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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 6d

played with the new procreate brushes, creating random shapes and tada!

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#thoughtfulwandersstudio #createeveryday #365challenge #createarteveryday #365daysofart #365days #artchallenges

lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 8d

i decided not to continue with peachtober because i feel my gut wanting to draw/work on other things that i am itching to do! todays piece was relatively fast but somehow this girl stepping into water came to mind

drawn in procreate

lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 8d

there is something grounding about drawing, but especially grounding when i get to doodle and draw whatever comes to mind or i feel like in the moment.

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 14d

sluggg

#peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25slug

peachtober 03 slug
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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 14d

the thought of kite like the flying kite but also the bird kite and somehow this formed

#peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25kite

peachtober 02 kite
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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 15d

yay, peachtober begins! doing this challenge last year is what got me back into art. i love the cozy vibes of the prompts and seeing the work of other illustrators

for acorn, designed a lil house and am curious… who lives here?

#peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25acorn

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 17d

a sketch and coloring sesh from imagination today ~ i love how taking a break from doing something then coming back to it can bring many new and unexpected changes

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 18d

taipei main station urban sketching

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 19d

drawing also allowed me to pay attention to the emotions and expressions on stage and had me in awe seeing how much fun the musicians were having too 🎷

lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 19d

it was so much fun and so much play, the music was mesmerizing and the energy both on and off stage was so in flow. i had not really been a jazz listener before but todays show put it all in a whole new perspective for me.

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 19d

then later while the tokyo blue notes orchestra group played (absolutely phenomenal btw), i did some gestural sketches and played with color along with the music.

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 19d

a whole day spent urban/life sketching! the portion i am sharing today is from an evening spent at the taipei jazz festival. i had prepped some sketchbook pages ahead of time blue and yellow and it fit the flashing yellow blue lights perfectly

#urbansketching #livesketching #jazz

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 20d

grateful for how close to nature taipei is, and a bus ride up, could hear all the birds, insects, and water sounds. i also saw some giant butterflies, ants, and a centipede.

lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 20d

spent today doing life drawing in the mountains, it was really cool! perhaps that art will be shown another time. afterwards, painted a little bit at a cafe before the sun set.

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 21d

but i think im starting to feel more comfortable playing with paints now. its late so i did something simple for the inside of my sketchbook and also did some prepping for more drawing this weekend ~

lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 21d

finally finally after thinking about it for ages i am starting to use my bigger sketchbook. i have been itching to paint for a long time but kept putting it off because i felt like my skills werent at a point yet where i was comfortable using up paints (theyre not cheap!)
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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 22d

its gotten me thinking to draw more asian women in a way that appeals to me, maybe more magical, wacky and powerful than any i’ve seen depicted in art

lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 22d

i wonder how my women/femme/queer ancestors lived their lives, and how they would have liked to live their lives if they could have chosen.

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 22d

mindless doodling led to this funky portrait. anyway, asian women are often on my mind. i am one. and the experience of being one pervades my mind. how often we are conflated and stereotyped and assumptions be made.

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 23d

timelapse!

lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · 23d

first doodled in the sketchbook with some posca markers and color pencils. after some abstract patterns and a page formed, i decided to keep building on it via the ipad. looking into the shapes for what was there but also making it up as i went, a face came to be.

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · Sep 17

drawing a feeling. is it a person in a sleeping bag? or a worm with a humane face. either way, its a feeling of my scalp being pulled back, tight and snug. cozy and yet, somethings not quite right

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · Sep 16

rest is always important! todays piece is mixed media done at a vietnamese cafe in taipei. not a lot of people but managed to see a lady eating pho and a man using his phone!

lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · Sep 16

wow i unintentionally took like a week break. a lot of life happened but a break was good! i feel ready to draw regularly again and its amazing how a week of not drawing can actually inform the drawing process.

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lydia | thoughtful wanders studio | experimental art & play @thoughtfulwanders.bsky.social · Sep 10

a quick abstract piece today while taking a moment of calm to release and process all thats been going on externally and internally. i am loving the close up shots

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