J Dreag - It Does Art

#wip I'm doing little drawings and paintings. 4x6 inches. Wee ones. #figure #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #graphite #drawing #surreal #landscape #headless #shadows #raleighnc #raleighartist #raleigharts

Landscape with a dark blue sky and a bright yellow halo in the center featuring a headless, armless naked body seeming to trudge through the dirt and reach toward the sky.

#WIP #Drawing I'm working on. Not sure where I'm headed. #figure #landscape #pastels #painting #surreal #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #halo #sun #moon #raleigh #raleighnc #raleighartist #raleigharts

Songless Watercolor J Dreag ItDoesArt Surreal Mermaid 9x12 | eBay Title: Songless Dimensions: 9x12 inches Materials: Watercolor and graphite on mixed media paper. Artist: J Dreag - It Does Art This is an original watercolor painting of "Songless" featuring a mermaid...

I found the #mermaid I forgot about! And posted her on #eBay She was a lot of fun to #paint especially the tail. I'm planning to make more like her.
#art #watercolor #fantasy #mythology #halo #crown #torso #itdoesart #raleighartist #jdreag
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Still #working on this #wip. Thinking of adding angular shapes around the perimeter or maybe a #graphite or #pastel #vignette Not sure yet. #art #drawing #sketch #portraiit #headdress #face #eyes #cold #stare #raleighnc #raleighartist #raleigharts #itdoesart #dreag #jdreag

I found a tiny #sketch of this in an old #sketchbook, but it had watercolor on it. I'm not sure if I'm going to do that to this bigger version or not. I might just deepen the shadows and leave it all graphite
#wip #graphite #portrait #face #figure #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #raleigh #raleighartist

This is seriously disappointing. I thought bsky wasn't like that.

Putting a white line across the chest (even though the #figure has no nipples) and the hip because the last attempt was flagged for nudity. Maybe I should've added a thong? Idk. Anyway, playing with #pastels and recreating an #acrylic #painting I did a few years ago. #art #itdoesart #jdreag

New #sketch in progress. #wip I suppose. Per usual, I'm wondering if I should add color or not. Just a touch of it, desaturated. #drawing #itdoesart #jdreag #art #raleigh #raleighartist #neck #bloodribbon #portrait #graphite #papermate #sketchbook #eyes #bald #nohalo #color #monochrome

Arm wires and various delusions… If you’ve been here a while, you know my mental situation isn’t much of a secret. It’s visible throughout my art. So I figured I’d share an ACEO I’m currently working …

An #aceo #drawing I posted to my blog on WordPress. Unfinished but almost there. #art #blog #itdoesart #jdreag #figure #surreal #delusions
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This is beautiful.

A mouthless figure with deep set eyes and a fly has landed on the drawing next to the drawing's head.

Drawing of a figure with cuts in their neck and flies surrounding them. There is a halo and the figure doesn't have a mouth. A touch of red surrounds the eyes and the cuts in the neck but otherwise everything else is gray.

How it started/How it ended. I like the outcome, but the flies need more definition (I think, idk, I'm just winging it).
#art #drawing #sketch #graphite #coloredpencil #portrait #flies #figure #surreal #raleigh #raleigharts #raleighartist #macabre #halo #sacred

Some drawings are meant to be scrapped. This is one. Eventually it will be removed from the book and I'll cut the head out, paste it on a bigger piece of paper, and draw bunny ears and maybe a snowman body. #fun #ideas #drawing #art #doodle #sketchbook #itdoesart #itdidntdoart #jdreag #dreag

I really want to do something with this sketch, but haven't figured out what yet. It's just been waiting on my sketchbook for several months. #art #sketch #drawing #itdoesart #dreag #jdreag #sketchbook #doodle #raleigharts #raleigh #surrealism #portrait #figure #hand #scrawling #wip #idea

A figure looking at the viewer with a broken head and a tear falling from their eye. Done in pastels and graphite using muted colors.

