Diverging Art

@divergingart.com

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🎨 Art making with low energy + AuDHD 🖍️ All the creativity without the overwhelm 🌱 Healing & hope in a suffocatingly ablaze world ♾️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 🖌️ Watercolour, oil paint, sketching & more ➡️ Janina (she/they) @ www.divergingart.com (no DMs)

Water fountain in a park, small cross-stitch project in the foreground slightly out of focus.
Hand pressing down on a mat of yellow-green moss that bounces back
Small sketchbook with a landscape drawing in natural muted colours laying on grass and moss, a range of coloured pencils next to it. A zipper pouch with a dalek on it is visible underneath the sketchbook.
Three pieces of small wildflower art and what they have been inspired from: pink flowers in a vase, yellow flowers photo on an iPad and purple flower in a meadow; followed by showing the materials: a superfine fine liner and crayons in yellow and green.
Me, a white purple-haired woman with tattoos, is holding up a cross-stitch project in a hoop. First showing the back, then turning it around to reveal a black on white lettering motif spelling "Shit" with a simple flower decor. The text overlay says "I finished a project!" and "Now, what's next?"
Three A8 cards with loose wildflower drawings in scribbly black fine liner and bold pastel marks. The open pen and a yellow and a green crayon lie next to the art on a black table.
Six small coloured pencil drawings on A8 cards laid out in three rows. From the top left: green landscape, curved shore seascape, red flower field, purple and pink clouds, mountains and lake, trees in a forest. The colours are limited, moody and dark, as these were done in coloured graphite.
Preview of the Squirrels & Spoons Matrix by Diverging Art (free PDF workbook and Notion template), titled "Less chaos, more creative joy!", graphic shows three pages on purple/turquoise background and the additional info: printable included, 34 pages + video guide
Closeup photo of a Spanish Bluebell, in light violet tones with green leaves in the background
The book "The Artistic Anatomy of Trees" and four A8 cards with drawings of different trees, done in fountain pen ink and black pencil that lie on top of the olive green book
Watercolour painting of different shaped and coloured leaves on a stack of paper. The leaves include: ash, apple, hawthorn, black poplar, hazel, sycamore and willow. Visible underneath the painting is a printed sheet showing a large variety of British native tree leaves.
A tree in messy black ink and watercolour, sketched with lines in varying thickness, and painted over with shades of green in the crown and shades of brown for the trunk. On top of the page, a stripe of paint is visible, with a gradient from blue to purple to red, suggesting that this is only a part of a sketchbook page.
A corner of a journal page with the Mary Oliver quote "There is only one question: How to love this world?" from the poem "Spring". There are three yellow flowers above, two from the top and a bud from the side, and grass in many different shades of green at the bottom of the page. The artwork is done in fountain pen with black ink and coloured pencils, a grass green one is also on the picture.
Two abstract watercolour landscapes on A8 cards, on top of a black sketchbook cover with a small paint brush and palette in the background. The landscapes have blue - grey skies and green brown land.
Sunset in light blue and orange with a yellow sunglow, photographed through several trees, so that the bare branches create a dark pattern.
Artwork on two A8 cards with ink and water-soluble crayons: loose daffodil in yellows and greens on the left, same colours with quote on the right: "You must believe you have the power to refuse" by Tricia Hersey
A few bright yellow daffodils with an orange centre, one in the middle in focus, with a dark green, grassy background.
Ink and coloured pencil drawing of three species of mosses (Polytrichum formosum, Sphagnum sp., and Pseudoscleropodium purum) and the word "moss" in a bubbly, mossy look. The drawing is in a sketchbook with some words around and six colored pencils in different shades of green next to it.
Photo of a bare tree leaning heavily to the left but growing upwards, on a moss covered slope with some dry grass in the foreground.
Mini ink and wash sketch of a forest on top of a small blue sketchbook, with a tiny travel brush and a water brush next to it, all on a black tablet on a white bed sheet.
Cladonia fimbriata - a mint green lichen with trumpet like structures on a forest floor with brown pine needles and some moos.
Black rectangle on white background with portrait photos of 11 women in a grid, large yellow text on top saying One more week, small black text at the bottom: choose your creative adventure
Art on a train table: small ink sketch on a card - mountain landscape with a house; black fountain pen and crayons next to it and an open zipper pouch with art supplies behind.
Unedited photo of a pink cloud in the middle of a blue sky with birds flying in a V-shape barely visible and a bare tree silhouette in the lower right corner.
