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J Dreag - It Does Art
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Artist. Ghost of Raleigh, NC. Comedy lover and horror fan. Collector of the strange and unusual. Cat wrangler.
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New WIP, this time with censors because drawn breasts and pubic hair that aren't sexually explicit and just showing a form should be censored. I posted this on IG with #wreckx-n-effect #RumpShaker as the song. #checksout #art #drawing #graphite #itdoesart #figure #nekkid #raleighnc #raleighartist
Graphite drawing of nude person holding a piece of fabric above and behind them. The breasts and the pubic hair have been written over with the words "bam" and "pow" for comedic effect. And for censoring. Heavy shading on this drawing with the light source coming from the left and deep shadows emerging from the human form.
January 8, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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"Retail Therapy" is complete. 11 x 14 inch watercolor, pastel, colored pencil. #art #drawing #painting #itdoesart #jdreag #retailtherapy #mannequin #dream #landscape #surreal #watercolor #pastel #coloredpencil #raleighnc #raleighartist #poppies #poppy #wisteria
Painting drawing of a disassembled mannequin laying in nature. Two trees with purple wisteria are on either side of the mannequin while the head sits atop a tree stump. Poppies grow around and through the mannequin parts.
January 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Another #wip based on a #dream. A disassembled mannequin in the woods. This is a closeup. #itdoesart #watercolor #pastel #art #drawing #painting #jdreag #surreal #landscape #raleighnc #raleighartist #mannequin #flowers #poppies
A disassembled mannequin lays on grass. The head is propped up on a tree stump and there are poppies and grass growing around and through the parts of the mannequin.
January 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Done? Maybe? #art #drawing #painting #watercolor #pastels #hand #landscape #surreal #growth #poppy #dream #raleighartist #raleighnc #itdoesart #jdreag
January 6, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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#Wip based on a dream I had. Hands were coming out of the ground holding poppies. #drawing #painting #pastel #watercolor #itdoesart #jdreag #landscape #surreal #flowers #poppies #art #raleighnc
Hand emerging from the ground holding a poppy that is growing out of the forearm.
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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#selfportrait #graphite #pencil #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #art #drawing #sketchbook #sketch #raleighartist #raleighnc #raleigharts
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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4x6 inch #drawing I've been working on. #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #graphite #pencil #art #landscape #figure #human #surreal #bound #raleighnc #raleigh #raleighartist #raleigharts
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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#wip I'm doing little drawings and paintings. 4x6 inches. Wee ones. #figure #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #graphite #drawing #surreal #landscape #headless #shadows #raleighnc #raleighartist #raleigharts
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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#WIP #Drawing I'm working on. Not sure where I'm headed. #figure #landscape #pastels #painting #surreal #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #halo #sun #moon #raleigh #raleighnc #raleighartist #raleigharts
Landscape with a dark blue sky and a bright yellow halo in the center featuring a headless, armless naked body seeming to trudge through the dirt and reach toward the sky.
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I found the #mermaid I forgot about! And posted her on #eBay She was a lot of fun to #paint especially the tail. I'm planning to make more like her.
#art #watercolor #fantasy #mythology #halo #crown #torso #itdoesart #raleighartist #jdreag
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Songless Watercolor J Dreag ItDoesArt Surreal Mermaid 9x12 | eBay
Title: Songless Dimensions: 9x12 inches Materials: Watercolor and graphite on mixed media paper. Artist: J Dreag - It Does Art This is an original watercolor painting of "Songless" featuring a mermaid...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Still #working on this #wip. Thinking of adding angular shapes around the perimeter or maybe a #graphite or #pastel #vignette Not sure yet. #art #drawing #sketch #portraiit #headdress #face #eyes #cold #stare #raleighnc #raleighartist #raleigharts #itdoesart #dreag #jdreag
August 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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I found a tiny #sketch of this in an old #sketchbook, but it had watercolor on it. I'm not sure if I'm going to do that to this bigger version or not. I might just deepen the shadows and leave it all graphite
#wip #graphite #portrait #face #figure #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #raleigh #raleighartist
August 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Putting a white line across the chest (even though the #figure has no nipples) and the hip because the last attempt was flagged for nudity. Maybe I should've added a thong? Idk. Anyway, playing with #pastels and recreating an #acrylic #painting I did a few years ago. #art #itdoesart #jdreag
August 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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New #sketch in progress. #wip I suppose. Per usual, I'm wondering if I should add color or not. Just a touch of it, desaturated. #drawing #itdoesart #jdreag #art #raleigh #raleighartist #neck #bloodribbon #portrait #graphite #papermate #sketchbook #eyes #bald #nohalo #color #monochrome
August 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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An #aceo #drawing I posted to my blog on WordPress. Unfinished but almost there. #art #blog #itdoesart #jdreag #figure #surreal #delusions
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Arm wires and various delusions…
If you’ve been here a while, you know my mental situation isn’t much of a secret. It’s visible throughout my art. So I figured I’d share an ACEO I’m currently working …
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August 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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How it started/How it ended. I like the outcome, but the flies need more definition (I think, idk, I'm just winging it).
