#affordable paintings

[myfavouritefields]

Seaside scene, soft pastel on pastelcard

#shore #soft pastel painting #artists on tumblr #landscape painting #landscape #painting #original art #landscape study #landscape sketch #soft pastel #pastel painting #impressionism #affordable paintings #affordable art #traditional art #traditional media #fine art #art for sale #landscape drawing

[inkskinned]

the thing about art is that it was always supposed to be about us, about the human-ness of us, the impossible and beautiful reality that we (for centuries) have stood still, transfixed by music. that we can close our eyes and cry about the same book passage; the events of which aren't real and never happened. theatre in shakespeare's time was as real as it is now; we all laugh at the same cue (pursued by bear), separated hundreds of years apart.

three years ago my housemates were jamming outdoors, just messing around with their instruments, mostly just making noise. our neighbors - shy, cautious, a little sheepish - sat down and started playing. i don't really know how it happened; i was somehow in charge of dancing, barefoot and laughing - but i looked up, and our yard was full of people. kids stacked on the shoulders of parents. old couples holding hands. someone had brought sidewalk chalk; our front walk became a riot of color. someone ran in with a flute and played the most astounding solo i've ever heard in my life, upright and wiggling, skipping as she did so. she only paused because the violin player was kicking his heels up and she was laughing too hard to continue.

two weeks ago my friend and i met in the basement of her apartment complex so she could work out a piece of choreography. we have a language barrier - i'm not as good at ASL as i'd like to be (i'm still learning!) so we communicate mostly through the notes app and this strange secret language of dancers - we have the same movement vocabulary. the two of us cracking jokes at each other, giggling. there were kids in the basement too, who had been playing soccer until we took up the far corner of the room. one by one they made their slow way over like feral cats - they laid down, belly-flat against the floor, just watching. my friend and i were not in tutus - we were in slouchy shirts and leggings and socks. nothing fancy. but when i asked the kids would you like to dance too? they were immediately on their feet and spinning. i love when people dance with abandon, the wild and leggy fervor of childhood. i think it is gorgeous.

their adults showed up eventually, and a few of them said hey, let's not bother the nice ladies. but they weren't bothering us, they were just having fun - so. a few of the adults started dancing awkwardly along, and then most of the adults. someone brought down a better sound system. someone opened a watermelon and started handing out slices. it was 8 PM on a tuesday and nothing about that day was particularly special; we might as well party.

one time i hosted a free "paint along party" and about 20 adults worked quietly while i taught them how to paint nessie. one time i taught community dance classes and so many people showed up we had to move the whole thing outside. we used chairs and coatracks to balance. one time i showed up to a random band playing in a random location, and the whole thing got packed so quickly we had to open every door and window in the place.

i don't think i can tell you how much people want to be making art and engaging with art. they want to, desperately. so many people would be stunning artists, but they are lied to and told from a very young age that art only matters if it is planned, purposeful, beautiful. that if you have an idea, you need to be able to express it perfectly. this is not true. you don't get only 1 chance to communicate. you can spend a lifetime trying to display exactly 1 thing you can never quite language. you can just express the "!!??!!!"-ing-ness of being alive; that is something none of us really have a full grasp on creating. and even when we can't make what we want - god, it feels fucking good to try. and even just enjoying other artists - art inherently rewards the act of participating.

i wasn't raised wealthy. whenever i make a post about art, someone inevitably says something along the lines of well some of us aren't that lucky. i am not lucky; i am dedicated. i have a chronic condition, my hands are constantly in pain. i am not neurotypical, nor was i raised safe. i worked 5-7 jobs while some of these memories happened. i chose art because it mattered to me more than anything on this fucking planet - i would work 80 hours a week just so i could afford to write in 3 of them.

and i am still telling you - if you are called to make art, you are called to the part of you that is human. you do not have to be good at it. you do not have to have enormous amounts of privilege. you can just... give yourself permission. you can just say i'm going to make something now and then - go out and make it. raquel it won't be good though that is okay, i don't make good things every time either. besides. who decides what good even is?

