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porcelain cowgirl

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liked the graffiti on the pillar

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studio desk very blue

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saving all my paper scraps to make paper

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bedroom full lately

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Details from Will Cotton paintings in London.

His shadows really left an impression on me

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There’s an austrian/ german tradition of melting tin (used to be led but that’s illegal now obviously) and then pouring it into cold water to reveal a little object. Whatever shape it’s in predicts how your year is gonna a go. I got an angel! My brother thinks his is a heart and an aorta and my dad got a tree with an apple.

Funny thing is we all have tattoos of those symbols already

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i’ve been carrying around this der mann napkin in my wallet for weeks waiting for the perfect use and what do you know it fits right on the back of this shirt on my piece about desperately having polite intentions but somehow always doing something wrong! (she’s going to be sitting on a lovely expensive carpet with her shoes off but there’s still dirt on the bottom of her feet)

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painting progress from 3 hours this morning at vata. this is the first time i’ve ever done such an intense realism study, andy is really a great teacher i had no idea i could paint like this. i think ill be finished by next session !!

waiting a week in between each session has really changed my mindset about painting too. i usually finish most pieces within the same day, but i like the distance. it’s like refreshing a browser in my eyeballs. i’ve always drawn quickly but i never realized how much patience really is a benefit and a skill. i think i also never really realized how impatient i generally am. because i have to wait a week to work on this i end up thinking about blending and values for hours a day just imagining i’m doing it instead of doing it. maybe mental practice can be just as effective as physical.

anyways this is a bit of a word vomit i deleted ig because reels are ruining my life so back to my tumblr sketchbook for a bit

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used the zorn palette for figure drawing today. getting closer to finding my colors

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Jo.

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girl and guy in kitchen

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wet portrait s bahn ride home

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girl in kitchen