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Maria Moriella Ca...
@moriella Jan 18, 2026, 6:37 PM UTC

Turning Myself Into a Watercolor Painting | Face Paint Art

Today, I didn’t paint on paper. I became the paper. I imagined myself creating a watercolor portrait but instead of using a sketchbook, I used my own face and hands as the canvas. I started with whit…

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Maria Moriella Ca...
@moriella Jan 18, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC

🍷 Painting With Wine: A Drunken Master Kind of Process

I tried something a little unusual for this artwork. I used wine as my medium and worked directly on my drawing book. No plan, no strict sketch, just intuition, stains, and imagination. Before we sta…

20 upvotes 7 replies $0.04
Maria Moriella Ca...
@moriella Jan 17, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC

Why My Ocean Is Orange: A Surrealism Process Story

When people imagine the ocean, the first color that comes to mind is blue but when I painted this piece, blue was not what I felt. This artwork is a surreal underwater scene, a girl floating quietly,…

86 upvotes 11 replies $0.31
Maria Moriella Ca...
@moriella Jan 15, 2026, 2:08 PM UTC

Acrylic Meets Yarn: Creating a Mixed-Media Portrait

This portrait didn’t end with paint. After finishing the acrylic piece, I crocheted a scarf and sewed it directly onto the canvas, turning a flat painting into a tactile mixed-media artwork. This art…

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Maria Moriella Ca...
@moriella Jan 14, 2026, 6:06 AM UTC

When I Paint Women, I Don’t Start With a Face, I Start With a Feeling

Today felt like one of those quiet, creative days. I didn’t have a plan, didn’t know what I was going to paint. I just sat down with my canvas, my brushes, and whatever colors felt right in the momen…

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Maria Moriella Ca...
@moriella Jan 13, 2026, 10:38 AM UTC

It Looks Like Blood, But It’s Not: Turning Forgotten Liptint Into Art and Proving Anything Can Be a Medium

Did I really use the thing that is inside your mind? At first glance, the deep red strokes in this piece can easily be mistaken for blood. Don't worry! What makes this artwork special is the medium u…

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Maria Moriella Ca...
@moriella Jan 11, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC

Why Simple Meals in Baguio Can Make Ordinary Days Feel Special

Lunch today was nothing special and that's what makes it special. I live in Baguio City since birth and if there’s one thing I’ve learned here, it’s that simple meals just hit differently. The weathe…

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Maria Moriella Ca...
@moriella Jan 11, 2026, 9:29 AM UTC

Ten Years Later, She Was Still There: Finding My Younger Self on a Wall I Once Painted

Sometimes we create things and we don't expect those things to lasts. We just create them for fun or for the benefit of our current mood. Ten years ago I created an art. A painting of a girl beside t…

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Maria Moriella Ca...
@moriella Jan 10, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC

Learning to bloom softly in a loud world

The world today feels endlessly noisy. Everyone is speaking at once, proving something, chasing something, becoming something. With social media and the advancement of technology, there is pressure t…

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Maria Moriella Ca...
@moriella Jan 10, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC

Love and little latches

Sometimes the most meaningful moments in life are quiet and almost invisible to the world but they stay with you forever. I wanted to share one of those moments with my second child,breastfeeding. It…

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