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Color frustrations...

I believe I’ve already shared this drawing in a previous post, but maybe I didn’t. It’s a graphite drawing of poppies and a lumbar spine. My spine doctor has been so lovely with trying to help me, despite my spine being uncooperative and frustrating for everyone that’s involved with it, so I figured I would draw him something that maybe he’d like. And also something I can make prints of. Here’s…

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Sometimes I do fun things...

Years ago my Aunt Belle was homeschooling a variety of children and would ask me if I’d be able to make different things for her themes of what she was teaching at the time. She taught a class on the rainforest and preservation, thereof, so I looked up different animals in the rainforest and made them out of heavy bristol, drew them, colored them, cut them out and, because I’m a procrastinator,…

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3:30 a.m. stability...

Things continually to be wildly unstable. So much shaking and shifting, it’s hard to find balance. But I can say that, right now, it’s 3:30 a.m. and I feel quite sane. It’s nice and I’m going to enjoy it for as long as it lasts. I likely won’t sleep, as I’m a touch hypomanic, but that’s okay. I’m trying not to worry about sleep. On the art front, I’ve done very little over the past several…

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Houston, we've lost contact...

My brain is detached from my body, somehow, or perhaps it’s just my mind detached from my brain. I’m not sure. Some part of me is floating into the ether or space or something and I can’t reach it. I have no art to share, only ramblings and scrawlings and what not. I have lost insurance, therefore I have lost some of my medication and this brain isn’t handling that very well. Or mind. I’m not…

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A touch of psychosis...

Sometimes I’m psychotic for days and, once I’m aware, it feels like it will never end. Other days, I’m psychotic for periods of time, but can reality test (typically relying on Jeremy or Joe for that part) and not snap out of it, exactly, but understand that my brain just isn’t working right. Today has been one of those days. Moments here and there, but mostly I’ve been dealing with dissociation.…

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To sleep, perchance to...

Draw. Yes, that’s it. Much of my artwork, especially my paintings, come from my experiences while sleeping. Things that I see, am shown, what I should do, sometimes I’m lucid, sometimes I’m not. Anyway, dreams are a massive influence. For a bit over a week, I became stuck in sleep. I don’t know how many hours per day I slept, but I know I was asleep more than I was awake. Tonight, though, I’m…

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The beginning of something I've been meaning to do for a very long time: A portrait of a nice guy. . . . #art #portrait #sketch #drawing #itdoesart #dreag #papermate #fabriano #rock https://www.instagram.com/p/CnpkUEuv7-g/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Still workin' on it. WIP. . . . #art #artist #itdoesart #dreag #jdreag #jenniferdreag #dreagart #raleigh #raleighartists #raleigharts #painting #watercolor #drawing #papermate #prismacolor #coloredpencil #fabriano #figure #bloodribbons (at Raleigh, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVRR7rRrQMu/?utm_medium=tumblr

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WIP wip wip. Purse sketchbook. My trusty #papermate pencil and #reflexions watercolor book. . . . #art #artist #itdoesart #dreag #jdreag #jenniferdreag #dreagart #raleigh #raleighartists #raleigharts #drawing #pencil #graphite #watercolor #watercolorpaper #wip #sketchbook #portrait #blackandwhite (at Raleigh, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVG2VsQL1zi/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Taking a break to doodle with fun things. . . . #doodle #crayola #coloredpencils #markers #papermate #twistables #draw #art #timewaster #dreag #itdoesart #jackedupeye #thateyetho #pencil #pentel (at Raleigh, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9wgSP7H_cs/?igshid=1sdj1zkophwae

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Still working on it. . . . #wip #drawing #sketching #figure #figuredrawing #graphite #pencil #papermate #art #dreag #itdoesart (at Raleigh, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9UkR5WHLaB/?igshid=ecbjfrs38rez

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WIP. . . . #figure #figuredrawing #graphite #pencil #sketchbookproject #sketch #art #itdoesart #dreag (at Raleigh, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9GJnxsH7dt/?igshid=1vt5o1126ymzg

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WIP. . . . #figure #drawing #itdoesart #dreag #graphite #sketch #sketchbook #sketchbookproject #art (at Raleigh, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8__OLkHZpg/?igshid=10aj7ubeukzwx

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Initial sketch is started. I might eventually work on the background some more, but I want to see how working with the flesh goes. . . . #art #painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #charcoal #landscape #figure #itdoesart #dreag #jenniferdreag (at Raleigh, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2kD8zmHkHy/?igshid=fsse5wncnmnt

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Still working on him. Thinking about adding flowers at some point. . . . #wip #art #drawing #sketch #itdoesart #dreag #rock #papermate #graphite #fabriano #hotpress (at Raleigh, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnuvci-vmG1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#wip that is annoying me, so I cut his feet off. . . . #art #drawing #itdoesart #dreag #graphite #figure #missingparts (at Raleigh, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj3yFOnPtZk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=