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Watercolor painting of Mt. Hood on a wood slice. 💜

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Painted with ocean water in Maui.

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Multnomah Falls Watercolor Wood Slice

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I can’t leaf this alone anymore.

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to other mentally ill artists who are obsessed with getting better

- Finished Pieces TM are NOT the only works that matter. That half-lined sketch is good. That page of nothing but shapes and doodles is progress. If you’re doing whatever it is that you CAN do that day, you’re doing well

- take. BREAKS. as often as you need to. stop when you gotta. if you try to dig into tomorrow’s spoons to finish something, trust me, you’re going to hate yourself and whatever you’re working on later

- if you really want to, you CAN draw (or paint, or sculpt, or craft etc.) every day

- everything counts. everything. can’t draw for more than 20 minutes today? you drew. less than 5? you drew. take a pencil and draw three different circles on a sticky note. you drew. lay out your arm and trace whatever comes to mind with you finger. everything counts.

- if you drew SOMETHING today, you gained more experience than someone who did not

- draw whatever you want

- reward yourself for it

- don’t get so wrapped up in something that you forget to eat, drink water or sleep please. if you can’t make yourself care about what it does to your body, remember it WILL affect your productivity, which will lead to Bad Times, again, trust me

- you are SOMEONE’S art goals

- your art is good

- “this person doesn’t know me or my art, how do they know it’s good-” shh. doesn’t matter. its good

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Attinella 😍🌸🦋

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Keeper's kit, keeper's kid 🦋

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Background ✔️

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Michael Carini | Behind The Paint

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I finished this painting MONTHS ago, but it has finally been given away as a gift for a coworker going into retirement. That's me in the bottom left corner!

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Little feet 😍

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It felt so good to be back here tonight! See you all again September 24! (at Providence Park)

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Progress of In the North End. Limited prints are now available! Link in bio ✨

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The tape is still on, but here's "In The North End" 🏟

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The sunlight coming through my studio window is so inviting 😍

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I can almost hear the crowd from here 😍