RattledUp Rambles

Getting experimental in my #sketchbook I don't remember where, but recently I saw an illustration of an inky cap mushroom and really was inspired to do one in my #tombowdualbrushpens and my new #metallic #kuretake brush tip markers I had a lot of fun with this, and that pic barely does it any justice!!

On the bright side It's gonna be reallllllyyyy fuckin nice to have an OS that doesn't randomly fucking restart itself with 0 fucking warning. #positivementalattitude #brokencomputer #havingahardtime I kinda make my living on this thing guys. Soooooo my life just got a lot harder for the next 1-4weeks What doesn't kill us makes us stronger?

First time using my toned paper. Gotta get used to the midtone in a big nad way. But it also looks like the man I was drawing so I'm happy! #sketch #graphite #charcoal #sketchbookpractice #artschooldropout #Art #artistsoninstagram (at Hillsdale, Michigan)

I was totally prepared today to do a realllllly long post detailing how amazing my garden is going to be this year.  Then I woke up.  And it snowed. So now I don’t want to.  But here’s a start:  I’m going to grow lots of green beans and tomatoes in my yard, I’m a renter so I do lots of container gardening. I’m also going to work on getting a bunch of my spider plant babies around for a sale in the next few weekends! Last year I won a ribbon in the fair for the mother plant and i’ve already pulled 20+ babies off for it and it’s still overloaded.  There’s going to be kale on my deck, and all kinds of herbs and flowers! I’m particularly fond of Marigolds and moss roses. I can’t wait til it’s pretty again! 

#prismacolor #coloredpencils pineapple!! I was #drawing a bunch of fruit we had around the house, and it was all super round and boring. Then came the pineapple!! #sketch #sketchbookpractice #sketchbook #art #artschooldropout #artistsoninstagram

I have a lot of stupid rules about art, I’m not allowed to do this, I’m not allowed to do that, blah blah blah.  I’m not allowed to watercolor in my main sketchbooks anymore, because I’m neglecting my other supplies.  Anybody else have any stupid rules about art that they follow? 

I was really inspired by the #500drawingprompts #zombie I did last week, so I created a whole set of them! Here's #2 in the series #mummy #cactus #illustration #watercolor #artschooldropout #Art #artistsoninstagram (at Hillsdale, Michigan)

I was really inspired by the #500drawingprompts #zombie I did last week, so I created a whole set of them! Here's #2 in the series #mummy #cactus #illustration #watercolor #artschooldropout #Art #artistsoninstagram (at Hillsdale, Michigan)

A new #linelessart #illustration using @tombowusa markers. #sketchbook #sketchbookpage #sketchbookpractice #marker #markerart #tombowdualbrushpens #artschooldropout #art #artistsoninstagram

I’m just throwing an absolute hissy fit because my writing skill isn’t up to my taste yet. 

I’m a little embarrassed to share this for 2 songs that are just too. freakin. catchy. for me to ignore. 

#cupcakes #cat I think I really miss baking and I really miss my cat. I'm doing a lot of cat inspired #Art lately. #watercolor #watercolorsketch #sketchbook #artschooldropout #artistsoninstagram

Work in progress paintings, sketchbooks, short stories, screenplays, novels,  all of them just waiting to be finished. It gets really overwhelming sometimes.  but I have this profound desire to be...profound and prolific.  I want to write novels that are over a thousand pages, and sell like hotcakes. My skill is currently nowhere near up to that task, but I’m gonna fuckin do it anyways. It’s just going to take a long time. and I am not a patient person.  So here i am, chipping away at a thousand work in progress paintings, drawings, crafts, and stories. Little by little progress is made, and hopefully I can get around to everything. 

The Mysterious Curse of the Middleford Public Library - The Mysterious Curse of the Middleford Public Library Chapter 11 (on Wattpad) https://my.w.tt/ckN8rWSrGL One small library, two ordinary librarians Nick and Eva, and an evil library director. Oh, and the library is haunted...well the books are. Nick and Eva must unlock the curses of these books, and rescue the poor souls attached to them or risk becoming one of the dead themselves.

Definitely pushing for quantity rather than quality with my #acrylics right now. But I'm hoping that one will lead to the other. I worked on 11 mini #paintings yesterday and these 7 were the only good ones, the other 4 are getting repainted and repaired next week. Lmk which one's your favorite!! I'm having a hard time deciding myself. I learned a lot from all of them, even though they're so tiny. #artschooldropout #Art #paint #paintingpractice #artist #artistsoninstagram

I was struck by the similarities between kids and dogs the other day when my 4 year old was rushing off to the bathroom and got distracted, he paused by a window, looked out into the yard, and proceeded to yell at the squirrels for a good 3 minutes. 

A bit sloppy, but still a cute cacti. #sketchbook #watercolor #watercolorsketch #cactus #illustration #artschooldropout #Art #artschooldropout #artistsoninstagram