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Messy Art Squad

265 members • $5/month

7 contributions to Messy Art Squad
June Challenge! 🌙 Paint Your Wildest Dream
This month we’re leaving reality behind. Flying whales? Purple apples floating through space? A café on the moon? Perfect. If you can dream it, you can paint it. Post your entries below and let’s see where our imaginations take us. 🚀🎨✨ How it works 🎨 Create as many artworks as you like throughout the month. 📸 Post your entries in the comments below this challenge. 🎭 Any medium is welcome: - Oil - Acrylic - Watercolor - Pastel - Mixed media - Digital art - Sketches 💡 Feel free to experiment, be weird, be poetic, be playful. Challenge Rules 1. All artwork must be created by you 2. You can enter as many pieces as you want. 3. Tell us a little about the dream or idea behind your artwork (optional but encouraged). 4. Have fun and encourage fellow artists along the way. 5. Invite friends that would enjoy this too. 6. Dateline 30 June. At the End of the Month 🏆 We’ll choose: 🥇 Dream Master Award 🥈 Most Original Dream 🥉 Community Favorite No prizes. Just glory, bragging rights, and a spotlight in the community. 😄 Your First Prompt Before you start painting, answer this: If there were no limits, what would your dream world look like? Now grab your brushes and start dreaming. 🌙✨
June Challenge! 🌙 Paint Your Wildest Dream
5 likes • Jun 2
I have a dream image that's super-realistic... I hope I can capture it on paper.
Experimenting with Gel(li) plate printing
I recently bought materials for silicone gel plate printing. A few questions before I start. 1. Seems like acrylic paint is the most recommended product. Is it possible to use other inks/paints? 2. Manufacturer suggests cleaning the plate with soap and water, but the Youtube-o-verse suggests baby wipes. Any difference between the two methods? 3. If I understand the process, the paint is still wet when you place the paper, then you wait 30 seconds or so before pulling the paper off the plate. Is this basically the process? 4. Thanks in advance for your answers!!
2 likes • Jun 2
Made a mental note about charcoal... Thanks for sharing your experiences! I'm going to get started this week. 🤞
Help Each Other by Engaging on Instagram
Hi there! 😊 As an artist with a small Instagram account, I’ve found it really lovely to have a group of supportive and engaging followers. I’ve even noticed that strangers, mostly other artists, sometimes cheer louder than friends and family 🤪 Personally, my goal right now isn’t to grow a huge following (my profile has actually been private for a while), but I do really enjoy meaningful engagement and supporting others as well 😊 That’s why I’d love to invite you to drop your Instagram (name or link) below so we can follow each other, engage, and support one another 😊🙌 Mine is https://www.instagram.com/lizaglorius.art?igsh=MW5qZWk4eG1xNDlxNA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Help Each Other by Engaging on Instagram
3 likes • Jun 1
Curiosity question: do you use Instagram to share your work, or sell it? or both? I've never had an account, so I'm interested in how it's used.
inspiration/ reference
Where do you find your inspiration? Or references? Do you use photo’s? From websites? Or do you shoot your own? Don’t use references at all? just look outside? Read books? Poetry?
3 likes • Jun 1
I use all kinds of references - photos, pinterest, things I sketch, photos I take, famous artists' paintings... essentially, whatever catches my eye. If I'm copying, then I just print a hard copy of the photo, but if I'm making an original composition, then I'll photograph the scene/object, then sketch it, make a more detailed drawing if necessary, and then paint it.
🌍 Challenge: “One Theme, Many Minds“
Everyone paints their interpretation of THE theme. THE theme, we are going to choose together in the poll below. Then we are going to paint the winning theme. Then the paintings are displayed side by side. You can make as many paintings with this theme as you like. The fun part is seeing how differently people think about the exact same theme. It feels a bit like a mini art exhibition and gives everyone a chance to explain their ideas. Is this clear ? 😅 if you have questions let me know. But first we have to determine THE theme with all of us.
Poll
38 members have voted
🌍 Challenge: “One Theme, Many Minds“
2 likes • May 31
Apparently I have to comment to get points to be able to post... what kind of fascist regime is this? I'm changing my vote to Freedom!!😉
3 likes • Jun 1
@Valérie Van Kraaij Okay, I'll retain my vote for "Home"😉
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Jim Serchak
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@jim-serchak-3261
Lifelong artist, started self-training at 12, lessons and schooling from 13 onward. I've made just about every kind of visual art you can think of.

Active 6d ago
Joined May 28, 2026
France