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    purse for a friend and drawing on my clothes

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    Happy day after 4/20
    I focused on wearables this week! I finally picked up a purse project for a friend I’ve been meaning to work on. I think I had a lot of hesitation in starting it because of it’s polyester finish. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to make the design stick, but I think I figured out a good combination. I sketched the initial layout with pencil, outlined with POSCA markers and colored in with angelus leather paint. To finish, I used a spray acrylic sealant. I’m still adding to it and testing durability as I go, but It’s nearly to my liking and I’ll probably finish it this week. The surface of the purse was a little unforgiving as far as mistakes go- even pencil didn’t come up right away with a magic eraser so sketch marks are gonna be visible, but I think overall I’m liking the turnout. I don’t do it as much as I should, but I love painting purses. I think it’s because the room for margin of error is smaller and that durability is kind of dependent on materials, that I don’t find myself following through on started projects. I’ll try to be less worried about making mistakes. I have a hanger in the closet full of blank bags I have yet to start on. 
    ​I also did some drawings on clothes from my closet. These don’t often have a deadline, so I just kind of work on them when I feel like it. I did get inspired by my many iterations of that old picture of myself so now I have a tee shirt of the line art. Feeling proud of most of these. Also finally doodled on my canvas tote bag
    next week: wearables & a painting
    gonna spend the first half of this upcoming week finishing more apparel projects and the second half working on a painting. It's a project that's been on my mind for a while and I don't think I can put it into words yet but i'll post when i've got more. 
    i'll keep it short and sweet <3

    thanks for stopping by
    ༝༚༝༚
    - benzie 
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    new year / apparel / paintings

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    AID FOR THE LOS ANGELES FIRES
    I'm starting off the new year completely finished my personal apparel projects! :-0 I've had these out of my closet for months. It'll be so good to wear them in their complete form ​✨ (some still need a final wash, but you know) finishing up the old pieces and it's time to move onto the new! (below are some of my favorites) 
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    previously stated small goals I'm working on currently:
    • ✅finish customizing my pile of personal apparel pieces I'm working on
    • learn to walk while hula hooping (I can take a few steps, but pretty slowly for now)
    • I'm also trying to work on getting better in drawing basic anatomy. I don't have a clear end goal, but I guess for now the plan would be to practice a little every other day.
    I guess it's about time I circle back to traditional pieces in the WIP pile after all the apparel - i'll probably prioritize collage and canvas art in the coming weeks. I'd like to approach my goal in regards to drawing anatomy during these weeks. I have a copy of "Figure drawing for all it's worth" by Andrew Loomis on my book shelf and I think i'll  try some exercises. 
    ⭑ ☆ TᕼIᔕ ᗯEEK'ᔕ ᑭᖇOᒍEᑕTᔕ  : paintings and traditional pieces ☆ ⭑ 
    I haven't spent time on my larger canvases in a few weeks, so I'm glad to be picking these (& more) up again. 
    Lately I've been committing to a different medium every week, and I like the turnout so far. It gives me a chance to execute new ideas and keep projects varied. I just wish there were more of me, so I could work on everything simultaneously.  :.O
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    I hope the new year treats you well <3 also hoping I can make good on these creative goals - still considering a return to social media soon
    who knows ?

    p.s. have you heard the song "Majestic" by Wax fang? Maybe you'll like it. I love it more all the time.
    ‪‪❤︎‪‪❤︎‪‪❤︎‪‪❤︎​‪‪❤︎
           xoxoxoxoxox
                               B e n z i e
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    painting progress & new clothes

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    I did some painting last week!! I worked on a few untitled works in progress and started some new pieces
    A lot of thick acrylic and graphite pencil. All untitled at the moment. Maybe I’ll post follow up pictures to encourage me to finish these? I nit-pick too much and never finish projects - that’s my problem.
    ​I have been extra inspired with the first one, though - It features original art from my early drawing years in the border. It’s fun to re-visit such early drawings of mine. I think some of the earliest pieces I’ve unearthed were from when I was maybe 3 years old. My trademarks from them were usually long eyelashes and big, bratz-like lips. The artist I was is woven into the artist I am.
    ⭑ ☆ this week's projects : apparel ☆ ​⭑
    I spent the last few days wrapping up this most recent batch of personal projects! These will be washed today - the blue indicator marks should fade, and the lines will look cleaner. They'll probably still need finishing touches after the wash and dry but I feel like they're mostly to my liking. I'll definitely have to wear them out to really know how i feel.
    The last pink cardigan features the lyrics to the song "Where do you go to, my lovely?" by Peter Sarstedt with each letter typed individually.the song touches me. ​
    Not a whole lot to share so i figure i'll keep it short n sweet

    I hope you had and will continue to have happy holidays
    thanks for stopping by ♡ ‧₊˚ ⋅ ౨ৎ  ‧₊ .ᐟ 
    xoxo
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               Benzie ​✮