BVCG Numbers Sept Galleria - Balloon Numbers

size: 8"h x 7.5"w
Our BVCG Sept 2025 Galleria is "Numbers". I was doodling trying to come up with an idea and started drawing balloon shapes... You can figure out the rest BIG Grin
On Canson XL Pen &Ink Paper using Twinkles H2º brand of watercolors for the balloon shaped numbers adding white gel pen highlights. Funky lettering with a shadow using a Zig Writer.
words: It's All In The Numbers

1 - Sunburst; 2 - Jasmine; 3 - Ginger Peach: 4 - Mystic Blue;

5 - Irish Mist; 6 - Deep Coral; 7 - Green Tea; 8- Orange Peel;

9 - Guatemalan Green; 0 - True Blue;

Floral Leaf Border - Your Work To Discover

size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Canson Pen & Ink Paper drew out the floral design and colored with w/c. Text in a funky style.
words: Your work is to discover who you are and then with all your heart give your light to the world. Jennifer Williamson

Hexagon - Nuts And Bolts

size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Canson Pen & Ink Paper drew out the hexagon design and colored with w/c and metallic glitter paint. Monoline text,
words: Eventually you can get into the nuts and bolts of reality: nurturing, caring, and getting along. Judy Wately

Block Border - Think Positive

size: 5.5"w x 4.25"h
On Canson Pen & Ink Paper drew out the border and lettering and painted with Gansai Tambi Gem w/c.  
words: Think Positive

Splendor Of Autumn Leaves

size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Edge Sketchbook paper drew and painted my leaves with various brands of watercolor. Using a Juice Up pen doodle in some of them. The word "Autumn" a la Lisa Engelbrecht style with various colors of ZIG calligraphy pens and Itoya Double Headers.
words: Splendor of Autumn Leaves

Scribbled Lives 2025 Wk 37 - Ribbons - Promises Are Lies

wk 37 - Ribbons - Promises Are Lies
Size: 6"h X 5.5"w

On Edge Mixed Media Sketchbook paper drew out my design. Painted with 1 blue color diluting with water for every section. Gold Sharpie pen for the thin stripe and letters. Silver Sharpie for the center section.

words: Promises are lies wrapped up in pretty ribbons. Virginia C Andrews

BVCG Env Exchange - Donna Uncles Sept 2025

Donna Uncles (Sept 2025)
Env created on Columbia Mills LBS End paper Gelli print. Funky lettering with a broad edge marker and touch ups... Die cut bits of scalloped circles.

The card was created with leftovers of the Gelli print paper.

w/c Lines - Energy Flows

size: 5"w x 5.5"h
On St Armand w/c paper painted my wavy lines with various brands of w/c. Wrote in the text with a calligraphy marker. Added white details with a scroll nib and W/N white Calligraphy Ink.
words: Where focus goes energy flows

JEWEL - Letters

size: 8"h x 5"w
On Arches Text Wove paper drew out the fancy letters. Inked the outline with Kuretake Gold Mica (Brilliant Gold Ink). Painted with Kuretake Gem colors & Yasutomo watercolors and misc black w/c. The word "LETTERS" done with a Juice Up pen adding slight thicks.
words: Jewel Letters

Colored Pencil Stripe Bkgrd - Summer's Last Hoorah

size: 4"sq
On Stillman & Birn Nova Tria Mixed Media black colored my with Prisma colored pencils. White gel pen for the lettering. Since I didn't like the look so much went over with W/N white Calligraphy Ink.
words: Summer's Last Hoorah

Abstract Doodle - Every Moment Matters

size: 5"w x 4"h
On Stillman & Birn Nova Tria Mixed Media black paper drew out my abstract border using Gelly Roll white gel pen, Prisma colored pencils and metallic gel pen dots.
Text written with the gel pens in a funky monoline style.
words: Every Moment Matters

Doodled Swirl Border - Happiness Is

size: 5"w x 6"h
On Stillman & Birn Nova Tria Mixed Media black paper drew out my feathery border using Gelly Roll white gel pen and Prisma colored pencils. Added metallic gel pen dots.
Text written with a pointed nib and W/N Calligraphy Ink in a pressure release style.
words: Happiness is not a goal, it's a by product. Eleanor Roosevelt

Scribbled Lives 2025 - Wk 36 Paul Klee - A Line Is A Dot

Size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Arches Textwove paper drew out the cubic design, added my words with a ZIG Writer, painted with various yellow watercolors.
words: A line is a dot that went for a walk. Paul Klee

Doodled Triangles - Humming Of The Strings

size: 5.5"w x 4.5"h
On Canson XL Pen & Ink paper drew out my triangle shapes and doodled inside them and the words using a Juice Up pen. Colored with Prisma Colored pencils.
words: There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras

Oak Leaves and Summer Florals - Summer Ends

I decided to do some florals in a section I don't usual do them in... I have a tendency to work from left to right...
size: 5.5"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out  the floral design and colored with various brands of watercolors. Wrote in the text  with a pointed nib and a funky brown mix of Gouache I had created a long time ago.
words: Summer ends, and autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night. Hal Borland

