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White #pastel blends beautifully with #graphite and #spectrafix on this 18"x18" #originalart #woodpanel #workinprogress #wip #abstract
by LivingACreativeLife

Finally got labels up for all my paintings in the show. #originalart #artistslife #artistsofinstagram #abstract #artshow
by LivingACreativeLife

Playing with patterns this morning. #morningdoodle #morningart #workinprogress #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #creativesandbox #abstractart #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #bristolboard #visualjournal #originalart #organicart #gogetcreating
by LivingACreativeLife

Now there are two. #originalart #doodleart #morningart #blackandwhite #abstractart #organicart #intuitiveart #15minutesaday #dailycreating #dailydoodle #doodlewithdinwiddie #livingacreativelife #fullcolorlife #makeart #gogetcreating
by LivingACreativeLife

Lots of critters are showing up in this one. #morningart #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #blackandwhite #abstractart #livingacreativelife #fullcolorlife #originalart #intuitiveart #pittartistpen
by LivingACreativeLife

What does it mean? I have no idea. What does it mean to YOU? #doodleart #morningart #abstractart #intuitiveart #workinprogress #originalart #dailydoodle #dailyart #dailycreative #creativesandbox #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #instaart #instaartist #artists
by LivingACreativeLife

The verso side of a new page spread in my ongoing altered book project. imagination and your dreams are your chances for happiness #recto #alteredbook #workinprogress #bookart #bookpagepoetry #whiteoutpoetry #blackoutpoetry #wip #originalart #makestuff
by LivingACreativeLife

Look how much I've gotten done! Still a lot to do, but it's getting closer... #creativesandboxway #originalart #abstractart #doodleart #doodlesofinstagram #coloringforadults #circles #derwent #inktense #watercolorpencils #intuitiveart #creativesandbox #p
by LivingACreativeLife

"Hmmm... What if I use that Derwent Graphitone on unprimed wood?" That "what if" place is my FAVORITE!!! I haven't been there in awhile, and am excited to get back! #woodpanel #workinprogress #originalart #wip #dailycreator #dailypainter #abstract #gra
by LivingACreativeLife

Ahh! Abstract work feel so freeing after trying to put a likeness on paper! #originalart #abstractart #doodleart #pigmamicron #dailydoodle #dailydrawing #blackandwhite #creativesandbox #makeart #makestuff #gogetcreating #livingacreativelife #fullcolorlif
by LivingACreativeLife

First attempt, in this series, at a quadtych. Tricky, when the watercolor ground fries so quickly! Ah, well, it's a first attempt. There will be more. :) #workinprogress #wip #originalart #abstract #quadtych #watercolorground #mixedmedia #livingacreativel
by LivingACreativeLife

More critters! Some of them look pretty hungry. #Critterfest #doodleart #originalart #workinprogress #pigmamicron #blackandwhite #abstractart #creativesandbox #doodlewithdinwiddie #gogetcreating #makeart #20minutesinthemorning
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A little before-bed #painting after spending the entire day at @creativelive with @taragentile. #alteredbook #bookpagepoetry #bookart #intuitiveart #whiteoutpoetry #blackoutpoetry #workinprogress #wip #originalart #creativesandbox ask much of love bea
by LivingACreativeLife

Another detail shot of today's #doodle. #abstractart #originalart #morningart #gogetcreating #makeart #intuitiveart #blackandwhite #livingacreativelife #fullcolorlife #pittartistpen
by LivingACreativeLife

Adding color with #pastel and #spectrafix. I love the textures it makes! 12"x12" #workinprogress #wip #originalart #abstract #creativesandbox #fullcolorlife #dailycreating #paintingfun #livingacreativelife
by LivingACreativeLife

I'm not quite sure, but this page *might* be done. Or not. I'll give it a few days. I love that I can do that with sketchbooks. Just flip to the next page! #morningdoodle #doodleart #abstractart #doodlesofinstagram #originalart #blackandwhite #pigmamic
by LivingACreativeLife

This is ridiculously fun. I find myself laughing out loud as I draw! It's a good then when your own art delights you. 😊 #originalart #intuitiveart #workinprogress #wip #abstractart #blackandwhite #doodleart #pittartistpen #20minutesinthemorning #d
by LivingACreativeLife

I love what cropping does for composition. You can make just about anything look great with some judicious cropping. #zendoodling #pittartistpen #originalart #morningdoodle #morningart #15minutesaday #blackandwhite #gogetcreating #makeart #creativesandbo
by LivingACreativeLife

Told you there would be more transformation. This is still just the beginning! #workinprogress #mixedmedia #originalart #creativesandbox #createandincubateretreat
by LivingACreativeLife

Detail shot of some additions to yesterday's #morningdoodle #workinprogress #originalart #organicart #creativesandbox #abstractart #patternart #doodlewithdinwiddie #gogetcreating #pigmamicron #goplay #makestuff #morningart #morningdoodle #doodleart
by LivingACreativeLife

Thi morning's 15-minute #doodleart It is so meditative to make these! I love the randomness--no forethought, so I'm completely in the moment with my #pigmamicron #marker. #originalart #abstract #blackandwhite #abstractart #fullcolorlife #livingacreativel
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I decided to try adding a black edge, with a little "feathering" on the front. 8"x8" #woodpanel #originalart #mixedmedia #abstract #art4sale #artforsale #dailypainter #dailypainting
by LivingACreativeLife

