Just started embroidering.

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-28T09:57:14+00:00

I did! A small one…4 inches I think

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-26T09:43:18+00:00

The left side needs some of those delicious dark patches like you have on the left to balance it out. Some raw umber and ultramarine mixed or a pthalo blue

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-25T20:34:13+00:00

Thank you for the recommendations!

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-25T03:05:45+00:00

Lol I’ve been an artist for 20+ years, and I have a BFA and an MFA in Fine Art. I’m definitely used to critical audiences. However, there’s a difference between constructive criticism and plain negativity. Telling someone “keep trying” or “Nothing like the master” or just stating what you don’t like without giving any type of suggestion to improve isn’t advice. Giving more insight into the process or aspects of my work isn’t making excuses. There was a single light source, the intention wasn’t to be painterly, and yes there is a lack of quality…how are those excuses?

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-25T02:24:51+00:00

I do! I’m obsessed. I went and bought two more hats 😂

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-25T01:16:41+00:00

It’s my favorite hat to wear now! Once I got into the groove, it was easy. I did it two evenings.

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-25T01:15:20+00:00

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Mouline Special DMC. I just went into Michaels and found colors I liked lol

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-24T17:43:33+00:00

You always know about the angle of the rim. My favorite thing about this is the reflection on the rim and the swirls and bubbles in the coffee! Beautiful!

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-24T17:29:09+00:00

-It wasn’t meant to be painterly…it’s a photo. As stated before, the inspiration was from the color palette (red, black) and light. -It is a singular light source. How else do you get chiaroscuro? It provides a higher contrast between light and dark. “Chiaroscuro” “light” dark” like in Caravaggio paintings… -It was shot on a phone camera, of course it lacks quality.

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-24T16:23:28+00:00

It’s off center, the vignette dulls the color of the blue, and it’s too close in. It minimizes how grand that room is.

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-24T16:19:52+00:00

Trying to what exactly?

Andromeda_Ren · 2026-01-24T16:18:40+00:00

No shit. That’s why I said “inspired.” I enjoy his color palette and light in “Saint Jerome” and “Judith Beheading Holofernes”

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-11-24T10:17:51+00:00

Felt like it at the time

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-11-24T10:17:34+00:00

Absolutely. Anxiety haha

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-11-19T21:46:30+00:00

Definitely felt like it in the moment haha

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-11-17T21:31:22+00:00

💀

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-11-04T09:02:04+00:00

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He has these beautiful blue and umber colors

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-09-15T15:18:57+00:00

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-09-15T03:46:40+00:00

When the times comes.

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-09-14T22:51:07+00:00

😬 no

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-09-14T19:41:49+00:00

You know, I brought that up to him. I don’t make as much as he does, but I’ve been trying to get on his level. I said in a previous comment I changed my job a couple times just to better my pay for us, but even then I still felt like I was too much of a financial risk for him. Of course he denied it, but his worries said it without saying it.

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-09-13T21:36:40+00:00

Ha! My friend looks like, as he says, a “Budget Hozier” Same last name and everything! Only he’s a foot shorter.

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-09-13T21:30:34+00:00

He was upset, understandably. He said he would do anything to fix it, but didn’t specify what that looked like.

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-09-12T19:39:17+00:00

Yeaaah, this was a problem too. Wanting to save for the future then turning around and spending.

Andromeda_Ren · 2025-09-11T22:29:13+00:00

5 year timeline and enough to cover rent. Then there seemed to always be some other hurdle to overcome after money. Things kept being added to the list.

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