Taking a walk is good for the soul - outside in the fresh air or inside in my journal!
Monday, June 29, 2020
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Art Sparks!
I've been busy this week with the latest class from Joanne Sharpe, Art Sparks! It is so much fun and a great bargain at $14.95 US. You can watch the preview video here.
I've made these 4 tiny books ready to fill up with more sparks. The inside pages are all painted, ready for lettering and doodling.
Will I be able to resist the next class due out in July?
Saturday, June 13, 2020
Letting Watercolour Do Its Thing
Watercolour
DeSerres Fabriano Mixed Media Paper in 16 Page Journal
This is the title page of the journal I finished recently. One of my favorite things is letting watercolour mix and mingle without interference from me. We'll be doing lots of that in Joanne Sharpe's latest class "Art Sparks", which started yesterday.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Grocery Shopping
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| Journal Page, Deserres Fabriano Mixed Media Paper Watercolour Pencils |
I drew this from a photo I snapped in the parking lot.
Monday, June 8, 2020
Family History
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| Journal Page, Deserres Fabriano Mixed Media Paper Watercolour Pencils |
On rainy days I can often be found for some part of the day working at my desk on my family tree.
Sunday, June 7, 2020
On My Walk
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| Journal Page, Deserres Fabriano Mixed Media paper Watercolor Pencils |
On nice days I usually include a walk as part of my daily exercise. Thanks to the GLA:D arthritis program I'm able to enjoy a walk again, and I'm slowly increasing my time. Sometimes my walk inspires a drawing.
Saturday, June 6, 2020
Quarantinezine
Yes, quarantinezines are a thing, and of course, an Instagram hashtag. A quarantinezine is a zine (homemade magazine) people are making during quarantine. My zine is about the Silver Linings I am finding in the Covid cloud.
I made mine for my "card partner", Lois. The Westcoast Calligraphy Society June program challenged us to make a card from a sheet of calligraphy practice, and assigned us a card partner to send our card to. You can see my orange warm-up strokes in the two pictures above, and I practiced writing Lois' name before I folded the zine. After it was folded, I added the silver linings in criss-cross capitals and script. I included some drawings and couldn't resist the silver foil.
A zine is an 8 page book made from any size of paper, but often made from letter sized paper - simple copy/computer paper.
Here is some more information on zines along with some simple instructions on how to fold a zine. Of course there are YouTube videos available.
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
The Golden Mean Works!
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| Watercolor, Traveler's Notebook |
This journal page started with a not very good watercolor of some tacos, the #stillherestilllife challenge for Week 8. I didn't know what to do with the rest of the page, when I stumbled upon an outstanding lesson on the Golden Mean. Applying this concept of composition definitely saved this page.
Anyone who has studied art is familiar with the "rule of thirds", which is a rough approximation of The Golden Mean. Lindsay's explanation, which includes several good examples for journal and book page layouts has given me a template to play with in all my journals!
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Pajama Patterns
These pajamas aren't going to last forever, and I'll miss this pattern when they're gone!
Monday, June 1, 2020
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