I have come to drag you out of yourself and take you into my heart. I have come to bring out the beauty you never knew you had, and lift you like a prayer to the sky.

~Rumi

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A Thirsty Fish

I don't get tired of you.

Don't grow weary of being

compassionate toward me!

I have a thirsty fish in me

that can never find enough

of what it's thirsty for!

Show me the way to the ocean! ~Rumi

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Surrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place.

~Shams Tabrizi

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Expressive portrait created with tempera sticks by Kingart

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“Red Scarf” Broke out the watercolors and painted tighter today.

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Ginger haired girl with Caran d’Ache Luminance colored pencils.

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Expressive figure created with tempera sticks by Kingart

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Ginger haired girl with Caran d’Ache Luminance colored pencils and tombow markers

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Sketch for the “Red Scarf” painting

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“Red Scarf” Broke out the watercolors and painted tighter today.

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“Red Scarf” Broke out the watercolors and painted tighter today.

#watercolor #mgraham #figurativeart #mgrahamwatercolors #figurativepainting #watercolorportrait #portrait #expressiveportrait #coloredpencils #illustration #illustrationartists #illustrationart #illustrationgram #mixedmediajournal #artjournal #artjournaling #instaart #contemporaryart #modernart #expressiveart #artheals #drawing #carandacheluminance #carandache #royaltalens #royaltalenssketchbook #christmascolors #holidayart #redscarf #drawingsketch

A Thirsty Fish

I don't get tired of you.

Don't grow weary of being

compassionate toward me!

I have a thirsty fish in me

that can never find enough

of what it's thirsty for!

Show me the way to the ocean! ~Rumi

#rumiquotes #artjournal #shuttleart #temperapainting #temperasticks #gelatos #royaltalens #royaltalenssketchbook #visualjournal #kingartgelsticks #kingart

#surrealism #contemporaryart #contemporarysurrealism #contemporarypainting #narrativeart #narrativepainting #illustration #storyart #visionaryart #intuitiveart #expressionism #expressiveart #pastels #mythicart #mythart #mythology #artoftheday #artsy #arte

@kingartcompany @royaltalens @shuttleartllc

Read this in the blog: esefesco.wordpress.com/2021/04/19/sketch-journal-week-15-...

Video of me explaining the sketches: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTdFVi7T3F8