#art witchcraft
Making some magic in my Grimoire as I work through @mollyroberts_herspeak Rainbowmancy course. Really enjoying week 1!
Left: A devotional to Iris- Goddess of Rainbows
Right: A breakdown of the major color schemes, glyphs based on those and some correspondences for each glyph. Some personal associations with the major hues, the 7 major energy centers in the Chakra system, and my variation on the standard circle casting- visualizing a spectrum or color wheel.
Well, Picasso was a huge misogynistic piece of shit, but that quote is really mind blowing
Art Witch Tips/Ideas
Natural Materials
Try to make your own paint from things you find outside.
Turn your trash into artwork (it won’t end up in a landfill.)
You can find flowers to press in your BOS.
Tools
You can charge your paint.
✏️ You can use your pencil, pen, crayon, marker, and paintbrush as your wand.
You can enchant the paper you want to work on.
You can use moon water to activate your watercolor paints.
You can try painting with an athame.
You could use a sketchbook for your BOS.
Other ideas
Watching art tutorials can help you learn.
Paint water can be used in curses.
Paint your jars.
Write your own rhyming spells.
Create your artwork outside.
Paint water can be used to stain your papers; making them look old.
☕️ Coffee can also stain your papers. (And it smells nice.)
Make collages or vision boards.
Make your own crystal grid.
Make a self portrait while visualizing your intention. This can be a spell on yourself.
Draw your plants.
« Burn », by Anya Gallacio, 1996
I like how magic rituals are similar to art performances
A bit of a mystical and intuitive collage I made the other day :
These visual boards are so fun to make ! And you can use them to analyse the messages of your higher self, or even divination.
All you have to do is :
- Pick up some magazines
- Cut with scissors every image or word that appeals you, speak to your mind
- Let your intuition guides you
- Glue that shit
- Analyse
Art Witch Ideas
- Use color associations when painting, drawing, etc
- Design intricate sigils
- Charge sigils with watercolors
- Paint or draw elements for their representation on your altar
- Create an offering bowl with clay and paint it
- Paint your nails with colors associated with what you are wanting to manifest (remember to act on your manifestations tho too)
- Use sigils in your makeup
- If you have deities, offer your artwork to them
- Use your artsy talents to make your grimoire aesthetic af
- If you are also pagan, learn about the art that your pagan paths culture used to create and see if it is associated with any magic
- Create an Evil Eye with your favorite materials
- Burn manifestation artwork
My out of order moon phases.
Some advanced color meaning to help y’all beautiful art witches with your magical paintings
A guide by gumnutmagic on Instagram
I thought it could be useful in spells and knot magic !
In the Celtic tradition, nettles are great to ward off spirits when worn, protect your home and may also boost your sexual performances if placed under the mattress.
Imagine worshipping Apollo as an art witch and putting this bad boi on your altar :
With seasonal flowers as offerings or decoration for holidays, or to store your paint brushes, wands and other magical tools…
Just an idea…
Excerpts from the notebook of W.B. Yeats, writer and member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.