fine art by joyce hankins
Themed Kits to Inspire Your Creativity
Dark Academia Kit
Inspiration: ink splatters, forgotten coffee mugs, facing your fears, unraveling the mysteries of the universe, disappearing in the library for hours, befriending your grief, hidden passages, secret messages, notes in the margins, falling asleep reading, fighting hard to stay soft, laughing so hard you cry, hand-written letters, playing chess with your best friend on rainy days
Subjects: science, math, engineering, literature, dark history, architecture, games, coffee/tea, music
Light Academia Kit
Inspiration: reading on the train, plein-air painting in the park, filling your suitcase with more books than clothes, always carrying a sketchbook, watching history and nature documentaries at night, daydreaming about a trip to Scotland, learning calligraphy, writing poetry to process your feelings, buying yourself fresh flowers, hand-making birthday presents, spending all your money on books, plants, and art supplies
Subjects: art history, botany, poetry, literature, music, natural sciences, fine art, history, architecture, geography
Fairy Tale Kit
Inspiration: medieval tavern playlists on Spotify, dressing up as royalty for Halloween, planning vacations around which castles you want to visit next, creating a miniature fairy village in your garden, drinking mead at Renaissance Fairs, watching A Knight’s Tale over and over, drinking tea out of your grandmother’s china cups, ranking your favorite fairy tale retellings, reading about Scottish fairy pools, designing your own coat-of-arms
Subjects: fairy tales, mythology, European history, architecture, storytelling, government
Nature Kit
Inspiration: sketching wildflowers in the park, daydreaming about greenhouses, singing to your plants, weekend camping trips, birdwatching, napping in a hammock, bike rides through town, picnics with friends, sipping tea or coffee on the porch, admiring the moon, wearing flower crowns on your birthday (or any day), star gazing on dark nights, visiting botanical gardens wherever you travel
Subjects: botany, gardening, poetry, geology, music, literature, flora and fauna, ecology, astronomy, geography
Themed Pages of Historic Patent Illustrations
Patent Set No. 1
21 pages of themed patent illustrations for collages, art journaling, and mixed-media projects
Patent Set No. 2
21 different pages of themed patent illustrations for collages, art journaling, and mixed-media projects
