I’ve doodled my way out of hiding

Yeah, I know I’ve been gone for a while.  What can I say? My Muse has been on vacation and while I’ve been trying to entice her to come back she has obstinately refused to do so.  I’ve been able to create a few things but nothing steadily.  I did finish this doodle just this morning and thought maybe if I post, it would shame my muse into coming back to play.  We’ll see if it works. Wish me luck.

What have you been up to?

29 Faces - Day 26 Nice 3 day weekend

I hope you all are having a wonderful 3 day weekend. Husband and I are getting a massage later today and I’m looking forward to that. Otherwise, I don’t think we’ll do much, maybe go to a movie and relax.

I have to thank my dear husband, Big G, for getting my car a new battery today. Yesterday when I went to pick up Little G, my grandson, from daycare my car wouldn’t start when we were leaving. The battery was dead. I had to call Big G to come and start the car with jumper cables.  Luckily, he was there in a hurry because it was HOT in the car.  We were on our way in no time thanks to my sweet man.

Here’s my next face with a little Zentangle doodles thrown in.

What are your plans for the weekend?

Abstracts and Florals

It seems that my journal pages have been following a certain theme lately….abstract shapes colored with watercolor pencils, intense pencils or Prismacolor markers and floral designs. 

Colorful Flowers 2

On this first page, I used Prismacolor markers on the right side and watercolor background on the left.  For the floral color, I used Intense pencils.  I used a Pitt pen for the zentangle doodles.  You’d think I would have worked in the two sides separately but No.  Both side were done at the same time. I really like the intensity of the color.

 

Colorful Flowers 3

The right side of this page was really a happy accident.  When I colored the page above with the markers, they bled to the other side of the page so I decided to make use of the color there.  It’s a little patchy and not as intense as the first page but I like it just as much.  

2010 ONE WORLD ONE HEART Giveaway

 

Hello, 

Welcome to my blog and welcome to the 4th annual global One World One Heart Blog event sponsored by the wonderful Lisa Swifka's of A Whimsical Bohemian.  So glad you have stopped by to say hello. This is only my 2nd year participating and the first year was a real blast.  I met so many new and wonderful people last year that I wanted to participate again. I hope that if we don’t already know each other that we will soon get to know each other well.  After all, you can never have enough friends.

If you want to find out more about this years event  (and participate because, well, the more the merrier) please visit Lisa’s site by clicking here or the One World One Heart image above.

On to the giveaways. This year I have two items to give away:

The first is an original, unframed 9 x 12 painting on canvas board.  The background is scrapbook paper.  The girl is painted with colored pencils and acrylics.  The flower is a 3-D silk flower.  

 

The second giveaway is a handmade Zentangle doodle journal.  The cover was painted then the magic carpet doodle was added. The signature pages are made of smooth white paper that will accept the crisp fine lines of the Sakura Micron pen.  The giveaway will include the pen and doodle legend. The doodle legend was created from some of my past doodle drawings.

I will choose two winners in a random drawing from all of those who left a comment.  You must leave a comment to be eligible to win. You must include a link back to your blog or leave an email address so you can be contacted should you win. Please note only bloggers are allowed to leave a comment as this is a blog event.

This year's event ends February 15th and I will be announcing the winners on that day.  The first name chosen will be able to choose which prize they want.  The second name chosen will get the other giveaway.

The winners must contact me with their mailing address within a week or a new names will be chosen. 

PS: If you commented and are listed as a follower you will have a second entry in the drawing as a thank you. Following is not required to enter.

The post will be closed as of 5:00pm PST for new entries. The Winners will be announced before 8:00PM PST

ATC: Seasonal Zentangles Plus

These I made just because they are fun to make.  If you'd like to trade, leave me a note.  I may not answer right away as I will be out of town when this message posts.  But I'll contact you as soon as I return.

Spring                                 Summer

Fall                                          Winter

 

“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”

.................John Burroughs

Zentangles - Made for an ATC swap

These were made for the Black and White Plus 1 color swap at ATCsForAll.com Who can pass up a Zentangle swap? Not me. I really like adding color to the doodles.

“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.”

Pedro Calderon de la Barca quotes

All Tangled Up Again

I'm not sure what it is about Zentangles but I love them.  Here is a few that I worked on this past week. I've posted rather small images but they are 5.5" x 8", so they take a while to finish.

The first is my little Zen Monster.
He didn't start out to be a monster
but soon there was a head
and then the fingers and toes appeared.
and what do you know,
little Zen was born.

 

"I saw the angel in the marble and 
                   carved until I set him free."--Michelangelo

 

 

 

With this Zentangle I was determined
to use some new patterns. Now it's not 
made up of entirely new patterns
but just some I'd never used before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This one was one I'd been wanting
to do for a while. I love the look of
patterns on hands.
It reminds me of the Illustrated Man.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

This last page was a fast drawing 
so I could test the new Prismacolor
markers I bought on Ebay.  The color is
much better in person. It didn't scan
well and I didn't have time to play with it.
If you are interested in the Ebay seller
I purchased these from just leave me a note. 
It was a very positive experience.

 

From Zentangles to Fashion

Can you tell I like this style? I can't seem to stop drawing these. I usually draw them while watching TV.

This page was inspired by my little fashion crisis this weekend. I just wasn't sure my outfit was right for the party we were going to on the USS Hornet. It was labeled a Semi-formal event but I'm just a casual girl and so I just felt wrong. As it turned out not too many were dressed in semi-formal attire so I fit in. But not before driving my husband a little nuts. Oh well.

Thanks for reading.

More Zentangles

Here are my newest Zentangles. I can't seem to stop creating these.

So much fun.

These two are my favorites:

Now I have to decide which to trade and which to keep. humm

Zentangles and Goals for 2008

Here are the Zentangle ATCs I wrote about yesterday. These have been fun and creating them has a meditative quality to it.



I have 2 others in progress. I'll post them when they are done.

Here is the link to a website that is about creating a Zentangle. They are selling supplies for creating Zentangles but I don't see a need. Paper and a good black ink pen is all you need. I used the smooth side of watercolor paper and a Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pen to create mine. But do look at the gallery. They have some fantastic examples.


As for my goals for 2008, they are very simple:

1. Eat healthy foods.
2. Exercise more often.
3. Create something artistic daily whether it be art or work related.
4. Write in my blog or my journal daily. (I don't promise to do both daily because I know I won't).
5. Create To-Do lists daily so I don't forget to do the mundane tasks that I'd rather forget but have to be done.

That's it. Still sick with a cold but not feeling too bad at the moment, thanks to some Alka-Seltzer Cold medicine.

TTFN