how about some art

Hmmm new chapbook cover design what do you think?

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^^ found this in my 4th grade alliyah files. :') cute - here's a poem from the "collection".

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Making friends ~

(*under spoiler because my friend is a spooky <& beautiful> bug*)

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how is the harvest this year?


how many days can the sun beat down the wheat grass, before it folds?


is the broken stem or the sun our inheritance?

~*~*~*~

the bugs heard i was writing poetry about them, so came to meet their admirer,
to share that they've been writing poetry about me too.

Here's all of my chicken doodles (I think) from Christmas in July ~ these were super fun to make and I was curious what they'd all look like together. You'll notice that to save time (because I made 60 of these, so wanted to not spend too many days making them) I ended up re-using some elements, so the feet / wings / beaks are the same or just different size/colors in many of them, but I did have a specific user in mind for each one so tried to capture a little bit different personality in each one.



And then for whatever reason I felt like making the little chickens into a bigger chicken collage -



and...

Here's some of my favorite doodles from inktober this year so far - there are more in the inktober thread if you're curious.

10.05.21 ~ raven with Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" in background


10.07.21 ~ slightly grumpy chicken


10.09.21 ~ stack of rocks


10.11.21 ~ lemon tree


10.13.21 ~ my church

Just thought I'd collect some of these that weren't part of the Chickenmas in July Christmas in July or a Checklist Challenge Prize in one place because I enjoy them :3 I lost a few since I forgot to keep the links and didn't track them down. Sometime I think I'll make a collage of all the YWS birds I've made (maybe excluding chicken though; not sure).


A Vibrant Superb Fairywren for AvantCoffee link


A Pelican with silly feet for Euphoria8 link


A Delightful Cockatiel for soundofmind
link


A Pondering Cardinal for TypoWithoutCoffee link


A Chubby Tufted Titmouse for Christmas for YWS link (I think this is my fave yet with the colors + a good balance of messy vs realism with the rough outlining)



A Pair of Budgies for Liberty for her Bird Friends Nari & Blue link


Of course it would only make sense to make MailicedeNamedy a swan in honor of her signature bird choice!




Mountain Blue Bird for @SilverNight

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made this little chicken for my yws background -



and then multiplied ...

I just love these two photos so much -


every road eventually leads home


most if not all chickens are poets, but some are also philosophers

And then here's a watercolor painting I did last month - based off of one of those "watercolor learning kits" you can find online (used "lets make art" for this one - and loved how it turned out!) I'd totally recommend checking out those kits if you like the idea of watercolor but aren't super familiar with it - the video / supplies make it very accessible to learn.

Quizzical fellow! (I can't quote rn , I'm talking about the chicken)