Mickey Gomez

@mickeygomez

Mostly harmless, reader, writer, singer, artist, storyteller, gamer, fan of philanthropy, chronicler of All Dogs, believer in humanity, I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦, no spam DMs, #UglyDogs, #Resist she/her

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Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· 13d

Lulu. Is. Bored. She is also not impressed. That's it. That's the message. #UglyDogs #Dogsky #RescueDogs

Bluetick hound standing on the cushion of a recliner, staring a hole through the photographer

Bluetick hound standing on the cushion of a recliner, pointing to the left but still staring at the photographer because SIDE EYE

Bluetick hound staring at the camera in judgement, and the verdict is not positive

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· 17d

Lulu would like to point out that you are doing Saturday all wrong. #UglyDogs #DogSky #Houndsky

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· 19d

Jimmy From Kuwait is an elite stairs-sitter: please do not try this at home. #UglyDogs #Dogsky

Fluffy mid-sized dog with black and brown spots, black ears and brown around his eyes sitting on carpeted stairs.

Fluffy mid-sized dog with black and brown spots, black ears and brown around his eyes sitting on carpeted stairs. From this angle you can see his butt is sitting two steps above his front legs, with his back legs just touching the stair in between.

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· 20d

Day 89 of #the100dayproject is based on things I've learned throughout this process: colors, masking, bokeh, scraping. It looks similar to other scenes I've painted, but this one was all me just making up things as I went along. It was both exhilarating and terrifying. #MixedMedia #IMadeThis #Art

Three dandelion clocks painted on a background of light blue, darker blue, and greens

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· 24d

Day 88 of #the100dayproject "Awkward Trees" All watercolor, all the way home. Also got to use my washi tape for the first time, so that was fun! Tutorial by @thiswritingdesk - many thanks for the guidance. Also, the soundtrack for this one is new from The Linda Linda's "Burning Out". 1/2

Tall trees, some deeply shadowed, in the foreground with a golden lake and a golden setting sun in the background.

Made with Daniel Smith watercolor paints following an online tutorial by Kolbie Blume on YouTube

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· 26d

Day 87 of #the100dayproject - mixed media (watercolor, colored pencils, ink pens) Water is my happy place, specifically the ocean, especially when it's a lovely turquoise blue so clear you can see for miles. 🩵💙

Looking up from below the surface of the sea - lots of wavey blues with a bright reflection and sparkles at the top of the page, beams of light shimmering down

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· 26d

Day 86 of the longest #the100dayproject ever in the history of projects is a recycled container I decorated to store things on a bathroom shelf! I'm pretty sure this counts as decoupage (a word I used to confuse with décolletage, with predictable results). #RecycledArt

A container covered in white tissue paper ft. turquoise and navy blue flowers with green and gold leaves, sitting on a closed piano lid. Mod Podge was involved.

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jul 12

Jimmy, assisting with the native plant gardening (or weeding, in this case). Lulu, assisting with the mosquito repellent (aka fan). #UglyDogs #Dogs #RescueDog #Maryland #MarylandNativePlantGardening

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jul 5

Lulu, living her best life between me and the backyard fan. 😂😂😂 #UglyDogs #RescueDog #HoundSky #DogSky

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jul 4

“You do not love her less when her skirts are torn, Her standard bloody, dragging in the mud, Her ankles fettered, chafed, her eyes cast down, Her ghoulish captors dancing her defeat; 1/2

Image posted by Sandra Boynton on Instagram, a poem called “Patria” written by Keith Boynton one year ago today. It reads:

“You do not love her less when her skirts are torn, Her standard bloody, dragging in the mud, Her ankles fettered, chafed, her eyes cast down, Her ghoulish captors dancing her defeat;

This is the time, instead, to love her more, With all the fervency of desperate hope, Which sees, beyond the black horizon, fire That may be battle, or the burst of dawn.”

-Keith Boynton

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jul 4

"Hey guys, remember that time it got so hot that the highway melted?!" This is from yesterday. I thought the RealFeel was exaggerating for effect (something with which I have a passing familiarity) until learning that our local highway melted, so that's fun. #MarylandWeather

Screenshot of a weather app showing the temp as 101⁰F with a RealFeel of 120⁰F.

Screenshot of a social media post from a local news source saying that the highway melted. It shows a photo of an entire lane buckled and cracked. Maryland, this is why we can't have nice things.

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jul 3

Neighborhood groundhog checking into the backyard. Me or does it look like a side eye challenge for Lulu?!?! Zero dogs noticed. I don't even know why we pay All Dogs. #nomnomnom

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jul 2

Day 85 of #the100dayproject is from an atmospheric watercolor tutorial by Sarah Cray. She gives color & brush suggestions and leads you through the process, but there's no sketch to base it on. She encourages you to do your own thing using what you have. #IMadeThis #Art

A pond with lilypads and reflections of trees and bushes and foliage and the sky around the edges.

