Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Swinging in the Breeze
Monday, December 28, 2020
Remembering the Days with #12daysofweathergrams
Friday, December 25, 2020
Thursday, December 24, 2020
#12daysofweathergrams Inspired by Nature
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Getting Started for Christmas 2021
It's too late to mail any more Christmas cards, but I can get a start on 2021. These are more of the designs I traced using a Posca Paint Pen. The first background is acrylic paint on old book paper, created when I cleaned off my brayer during a gelli printing session.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Loving Them For the Gel Prints
Monday, December 21, 2020
#12daysofweathergrams
Friday, December 18, 2020
When is a Peel-Off Not a Peel-Off?
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Watercolour Wreath
Monday, December 7, 2020
Happy Holiday Art
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Peace on Earth
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Hide
Friday, November 6, 2020
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Monday, November 2, 2020
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Hope
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Inspired by a Photo by Diego PH, Unsplash |
Inktober has come and gone for another year. I didn't participate last year, but I was drawn to begin on October 1 and I did something each day. Some of them were half-hearted attempts, and I didn't share anything on social media this time.
There were some things I really enjoyed about my casual approach and process this year, though. Until the last few days, when lettering took over, I would type the prompt into Unsplash, and sketch whichever photo I liked the best. I didn't think about how well it represented the prompt. In fact, I didn't think at all - this is what I liked about it!
On the first day, I wanted to sketch with a brush, so I swiped it across Inktense Blocks; the use of "ink" was the only rule I followed. I ended up using Inktense and a brush most days.
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Ominous
This Inktober prompt took an "ominous" turn for Hallowe'en. I'll post some Inktober sketches in coming days, but I've been influenced by a Ben Shahn program this week at our monthly Westcoast Calligraphy Society meeting.
Happy Hallowe'en!
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Let's Do it in Colour!
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Gel Pen and Watercolour Stillman and Birn Alpha Series |
This page was also inspired by Yellena James and her book Star, Branch, Spiral, Fan, which I reviewed in 2017.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Monday, October 26, 2020
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The Scribble Doodle
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Gouache, Posca Paint Pens |
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Watercolour, Ink, Posca Paint Pens |
You can find out more about Joanne Sharpe's class here.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Bold and Basic
The Doodle Book is 6" x 6"and contains sixteen pages of our own doodle creations. But before beginning this book, we made a smaller, 18 page book, containing lots and lots of sample doodles and ideas. We were encouraged to copy Joanne Sharpe's patterns in this first book to help us build our doodling skills.
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Westcoast Calligraphy September Program
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Pockets Full!
The last pocket is full and I have posies to spare for other journals. What a fun class this was - Joanne Sharpe's Art Sparks 3!: Pockets full of Posies.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Cheer During a Pandemic
Joanne Sharpe certainly knows how to bring cheer during a pandemic. Her special series of classes is bright, bold and distracting!
Sunday, October 4, 2020
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Friday, October 2, 2020
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Still Using Up Art Bits
Art Sparks 3!: Pockets full of Posies
These pots were cut from some small scraps of acrylic ink on watercolor paper. Years ago I played on full sheets of paper, and over the years I've used them for everything from book covers to artist trading cards. The scraps are getting smaller and smaller, but nothing goes to waste.