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    Looots of doodles, head jewelry, & finished bags

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    happy new week <3

    Ⓜⓞⓝⓓⓐⓨ & Ⓣⓤⓔⓢⓓⓐⓨ

    started off the week doodling in the sketchbook ⋆｡°✩

    (( first 2 are older doodles, & I felt like including them <3 ))

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    I made a teeny step forward on my pop tab head piece and added these small dangly parts. I also drew up an outline for how I want the rest of the layers to fall. I really can’t wait for this to get a little closer to completion, because I know having this one as a framework will be so helpful in outlining another one  :-)


     In a future project, I’d love to make one mostly of buttons and beads. I love how this one is turning out so far, though I’ll probably add more colored tabs as I get further along. 

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    Ⓣⓗⓤⓡⓢⓓⓐⓨ & Ⓕⓡⓘⓓⓐⓨ 

    I did a little painting on a few canvas projects during the week.

    I haven’t picked these up in kind of a while, but all this work on the birthday project has revived my interest in old works in progress and project ideas. While revisiting these old pieces, and planning what will be some of their final elements, I was reminded of a few hopeful projects, and will likely start them next week.


    I also got an idea for a kind of involved future birthday gift. I’m not sure I want to commit to a painting or how else I’d execute, but it would need to be done by fall if I wanted to, so I’ll have a think on that. 

    Ⓢⓐⓣⓤⓡⓓⓐⓨ & Ⓢⓤⓝⓓⓐⓨ 


    I finished the tote!


     Featuring scraps of fabric, buttons and some ribbon. 

    

    I thought to add a small bit of chain to the top kind of last minute so I'll be attaching that real quick to finish her up <3

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    I also painted on some leather bags of mine. The brown purse is my favorite for when I want to carry around a full-sized sketchbook :)


    The text on the leather backpack is courtesy of the intro to Maggot Brain by Funkadelic- one of my favorite songs/albums.


    This last one was an unfinished Die Laughing project that I wrapped up <3


    This week: head jewelry, canvases & new projects?

    I’ll be adding more layers to the pop tab head jewelry and doing some painting/doodling. Thinking I’ll start or at least hash out some of those new projects I had in mind.


    Feeling excited!! :D 

    thanks for stopping by and checking in and i hope you're doing well !!


    xx oo xx oo xx oo xx oo xx oo xx oo xx oo xx 

    

    kenz

    🡇🡇🡇  (( The full album because it's worth listening to ))  🡇🡇🡇

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    future unicorn project & some painting progress

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    ⋆·˚ ༘ * hello hello ⋆·˚ ༘ *

    Here are a few doodles, and the outline to an untitled unicorn project I hope to start within the month :-)

    The plan is a paper Mache unicorn- structured with a cardboard frame/skeleton. I still have to work out some details, and i have no idea where I'd keep them once completed, but It sounds like so much fun. I've never made a piece as large as I plan to make this one, so I think it'd be a fun challenge.

    When the plans start looking more concrete, I'll be sure to share. Maybe in the meantime I'll brainstorm and start some smaller projects. I had a few ideas for personal pieces I'd display in the apartment <3

    p.s - the song that inspired my few little doodles ♡ VVV

    Additionally, I got a chance to do some painting last week !!

    “Semi- real” , “untitled”, and I finally put time into “Niphetos”! 

    I like the way these are turning out and the plan is to finish these 3 this upcoming week <3 It feels like kind of a tall ask now, but the progress I made on these feels tangible to me. The vision of how I’d like for them to turn out feels achievable. Here’s to getting these to satisfactory completion, and to starting many many more. 

    ₜₕᵢₛ wₑₑₖ: 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 3 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 & 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭

    I feel like doing some bleach painting this week so along with finishing the three canvases, that’s the plan <3 If I’m good with my time I’d love to do more work on apparel outside of that. Hoping for a fruitful week!

    I hope yours is fruitful as well.

    Thank you for taking the time to stop by- I appreciate you so much


    xoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

    -- Kenzie the grateful

    

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    holiday garland is nearly done and painting progress

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    Happy Tuesday <3

    glad to be back! 

    The fabric garland I was working on is now hanging in my dining room <3 It’s not completely finished yet but I like the idea of adding pieces perpetually. There’s still room on the string for plenty more. I’ll probably find a good stopping point this week and keep it up throughout the holidays. 

    I also spent time on a few canvases. I have a better idea of how I want “Semi-real” (first picture) to turn out. I’m still figuring out placement and will work on it more this upcoming week.



    I’m a little stuck on the untitled unicorn/red bull piece, but will work on it more too.


    Finally, I decided I wanted to re-work the face in my untitled sunscreen painting. 

    between the bigger projects i did a little drawing as well.

    

    i need to practice on realism with more reference pictures, but i love drawing whatever i want most of all.

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    Lastly, I stamped this headband with the new letter stamps I got from the thrift store :D I love the font and think it’d be cute to color In the letters. 

    ᵗʰⁱˢ ʷᵉᵉᵏ: 

    𝖼𝗋𝖺𝖿𝗍: 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖺𝗋𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 

    𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌: “𝖲𝖾𝗆𝗂-𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅” , “𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗇” , “𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗇𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗇”, 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒 “𝖭𝗂𝗉𝗁𝖾𝗍𝗈𝗌”


    between putting more time into the canvases, I really hope to do more drawing- I think it needs to be an everyday thing.

