Melinda VanRy

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    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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    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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Melinda VanRy
Color preference? #artisselfcare #digitaldoodles Color preference?

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#surfacepatterndesign #snowflakes #procreateit #snowflakedoodle #repeatpattern
Playing… #ilovecolor #colorplay #artisselfcare Playing… 

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#repeatingpattern #symmetry #surfacepatterndesign #digitaldoodles #procreateit
Got a late start on the holiday collection challen Got a late start on the holiday collection challenge from @gingiber, but here are two versions of my snowman stand-alone hero illustration, secondary repeating holiday floral pattern, and blender pattern - in the assigned color palette.

#StacieBloomfield5DayChallenge #holidaysurfacepattern #surfacedesign #surfacepatterndesign #holidaysurfacepatterndesign #holidaysurfacepatterncollection #holidayfloralpattern #snowflakerepeatingpattern
I haven’t posted any art in a while. COVID has m I haven’t posted any art in a while. COVID has me exhausted, but that’s pretty much all it’s done to me. Had to hop on today to post SOMETHING with my new Light Writers Procreate brushes from @paperlike and @everytuesday… I might win a Paperlike screen protector and Apple Pencil grips prize pack… Exciting! Aren’t these effects great?!? 

#lightwriters #procreateit
#digitaldoodles
So many versions of this pattern… but not as muc So many versions of this pattern… but not as much progress in placing elements for the best repeating patterns as I’d like… 

#fern #queenanneslace #starflower #green #abstract #digitalart 
#surfacepattern #surfacepatterndesign #procreateit
It felt like a blessing. As I was doing a little s It felt like a blessing. As I was doing a little study to improve my design skills. That lovely shadow it shared with me as we both basked in gorgeous warm morning sun... I definitely need to use it as inspiration somewhere in a design, as well as its color in a design palette since it decided it would not just let me enjoy it on my papers but also on me myself. 😊❤️

#seekbeauty #findbeauty 
#dragonfly #beautyofnature #getoutdoors 
#surfacepatterndesigninspiration #surfacepatterndesigner
This started out something completely different, t This started out something completely different, then became something about delicate things that live around my yard and woods… It’s a design I love some things about… along with some tweaks that did not do the trick… Thoughts? Opinions?

#surfacepatterndesign
#green #fern #queenanneslace #wildcarrot #starflower #greenandwhite #abstract
#woodlandplants #woodlandplantsart 
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A digital doodle for today… #artisselfcare #cre A digital doodle for today…

#artisselfcare #creativityisgoodformentalhealth #makesomething
#digitaldoodle #doodle #blackandwhite #digitalsketch #flower #abstract
#abstractflower #procreateit #applepencil2
I think the succulents would make cute stickers. W I think the succulents would make cute stickers. What do you think? 

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#digitaldrawing #stickerdesign #surfacedesign
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