So while I was in Chicago (and adjacent areas), I got to hang out with SweetSourMD and DaroFromTarget (eeeeee i love them). They drove over to see me because I wasn't feeling well. I was supposed to visit them but i missed every morning bus. They hung out with me a bit before taking me to see Sinners while Moosh cooked dinner. (And I really walked out the house without my purse?? 😬)
W...
I guess this counts as a WIP Wednesday since I haven't finished this one yet. It's a watercolor of a possible rose? It looks kinds like one but also doesn't. I dunno. But I do know I enjoy painting flowers.
I would like to paint more of them. I started on this yesterday before everyone got active. It was nice, peaceful. I love working by sunlight. I understand why my mother insisted on ...
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My special shop of wares is open and accessible here - https://ko-fi.com/xaydlove/shop
As a patron, you get a 15% discount with code GARDEN. If you've been here a while and/or are at the Blessings level, you'll receive a message from me with your 20% code as a special thank you for sticking around. ðŸ«...
So.... I've moved my wares over to Ko-fi. Here is the shop link: https://ko-fi.com/xaydlove/shop
It seemed like an easier and more cost effective way to sell my items. I have these prints, some original paintings, resin trinkets, and fiber art items for sale. Patrons receive a 15% discount in the store - post coming soo...
Every now and then, something happens, and I have to go on a food adventure. I'm usually irritated in the moment because by then, I've been hungry so long that I'm hangry (much like right now, actually). Some days, I'm lucky to feel the sun on my skin, see all the pretty colors in the sky.. Some days, I'm just lucky to feel the city fresh breeze on my skin, taste it thru my mask. I got...
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Hey! Happy Saturday. It's WIP WEDNESDAY.
Today, we discuss the long-awaited Sherbert
commission. Shoutout to YvesSaintLaron for the name. He said it looked like sherbert or a frozen dessert in the pre-spread phase, and now I can't unsee it. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos prior to when I poured this white ...
Hi. Happy Tuesday.
Here's a sunset to help start your day...or keep it going strong. Plus a lil graffiti I saw thru my car window.
I'm in bed, trying to shake a migraine while I think of all the things I have to get done very soon. Probably counterproductive but here we are. 🙃
I hope you have a beautiful day.
Smile with the sun. Eat well.
WIPS comin soon. CUSH th...
I took my mother to a grocery store and circled the area in search of a burger in the meantime. I wasn't successful in finding the burger — the only burger drive thru was closed, and everything else was chicken.
I did see this, though. So that's cool...
Heyy
I'm back with the second round of scribbles for Dee. We got the cephalopods and other cuties. From top left to right: nautilus, octopus, diatom. Then bottom - l to r: nudibranch, krill, and squid!
This time, I remembered to take a photo before erasing all pencil lines... 😅 I did these on str...
Hi. Happy Wednesday.
I scribbled some sea life during the CUSH stream last night. It was...really relaxing. And extremely necessary. These are for my homie Dee, also known as BacksliderDee2. She loves sea life, manta rays being her favorite.
I really enjoy drawing and painting sea life, so I ran with the whim wagon and scribbled these her her. Starting at top left and going acros...
sometimes we make plans
and they get derailed
things go awry
and we just let em die
This post, sky and snippet, is from 29 Jan 2023. I wanted to leave it as is to preserve....whatever I was doing. And whatever headspace.... I never even finished the thought -- which that alone screams something significant to me. I know I was living in Atlanta at the time. And that's...
I'm not sure when this is from. And I definitely can't check now, unfortunately. There's no singing. But there are clouds. Maybe 2022....
I need to go outside more.
Please remember to breathe. Slow & deep. And be sure to eat & have water. I believe in you. You got this!
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Hey hey. Been a minute since i shared a WIP 😅
SO here's something I worked on yesterday: Blu. It's a blue shell at the blue sanded beach.
I did work from reference, which can be seen in the first "in progress" photo. I think it might be a lighting welk, but it could also be a pear welk. I genuinely don't even remember when I got this. I just know I've had it for years -- close to a...
Hey yall...
This is (unintentionally) the first post of 2025 so... Happy New Year. 😅 I really hope yours is off to a great start. Mine is not but I'm working to improve that ...somehow.
Food's usually a good start, personally. It snowed this week so I decided to make soup before the storm. On a whim, I tried beef n veggie soup for the first time ever and it was not bad. Beef a...
Happy Holidays
I apologize for my absence. School, travel, and sickness took me. But I'm back... and feeling better. Like 90% - still a lil chest congestion...
I have things to show you. One of which I yapped about on stream last night. Yes, I did a just chatting stream that ended w like 6 hours of karaoke.... It's been hard to speak, much harder to sing for so...*so* long due to...
