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  hello every1 ive been working on a Big Daunting Project lately and ive been getting very intimidated by it, even though im just doing it for fun. so I decided to make a list of Things to Remember while doing art, specifically during this project!!  these are all things I always try and remind myself but Ive never written them out all together like this, so I thought it might help to do that! I also thought I should share this in case it can help anyone else. ofc these are all my own personal "rules"/values so they might not help your process the same way they help mine. but they might 👀  MANIFESTO (or something) 1.      CHAOS: mixed media, materials exploration, try new things 2. DO IT FOR YOU NOT THEM: stop thinking about the response you'll get. are you having fun? if not, how can you? 3. PROCESS > OUTCOME: if it's not fun, it's not worth your time. you won't be happy with the results if you don't enjoy the process. 4. if it's not working, chan...

 hi again! I graduated art school a full semester ago which means I miss talking about my art and im going to make a huge blog post about it. I wanna talk about my Party art. I don't really know what else to call it. when I was a senior in high school I did this installation project that I still really love. the idea was to create a celebration for my anxiety about graduating/going to college/being an adult/not being in high school anymore/etc. not only was this super fun to set up and photograph, but it also felt like the first thing I had done that looked like what I wanted my art to look like. which is so silly because I don't do installations or photography really at all anymore. but I still think it reflects my current style. I wanted to do something like ^ that project again my first year of college, but Different so I did this installation that was supposed to celebrate hyper-femininity: I used some of these photos as references for drawings and paintings but nothing rea...

 good afternoon whatgracesaid nation I haven't made a post in like 2 weeks!!!! im slacking. but not really. I've been working a lot AND I started a new exciting project that I dont rly wanna post about in case I give up on it lol. anywho. I went camping last weekend and brought my himi (tm) jelly gouache! so obvi I did some plein air painting with my partner .  here are some of the things I painted!!!  this tree is so slay and that truck is so NOT slay but its ok.  also I did this #quick #sketch of a camper which I really like. this is not where we camped (tent lyfe) , this was the neighboring campsite and last but not least!! nadlie! I really like how this one turned out too. have a nice day :-) 

 hello friends!!  today I am teaching a class where we'll make abstract designs with sharpies and isopropyl alcohol. after I made my samples, I got an idea 💡  ive made monotypes with plexiglass and ink, but really all you'd need is a shiny surface and something to draw/paint with.  so I was like "wouldn't a plastic sandwich bag work??" ..... and there was only one way to find out. welcome to monotyping adventures with grace first I put a lil sheet of cardstock in a plastic sandwich bag. I did this because otherwise it'd be super flimsy and hard to work with. then, I started scribbling with sharpie on the bag (I also threw some paper behind the bag to protect my coffee table lol)  (it probably wouldve worked best if I stuck with all warm or all cool colors but. im crazy and I love crazy color schemes so....) now the fun part!! I brushed on some isopropyl alcohol, then I kinda splattered/dripped it on in big drops to make those big circular shapes!!!! I then gr...