photograpHER #phonetography #green #red #journalsauce

good morning 🐞 a view toward the hills acrylic mixed media on watercolor paper, 16"sq.