Okayyyyy so I'm in a lil bit of a pickle. I have this Instagram post I meant to do a few days ago of some paintings I have for sale. But ... I'm having trouble naming my more recent ones. ðŸ˜
Due to having put this IG post off for too long, I decided I need to just post what I have for now and do the rest later. I was gonna come on here with polls, saying 'comment w your votes below' bu...
Hello!
New circular piece - we call it lollipop.
I did a textured background with different shades of yellow. Then I taped it all and cut a spiral, painted that blue, teal, green, and a lil florescent yellow. Then cut another spiral and painted that orange, red, peach and yellow. Then I put pearlescent white and gold on the spirals.
I might do more. But right now I'm waitin...
Hey...
I'm really struggling with these posts. But I'm getting there.
Here's something a started today. It's a window flower box outside of a lavender colored home. The canvas is 5" circle. I really like these circular canvases. I will be getting more of them.
I'm not sure what inspired me to paint this but I think I like where it's going. I think I might do a bit of blac...
I think I'm gonna prioritize making more cards to sell after I finish a couple of things. I enjoy painting them more than a lot of other things. Watercolor and gouache are so.... I'm failing to find the word. But they bring me joy. I love seeing how the watercolor bleeds and blends together. And gouache is like... the opacity of acrylic with the thinness of watercolor. So interesting~
Wh...
This was yesterday at the Night Market.
I had a fun time... I wish I sold more things. But I just.. don't have much art/prints that I can sell for cheaper. That will change soon enough though.
Enjoy the sky.
earlier this week I decided I wanted to read Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice. I own the book — have for years. I actually own books 2-4 of the series, QotD being the 3rd. But because I like having context behind a story, I decided to wait til I could get my hands on the first one, Interview with the Vampire. The day I bought them, the used book store didn't have ANY copies of the first one. ...
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I .... don't know what I was doing here. I was just vibing. Unfortunately I don't have any in progress photos...
For the larger one, I applied tape and spray painted the gold. Then applied more tape before painting the gradients in various shades of green, yellow ochre, and burnt sienna. I think I shoulda waited longer before taping over the gold.... I gotta go back over the gold w gold ...
Sometimes I wanna disconnect from everything and not exist for a lil bit... I haven't really been able to rest lately.
I don't know what day this was. But it's the bridge to nowhere..
I hope this week, this coming month, the rest of this year is better in every imaginable and inconceivable way for all of us...
I love you. Thank you for being.
- e
p. s. 2 W...
I've been out of the house so much this weekend. Here are some cloud photos from my adventures. It's been storming a lot but I've managed to remember to take these during pretty sunny moments of the day.
I could use a big nap right now...
Kinda frustrated about my work flow -> posting -> selling disconnect. But I'll figure it out. Imma be okay. I'm even more...avoidant with ...
Uh. Hi.
I have been trying to get these paintings sealed for weeks. I bought new varnish spray to try out and I just can't get it to gloss up?? I'm not sure what to do here. But I'm frustrated. Because I want to sell these. But they're not glossing. They're not coming out like I want them to. So I still have them.
Anyway. Meet the planetarials. They're cute. I have a few that hav...
the first week of July is coming to an end.
(Happy birthday RaeBae!!)
time to revise and push for those goals.
my main goals at this time: afford a phone and computer upgrades. but so much is wrong, i may have to get a whole new computer. 😠i also still have to take my car in for the body repairs, from the accident. which doubles down on the...
unfortunately, i won't be ...
Well hello....
Things don't look good right now, but I'm still trying not to give up.
Remember when there was poetry here? Or something funny? Please work with me and imagine that's here now.
I hope the words come back to me soon.
Pls remember to drink some water. I hope you're getting proper rest and stuff. If not, well.... I hope you can soon.
Happy Juneteenth.....
Wow. It's actually Wednesday.
Today I'm talkin bout the elbows n biceps. I'm not sure what inspired this but I really wanted to paint a random disembodied body part.
The arms were first drawn in teal paint. Then I filled in the blues n greens n realized I wanted more purples. So I've been working on this every now n then. I like the cool shades on the heat of the background. I lik...
hi frens
I hope you having a great start to your week. We are back w another Work in Progress Wednesday (on not a Wednesdayyyy~)!
I painted the first one fighting stream yesterday. I don't queue know what it is just yet. But I really like the streaks of coral and gold and bronze in the yellow. I may smoothen the gradient in the structure. Add a bitta dimension. Maybe some glitter...
I finally made it to the beach! 🥹ðŸ˜
And just in time because I'm streaming again this week. Life is living hard and I need to do something while I look for work. Plus my car needs fixing 😮â€ðŸ’¨
I hope y'all are having a beautiful June so far.
Happy Monday.