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 28

Day 84 of #the100dayproject is, well, you'll have to use your imagination. Watercolors, ink pens #MixedMediaArt #IMadeThis #Art

Abstract watercolor painting using new (to me) paints, salt, and ink pens

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 27

Day 83 of #the100dayproject is from another atmospheric tutorial by @letsgomakeart! Somehow I managed to position my moon and waterway so there would be no reflection *womp womp* 😂 Watercolors + watercolor paper #Art #IMadeThis

Night sky with green fields and a river and fireflies!

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 26

Oh hey, did someone say Fire Swamp? The DC Reflecting Pool deserves so much better than what it's currently enduring. Made with Procreate. #Resist #ActualSwamp #DC #ReflectingPool

An image of the current DC Reflecting Pool - green, algae - featuring Westley and Buttercup from the Princess Bride recreating their Fire Swamp scene

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 26

Day 82 of #the100DayProject Watercolors + watercolor paper

Gold and green background with purple and yellow flowers

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 24

Day 81 of #the100dayproject is another atmospheric watercolor from a course taught by Sarah Cray! I had one of the recommended colors, no palate knife, and no scraper I picked different colors, used a guitar pick and a serrated dinner knife! #watercolor #IMadeThis #Art

Dreamy atmospheric beach - sky is blue into pink into golden yellow with brown and gold dunes and grasses

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 20

#Awoooo From @jordansbrock.bsky.social #UglyDogs "Please awoooo for Kieran. It’s time to let him cross the 🌈 bridge. I know all of our lost loved ones will be waiting there for him, to show him the best snow." And Sophie, Indy, and Shiloh will meet and care for him until next. ❤️💔

Sweetest Kieran, loved by all, missed beyond words ❤️💔

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 19

Day 80 of #the100dayproject is an atmospheric mini, based on a tutorial by @letsgomakeart #danielsmithwatercolors and #cansonwatercolorpaper Music "Lone Star Lake" by Waxahatchee

Dark blue sky, full moon, pines, a lake all in watercolor

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 18

So I don't mean to brag but pretty sure this means that I, wielder of The Pencil Excalibur, am now The Once And Future Monarch of the Fields Behind the Middle School. (Jimmy for scale) (But seriously what?! So. Many. Questions.) #UglyDogs

White fluffy dog with brown around his eyes and black brown ears, tongue lolling, eyes closed standing just in front of a pencil stuck in the ground in front of a black metal fence.

A pencil stuck in the ground in front of a black metal fence. So many questions.

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 17

Day 79 of #the100dayproject is another shoreline, because I'm longing for the sea, the sub, the sand, the salt air. This one's all watercolors! I tried a similar painting on day 67 and I'm happy with the different styles. 💙🩵

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 13

Day 78 of #the100dayproject is an original based on a photo I took years ago of the Maryland state flower: a black-eyed Susan Mixed Media: watercolors and colored pencils #IMadeThis #Art #Original

Golden yellow flower from below against a cloudy blue sky

Original photo of a golden yellow flower from below against a cloudy blue sky, the corner of a house in the lower right corner

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 11

Day 77 of #the100dayproject followed a mixed media tutorial by Karen Campbell. I'd been wanting to do a castle! Hand drawn with Blackwing pencils, outlined with ink pens, finished with Daniel Smith watercolors on Canson watercolor paper

Wonky watercolor Castle - single tower with turrets attached to the sides. There are blue clouds in the background, the castle is sandstone color with verdigris colors turrets and shingles, a red flag waves amidst stones at the foot of the entrance steps

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 10

Day 76 of #the100dayproject - whimsical poppies from a tutorial by Karen Campbell #danielsmithwatercolors #cansonwatercolorpaper #Art #IMadeThis

Blue sky with clouds, green field, poppies stalks and a single bright red bloom

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 6

Day 75 of #the100dayproject was a freehand drawing and watercolor painting from a Let's Make Art tutorial! Best piece of advice from the video? It's only a sheet of paper. Although admittedly some sheets of paper are way more expensive than others, it's a great reminder to show up and paint.

Watercolor of a daisy-like flower on a watery background of different greens and blues

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 5

Day 74 of #the100dayproject is based on a tutorial by New Zealand artist Karlena Lewin I've been waiting 73 days to paint an octopus! #TeamCephalopod #drphmartinswatercolor #cansonwatercolorpaper

Octopus head in upper right corner with tentacles reaching diagonally down to lower left, textured colors of blues, aquas, and greens with freehand black suckers

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 4

Happy 11th Birthday, Lulu! You go through more expressions in a single minute than most people go through in a lifetime. Life with you is filled with joy, laughter, and no end of adventure. We're the luckiest humans in the whole world to have you as part of our family. We love you! #uglydogs

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 4

Day 73 of #the100dayproject Daniel Smith watercolors + Canson watercolor paper

Mickey Gomez@mickeygomez· Jun 2

Today a toddler at the playground gently booped Lulu's nose, and honestly I'm not sure who was more delighted. The little girl also learned the phrase "booped on the schnoozle" and is absolutely still repeating it to her mom and grandmother, accompanied by joyful shrieks of laughter. #UglyDogs