you weren't called to make something because you wanted it to be good, you were called to make something because it is a basic instinct. you were taught to judge its worth and over-value perfection. you are doing something impossible. a god's ability: from nothing springs creation.

a few months ago i found a piece of sidewalk chalk and started drawing. within an hour i had somehow collected a small classroom of young children. their adults often brought their own chalk. i looked up and about fifteen families had joined me from around the block. we drew scrangly unicorns and messed up flowers and one girl asked me to draw charizard. i am not good at drawing. i basically drew an orb with wings. you would have thought i drew her the mona lisa. she dragged her mother over and pointed and said look! look what she drew for me and, in the moment, i admit i flinched (sorry, i don't -). but the mother just grinned at me. he's beautiful. and then she sat down and started drawing.

someone took a picture of it. it was in the local newspaper. the summary underneath said joyful and spontaneous artwork from local artists springs up in public gallery. in the picture, a little girl covered in chalk dust has her head thrown back, delighted. laughing.

#writeblr #warm up #this is longer than i wanted i really considered removing that part about myself and what i went thru #but i think it really fucking bothers me that EVERY time i talk about being an artist #ppl assume i just like. had the skill and ability to drop everything and pay for grad school. #like sir i grew up poor. my house wasn't a safe space. i gave up a FREE RIDE TO LAW SCHOOL. for THIS. bc i chose it. #was it fucking hard? was i choosing the hard thing?? yes. #but we need to stop seeing artists as lazy layabouts that can ''afford'' to just ''sit around and create'' #when MANY - if not MOST - of us are NOT like that. we have to work our fucking ASSES off. hard work. long and hard work #part of valuing artists is recognizing the amount we sacrifice to make our art. bc it doesn't just #like HAPPEN to us. also btw it rarely has anything to do with true talent. #speaking as someone with a chronic condition i hate when ppl are like u have it easy. like actively as i'm writing this my hands r #ACTIVELY hurting me. i haven't been posting bc my left hand was curled in a claw for the last week #this isn't fucking luck. after a certain point it's not even TALENT. it's dedication & sacrifice. #''u get to flounce around and do nothing with ur life'' is a narrative that is a direct result of capitalism #imagine if we said that about literally any other profession. #''oh so u give up 10 yrs of ur life to be a doctor? u sacrifice having a social life and u get SUPER in debt? #u need to work countless hours and it will often be thankless? well i wish i was that lucky'' #we should be applying that logic to landlords ONLY #''oh ur mom and dad gave u the money to buy a house? and all u did was paint it white and rent it? huh.''

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

sick of rich people with boring homes. if you're going to set the standard for desirable lifestyles I will never afford, would you at least put some color into it dangnabit

#you could afford to put in a movie room but not to paint the walls anything but white beige and off-yellow? #it's so depressing you have a house i could never afford and it is hideous. and not even in an interesting way

[canisalbus]

what kind of hobbies does machete have, and is there any artist, musical or visual, that he likes in particular?

He's an avid reader and has an impressive personal library. Crowds and big public events aren't his thing but he enjoys going to theatre and opera occasionally. He commissions and collects art, I'd like to believe he's a patron to at least a couple of painters and sculptors. If I had to pick one artist to be his favorite, I think it might be an obvious choice but I'd have to go with Caravaggio, a contemporary of his.

#look at that chiaroscuro #moody dramatic violent religious Caravaggio #I'm not sure if Machete would be able to afford his services he was already lauded and in high demand in his lifetime #but it's fiction let me believe #fun fact he's one of those famous painters that are frequently speculated to have been gay #he showed up painted some of the most influential works in european art history lived a turbulent life murdered a guy and died young #I keep being bummed about the fact that I can't make Machete a Bernini fanboy #Bernini fits his vibes #but he's very likely already dead by the time Bernini's career kicks off their timelines don't align very well at all #answered #anonymous #Machete

[floweroflaurelin]

A recently completed commission for @beemovieerotica and @redrook of Redrook’s durge!!

