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Olivia
@okhismakingart.bsky.social
I'm an aspiring artist and biochemist from the middle of nowhere. I love plants, drawing, photography, and chemistry. All opinions my own.

Be sure to check out everything I do here: https://linktr.ee/okhismakingart
Also, whoever put some kind of water spell/hex on my painting, either I'll fight you or I'm sorry - whatever stops water from spontaneously generating in my artwork ever again.

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November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
clouds back on. 😅.

It's close, but of course it'll never be exactly the same.

How'd I do on restoring my own water-damaged painting?

4/5
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
being soaked for hours, that part was untouched. But the top layer is gouache paint, which is a kind of water color, so it nearly all came off, and I had to wipe it off with a paper towel, dry the frame, dry the painting, dry the backing, reglue the canvas, and paint the top layer of

3/5
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Note that the paper bag right next to it on the table didn't have a drop of water on it. I still have no idea how this happened.

The good news is that the main painting is in acrylic, so despite

2/5
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
but I actually added it this year just because the 2019 section of the sketchbook had one skipped page, and since it's not possible for me to do another 2019 drawing, this is how I chose to complete it with art from that time. This is still one of my all-time favorite photographs.

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November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
on handmade art, and now you're going to let non-human garbage to flood the place? Gross).

They did not answer the Alligator Alcatraz question, but at least it's on the recording. They can't deny that they were asked. Keep reporting that shit.

2/2
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I sealed this piece with Mod Podge, which was terrifying for a minute because it makes everything wet, and it looks like the chalk has disappeared before it dries.

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November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Aw, thank you! ❤️
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
even when dry, it makes pages stick together. This page also has a plastic sheet between it and the previous. 😅

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October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I've also decided to commit at least an hour per day to adding food banks to the VA map at least until Nov. 1st to make it more useful in the Piedmont and Tidewater regions.

View my Food Map of Virginia here: www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...

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Food Map of the Valley (+ More) - Google My Maps
Hello! The recent tariff announcement has made many people unsure about their finances or what will be available in the grocery store in the near future. The purpose of this map is to show where peopl...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
community gardens, food banks, etc. and now I've made a guide for how to make food maps for other states. I'd like to get this around (and hopefully outside Virginia) ahead of the November 1st SNAP freeze with the hope that other people will make maps to help people in their states.

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Food Map of the Valley (+ More) - Google My Maps
Hello! The recent tariff announcement has made many people unsure about their finances or what will be available in the grocery store in the near future. The purpose of this map is to show where peopl...
www.google.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM