Art Stuff

There's Always Something New Everyday

I got myself new watercolors—I use tubes, by the way. To add to that, I also got myself a new watercolor pad. I was excited to use them, because they were new, and who doesn’t get excited with new purchases? The watercolor tubes were fantastic, I enjoyed using them, and they were more vibrant than what I had been using before. Well, considering that what I have been using was a bunch of very old, very dry ones that my mother found in the storage room last pandemic, of course

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Mar 25, 20233 min read

QUICK READ: Setting Up My 'First' Studio

One of my dreams before was to have my own library—a room where all my published books are in. However, as I better get a view of how my...

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Mar 21, 20233 min read

Lessons on Redrawing Past Works

REDRAWING PAST WORKS AND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ME Many times, I never truly settle with one painting of a subject and let that go...

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Mar 19, 20234 min read

Of Landscapes and Paintings without People

ON LANDSCAPES AND TWO LESSONS When I first started drawing with crayons some twenty-plus years ago, people had established I was a...

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Mar 16, 20233 min read

Salvation: A Tale of Three Paintings and Counting

SALVATION “Prayers help souls. Once trapped in the halls of purgatory, doomed to eternal damnation, she is saved. The angels accompany...

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Mar 14, 20234 min read

The Road to Majesty

MAJESTY “She is born from the clouds, unclothed, unsullied, with no need for shame. She is powerful, and she knows that. She proudly...

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Mar 11, 20234 min read

I Wanted to Be Profound

A Lesson in Balance started one hot summer with a very general idea: I wanted to try writing a dark academia story. At the time, I didn’t have the whole plot yet. I had the atmosphere first. A prestigious school. Fancy students. Academic expectations. A little mystery. A little danger. The usual dark academia ingredients were there, but the story itself was still loose. My first instinct was to look up philosophy quotes. Which, honestly, feels like a very normal starting poin

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The Room Has A Story

I recently added floating shelves to my room. Three of them. I do not know if “floating shelves” is the right term, but they are shelves, and they function without a whole architecture of wood. I saved a little more for my hobbies, had extra money specifically for myself, and decided that the wall needed more drama. This, I think, is the danger of having a dark academia room. You add one small thing, and suddenly the room begins developing plot. A minimalist aesthetic

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A Sustainable Amount of Aesthetic

I have a habit of romanticizing my life. Not in the grand, dangerous way where I pretend everything is beautiful and nothing is wrong. I am, unfortunately, very aware that life is often inconvenient, exhausting, expensive, humid, and held together by caffeine and spite. I still touch grass, if you know what I mean. And I still know the world can be deeply unreasonable. But I have also decided that if I must wash the dishes, I may as well do it while Bach plays in the backgrou

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