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Alexandra Minkoff

Textile & Print Designer / Illustrator
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A place for me to write out thoughts, cite found motivation, and work through creative ideas.

Playing around with sharpie markers on white tile. Sometimes I think my most successful designs come when Im not even trying.

Playing around with sharpie markers on white tile. Sometimes I think my most successful designs come when Im not even trying.

October 20, 2016
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Botanical illustration ain’t no joke! #studying #plantmorphology #certificateprogrambronxbotanical
Freshly picked ramps 🌱🌱🌱 Second watercolor painting to date and feeling pretty stoked about working in this new medium
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#happyspring #rampseason #rampage #ramps #upstatelivin #botanicaldrawing #botanicalillustration #botanical #botanicalpainting #bronxbotanicalgarden #watercolor #watercolour #watercolorpainting #theydrawandcook #vegetables #seasonalfood
First attempts at painting in watercolor 😏 Hellloooo attention to detail!! I found this little beauty while walking in McCarren Park, it’s the pod from a tulip tree 🌳🐿
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 #botanicalillustration #botanicalwatercolor #tuliptree #tuliptreepods #botanicaldrawing #botanicalgarden #mccarrenpark #thetreesofbrooklyn
#onelinedrawing
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πŸ₯‚β€οΈπŸŒ² HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Vermont🌲❀️πŸ₯‚ xox 😘
β€œIt’s always the first one…really what you are looking for is life in the line…the first time there was some magical discovery in the line work.”
When I heard this quote by illustrator Barry Blitt I was like YAS #nailedit πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ™ŒπŸ»πŸ™ŒπŸ» He explained exactly how I feel about my contour drawings.
Pictured here are some experimental screen-prints that evolve around this very idea of capturing something in that initial moment of discovery. I sometimes feel these quick gestural drawings can reveal more about the subject than a detailed study. This work is also an experiential art form for me. It highlights the beauty of when I get lost in the lines of a subject matter.
Okay....that was a pretty artsy explanation πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸŽ¨ but whatever it’s true! 😌
Watch the beauty as the colors unfold. Scroll left to see end result. #amcolorstudies
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#burntsienna #fleshtint #white #gray #color #colorstudy #colorful #dscolor #colorize #goauche #painting #artforyourhome
Dreamy shades of green filling my evening πŸ˜ŒπŸŒ™ #workinprogress
It seems I have taken over the kitchen...🀨
Filling my afternoon with more color studies. I am officially obsessed. #0023, #0024, and #0025 pictured here have been added to the collection. So far I have only mixed 2 colors + white + black and I am AMAZED at the endless variations. I will continue with this sequence until I see fit. Stay tuned, more color to come! πŸ§‘πŸ’šβ€οΈπŸ’›πŸ’™
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 #color #colorstudy #colorstudies #AMcolorstudies #gouache #gouachepainting #reeves #windsorandnewton #colortheory #leafgreen + #fleshtint #colorismagical #dscolor #colormeawesome #colorist #painting
Early morning color studies. The start of a new series dedicated to exploring the endless variations of color ☺️
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#color #colortheory #colorstudies #gaouche #gaouchepainting #yellowochre #orangered #grey #white #amcolorstudies #painting #windsornewton #revees #artistsoninstagram #artsoninstagram #doitfortheprocess #exploration #colorexperiment #colors🎨 #art
Some things never change #artistforlife #borntodraw
Homebound and happy to be working on my drawing skiiilllllzzzz πŸ‘πŸ™‚πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸŽ¨
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#cactus #cactuslover #succulents #succulentdrawing #botanicaldrawing #botanicalillustration #pencil #plantdrawing
The seemingly endless experimentation with blind contour lines continues! Rendering my botanical illustrations a little different then normal tonight #messyworkspace #workitout #mondaymood #botanicaldrawing #botanicalillustration #herbs #blindcontour #contourdrawing
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#digitalart #collage #digitalcollage #digitalcollageart #levis #levis501 #confidence
"Tickle Me Pink" Monstera triptych
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 #digitalcollage #monsteramonday #monstera #botanicaldrawing #botanicalillustration #makersgonnamake #makermonday #happymonday #millenialpink #green #tryptpic #blindcontour #contourdrawing #collage #collageart
"Bookworm"
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#blindcontour #blindcontourdrawing #drawing #portrait #blackandwhite #contourdrawing #mtrain #brooklyn #nyc #subwayart #peopleonthetrain #subwayillustrations #subwaysketch #subwaysketching #penandink #blackmarker #nocolor #bookworm #readingonthetrain

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