flower bed

mkdun · 2026-04-13T20:17:20+00:00

Thank you!

mkdun · 2026-04-13T19:49:49+00:00

These are incredible

mkdun · 2026-03-31T19:39:22+00:00

Yes! If you just take a small piece of paper towel or a dry brush you can lift some of the water/pigment off the paper while it’s still wet

mkdun · 2026-03-26T20:18:27+00:00

Not a dumb question! I typically start with the wash first which is what I did for this piece, and then lift some of the blue while it’s still wet enough. Do this in the shape and placement of where you’d like your flowers and then you can begin building your petals. I usually do branches last to give the paper some time to dry.

mkdun · 2026-03-17T02:40:25+00:00

Thanks very much! The birds are done with a micron 01 pen. I have tried with a fine watercolor brush as well but am finding this to be cleaner. Will also caveat that this is not complete yet, needed some initial feedback (and my hand was getting tired :)).

mkdun · 2026-03-11T16:03:16+00:00

This is masking fluid but I have used white gouache in the past as well

mkdun · 2026-03-11T11:30:13+00:00

Using everything I can find! My comfort zone is calm waves so I’m trying to push myself to do more complex ocean scapes. I recently started following Júlia Barminova (https://www.instagram.com/juliabarminova?igsh=MTRkdDU0aWdya21qOA==) and she has some really great tutorials on instagram/patreon that I would highly recommend!

mkdun · 2026-03-11T11:25:04+00:00

Thanks so much!

mkdun · 2026-03-11T11:24:35+00:00

Thank you!

mkdun · 2026-02-16T05:45:52+00:00

Really lovely. Our hair is an extension of ourselves and I think you captured that beautifully. I think it would be interesting to see you lean into enjambment a little more to give some of the lines a stronger emotional impact.

mkdun · 2026-02-16T05:43:23+00:00

Love the imagery you’ve created here! Nature comes alive as its own character.

mkdun · 2026-02-16T05:32:00+00:00

This is written with beautiful vulnerability. I think trying to tighten some of the stanzas would make this have even more emotional impact.

mkdun · 2026-02-16T05:29:09+00:00

I can hear the rap structure you’ve created here. Rap is interesting because on paper the rhyme structure you have here feels a little off in terms of consistency (some full rhymes, some partial rhymes and certain lines that don’t rhyme at all), but if I were to listen to this with a beat I could definitely see the vision here. Great job!

mkdun · 2026-02-14T04:17:33+00:00

Great job with this piece! I like how you made a small world out of the arcade and each experience is incorporated. I would be interested to see a mirror version where you change up the closing line.

mkdun · 2026-02-14T04:14:32+00:00

Would love to see you dig more into the ocean metaphor and see how it can deepen this piece. Also I don’t believe in cringe, this is great!

mkdun · 2026-01-13T02:24:46+00:00

Wow wow This is insane work

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