#WIP I haven't worked on it since July 30th (I think) so I added #pastels throughout the night. Still not done, but close to what's in my head. #art #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #surreal #dream #landscape #portrait #broken #eyes #drawing #painting #raleigharts #raleigh #graphite #figure #halo

An image of a collection of 14 business cards with J Dreag's surreal paintings and drawings on them.

My new business cards from #Moo arrived! I did 14 different pictures of my work instead of the usual 5 and they turned out really well! I'm thrilled!
#hashtagmoo #itdoesart #jdreag #dreag #artist #businesscards #surrealist #painting #drawing #artbusiness #design #miniprint #prints #colorful #raleigh

Fly standing on a graphite portrait of a shadowy eyed figure with no mouth.

#Doodling at #Blotto in #Raleigh off of New Bern Ave. The doors were open, so my drawing was visited and critiqued by a fly. It did that fly thing where it looks like they're scheming, so I'm not sure what exactly they thought, but I enjoyed the brief company.
#art #artwork #drawing #itdoesart

Graphite portrait of a person looking over their shoulder at the viewer with the top of their head missing as if broken like stone with a single tear coming out of their eye. They have a halo.

A #wip Graphite on hot press watercolor paper. Not sure if I'll add color or pop my typical kind of landscape as the background, but I'll figure it out hopefully today. It's based on a drawing I found on last year's handy dandy sketchbook!
#graphite #art #itdoesart #jdreag #surreal #drawing #halo

Ooo this is lovely!

I don’t know how much time I got left…

So I'm gonna get real weird with it. A timeline for you to catch everyone up: June 21 - Isla, my cat, was diagnosed with CHF and I developed edema in both feet. June 25 - Isla died. Still had edema. July 2 - I turned 45. Edema started to go down. July 10- My…

I made these for my aunt over a decade ago for her homeschooling project. She wanted #butterflies. I tossed in #dragonflies as well. They were so #fun to make that I plan to make more for my new digs, perhaps as a mobile or garland.
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Sometimes I do fun things…

Years ago my Aunt Belle was homeschooling a variety of children and would ask me if I'd be able to make different things for her themes of what she was teaching at the time. She taught a class on the rainforest and preservation, thereof, so I looked up different animals…

I feel like this is so important for people to know and remember.

Try to reach…

I'm unable to sleep, despite having (finally) slept last night. I woke up at 11 a.m. today...or now yesterday I guess and managed 11 hours of sleep after days of none. I think that's a decent amount. Someday I'll get sleep and mood sorted and then I'm not sure what will happen. In…

The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure Tickets Exhibition ticket includes admission to both The Time Is Always Now and Grace Hartigan (opening April 12) Free for Members $20 Adults, $17 Seniors age 65 and older, $12 Students (ages 7–22)…

Oh goodness, #Raleigh friends, how am I just now finding out about this. I must see it. MUST. Glorious works. #ncma #northcarolinamuseumofart #art
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Trying to decide if: 1) I should make prints of this (I kind of think so) and 2) If I should upgrade my paper (I kind of think so). It's an old drawing/painting (graphite and watercolor) called "Try to Reach". #art #drawing #painting #itdoesart #figure #torso #graphite #watercolor #nude

J Dreag on Substack I started this portrait last year using my trusty Papermate mechanical pencil. It’s unfinished, as are most things I start, but I figured I should probably start working on it again. I find him to be ...

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Color frustrations… I believe I’ve already shared this drawing in a previous post, but maybe I didn’t. It’s a graphite drawing of poppies and a lumbar spine. My spine doctor has been so lovely with t…

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J Dreag - Official Website This is the website of J Dreag. Shop for surreal art, sunset art, sunrise art, and more. Designs are available to purchase as canvas prints, framed prints, posters, greeting cards, apparel, and othe...

I've uploaded some more work on Fine Art America, so if you want prints (or hell, maybe a shower curtain) with my work on it, you can go here:
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I'll still be making 8 1/2 x 11 inch prints at home on acid and lignin free heavyweight paper, but that's as large as my printer will go.

I wanted to share some of my ocean photography that I used to do. Most of it is on Fine Art America, but I figured I'd share my favorite pic on here.

Looking at this brings me comfort and longing. Your work is great!