Cloud White 19, French Grey 5, Vellum 1

[justice_turtle]

Name: Peter
Story: JT's Mixed Bag
Colors: Cloud White 19 (looking for shapes in the clouds), French Grey 5 (It is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all), Vellum 1 (coda)
Supplies and Styles: Fingerpainting, Brush (#753), Oils (conditional love), Fabric, Charcoal, Pastels (youth), Novelty Beads (A heart that won't quit)
Word Count: 131
Rating: Teen
Warnings: child abuse, implied Bible-thumping

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Xanadu 1, Old Lace 13: Transparency

[bookblather]

Author: Kat
Title: Transparency
Story: In the Heart
Colors: Xanadu 1 (utopia), old lace 13 (In a place like this everybody's private affairs are more or less public property.) with Sara's paint-by-numbers (Someone makes an important announcement. No one is surprised by the news.)
Supplies and Materials: Modeling clay (uncomfortable conversation), pastels (surprise), novelty beads (this picture).
Word Count: 1100
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Felipe's family is shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
Warnings: mentioned homophobia and biphobia, homophobic slur (not directed at anyone and presented AS a slur).
Notes: For the record, the first four children are each exactly two years apart. Renata was a surprise.

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Burgundy Saturation with Cotton Candy 3: Our People

[bookblather]

Author: Kat
Title: Our People
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Burgundy saturation with cotton candy 3 (Seesaw) and blossom's paint-by-numbers (Christopher thinks about how his childhood differs from Isobel’s).
Supplies and Materials: Canvas (Christopher's childhood), oils (conditional love), stain (Life is a long lesson in humility. - James M. Barrie), feathers (The girl who disappears from the pool/will never return. A woman will return,/looking for the girl she was. - excerpt from The Myth of Innocence by Louise Glück), miniature collection, novelty beads (Accretion).
Word Count: 1000
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Christopher's childhood.
Warnings: references child death, emotional abuse
Notes: Christopher's family is messed up.

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Halloween Orange

[sharpeningthebones]

Name: Charley
Story: And The Devil Makes Three
Colors: Halloween Orange - Some little things get broken and a little means a lot
Supplies: Eraser
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Kidnapping, hints of sexual assault
Word count;< 243
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Dove Grey 30 + Brush, Miniature: Underneath It All

[leia_solo]

Name: Destiny
Story: The Mondian Chronicles (Archive/Index/Timelines)
Title: Underneath It All
Timeline: Late 1140s
Colors: Dove Grey 30: The pain passes, but the beauty remains.
Supplies and Styles: Brush (comely: having a pleasing appearance : not homely or plain), Miniature
Word Count: 100
Summary: Gilles wonders if the pain of losing Cosette will ever pass. His mother reassures him.
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Notes: Cosette died in 1146 after complications following childbirth.

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Crane White #9, Fire Opal #5, Fever Red #16

[shadowsong26]

Name: shadowsong26
Story: On the Surface
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Crane White #9. There's a low moon caught in your tangles (Urban Fantasy AU: The wolf lingers around Mel.), Fire Opal #5. Ravenous, Fever Red #16. inflammation
Supplies and Materials: paint-by-numbers (from Kat), bichromatic, pointillism, miniature collection, photography, eraser (Urban Fantasy AU), oils, feathers, novelty beads, glitter
Word Count: 263
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Mel
Warnings: Oblique references to emotional abuse, description of werewolf physical change and accompanying personality shift/predatory nature, internalized werewolf prejudice.
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always.


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