Saturday, March 11, 2017

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

More Alisa Burke Inspiration


Alisa Burke recently did a fabulous demonstration about Mixing Pastels and Water and water, which inspired me to give it a try.  Who knew this was possible?

That led me to try the same thing with Inktense Blocks:


And I even worked a little bigger!


Monday, March 6, 2017

Calligraphy Inspiration


The Westcoast Calligraphy Society featured a presentation on Laurie Doctor in February.  We learned her alphabet of partial letters, which she uses to create patterns.  It is like a code - the three blocks of partial letters shown in this piece actually do spell out lines from our national anthem, O Canada!

Friday, March 3, 2017

What have I Been Up To?


Not blogging, obviously.  LOL  I've been stuck at home with a cold this week, getting sucked in by the Internet mostly.  I did find (again), Andrea Joseph's wonderful "collection" drawings, and they inspired me to do a couple:


Before I got sick I made a visit to Vandusen Gardens, inspiring this page: