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They are $300. Would you buy them? Would you wear them if they were free?

April showers supposedly bring May flowers. Is it rainy where you are? What gear do you use? What are you missing?

I'm more of a youtube person myself. Here's who I watch:

Hannah Louise Poston has great vids on how to develop your personal style. She does vids on makeup too, if you're into that.

Christina Mychas helps with style too, but focuses a lot on minimalism and organization.

Stylish Curves does a lot of clothing hauls, which don't really interest me, but I like when she does videos about general plus size fashion, or telling us about black-owned or sustainable brands.

Beepworld. I have nothing in common with her personal style, but she has a lot of good tips on making use of what's in your closet and saving money. She's also the one who turned me onto Indyx, which I love for organizing outfits (will do a future post on that).

I'd love to know if you have any recommendations.

Hello artists,

Pretty self-explanatory prompt. Create an image of an extraterrestrial. I guess you could carve a sculpture out of moon rock if you have it.

Go forth and create.

Apparently short nails are a fashion statement now as opposed to a thing that just happens because you work with your hands too much and your thyroid is underactive - uh, I mean they're totally short because I AM A CONFIDENT WOMAN. But I've always envied women with naturally long nails, and enjoy looking at other people's professionally manicured nails.

Jean jackets are pretty versatile. What would you wear with it?

This is a really fun way of narrowing down your personal style. Designed by stylist Ellie-Jean Royden, the system helps you "define 3 core elements of your personal style, fuse them with each other and your body type with every outfit you wear."

There's a quiz on her website. If seeing example outfits is more helpful for you than a theoretical quiz (it was for me), don't miss these pinterest boards.

So what are your style roots?

Hello artists,

This prompt was planned for spring for a reason.

This would also be a great time to practice using hatch marks. We usually associate that with drawing, but you can do it in painting as well.

Go forth and create.

Hello artists,

Visual art inspired by music has been around for a long time.

Modern artists have found inspiration there as well.

Is there a song that creates vivid images for you? You could try to recreate that. Or you could create fan art of a favorite musician.

Chris Loud Art has a short tutorial on using music to inspire abstract painting.

You could listen to a playlist that’s made to inspire creativity. I know Spotify has some available.

Do you usually listen to music while you create? Please drop your favorite songs/soundtracks in the comments.

Go forth and create.

Colored pencil on paper.

Wasn't able to paint this week, and brain fog resulted in the bottom fish right-side up, when I'd intended upside-down

Hello artists,

This is a great article on seven types of symmetry in art:

1. Reflectional Symmetry
2. Radial Symmetry
3. Translational Symmetry
4. Inverted Symmetry
5. Biaxial Symmetry
6. Near Symmetry
7. Asymmetry

Note that Asymmetry will be its own prompt in July. If you want to learn more about these and see some examples, check out the article.

Mandalas are almost always symmetrical and can be fun and relaxing to draw/color.

Also check out master of symmetry M.C. Escher’s work.

Go forth and create.