This week’s creative prompt: Melt. Not just heat. Not just dripping wax. But the moment something softens and changes form. • Is it ice surrendering to sunlight? • Metal becoming something new? • Color bleeding past its borders? • Anger dissolving into understanding? • Or something inside you finally losing its edges? 🎨 Writers, artists, makers~ what does melt stir up for you? This prompt can be taken literally, metaphorically, emotionally, or technically. Let it distort. Let it blur. Let it become something else. You can respond with: • A sketch, WIP, or finished piece • A journal entry or poem • A photo, short video, or sound • Even just a note about where your mind wandered 🔥 Bonus: Blend melt with another idea~ like memory, surrender, erosion, spring, or emergence.

Sharing some love on this day with a beautiful bouquet my husbando got for me! I don’t have a proper vase which is why it is in that large mug. Goal for today is to relax and enjoy company. I’m sharing a work in progress on the coloring book too. I hope you all have a great day with any loved ones!

While not my personal project I have participated. It is a fun challenge. They send you the 6x6 canvas and a limited palette depending on where they plan to put you in the mural. After that, it's all you. Some months later your painting is turned into a tile and added to the mural. I've circled my three. Here's the link if you want to get your art up in a public place and support -https://register.muralmosaic.com/

Today is Grandpa Bill's birthday. Hes my husband grandfather that I had the privilege of getting to know. He passed in 2024 and is missed dearly. Fun fact: Grandpa Bill was a big motivator in my joining ACI. He loved painting and often had his travel watercolor set with him. My mother in law did a show for first Fridays in December and featured a bunch of his work. It was to my surprise to find a watercolor greeting card on display. I had just done greeting cards for the first time this holiday season. It almost felt like a sign. I have posted some of his work, along with the card I had mentioned. He is sorely missed but forever loved. Happy heavenly birthday Grandpa Bill.

The new Ferris Wheel Press Inks came in! Recommended by others, come in cute potion like bottles and packaging is very aesthetic. Nothing got broken and the delivery was very fast too. I’ll be swatching them this weekend and bought a number of shimmery ones to add to my drawings. Once I get it swatched and drawn I’ll update on here.