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Kates
@mkmiles.bsky.social
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Nerd 🤓 Mixed Media Art🎨 Safe Space🏳️‍🌈 AuDHD♾️ Ace 🖤 Music Lover🎵 420 Enthusiast💨 Munchie Artisan 🍲 Moon Worshiper 🌒🌕🌘 Silly😋
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Feeling great!! #MixedMedia #crafting #somethingnew
Imagine a square decorative piece hanging on a wall. It's divided into nine smaller equal squares arranged in a three-by-three grid. The top row has three squares. The leftmost square is a warm, medium brown wood color with a strip of dark reddish-brown lace running horizontally across it , he middle square is a rich purple with a delicate cream-colored lace strip across the center and the rightmost square is a vibrant red with a lavender lace strip in the middle. These squares are randomly repeated to make up all but one of the nine. In the middle row, the leftmost square is purple and features a small, textured flower or rosette attached to its center-left. The flower appears to be made of a metallic gold or bronze material with multiple overlapping petals or leaves. The piece has a thin black border framing the outer edges of the large square. The surface of the wooden squares likely has a natural grain texture. The lace strips add a tactile element with their delicate patterns and slightly raised texture. The flower on the middle-left purple square provides a more significant three-dimensional texture.
April 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Part of my #MixedMedia collection, all on varied canvas sizes. Painted wood, various material swatches, jewelry, beads, buttons and acrylic paints have been used. These are a big part of my happy. I loved making each one!
Overall Composition: Arrangement: The artworks are arranged in a slightly irregular grid, creating a visually interesting display. Style: The artworks vary in style, from abstract to representational, and in medium, from painting to fabric art. Color Palette: The overall color palette is diverse, with a range of colors used in the different artworks. Framing: Each artwork appears to be framed or mounted on a canvas or board. Overall Composition: Arrangement: The artworks are arranged in a slightly irregular grid, creating a visually interesting display. Style: The artworks vary in style, from abstract to representational, and in medium, from painting to fabric art. Color Palette: The overall color palette is diverse, with a range of colors used in the different artworks. Framing: Each artwork appears to be framed or mounted on a canvas or board.
March 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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One of my most favorite crafts. It's been a few years but I made a couple dozen or so. Should I do it again? I think I'm feeling it. #mixedmedia
Imagine a ball about the size of a tennis ball. It's made of many small, folded pieces of fabric, creating a patchwork effect.The main colors are a light blue-green, a coral-peach, and a soft green, all with subtle patterns. The fabric pieces are arranged to form a star-like design on the surface of the ball. In the very center of the star, there's a small, round, white bead, like a tiny pearl. Around the top of the ornament, a loop of wide, pale yellow ribbon is tied in a simple bow, ready for hanging.
March 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Life in the Dark - This one took a while #Paint #Art #YouCanDoIt
The artwork is an abstract painting on a black canvas. It features a composition of various shapes and colors. There are several circles in shades of orange, red, and blue, along with smaller teal circles scattered across the canvas. These circles are overlaid with rectangular shapes in shades of red and maroon, creating a sense of depth and layering. The overall style is reminiscent of geometric abstraction, with a playful use of color and form.
March 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Canvas w/an abstract background painting of dark blue/black and off-white brushstrokes, creating a textured, dynamic feel. Several small butterfly brooches are affixed, scattered across the painted background. These are varied in color and style. At the bottom of the canvas an arched arrangement of decorative flower embellishments is attached. These flowers are primarily peach, beige, and white, with some rhinestones. The overall effect is a blend of abstract painting and decorative assemblage, creating a whimsical and slightly elegant piece.
February 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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It's been a while...lol
This image shows an open, two-page spread of a personal journal or scrapbook, held open by a person's hand. The journal pages are filled with a variety of ephemera and artistic elements, creating a collage-like effect. The slightly blurred background hints at the larger creative workspace of the journal creator.
