Billow~ to swell, roll, or rise in soft waves. Clouds billow. Fabric billows. Smoke, water, emotions, ideas, even seasons can billow outward and change the atmosphere around them. This week, think about movement that expands instead of rushes. What slowly gathers in your work lately~? What’s rising beneath the surface? What feels soft but powerful at the same time? Your interpretation can go anywhere: - literal clouds, water, fabric, smoke - emotional waves - memory and atmosphere - overgrowth and nature - chaos or calm - fantasy, surrealism, abstraction - quiet moments that feel larger than they first appear Art doesn’t always arrive like lightning. Sometimes it gathers slowly… then fills the entire sky. Show us what Billow means to you~ 🎨

Edge is where things begin… and where they almost fall apart. It can be sharp or soft~ A boundary or a meeting point~ The place where light turns into shadow~ Or where control gives way to something a little more wild~ This week, explore edge in your work~! Think about: • Hard vs soft edges • Emotional edges (tension, risk, restraint) • Physical edges (objects, silhouettes, borders) • The “edge” of your comfort zone You can push contrast… or let things blur. You can define everything… or leave it unresolved. No pressure~ just exploration~ Drop your work below 👇 What kind of edge did you find yourself drawn to?

Some pieces arrive with a plan. Others show up in the quiet. Tonight’s been one of those slower, steadier studio nights~ ink, gold, a few finished bookmarks, and a few still finding their footing. There’s something I still love about that in-between stage, where the work is half instinct, half listening. Not everything needs to be loud and extra to be meaningful. Sometimes it’s just brush to paper, a little (or maybe more than a little) gold catching the light, and the kind of gentle silence that helps things come into focus. A few finished, a few still in progress, and all of them part of the same conversation.