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Messy Art Squat
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5 contributions to Messy Art Squat
7d •
Challenge! Show Up & Create
Most artists don’t fail because of talent. They disappear. So let’s fix that. New challenge: Show Up & Create → 3x per week→ for 30 days→ post whatever you made (finished or messy) Rules: - No perfection - No overthinking - Just proof you showed up - Miss a day? Don’t quit. Just continue. This is about becoming someone who creates. Not someone who waits. I’m in too. Who’s joining?
4 likes • 2d
@Bine Ehrig I defy anyone to look at this without smiling! Lovely work.
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@Eva Chmelikova lovely stuff. The little notes add charm to the sketches.
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Self portrait
Hello everyone! I hope you're all finding a way to be creative today! I started this last night (and stayed up way too late working on it) and it's the first self portrait that I've ever made. It's not finished but I am very happy with it so far. If anyone has made one of themselves, whether realism or abstract, please post below. I would love to see them. If you've never made one, give it a try! Who knows you better than you?
0 likes • 2d
@Gina DeMarco stunning! Great job Gina.
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@Suzy D. I really like this. You get the impression that she is (you are) lost in contented thoughts of nature.
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Downhill
I started a painting today, thought it started out really well and got excited! Then somehow it went downhill and I ended up paining over it completely. See my ‘progress’ and laugh with me about it. Do I deserve a glass of wine now?
3 likes • 4d
You were right to be excited Heleen, it was going so well! I think you were on the right track, it just needed a clear plan of where the light was coming from and how the shadows would fall. But every painting you do makes you better, even when you paint over!
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What’s your toxic art trait? 😝
Your ride-or-die art material? The material you keep buying… and can’t stop using. And one or more tip we all need to steal from you
1 like • 6d
@Rachel Garza ah, but if you start by watching ‘the right way’ you might not discover ‘your way’.
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Nice work @Gina DeMarco you have strong value compositions there, especially the third. They make me think of Notan studies, something I often use as I develop a piece. How do you choose your subjects?
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@phill-hatton-1528
UK Artist working primarily in oils, pencil, ink and digital media. I love supporting other artists working to make art a bigger part of their lives.
Active 22h ago
Joined Apr 19, 2026
Guildford, UK