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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 1h

I borrowed your motif. Thanks for sharing, it is a lot of fun.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 1h

It's October!

I'm still playing with the transparent red oxide, which today I realized smells like blood from all the iron.

I borrowed some of this motif from @fiendfables.bsky.social whose work I found today and greatly admired.

Watercolor and ink on 5"x7" hot press paper

An abstract watercolor and ink painting. Horizontal light and dark stripes with a bunch of wavy lines between.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 1h

It's October!

I'm still playing with the transparent red oxide, which today I realized smells like blood from all the iron.

I borrowed some of this motif from @fiendfables.bsky.social whose work I found today and greatly admired.

Watercolor and ink on 5"x7" hot press paper

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 6h

This is great. How did you do the little bit of white negative space that creates the depth between the orange lines and burgundy pen? Did you use some kind of masking or did you just draw carefully with the pen?

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 1d

It's October!

I wanted to experiment with the transparent red oxide.

Watercolor on 5"x7" hot press paper

An abstract painting of a bunch of orange, yellow, and muted purple stripes. The stripes have jagged edges.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 3d

It's October!

I'm still messing with this motif.

Watercolor and Ink on 5"x7" hot press paper

A semi abstract painting of a bunch of human shapes surrounded by piles of junk. Yellow is the predominant color of the painting.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 5d

That's amazing. Did you have to negative-space cut all the leaves?

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 5d

It's October!

I was doodling in my sketchbook and decided to extend a couple motifs as a little watercolor painting. I penciled in the drawing, and I think that was a mistake. The ink-only figures in the sketchbook were more spontaneous and animated.

Watercolor and Ink on 5"x7" hot press paper

An ink and watercolor doodle of a bunch of angular people holding red shovels, standing next to huge piles of junk.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 6d

It's great, the morning colors are perfect because of the shadows. Well done!

omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 7d

It's October!

I really dig the better-quality hot press paper. It just doesn't tear, and I can go a lot further messing with different kinds of masking.

Watercolor on 5"x7" hot press paper

An abstract watercolor painting with a bunch of orange, red, blue, yellow horizontal stripes.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 8d

I usually use relatively cheap paper, but I've been trying to do some masking with artist tape, and it always rips. Even when I tape the edges, it rips. I cut some higher quality arches paper, and I'm happy with the result. No tearing.

Watercolor and ink on 5"x7" hot press paper.

An abstract watercolor painting. Light colors ranging from blue-green to yellow, and almost orange. Magenta areas. Some ink lines in the lighter areas.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 10d

It's October!

I've been working more with abstract watercolors. I liked this one so much, I did a much larger version, but it's too big for my scanner, so this will have to do.

Watercolor on 6"x9" hot press paper

An abstract watercolor painting of a bunch of spots of orange, blue, red, and purple. Looks a bit like a bunch of germs under a slide.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 20d

I cracked open my copy today, and while I usually encourage my kids read them, they're not gonna see this issue. 🫠

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 21d

I got mine, thank you!

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 23d

I really like this one. I've been struggling to render a fire on a beach at dusk. Thanks for the great example.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 23d

Great colors, well done!

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 24d

I'm just shocked about the ROI on the donations. Last year, they erased nearly $7 million with raised ~$40k - a 175x return.

Imagine absolutely drowning in medical debt and one day receiving a letter that your debt had been bought and canceled without warning by strangers - the ecstatic relief.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 26d

The people demanded the return of the show, and the people's demands have been heard!

What a treat!

Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 26d

The world's most indispensable arts podcast is back, with a new episode out now on all your usual platforms. Another episode out tomorrow, then weekly.

A flyer for the Waldy and Bendy podcast; a cartoon drawing showing two people in headphones, sitting beside a microphone.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · 27d

Those look great. How large is the painting?

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · Sep 19

This is great!

The background looks like a big, wet wash. Did you preserve the flower and branches while doing the wash, or did you just paint over them?

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · Sep 17

This is great, and incredibly difficult to get the complicated perspective right. Well done!

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · Sep 17

This is great, awesome job on the perspective and especially showing the light through the tall windows. How large is this?

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · Sep 15

That's great. Is this oil or acrylic?

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · Sep 15

It's already much better, thank you!

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · Sep 15

If the goal of the feed is "show me what people are working on", which is what I'm here for, blacklisting particular accounts from the feed is the best solution, IMHO.

It's not punitive, but curation. I think it's great we have accounts posting public domain art - just not in this particular feed.

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omarzak.bsky.social @omarzak.bsky.social · Sep 15

Thank you - it really is one of my favorite feeds.

I find it's been taken over a bit by a few content accounts mass-posting public domain or well-known artists' paintings. I look forward to the change.

I'm personally looking to see individuals posting their own work.

Thanks for maintaining it!

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