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We’re away on a little creative retreat (more in We’re away on a little creative retreat (more in my stories), but I pulled a post together for all of you asking painting questions. This one is all about my favorite brushes & why they work for me! Hopefully this helps answer some of your questions & shares a little bit of my process with you. I’ll work on more posts soon! 🤍
If you made it to Story Time yesterday then you kn If you made it to Story Time yesterday then you know what this photo is all about. As sassy as she was, I’m glad I found pieces of her again. Mercy, that hand on that hip. 😂 The Versions of You is on the blog if you want to read the story—link in my profile. Happy Friday, friends! ♥️
Taken from "The Corners" I shared last week...⁣ Taken from "The Corners" I shared last week...⁣ ⁣ Not a novel concept. But it's true, my dears. Life isn't a conveyer belt. It's a dang roller coaster and there is never a perfect moment or break or pause or destination that makes beginning any easier. Your life is happening, all around you.⁣ ⁣ In quiet corners and in loud rooms. Don't wait. Not for anything. Live in the corners. 😘⁣ ⁣ #writersofinstagram #quote #wordart #dontwait #beginning #beginanew #
I shared this in my stories last week, & the respo I shared this in my stories last week, & the response was so fun, I wanted it to have a permanent place here. I started painting again in February of 2020, right before quarantine. At first, it all felt funny coming out of my hands, and even though I paint from my imagination mostly, I would occasionally pull out a photo for study. This little cottage was so, so difficult for me, and while the top attempt last February isn’t absolutely awful, it’s insane to me the progress made in little over a year. Top study was completed in February 2020, and the bottom study was painted last weekend. While it’s still not “perfect,” I see so much beauty in the growth & I would hang it in my home (a test for me). So while sometimes it feels like statements like “practice makes perfect” make me want to barf, I do find truth in them. If you’re new, & a baby beginner at something like I am, give it some time. Practice will make progress and progress is half the fun, anyway. 💫 #begin #beginagain #newbeginnings #artofinstagram #artoftheday #oilpainting #painter
The 30 Landscapes are live & in the shop! So happy The 30 Landscapes are live & in the shop! So happy to release this collection out into the world. The collection went to my email list first, but there are some paintings left if you want to check them out. Click the link in my bio for “shop original art,” and that will take you to the collection. Thank you for being a part of my big, scary, beautiful dreams. I hope you live yours out today, too. 💫
I spent Thursday & Friday making sure I was all or I spent Thursday & Friday making sure I was all organized for the collection release on Monday & pulling together pieces for packaging your paintings. I have to say my favorite touches are the prints with words for you & that ribbon. 😉 Wanted to share a few pictures with you...have a relaxing Saturday folks. 💫 #branding #packaging #brandingphotography #originalartwork #landscapepainting #artistsoninstagram
Being a giving, healthy person is not the same as Being a giving, healthy person is not the same as living as a giving, unhealthy person. And man, have I had to learn this one. In therapy, they tell you this dance is like playing catch. Someone hucks a heavy ball at you, and you take it. You hold it, and you keep holding it until they throw another one at you. The weight becomes so heavy you can barely walk, much less lift your head.⁣ ⁣ Until you kindly, but firmly, hand the ball back. And then you drop the rest.⁣ ⁣ Rinse, and repeat, until the end of time.⁣ ⁣ Check yourself. Your own kindness and willingness to listen. Apologize freely, and let the rest go. It is a practice, not a destination, and it must be done in pairs. This is from my own mantra, and one I wrote after a particularly hurtful encounter not so long ago. Like I said, rinse and repeat, until the end of time. 😉⁣ ⁣ #letitgo #lettinggo #forgiveness #giving #quotesaboutlife #quotestoliveby #innerwisdom #innerstrength #notestoself #writersofinstagram
Yes, my darling, you are. We say this a lot aroun Yes, my darling, you are. We say this a lot around here, but can I say it too many times? No, I think not.⁣ ⁣ Becoming. All along I was becoming a writer, and becoming an artist. I will keep becoming. As are you. You are who you are now, and the multitudes within you are infinite. You get to be firmly who you are, and become, all at once.⁣ ⁣ Becoming an artist was not on my list. It just wasn't. But I wrote and scribbled and designed and somewhere along the way, paint spilled out of my hands and onto canvas the way words had come before onto the page. I released a small collection last year, and now, I'm working my way through 100 paintings. The collection of the first 30 releases Monday, April 5th at 11 a.m. CST to my email subscribers first.⁣ ⁣ I have to say, this part of my becoming is vulnerable and a little terrifying. I feel afraid it won't go anywhere and nervous to say, "this is me; this is my work." But as I do with the words I write, I am learning to tell myself the truth: the worlds needs my dreams, needs my words, needs my art.⁣ ⁣ And we need yours.⁣ ⁣ To all of our moments of becoming...this collection is for those. 💫⁣ ⁣ #quotesofinstagram #writer #artistsofinstagram #oilpainting #becoming #landscapepainting

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