February 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Grief
Dominant colors are warm tones of yellow and orange in the lower half of this square canvas, transitioning into cooler tones of green and blue in upper half. Swirled strokes that blend the colors, particularly in the center of the canvas where the warm and cool tones meet. This creates a hazy, atmospheric effect. In the center, several abstract shapes resembling ink blots or splatters. These shapes are mostly black. Some have a dark red or gray hue. They are characterized by their irregular shape. This represents a range of emotions or a fleeting moment captured in abstract form
February 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Early days.
8x10 canvas mixed media art. Acrylic painted blue sky green grass Brown base are the background for golden, purple, orange, blue and brown quilting scraps in the shape of three mushrooms with a glittery sky.
February 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I'm going to start a series of pieces simply called "Blocked".
acrylic on 3x5 in canvas. Deep blue/black background with random strokes of dark green, gold and dark orange spots.
February 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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February 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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My first try @ #stringart
String art of autumn leaves on a cream background. This piece is set in front of a cedar shelf w/white sage, stoneware and an abstract painting.
February 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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But right now I'm feeling this... #Slipknot
February 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Hello, everyone. Sorry for the delay, busy work day yesterday so here is my #JanuArty2025 - Day 15 - Animal offering. A gift from my son 😍
This turtle is made of stone with a weathered, textured surface. The carving captures the turtle's features with detail, including its shell and head.
January 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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From my yard...I wish I knew what kind of plant it is from. I have only seen this one. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do ☺️

#JanuArty2025 - Day 14 - Plant
Wide open bloom of a salmon colored flower speckled with rain drops. The center is in full view exposing it's pollen covered beauty.
January 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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The tools I've been using lately. #JanuArt2025 - Day 13 - Tools
January 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Cloth on 12x12 canvas #mixedmedia

#JanuArty - Day 12 - Pink
Several horizontal bands of fabric, each with a different pattern, on 12x12 canvas. The colors are vibrant and varied, ranging from deep purples and pinks to light blues and grays. Some of the patterns include small dots, lines, and geometric shapes.
January 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Another favorite of mine. An upcycled #mixedmediacraft piece adorned with peace beads and petite wooden mushrooms.
#JanuArty2025 - Day 11 - Triangle
Red, orange and golden yellow patchwork on a wooden cone. This piece is covered with several colorful beads of peace symbols. Moss and petite wooden mushrooms sit on top forming a triangle shape.
January 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Prepping for a fabric ornament project. Love that contrast!
#JanuArty2025 - Day 10 - Blue (Better late than never 😘)
Fabric swatches in deep purple, brilliant orange, soft cream, blue and green floral tied in with a deep turquoise blue. Ready for fabric folding!
January 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Sorry I had to skip yesterday. I was at a loss. Today I have this #mixedmedia piece that is currently hanging next to my home office desk.
#JanuArty2025 - Day 9 - Texture
The central focus is a large, stylized heart shape. It's filled with a collage of patterned papers, creating a textured and layered effect. The heart is surrounded by four stylized flower-like shapes, each with a circular turquoise stone at its center. The background is a light, neutral color, possibly white or off-white.
January 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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#JanuArty2025 - Day 7 - Marks
This is one of my favorite things to see. Evidence of creativity in the paint rags I use. Covered in a multitude of colored marks where I wipe my brushes.
This is one of my favorite things to see. Evidence of creativity in the paint rags I use. Covered in a multitude of colored marks where I wipe my brushes.
January 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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#JanuArty2025 - Day 6 - Space
This is my special safe space where I am free, creative, thoughtful and happy. Paints, brushes, pens, markers, fabrics cases of beads, jewelry boxes full of limitless treasure and ideas.
January 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#JanuArty2025 Day 5 - Light
Photograph of sunrise over the Atlantic, Ocean City, MD, with gentle waves hitting the cool sand. Oranges, blues, tans, and pinks.
January 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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#JanuArty2025 - Day 4 - Shadow
Black and white photo of a person with deep shadowed jaw line.
January 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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#JanuArty2025 - Day 3 - Shapes
10x8 Mixed Media - Wave of green, orange and polka dotted ovals with a beaded boarder.
January 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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My very first watercolor swatch.
#Januarty2025 - Color
My first watercolor activity is my swatch card. It's beautiful filled with samples of each of the paints in my first watercolor paint set.
January 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM