Melinda VanRy

  • #My100DayArtJournal,  #The100DayProject,  Snapshots

    Stories Not Meant to Be Read

    / March 28, 2022

    The spinning thoughts. The emotions that need to be acknowledged, given space, then released. My words-upon-words is perfect for that.

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    Word-Doodling

    / March 28, 2022

    Doodling a word... Art as self-care.

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    100 Days of Creativity

    / March 27, 2022

    Making art every day. The 100 Day Project has made me realize the importance of creativity to my self-care, to me.

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  • #My100DayArtJournal,  #The100DayProject,  Snapshots

    Words… Pictures… Emotions

    / March 15, 2022

    We're more than just out day-to-day, our feelings, our experiences. What would you do with a 100 days of creativity challenge? I decided to create my first art journal. Creativity is important.

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    A Woman Was Sad Yesterday…

    / March 9, 2022

    A woman was sad yesterday. She took to the woods. And that sent me to my pen.

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    2/100 of #The100DayProject

    / March 9, 2022

    Long day... ended with small art. Making art doesn't have to be big to be worthwhile.

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    One Hundred Days of Creativity

    / March 9, 2022

    It was the perfect time to stumble across a challenge to make a daily practice of creativity, at least for 100 days. Taking the time for art can seem like a waste of…

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  • Snapshots

    Not the only one who has been lost

    / November 21, 2021

    I lost myself for a while. Before I'd really figured out who I was. I lost myself in the dark...

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  • Identity,  Snapshots,  Writing

    Another summer winding down

    / September 3, 2021

    Let's call this end-of-summer-depressed writer. I have the accoutrements... Short story collection. Moody music. Notebook and writing implement. Old baggy t-shirt and comfy sweats. But let me share some encouragement, too, while I…

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  • Snapshots

    Anyway…

    / April 19, 2020

    That’s a phrase I use a lot... A transition. Or braking to shift gears, or make a turn...

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melindavanry

Melinda VanRy
Playing with my new toy/art investment, five days Playing with my new toy/art investment, five days into antibiotic treatment for Lyme disease. Ticks, boo. πŸ‘Ž Digital drawing, yay! πŸ‘

I have a lot to learn… and it’s fun. 

#procreate #sunset
This morning's lazy-recovery-morning art doodle. I This morning's lazy-recovery-morning art doodle. It would seem I have another "new manifestation" of migraine. The worst stinking earache. Well, really, ear pain isn't new, but it was the worst yesterday. I was on the edge of leaving work and getting a ride to urgent care thinking it might be some monster ear infection because it wasn't a typical pain. But it eased back enough just in time and the lovely incessant-yawning fatigue set in. Then last night's weird hard sleep. All things considered, way far from the worst migraine, but some intense, though fortunately relatively short-lived, pain. 

Time to engage the day's activity. Have a good Saturday, Friends. πŸ‘

#artismyselfcare #makesomething
#lovingmethroughcreativity #loveyou 
#doodle #doodlesofinstagram 
#dailyart #artjournal 
#AinsworthArtJournalimg 
#gelpen #blackandwhite  #abstract
#doodleart #abstractart
GOOD MORNING! I love this time of year, the longes GOOD MORNING! I love this time of year, the longest hours of daylight. β˜€οΈβ€οΈπŸ˜Š Heading to work in a bit, but, although I have to be indoors, I get to do art with the #AinsworthArtJournaling group. πŸ–ŒοΈπŸ‘πŸ˜Š

#ArtAtAinsworth
Oh, hello there. Good morning. #snail #findbeauty Oh, hello there. Good morning.

#snail #findbeauty #getoutdoors
#beautyinsmallthings 
#beautyinmybackyard 
#natureisgoodformentalhealth
Wednesday's little waiting-room doodle. Though it Wednesday's little waiting-room doodle. Though it doesn't look very little in the picture.

#artisselfcare #makesomething
#lovingmethroughcreativity #loveyou
#smallart #dailyart #artplay #artjournaling
#doodle #doodleart #doodlesofinstagram
Just realized I never shared my second extra? bonu Just realized I never shared my second extra? bonus? part b? 100/100 of #The100DayProject 

I had new colors, and a page left in #My100DayArtJournal so I went ahead and did another random doodle design.

#artisselfcare #artisfun 
#lovingmethroughcreativity
#loveyou 
#becreative #youAREcreative 
#artplay #colorplay 
#markerart #doodle #doodleart 
#artjournaling #creativejournaling
Added some color. I think it's crying now. And tha Added some color. I think it's crying now. And that's okay. We all need to sometimes.

Drying-up Sharpie water-color (purple/pink) and alcohol-color (blue/turquoise).

#artisselfcare #makesomething 
#lovingmethroughcreativity
#loveyou
#doodle #color #artjournal 
#AinsworthArtJournaling
Good morning! #peony #raindrops #findbeauty #spri Good morning!

#peony #raindrops
#findbeauty #spring
#beautyinmybackyard
Just a little play with no color. πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ An Just a little play with no color. πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ And when you realize you've started with the wrong smudgy-ink pen, you roll with it. πŸ‘

#smallart #dailyart #doodle 
#artisselfcare 
#lovingmethroughcreativity #loveyou
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