It also doubles as a cover for Redrook’s 178k+ word fic I Want to Be Better; Let’s Make Each Other Worse :D

Thank you so much for trusting me with your character!

My commission slots for March are currently full, but I’m aiming to open them again in April 😄✨

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #durge #bg3 durge #bg3 art #floweroflaurelin art #commission #happy belated birthday! :D #ohhhh Baldurs gate fans you wanna get your character painted by me so bad~ #if enough of you commission me to do so I’ll finally be able to afford a platform to play the game on lmao #(but like in April cause I’m full up on comms for now!)

[clowngerms]

WOAH GUYS SPIDEYPOOL ART AFTER A YEAR THATS CRAZY

also I made an insta it’s @/aqueerclown :))) i don’t have a lot posted rn BUT ILL BE POSTING STUFF MORE OFTEN

#art #artists on tumblr #artwork #my art #digital painting #spideypool #spiderman #deadpool #peter parker #wade wilson #marvel comics #fanart #gay #queer artist #missed these guys fr #I need to catch up on the comics but I cannot afford that atm #weep

[julijbee]

exclusively between the hours of 1 and four

#rare digital art brought to you once again by ibis paint and my finger. #pathologic #art #peter stamatin #andrey stamatin #i made these like a month apart with completely different brushes and you can kind of tell #theyre getting as good a use out of their degrees as i probably will. #ie the architectural engineering being applied absolutely nowhere and making ends meet as a barkeep and #in his own words #the trailing shadow of an architect #anyways im always glad to chat with them when the game affords me the chance #we arent ever on the same wavelength but sometimes the lines converge

[gawki]

Ai art fuck off

#artists on tumblr #sketch #ink sketch #imagine if they actually made tools for artists instead of this weird unethically used gimmick #cooler painting programs or like idk something that didn't just scrape the entire internet for profit #art #ink #drawing #people really think artists gonna sue individual ai artists like there's any profit in that #like artists could actually afford that money and time wise #it's self-centered fools who think that's what this fight is about #we just don't want our shit taken without permission and used as fodder for corporations to print money #without throwing a single bone at artists #artists are devalued and it shows and just keeps showingggghhhhhhggghg #☠️

[ariariari-freehounreal]

Not my usual type of post but I got a Chell funko pop today so I made a little Wheatley out of clay to go with her so she won’t get lonely

#portal #portal 2 #chell #wheatley #he was so hard to make #the quality and accuracy are questionable on my part #I wish there were more Chell figures that were affordable bc I lowkey hate funko pops lol #they’re both badly painted 🩵🧡 #also y’all get to peep some of my g3 mlps and portal doodles on my wall

[brella-boi]

NEW JACKET WHO DIS?

#dtiys entry from twitter :] would love to have this jacket but lord knows i cant afford it lol #mspaint #ms paint #furry #furry art #dango #myart

[toesnatcherhehehe]

Battery Berry Applesauce loves arson :D

#long furby #i made this in ms paint bc i can't afford photo shop #ms paint #furby #custom furby #my posts #safe furby #all furby #furby community #arson #fire

[myfavouritefields]

Pink grasses, soft pastel on pastelcard

#soft pastel painting #soft pastel #pastel #pastel painter #artists on tumblr #landscape painting #landscape #painting #original art #landscape study #landscape sketch #pastel painting #impressionism #traditional art #traditional media #art for sale #fine art #contemporary art #affordable paintings #buy art #original content

[pixelatedquarter]

Tomorrow Patrick will wave Pete off the stage, bitch about him leaving, tell the story about how he designed the stage and then told him he should have A Moment, turn to the crowd and pull a paper while yelling "I HAVE A LIST. You can NOT look at this list because there's gonna be songs we play for 8 ball, but here's a list of all the songs we have yet to debut live. Let's get to 100% this is a speedrun!" and proceed to medley almost everything they have left, except when he interrupts himself with "Hm, actually I feel like playing this now instead" and interrupts his speedrun to play bits of like Love Selfish Love or Have I Got A Gift For You or some cover about cheating or because it's Prince's hometown or because he Just. Felt. Like. It.

