Laly Mille, one of my favorite mixed media artists, has a free 20 minute lesson on creating a journal page:

Laly Mille, Mixed Media & Art Journaling Online Classes

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It requires an email address and is only available this week. She has a few other short online classes in the Freebies section of her website, including an intro to art supplies. 🎨🖌️📔 #artstr #onlineclass #mixedmedia

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It be like that right now

Huge thunderstorm came through last night. Got a bit of lightning and rolling thunder on video! ⛈️ This is around 1:30 am. No correction on the visual: with low storm clouds, the light pollution of the suburbs makes the sky that appear that light. #vidstr #weather #thunderstorm

A friend found a book of vintage flower illustrations that Kew Gardens turned into a grayscale coloring book. Great paper for colored pencils, not great at all if you want to use watercolors, which is my friend’s favorite. So I did a little experiment… Brush the page to color with clear gesso and let dry overnight. The page curled, so use clips to keep flat. Use watercolors and watercolor pencils. Add gold highlights with acrylic marker for fun. Look at back of colored page and be a bit surprised how good it still looks. The clear gesso is rough to work on, but it did what it was supposed to do, so I’ll call this a success. ✅ #art #artstr #artprocess #watercolor #bloomstr #rustypuppyart

A day may come when we have Autumn weather, but it is not this day. Or tomorrow. Or the day after. #weather #fallnotfall

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A one minute video of my backyard red oak tree. Cloud movement to note the passage of real time. When I feel stressed or rushed, I watch this. If the clip feels “too long” then I know it’s time to Slow Down … and watch the clip again. 🍁☁️ Video compressed by NostrBuildShack from @The Fishcake (nostr.build) : 264 mb down to 21 mb! #simplejoys #tree #vidstr #meditation #slowdown

While standing out in the backyard enjoying the evening breeze, I saw the Orion constellation just above my roof line. Wondered if any of the stars would show up if I took a photo with my phone. Looks much better than I thought it would! No filter or adjustments, 3 second exposure because that’s what the app had as default. 🌌 #photostr #stars #constellation

Beautiful photography in a lovely calendar format. Postcards also for sale for sats if you check his other notes. #photostr #artstr #grownostr #v4v #forsale #sats View quoted note →

Made some progress on my #2026calendarchallenge art: researched vintage images that express my idea and feelings for February of starting and planning, getting back to work after hibernating in January. After cleaning up the images, I print them on copy paper. Then I use liquid and soft acrylic paint to give them an aged book look. The darker splots are alcohol ink from my Copic marker refill. Also reposting @existing sprinkles note that has helpful prompts and info if you’d like to join her art challenge. #artstr #art #artprocess #artchallenge #mixedmedia #vintage #rustypuppyart View quoted note →

GM! Saw two red tailed hawks taking a leisurely soar this morning while having my morning tea on the back patio. We’ve got a cold front coming through, so enjoying the tshirt weather while it lasts. #birdstr #hawk #photostr