I don't know what they are, but they're clearly having fun! #abstractart #doodleart #originalart #morningart #dailycreative #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #instaartist #instaabstract #creativesandbox #whimsy
by LivingACreativeLife

And yet another detail shot of altered book work in progress. #alteredbook #mixedmedia #bookart #bookpagepoetry #whiteoutpoetry #watercolor #watercolorground #zillerink #originalart
by LivingACreativeLife

I'm all tingly with that "what would happen if..?" feeling! About to try something weird, so had to snap a progress pic first, before I change this canvas dramatically! #originalart #workinprogress #wip #creativesandbox #cs101
by LivingACreativeLife

Verso: yes you can can can you can you need only a little patience #alteredbook #bookpagepoetry #bookart #whiteoutpoetry #blackoutpoetry #watercolor #watercolorground #zillerink #originalart #abstractart #creativesandbox #focretreat
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How it looks after today's 20 minutes. #doodleart #originalart #intuitiveart #blackandwhite #pittartistpen #gogetcreating #makeart #livingacreativelife #fullcolorlife #creativesandbox #abstractart
by LivingACreativeLife

Painting the sides... #workinprogress #wip #artinprocess #jazzart #jazzpainting #spontaenousart #improvisation #improvart #intuitivepainting #improvisationalart #originalart #artistsofinstagram #art #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #abstract #abstractart #abs
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Recto: adequate happy Does shift luck for you darling #alteredbook #whiteoutpoetry #blackoutpoetry #originalart #workinprogress #bookpagepoetry #bookart #watercolorground #livingacreativelife #creativesandbox #fullcolorlife #makestuff #makeart #gogetcre
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This one felt like it needed some more stitching, so I obliged. #creativesandbox #retreat #mixedmedia #abstract #originalart #blue #brown #stitching #art4sale #artforsale
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Detail shot of some of what I worked on in this morning's 20 minutes. #workinprogress #originalart #organicart #abstractart #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #creativesandbox #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #gogetcreating
by LivingACreativeLife

Another new work in progress, and now it's time to pull away and work in the biz. #originalart #workinprogress #wip #dailypainting #dailypainter #creative365 #livingacreativelife #abstract #mixedmedia
by LivingACreativeLife

What's on the page right now. When you live a full-color life, THIS is why you do what you do. #thepurposeisjoy #workinprogress #doodleart #abstractart #letteringart #blackandwhite #creativesandbox #pigmamicron #doodlewithdinwiddie #originalart #gogetc
by LivingACreativeLife

It may not look like much is happening here, but in fact the page is filling up, tiny shape by tiny shape. #doodleart #abstractart #originalart #workinprogress #blackandwhite #pigmamicron #creativesandbox #doodlewithdinwiddie #gogetcreating
by LivingACreativeLife

Letting these sections dry before painting the touching areas. #workinprogress #wip #artinprocess #jazzart #spontaneousart #improvisation #intuitivepainting #improvisationalart #originalart #artistsofinstagram #art #mixedmedia #abstract #abstractart #ab
by LivingACreativeLife

This went in a direction I never expected! But that's what #improvart is all about, of course. 😊 Detail shot of #originalart #workinprogress #doodleart #doodlewithdinwiddie #morningswithmelissa #blackandwhite #abstractart #coloringbook #livingacreat
by LivingACreativeLife

I didn't plan for this twisted path the turn a corner, but sometimes a doodle takes on a mind of its own. #doodleart #workinprogress #abstractart #originalart #blackandwhite #pigmagraphic #pigmamicron #creativesandbox #gogetcreating #doodlewithdinwiddi
by LivingACreativeLife

New page spread-in-progress from my #alteredbook, Win Him If You Want Him, published 1937: ask much of love. beauty and meaning make your heart delightful. #workinprogress #wip #mixedmedia #originalart #creativesandbox #whiteoutpoetry #blackoutpoetry #boo
by LivingACreativeLife

Adding color... I thought the leaves were all going to be green, but they wanted to be turning. 😊 #workinprogress #wip #originalart #livecreativenow #livingacreativelife #abstract #mixedmedia #dailypainting #dailypainter #creative365
by LivingACreativeLife

This one has a bit of a japonaiserie flair, don't you think? #doodleart #originalart #organicart #intuitiveart #instadrawing #abstractart #blackandwhite #gogetcreating #makeart #creativesandbox #livingacreativelife #fullcolorlife #pittartistpen
by LivingACreativeLife

This one hasn't quite decided yet what it wants to be. It's growing, but into what, I'm not sure! Time will tell. #originalart #intuitiveart #doodleart #blackandwhite #abstractart #pittartistpen #morningart #morningdoodle #creativesandbox #fullcolorlife
by LivingACreativeLife

Detail of some of the textures I'm starting to get on this #walnutink piece. Layers more to go before cutting it up and making a #tunnelbook out of it! #workinprogress #originalart #paintingfun #creativesandbox #wip
by LivingACreativeLife

My turtle's world is getting more colorful! #originalart #workinprogress #wip #artistsofinstagram #mixedmedia #watercolor #watercolorground #dailypainter #dailypainting #creative365 #creativesandbox #livingacreativelife
by LivingACreativeLife

I think this one is ready for varnishing. #originalart #mixedmedia #abstract #creative365 #livingacreativelife #creativesandbox #dailypainter #dailypainting
by LivingACreativeLife