#And then the 8 ball is gonna include a 3rd 8 ball that's fucking Patrick Stump ft. Fall Out Boy playing The I In Lie or Blue Rabbits #so not even if we took out the list and started trying to figure it out we'd remain unsurprised by it #if he makes pete sell the kaws spongebob painting to afford the curfew fees then so fucking be it and he'd be so real for that

[spearxwind]

sea of thieves rly was like. we are delaying the tenth season soo much its gonna be soooo good you guys <33 and dropping hints for more hunters call content and then the reveal drops and its just guilds. in the year of our lord 2023 (and one more mid world event i guess. coming a month after that but initially planned to be the one thing in season 11. and also the singleplayer mode coming in on december so two months into the "season")

#can we please just get more shit to do in the ocean. for the ocean game. #youd think this would be a no brainer but i guess not!!! please give the hunters call more shit just a few more fish im begging you #they keep adding random bullshit to the game that doesnt even have to do with pirates HELLO!!! ITS A PIRATE GAME #im still thinking about. the whole 'real pirates dont steal' and 'real pirates are honorable' etc etc and calling the reapers wrong #but objectively they are the most piratey faction everyone else is just a privateer #IM GOING ON A RANT SORRY I PROMMY I LOVE THE GAME VERY MUCH #I WAS JUST SO EXCITED FOR A POSSIBLE NEW SEA MONSTER RARRGGGHHHH #instead i have just been finding out that the games story is fucked and convoluted and for some reason pirates have some form of morals #like.. idk how to explain it but its literally 'we dont do this for gold we do it for glory and we have to be nice about it' #dont care about the gold <333 #SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!!!!!! I CANT FUCKING AFFORD THE SHIP PAINTS MY MAN!! WHY ARE THEY EIGHT MILLION DOUBLOONS!!! #sot #good god in heaven please grant us more ocean content soon before i go clinically insane and get put in jail amen

[evilroachindustrial]

I see the "they're uber rich, fuck'em" viewpoint has infested the Watcher controversy.

#Watcher #comfortable does not mean rich #You can be comfortable and still go on vacation whenever and afford a new car #I doubt the Watcher boys are all as well off as some of y'all are painting them #They're based in Los Angeles for fuck's sake let's not act like their Scrooge McDucking it

[lethesbeastie]

Hi! I saw your reblog of the “Never Found” post with the rabbit sign, found your blog from that, and I think I’m in love with your art style now. What program do you use to draw/what brushes do you use? Your art feels like a crunchy summertime snack and I love it

Thank you so much!! I'm glad you like my art so much akfhakfhs!

I currently use Clip Studio Paint for all of my still illustrations, though I've also used Krita for animation (though I haven't had the time to do so for a while akfhs)! As for the brushes I use, a lot of my favorite pens are ones I downloaded off of Clip Studio's asset library! Recently I've been using this set of textured ink pens and this pencil for a lot of my rough sketching, and this other textured ink pen for lineart!! In the past I've also found a lot of use from this cream pencil brush, and the default gouache brush that comes with the program! I started out as a traditional artist, so I tend to gravitate towards brushes that help capture the more textured feel of physical media and let me get a lot of variety with my line weight. I'm glad you enjoy my work, and thank you so much for the ask!!!

#beastiebites #artists on tumblr #asks #Clip Studio Paint #art program and brushes! #i know that clip studio isnt always in the price wheelhouse of artists so i can say that Krita is a pretty solid free program! #i used it for a couple of years before i could afford CSP and it's pretty solid! #also i love how u describe my art akfhskfhskfhd highest honor ever is being told my art feels edible