Janina Hossbach - The Squirrels & Spoons Matrix - Sort through your project chaos and unlock creative joy - Free PDF workbook and Notion Template - Clarity for your creative projects - 34 pages, printable included, plus video guide
Barbara Boren - 7 Gold Techniques to Elevate Your Art - Kick up your Artwork a notch by adding some Sparkle with Gold - Elevate With Gold Sparkle
Dawn Baja - Want the Tools that changed my Art? - Creating abstract art is easier than you think...and I can show you how! - Tools to Create Abstract Art
Rachel Mims - Art Journal Jumpstart - Turn Creativity Into Self-Care - A free online class designed for anyone who wants to start a creative practice to reduce stress, process experiences or navigate life changes. No experience needed - just curiosity and a willingness to explore.
Amber Bennison - Paper Matters - Your guide to the best papers for Gelli Printing and Collage - Is your paper holding you back? Free Guide for Collage and Gel Printing
Dawn Whitehead - Mindful Nature Moments - Mindful Connection through Mixed Media Nature Journaling - Join my FREE mini course to gently guide you into mixed media nature journaling - slow down and reconnect, no pressure, no perfection
Sharon Collins - Foam Fabulous Stamps - Creating unique stamps for printing - Free Video Lesson! Learn how to heat, mold and create stamps using items from around your house.
Nina Suggs - The One Magic Trick To Improve Your Watercolor - Take Your Paintings From Flat To Dimensional - A free course that will teach you how a simple value shift will make your paintings full of depth and dimension.
Sarah Gray - Stencils Unlocked - Explore the creative potential of your stencils - A 4-day free course designed to unlock the creative potential of your stencils!
Beth Chien - Everyday Explorations: Home Edition - A creative scavenger hunt - your surrounding reimagined - Stop waiting for inspiration. Let your surroundings lead instead.
Jen MacIssac - Back To Me - Art for loving yourself - Flipbook with simple and accessible art prompts and journal reflections
Woman with bright purple hair and safety goggles, wearing a lab coat, purple scarf and purple gloves, holding a measuring cylinder with a purple liquid.
Choose your creative adventure - title of the graphic with a collage of creative project photos and text that says: Free art resources from independent artists - ebooks, videos, prompts, and workshops you can explore at your own pace. https://www.bethchien.com/creativeadventure
Sketchbook showing a filled cookie labelled Viennese Whirls in ink & wash; fountain pen, red coloured pencil and small paint brush next to it, and corner of a book with a rainbow cake and other bakes on the cover laying across on top.
Digital oil seascape sketch of a moody sky, indigo blue sea and green foreground with a hint of purple
Collage of 11 smiling headshots of women artists on a black background. Title says "Coming soon!" and smaller green text "Start a creative adventure with us on February 9th".
(Video has no sound) Ink drawing of a tangerine with water soluble pencils. The mainly orange colour is being activated by a brush with water, turning it into a small watercolor painting.
Sunset over a lake with lavender, pink and orange clouds moving into the distance on the right, tree silhouettes in the middle, soft waves on the lake and plant silhouettes in the foreground.
Small, unfinished seascape oil painting on brown cardboard background. It has a stormy, dark blue sky on the top half and a sandy beach area on the lower left side. The sea part itself is mostly showing the purple and pink underpainting.
A cluster of yellow-brown mushrooms in the upper right of the picture, green grass on the left showing the rather small scale.
Hand holding three colourful autumn leaves in yellow-green, red and orange against a grey gravel background. There is a tattoo visible on the wrist and a dot of black nail polish on the thumb.
Small, loose watercolour of a maple or sycamore leaf in orange tones
Two hands mixing a large pile of colourful cards and drawing three for art inspiration: a light yellow-orange, a light reddish brown and a warm olive green
Unfinished drawing of the same okapi, that looks like a mix between a zebra from the back with a head like a giraffe (without the long neck), which it is actually closer related to
Coloured pencil drawing of an okapi portrait, with its blue tongue out
They hear hooves and think horse, but you are this ➡️ - written black text on white background with image underneath showing slightly through
Mini watercolor painting of a seascape in violet and yellow; brush, ceramic palette and color cards partly in the picture too.
Violet and yellow watercolor painting in progress
Painting watercolour swatches in Cadmium Lemon Yellow (PY35) and Strontium Violet (PV62)
Super quick Procreate painting of a lemon and three blueberries, paint swatches at the top.
A hand holding three colour cards: light blue-violet, bright yellow and violet. Text overlay: What I created with these