Doodled Squares - Initial Y

I was just playing not knowing where I was going and drew in my "Y" and then the boxes followed and the rest evolved...
size: 6.25"w x 3.25"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out  the design and colored with various brands of watercolors. Doodled in some...
words: Yogi

Circle Border - Silence Of Thought

I was playing with this circle border...
size: 5.5"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out several sized circles and spaced diagonal lines through the center to create this design... and even with that I still got some sections a little wonky...colored with Prisma colored pencils, then added the gem in the center.
Words written with a pink toned metallic gel pen and then shadowed with a black Juice Up pen.
words: Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight. Orhan Pamuk

Doodled Circles - When In Doubt

I guess I was in a doodled circle mood...
size: 5.5"w x 8"h
On Genoa Bond calligraphy paper drew out the various sized circles, altering the edges and adding linear details inside each. Wrote out the text with various colors of Juice Up pens.
words: When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

Chain - Give Up Worry

I saw this chain design on Facebook I thin... so started playing with the design.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using a Zig Writer for the outlines and Prisma Colored Pencils.
Funky lettering with a Brown Zig Writer

words: Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind and has given up worry once and for all. Ovid

Waves - SetYour Soul Free

I was playing with these spiral shapes and the rest evolved...
size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using a Zip Writer for the outlines and Prisma Colored Pencils and some metallic gel pens for the dots.

Funky lettering with a green Zig Writer

words: Dance with the waves
Move with the sea
Let the rhythm of the water
set your soul free.
Christy Ann Martine

Scribbled Lives - Wk 35 - Andrea Gibson - Better Case

Scribbled Lives - wk 35 - Andrea Gibson- Better Case
Size: 8"w x 8.5"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper wrote out the text using various colors of Elegant Writer Calligraphy pens in a Art Deco style. Shadowed each letter with a ZIG Writer.
words: When all the good in you starts arguing with all the bad in you about who you really are. let the bad in you never make the better case. Andrea Gibson

Doodling Blocks - Remove All Negativity

Just started creating various colored blocks and the rest just morphed...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using Sharpie Creative Markers in every color I have... and Juice Up pen for the doodling.  Pointed pen with Sumi ink for the words.

words: remove all negativity

H - On funky Background

Just playing...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using Sharpie Creative Markers in every color I have... and a black Zig Writer for the initial

words: h

Dragonfly - Time Is For Dragonfly

Just playing...
size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using misc w/c and med blue Juice Up pen for the words

words: Time is for dragonfly & angels. The former live too little and the later live too long. James Thurber

Pencil Work - Doing Nothing Is Hard

 

Just in a nothing mood...
size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using a regular pencil and paper stump.

words: Doing Nothing Is Hard

Single Paper Booklet - Sounds Of Silence

Size closed: 3"w x 4.5"h x 1/2"thk
I couldn't get this song out of my head... so decided to make a booklet of it.
I looked in my stash and found a gelli print I really liked. Love the cut off piece I used for the cover.
Used an 9" x 12" piece of med weight cardstock. Cut and folded and then inserted black photographic backdrop paper and the gelli print paper in each of the folds. Bound with black 4ply waxed line thread.
Wrote out the text with a black Juice Up pen for the lyrics (Sounds Of Silence by Paul Simon) and a black gel pen for the title words.

Gel Pens - Trust The Process

Just playing...
size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using all the colors I have of Metallic Gelly Roll pens,

words: Trust The Process

Scribbled Lives - Wk 34 - Summer - Give Me Summer

wk 34 - Summer - Give Me Summer
Size: 7.5"w x 8.5"h
Gelli Print on Columbia Mills LBS End Paper using a Brody Handwritmic pen and Sumi ink wrote out my own words...
words: Give me the end of spring the start of fall and the whole of summer. you can keep all the rest.

Building Blocks - Fail Better

Continuing with what I saw on Instagram a few times... created a 2nd piece...
size: 5"w x 6"h
On Strathmore Calligraphy paper created each block one at a time with various brands  and colors of Calligraphy markers, adding the words with a Unibal white gel pen, each block in a different script style.
words:
ever tried
ever failed
no matter
try again
fail again
fail
better

Building Blocks - Just Start Again

I saw something similar on Instagram a few times... I finally played with the technique. I'll probably do a bunch more.
size: 3.5"w x 5.5"h
On Strathmore Calligraphy paper created each block one at a time with various brands of Calligraphy markers, adding the words with a Unibal gold gel pen, each block in a different script style.

words: it's OK to not have it work for you. Just start again...

Oak Leaves - In Creating

I saw some oak leaves and the rest evolved.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson XL Pen & Ink paper drew out my leaves and bal shapes... Painted with various brands of w/c. Added white gel pen highlights
Calligraphy with a green .5mm Zig Calligraphy pen in a funky style

words: In creating the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak. James Russell Lowell

Flowers In Tulip Vase

Just drew a vase shape and the rest just evolved...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson XL Pen & Ink paper drew out my decorative vase. Doodled and painted with various brands of w/c and Fine Tech gold's.

Calligraphy with a Juice Up pen in a script style.

words: The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs. Malcolm de Chazal