Shut Up and Create

Waiting watercolor, 6" x 8.5" This painting is of one of the many old trucks my brother-in-law Jim has in his sheds, that he intends one day, maybe, to restore. It's just a sketch to experiment with shapes and shadows. Charlotte Smith Winter Dawn pen and ink with watercolor, 7.5" x 10" I did this for nostalgic reasons--it's the backyard of the house I grew up in, in Wisconsin. The reference photo was taken many years ago when I was leaving early to head back to New York.  Charlotte Smith Madison and 52nd st, New York 16” x 20”, acrylic, 2024 John Tjia Painting by Emma Lugo 2024 Selected Pieces from Nestober Drawing Challenge October, 2024, oil pastel, soft pastel, colored pencil, various sizes It has been fun to participate in the drawing challenge. It was my first time drawing landscapes with oil pastel, and they came out incredibly beautiful. Linda SJ Park, Instagram @KoreanLinda Mixed media work Robin Howard Sunfish acrylic on paper, 9x9" December 20...

On Becoming February 2024 Acrylic pen on paper  Dimensions 9 in x 12 in "Krishna: The One Who Never Falls" Varuni Sinha @verysinnyarts Savannah   Gold is done with gouache via a calligraphy pen and the bluish-purple is water color! by  Chelsea Bielecki Willa Heard Something 24”X20” acrylic on canvas  by Paul Fox Loneliness September 21th, 2024 Digital Art - Photoshop & Internet 1257 x 2033 px  No prompt per say, I wasn't able to create digitally a self internal color representation, so I came up with this. It expresses the self, while having a touch of the initial color prompt. Audrey Colmart   Am I Twiggy? September 23rd, 2024 Digital Art - Photoshop & Internet 1358 x 2048 px Again, my representation of the color prompt integration with how I was compared to as a joke for my birthday (goofy Twiggy), with a mix of abstract expressionism bleeding through it. I was drawn to certain ones I found on the internet while...

  Kelsey and Tucker acrylic on canvas 24 x 24”  by Paul Fox In Uteros August 13th, 2024. Digital Art - Photoshop & Internet. 1350 x 2048 px . Skepticism happens to the best of us, & also doubt. The prompt was to represent one favorite album, while the challenge was to use only geometrical shapes. Not having favorites, I went on a journey of memories with the first album I ever purchased, still riding the waves of my open wounds, watching discretely the two merge in front of my eyes. by Audrey Colmart  Black hole August 13th, 2024 Digital Art - Photoshop & Internet, 1350 x 2048 px No prompt or guidance, only letting out my awareness & perception that sometimes are so overwhelming, that most humans feel like they are drowning in pain & sadness. When loss & emotional pain marry each other, & birth a black hole within you, emotional turmoil begins his journey ... Audrey Colmart  Decorated Elephant 11 x 9...

Judging our positive & negative July 14th, 2024 Digital Art - Photoshop & Internet Size:1350 x 2048 px byAudrey Colmart Here’s Rudy 8”x8” acrylic on canvas by Paul Fox Tucker 30”x30” acrylic on canvas by Paul Fox Me and My Waterway Storymap Making - Coastal Resiliency Elementary School Lesson in Art and Science 2 minutes 38 seconds by Julia Gandrud, Zulay Izazaga, Jillian Nash, Dr. Anabela Maia NSF, EPSCoR, 3CRS Project

Willa at 5 am 30x30 inch acrylic on canvas By Paul Fox Selected Pages from Messy May Art Journal May, 2024, mixed media, 7" × 9" I had fun following along daily prompts from Messy May art journaling challenge. Above are a few of my favorite pages.  Linda SJ Park, Instagram @KoreanLinda The Garden So Far Sculpture, size variable Melissa Fredericks Tribute   6x6 acrylic on canvas  by Paul Fox

Dog Portrait April 2024 Oil pastel and pencil on paper 8.5 x 11 “ Kim Pollack Mountain Cabin April 2024 Oil pastel and pencil on paper 8.5 x 11 “ Kim Pollack Martini 8 x 8 inches acrylic on canvas Paul Fox Just relax!   April 252, 2024. Digital Art - Photoshop & Internet. 1350 x 2048 px. Making you feel (I hope) & reflecting on some of our feelings that are there to make us vigilant & careful. It is the last letter of the alphabet - I'll say make it count! Audrey Colmart About to Go In April 8, 2024 Soft pastel and pencil 9" × 12" This self-portrait is based on a selfie I took on a hospital bed before my hysterectomy. I was reading a magazine article in an attempt to calm my nerves. Linda SJ Park, Instagram @KoreanLinda Janus, the deity of entrances and exits March 2024 Acrylic pen on paper   9 in x 12 in The key to every chapter in our lives is in our hands. Varuni Sinha @verysinnyarts Ferrets Find Swings – Storyboard Example April 2024 Pen and pencil on pape...

Integrity, truth, & … wings November 19, 2023, Digital Art: Photoshop & Internet, 2040 x 1350 px Continuing with my alphabet of feelings, inspired from my current therapy work. I believe it’s important to explore & not avoid them. It allows us to enable us to use them properly. They are all around us, wanting it or not.  Audrey Colmart @ AudreyColmartPhotographe   Standing strong Watercolor, acrylic markers, collage, 9 x 12" each Trees amaze me.  They withstand so much and remain standing strong.  I represented the same trees in different media to show how adaptable they are. Melissa Fredericks Let there be light October 30, 2022, Acrylic pen on paper, Dimensions 9 in x 12 in Painting the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu taught me that remaining positive in the most difficult of times is a test. If you persist the light within you triumphs over all the darkness. Varuni Sinha @verysinnyarts Anxious, Curious and Disappointed  11/2023, Watercolor, 9x12 An...