#art #drawing #sketch #graphite #coloredpencil #portrait #flies #figure #surreal #raleigh #raleigharts #raleighartist #macabre #halo #sacred
A mouthless figure with deep set eyes and a fly has landed on the drawing next to the drawing's head. Drawing of a figure with cuts in their neck and flies surrounding them. There is a halo and the figure doesn't have a mouth. A touch of red surrounds the eyes and the cuts in the neck but otherwise everything else is gray.
August 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Some drawings are meant to be scrapped. This is one. Eventually it will be removed from the book and I'll cut the head out, paste it on a bigger piece of paper, and draw bunny ears and maybe a snowman body. #fun #ideas #drawing #art #doodle #sketchbook #itdoesart #itdidntdoart #jdreag #dreag
August 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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I really want to do something with this sketch, but haven't figured out what yet. It's just been waiting on my sketchbook for several months. #art #sketch #drawing #itdoesart #dreag #jdreag #sketchbook #doodle #raleigharts #raleigh #surrealism #portrait #figure #hand #scrawling #wip #idea
August 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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#WIP I haven't worked on it since July 30th (I think) so I added #pastels throughout the night. Still not done, but close to what's in my head. #art #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #surreal #dream #landscape #portrait #broken #eyes #drawing #painting #raleigharts #raleigh #graphite #figure #halo
A figure looking at the viewer with a broken head and a tear falling from their eye. Done in pastels and graphite using muted colors.
August 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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My new business cards from #Moo arrived! I did 14 different pictures of my work instead of the usual 5 and they turned out really well! I'm thrilled!
#hashtagmoo #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #artist #businesscards #surrealist #painting #drawing #artbusiness #design #miniprint #prints #colorful #raleigh
An image of a collection of 14 business cards with J Dreag's surreal paintings and drawings on them.
August 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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#Doodling at #Blotto in #Raleigh off of New Bern Ave. The doors were open, so my drawing was visited and critiqued by a fly. It did that fly thing where it looks like they're scheming, so I'm not sure what exactly they thought, but I enjoyed the brief company.
#art #artwork #drawing #itdoesart
Fly standing on a graphite portrait of a shadowy eyed figure with no mouth.
August 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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A #wip Graphite on hot press watercolor paper. Not sure if I'll add color or pop my typical kind of landscape as the background, but I'll figure it out hopefully today. It's based on a drawing I found on last year's handy dandy sketchbook!
#graphite #art #itdoesart #jdreag #surreal #drawing #halo
Graphite portrait of a person looking over their shoulder at the viewer with the top of their head missing as if broken like stone with a single tear coming out of their eye. They have a halo.
July 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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I don’t know how much time I got left…

So I'm gonna get real weird with it. A timeline for you to catch everyone up: June 21 - Isla, my cat, was diagnosed with CHF and I developed edema in both feet. June 25 - Isla died. Still had edema. July 2 - I turned 45. Edema started to go down. July 10- My…
I don’t know how much time I got left…
So I'm gonna get real weird with it. A timeline for you to catch everyone up: June 21 - Isla, my cat, was diagnosed with CHF and I developed edema in both feet. June 25 - Isla died. Still had edema. July 2 - I turned 45. Edema started to go down. July 10- My friend Amy died unexpectedly. Edema came back.
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July 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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I made these for my aunt over a decade ago for her homeschooling project. She wanted #butterflies. I tossed in #dragonflies as well. They were so #fun to make that I plan to make more for my new digs, perhaps as a mobile or garland.
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May 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Sometimes I do fun things…

Years ago my Aunt Belle was homeschooling a variety of children and would ask me if I'd be able to make different things for her themes of what she was teaching at the time. She taught a class on the rainforest and preservation, thereof, so I looked up different animals…
Sometimes I do fun things…
Years ago my Aunt Belle was homeschooling a variety of children and would ask me if I'd be able to make different things for her themes of what she was teaching at the time. She taught a class on the rainforest and preservation, thereof, so I looked up different animals in the rainforest and made them out of heavy bristol, drew them, colored them, cut them out and, because I'm a procrastinator, Fed Exed them to her so she'd get them within a day.
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May 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM