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Olivia

Olivia

@okhismakingart.bsky.social

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I'm an aspiring artist and biochemist from the middle of nowhere. I love plants, drawing, photography, and chemistry. All opinions my own. Be sure to check out everything I do here: https://linktr.ee/okhismakingart

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Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 18h

Here's another old 2019 mixed media sketch. Electric field art printed on photography paper, rainbow trout hand-drawn on paper with colored pencil. I believe my friend Andew chose the fish. 🐟

#fish

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 1d

on handmade art, and now you're going to let non-human garbage to flood the place? Gross).

They did not answer the Alligator Alcatraz question, but at least it's on the recording. They can't deny that they were asked. Keep reporting that shit.

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Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 1d

Just got off the new Etsy CEO's Ask Me Anything. This shop stands on business.

They've at least said they want to match sellers to buyer preferences, meaning allowing buyers to filter out AI art, even though they don't plan on kicking AI art off the site (L take, you made your empire

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#etsy

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 1d

I sealed this piece with Mod Podge, which was terrifying for a minute because it makes everything wet, and it looks like the chalk has disappeared before it dries.

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Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 1d

Did this page in my sketchbook with chalk, pastels, and watercolors. The interesting thing about chalk + watercolors is that you'll get a thin, transparent boarder around anywhere you use watercolors over chalk.

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Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 4d

If you get it, you get it. 🍉

#watermelon

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 5d

This page in the sketchbook is brought to you by leftover star punchouts from my star tree and leftover star jewel stickers from another abstract plant's vase. It was inspired by this hydrangea I photographed in London in 2018.

#hydrangeas

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 6d

Aw, thank you! ❤️

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 6d

Please enjoy this felt abd fabric flower garden. I know we're stretching the boundaries of "sketchbook" here, but I wanted a page where I could do just a little embroidery (turkey tail stitches for the grass).

#embroidery

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 7d

This is another old 2019 sketch. It's of Duke's Antique Mall in Lexington, VA, sketched from the attached photograph.

#sketchbook

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 8d

even when dry, it makes pages stick together. This page also has a plastic sheet between it and the previous. 😅

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Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 8d

Chrysanthemums from my sketchbook. The black is latex paint, and the rest is acrylic. It was actually in the instructions that you shouldn't use acrylic in the book (which I reread AFTERWARD), and the reason was legit:

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Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 8d

I've also decided to commit at least an hour per day to adding food banks to the VA map at least until Nov. 1st to make it more useful in the Piedmont and Tidewater regions.

View my Food Map of Virginia here: www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...

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Food Map of the Valley (+ More) - Google My Maps

Hello! The recent tariff announcement has made many people unsure about their finances or what will be available in the grocery store in the near future. The purpose of this map is to show where peopl...

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 8d

community gardens, food banks, etc. and now I've made a guide for how to make food maps for other states. I'd like to get this around (and hopefully outside Virginia) ahead of the November 1st SNAP freeze with the hope that other people will make maps to help people in their states.

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Food Map of the Valley (+ More) - Google My Maps

Hello! The recent tariff announcement has made many people unsure about their finances or what will be available in the grocery store in the near future. The purpose of this map is to show where peopl...

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 8d

This is a non-art project of mine, but the community on Tedoo is so wide and supportive that I wanted to share here in hopes it gets where it needs to go:

I've created a food map for the state of Virginia that catalogs farmers markets,

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Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 9d

Hadn't done much with pastels before, and sketchbooks are for experimentation!

There's also a small plastic sheet taped in the sketchbook to keep the pastels from rubbing on to the next page, and it has basically a light transfer of this page on it. 😂

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Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 9d

I've slacked off on showing you all pages of the sketchbook. I finished it at least a month ago, and for now, I've decided to keep it. As the season ends, I figured I'd show you these old pastel tomatoes and bumblebees.

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Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 10d

Yes, thank you Microsoft, it sure is a colorful piece of artwork. Encountered this auto-description while I was preparing my proposal and found it amusing.

Find this colorful piece of artwork on clothing and home goods here: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1752...

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you so much! ❤️

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 11d

Only a very mild breeze to contend with, but they could handle more!!!

#dahlias

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 11d

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 11d

If you remember the dahlia tablecloth weights I made, I am happy to report they are IN ACTION for their intended purpose today. ❤️🌸 This party could happen in a hurricane, and the tablecloths would stay put.

#dahlias

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 12d

Find them at the links below!

www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1752...

www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1752...

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Horizontal Abstract for Art in Library Spaces 1 by OliviaHathaway | Redbubble

One piece of a two-piece entry to UVA's 2025 Art in Library Spaces call for proposals. My proposal was not ultimately chosen, but they offered to have me do a workshop on my botanical abstracts at the...

www.redbubble.com

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 12d

public. There are no details yet, but I've given that an enthusiastic yes.

The other good news? I finally have these pieces on Redbubble, so if you've been dying to wear them (or have them in your home as blankets, shower curtains and more), your moment has arrived.

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Horizontal Abstract for Art in Library Spaces 1 by OliviaHathaway | Redbubble

One piece of a two-piece entry to UVA's 2025 Art in Library Spaces call for proposals. My proposal was not ultimately chosen, but they offered to have me do a workshop on my botanical abstracts at the...

www.redbubble.com

Olivia @okhismakingart.bsky.social · 12d

Bad news and good news: My proposal was not selected in this year's call for the Art in Library Spaces Program. BUT the committee loved the pieces and the story behind my abstract botanical work so much that they've thrown out the idea of me hosting a workshop on them in the library for the

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