     

    Wish me luck

     

    Thank you for stopping by

    I hope you and yours have a very lovely holiday ♡


    Xxoxoxoxoxoxox


    benzie

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    Finishing diy costumes and progress on paintings

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    ᴴᵉˡˡᵒ ʰᵉˡˡᵒ ʰᵉˡˡᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒ

    I’ll be out of town next weekend so I tried to keep busy during this last week

    Sooo I worked on a few unexpected side projects this week- they’re different than the ones I had worked on a few weeks back. I won’t be able to share them here yet, but may eventually do so- I like how they turned out :-)

    October is kind of leaving without me; I can’t believe we’re already about halfway through the month and I haven’t posted my costumes yet :,O 

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    That being said, I am nearly finished! I saved the longest project for last and will be cutting bear ears into a pink beanie for my gloomy bear look. I already started and like how one ear has turned out. Some of the brown thread I use is a little visible which I thought would be cute, but now I’m debating whether I commit to it. Will be deciding on that and finishing up the project asap 

    I’m nearly finished with the FNAF masks too <3 Customizing these masks was so much fun, I have to do it again. I have a few other costume ideas I’ve been idealizing for a while but only now does it feel like a doable project. When those happen, I’ll be sure to post those as well. 

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    I finally even put time into my doodle covered canvas! I think I just want to touch up the skin tone on the center character but after may call it done. I still don’t have a title, so this is still untitled. Acrylic paint, pen, and crayon on stretched canvas. All the smaller surrounding characters and doodles are some of my earlier drawings. I think about 2003-2007 <3 

    I also made some pretty big changes to another untitled piece I’ve been working on inspired by chewing gum. I’m thinking I’ll expand the idea to involve gumballs as well as other quarter machine goods. I want to include some outlines of sqwishland because they hold a special spot in my heart. This is where I’m at now. 

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    (nothing new on niphetos,,…. ,., maybe when I’m back from my trip)

    next week: doodling? probably portable projects :V

    I'll probably be keep projects small and fleeting because i'll be traveling a bit. Will definitely bring a sketchbook and current reading material to keep myself busy.


    Will see you next time with some costume pics <3


    Thanks for stopping by

    Xoxo oxxo xo oxxo

    kenze

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    slow week / still painting

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    ​Happy Monday evening <3
    Okay so I got a bit less done than usual these last few days x-x it was a busy week for me outside of art. I grabbed a few projects that need revisiting and outlined some new pieces. 
    First and fourth are untitled for now. 
    The second is "Eugene" - Acrylic paint on a stretched canvas. 
    The third is "Jo Marie Payton as Harriet Winslow" - Acrylic paint on a stretched canvas. I want to add more dimension to her face, but I based this one off a picture, and can't find the original D: I'll look through pictures and hopefully I run across it. 
    Will probably work on these and a more if I can this week.
    I also named and varnished the paintings from last week, updated my online gallery & have started preparing the site refresh for the new month which is always fun :-) Keep an eye out for new stuff on the stay a while page too :-)
    next week: final week of traditional projects (?) and jewelry? ​
    ​I’ll probably work on a few different things at once this upcoming week. I want to keep working on my current projects and if I have some time probably work on wearables, etc. again. I have some personal jewelry projects that need altering, and a few charms I’ve been meaning to repurpose. I also kind of felt like stamping a few things in my closet again... . . . . . ... . . . maybe i work on more apparel? I don't know <3

    I think that's all I have for now :)

    thanks for stopping by <3
    i appreciate you !!!

    XOXOXOXOXOXO
    benzi
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    painting season pt.2

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    Happy Monday !!
    I’ve been painting all last week. A lot of progress to go still, but I think I’m going to consider two more pieces from the pile finished.

    The first is “it’s such a perfect day” – acrylic paint, pen, pencil, chalk pastel, and fabric on 16x20 stretched canvas.

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    The second is untitled for now, but is acrylic paint, pencil, pen, crayon, chalk pastel, and Swarovski crystals on 12x16 stretched canvas.
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    ​I’m not really good at wrapping up projects. Maybe it’s just a lot of overthinking, I don’t know. I do like how these look currently, though. I don’t paint food a lot, but I’d love to get better with realism/textures. I’ve had this idea about a series of individual cake/dessert paintings I’ve wanted to do since I went to a Makino sushi and visited their dessert bar.  (Their Orange county location is closed, but if you’re in vegas you’re in luck :,0) 
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    Anyway, the other pieces I put time into this week are still works in progress. I’m hitting a wall with a few of them, but think I have a better idea about the direction I’ll be taking them in. 
    Next week: painting/ drawing week #2
    ​I have plans to have a few more projects finished by the end of this upcoming week. I don’t have much to share about them just yet. For that untitled piece with all of my childhood art, I hope to gather more early artwork from my mom’s place to add to the canvas.
    I’ll be back with more progress and more completed pieces.
    keeping it short & sweet !!

    Thanks for stopping by <3
    X O  X O  XO  XO
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    - kenzie 
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