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Surreal “Melting” Flower Paintings Explore Symbolic Themes of Femininity and Mortality

Suspended somewhere between bloom and decay, the paintings of Niki Zarrabi unfold like living organisms in transformation. Flesh dissolves into petals. Flowers melt into skin. Rich jewel tones pulse against shadowed backgrounds, creating dreamlike compositions that feel at once microscopic and cosmic. Across her work, beauty is never static. Instead, it exists in a continual state of becoming, fragile, regenerative, and haunted by impermanence.

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Are you confident with your spelling skills? Even if you know your i’s from your e’s, you’re probably still not quite on the level of California teen Shrey Parikh. The 14-year-old has just been crowned the Scripps National Spelling Bee champion after correctly spelling a record 32 words in 90 seconds. Parikh competed against 12-year-old Ishaan Gupta in a lightning-round 90-second “spell-off” tiebreaker.

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3 Architectural Drawing and Painting Classes That Will Prepare You for Urban Sketching

Want to start urban sketching? The practice is all about drawing on location, capturing what you see using direct observation. Think walking in a neighborhood and depicting the homes, businesses, and landscaping. You’ve got to know how to draw many subjects, including how to capture the details of buildings. Architecture, however, can be particularly tricky; there are so many elements to draw that it can be challenging to figure out where to begin.

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