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Artist // Hobbyist // Varied
  • United States
  • Deviant for 20 years
  • She / Her
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Llama: Llamas are awesome! (8)
My Bio

Relearning to draw for the love of drawing.

Middle-aged beginning piano student.

Amateur vegan pâtissière.

Picking up feathers I find on the sidewalk.

My weird is my super power.


Favourite Visual Artist
Todd White, Vinsantos, Graham Franciose, William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Favourite Movies
Amelie, City of Lost Children, Atonement, Pride & Prejudice
Favourite TV Shows
TV rots the brain
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Constantly changing. Current obsessions: Chopin & Debussy
Favourite Books
The Night Circus, The Starless Sea, The Awakening, Le Petit Prince, Six of Crows, A Confederacy of Dunces
Favourite Writers
Poe, Byron, Dylan Thomas, Kate Chopin, John Kennedy Toole, Carson McCullers, Anne Rice, Erin Morgenstern
Favourite Games
Dominoes
Favourite Gaming Platform
The kitchen table
Tools of the Trade
Adobe Fresco, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, actual paper, pencils, erasers, musical inspiration
Other Interests
Wilderness, old European cities, ginkgo leaves in Autumn, imperfection and the beauty only found within

Skill vs. Style

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I have started a new tradition of "Sunday Morning Doodles." Each Sunday morning I get up early, pour a cup of coffee and camp out on the sofa with my iPad. I have been playing with both Adobe Draw and Adobe Sketch, hoping to hone my skills in this new medium so that, upon the release of Adobe Fresco, I am comfortable and capable. I switch between the apps, sometimes working in vector and others working with the art brushes of Sketch. It's been fun but it's been largely derivative – basing my drawings on found images online and photos taken by myself and friends. I'm not renowned for my patience. I am constantly looking online at art an
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What is your passion? What makes your heart sing? Think back to when you were a child... what did you love to do most, long before anyone had the chance to tell you what you were supposed to do? Before it dawned on you to compare yourself with others? For me, that was drawing. I loved to draw and color. I spent afternoons sitting at the babysitter's dining room table drawing, preferring a blank sheet of paper to a coloring book. I probably wasn't the best artist in my school, or even my class, but it hadn't occurred to me that it should matter. I didn't have the self-awareness or language then to tell you that I drew for any reason other tha
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Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted anything here be that a journal entry or deviation. I have been feeling inspired lately... creative. This is not unusual this time of year and these feelings often result in unfulfilled New Year's Resolutions. I have been gifted with an array of decorator fabric samples, perfect for fabric crafting. I have also treated myself to a set of Prismacolor Pencils with the intent of creating a page-per-week "reasons I love you" book for my sweetheart's 2017 Christmas gift. Time will tell if this spark ignites a furious flame of artistic expression or quietly extinguishes, victim to the dullness of obl
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Hello, random Deviant.
I'm here giving you a random llama.
Happy collecting!
awesome, thanks!!
thanks for the fav! nice gallery.... :blackrose:
thanks so much for the fav :hug:
thank you for the :+devwatch:!
i hope i can inspire you! :D
Thanks for the visit to my page. :rose: