Scribbled Lives wk 17 - Words of Wisdom - Wisdom 1 & 2

Scribbled Lives - wk 17 - Words Of Wisdom - Wisdom 2

Size: 7"sq
On Edge Mixed Media Sketchbook paper wrote out the word WISDOM using Prisma colored pencils (903, 930, 913, 1002, 916 and 1008)and black for the shadow lines and small text.

words: words of wisdom: he that can have patience can have what he will. Benjamin Franklin

Wisdom 1:
Pic below is the first one I did and then realized I used the wrong media... I like it more it has better ZAP

 

 

On Canson mixed media paper using a 6.0 Parallel pen and Ecoline inks, Juice up pen for the shadow line and a ZIG writer fr the text.

Floral Sunshine On A Stem

I was with the gals again yesterday and this is what I was playing with...
size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the floral design with a Juice Up pen  and colored with Prisma colored pencils. Use DC Rose Font for the lettering.
words: Sunshine On A Stem

Art Of The Fold - Hexagon Alphabet Booklet

Our May (Art of the Fold) challenge is to create a Hexagon Booklet  that Mary Conley gave us the instructions for. This one was done from an 8.5" x 9" piece of Bogus Recycled Sketch Paper. that was laying around...
 

 

 

Size closed: 2"sq
I used a hexagon punch to make a master piece and then traced around it to get all my hex's down on my Bogus paper. Cut my slits and around the perimeter  and inked a border using a Zig Writer.. I then created a smaller hex template for my geli print paper from more scraps... at around 1.25"w x 1.5"h. Adhered them to the larger hexagons.
I had these black die cut letters (Tim Holtz /Alterations/Vintage Market/Sizzlets Decorative Strip) from another project so decided to use them... Edged them with a gold Krylon pen.

 

Two Heart Doodle - Merging Hearts

I just drew these 2 interlocking hearts and the rest evolved...
size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the hearts with a Zig Writer, then started adding misc designs, then added the words and then colored it with various products - Prisma colored pencils, watercolors, Gansai Tambi golds, graphite shading.
words: Merging Hearts

Mushrooms - Myk(c)ologist

A spelling mistake again... it should read Mycologist
Size: 4.5"w x 5"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper using a Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils, Lyra Splendor Blender, FW white acrylic ink and Juice Up pen for the text (red and black).
words: I'm not a MYKOLOGIST but these sure look poisonous to me.

Doodling - Humming Of The Strings

I  drawing random lines on my paper, then adding the spheres and then found a quote to go with it...
size: 6" w x 4.5" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper using a Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils, and Juice Up pen for the text.
words: There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras

Funky - Vituperative

I came across this word and thought it would be fun to write it out...
size: 6" w x 4.5" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper using a Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils, Lyra Splendor Blender, Caran d'Ache graphite B pencil, paper stump and Lyra Splendor Blender.
words: Vituperative: adj: Bitter & Abusive

Scribbled Lives - Wk 16 - Name - Yogi

Size: 4" sq
On Edge Mixed Media paper drew out my 2.5" squares. Drew the letters of my name and then created rainbows around them. Colored with Prisma colored pencils (924, 918, 916, 912, 903, 933, 1007). Added graphite shading with a Caran d'Ache B pencil and blended with a paper stump.

Doodling - Pollinate Your Dreams

I was playing with this tangle design and they reminded me of bee hives...
size: 4.5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper using a Zig Writer. Then added the text and colored with watercolors.
words: Pollinate your dreams with Persistence

Lyrics - Do It Now

I came across this song the other day on Facebook and can't remember ever really hearing it... so looked it up. It seems (after digging) it was written by Paul McCartney in around 2012. Anyway I was inspired to write it out. It's lengthy and I don't usually do lengthy stuff...
size: 8" w x 12" h
Done on Edge Mixed Media Sketchbook paper using broad edge nibs (Speedball C-5 and Brause 1.5) and Bister inks mahogany (small text) and black (large text) in Uncial style.

words:
we need to wake up
we need to wise up
we need to open up our eyes
Refrain:
and do it
NOW! NOW! NOW!
we need to build a better future
and we need to start right now
we're on a planet
that has a problem
we've got to solve it, get involved
Refrain:
we have to build a future
make it greener
make it cleaner
make it last, make it fast
Refrain:
we need to build a better future
and we need to start right now
no point in waiting or hesitating
we must get wise, take no more lies

Doodling - Restless Imagination

I was doodling that edge section and wasn't sure of where I was going with it... then looked up a quote.
size: 4.5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper using a Juice Up pen and Zig Writer. Then added the text and colored with watercolors.

words: Doodling is exercise for a restless imagination.

Lace - Emerald Moments

I decided to do another one of those lace drawings I've seen on facebook by (Laurence - Rari Créations - Lace Designs) then found a quote to go with the emerald.
size: 4" w x 7" h
Done on photographic background paper. White gel pen and Juice Up pen, Prisma colored pencils. Text with a Nikko G pointed pen nib and FW acrylic ink in a script style.
words: cherished are the emerald moments when time stands still.

Doodling - Yogi H Grinwald

Every time I start with "I seem to be in the mood for..." OK... I seem to be a very moody person... but not really... so I was drawing the letter "Y" to do artwork around it but I ended up doing my name instead and then the doodling.
size: 4.5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, Zig Writer, Juice Up pen, Uniball gel pens, watercolors.
words: Yogi H Grunwald

Abstract Blossoms - Don't Worry

My moods really jump all over the place...
size: 4.5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils. Text done with a Blue Zig Writer.

words: You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. Walter Hagen

Scribbled Lives - Wk 15 - Tool Mark

Scribbled Lives wk 15 - Tool Mark
Size: 6"w x 3.25"h

I was checking out everything around me... tested some and didn't like them.. and finally came up with the tissue paper...

On Misc black cardstock, using a Kleenex tissue rolled up dropped some FW acrylic white ink onto the end and then wrote out the word "Test". When dry used a Gelly Roll Metallic pinky/reddish pen to write out "ODD TOOL"

BVCG Env Echange - April 2025 - Kathleen George

ID: Kathleen George (April 2025)
Env created on Arches Text Wove paper in lettering style taught by Lorraine Douglas in Letters As Art class in March. Drew out the letters with a Zig Writer and painted with various w/c colors.

The card was created from a doodled piece I had done and mounted onto one of my geli prints.

On Black - Suggests Color - Homer

I was in a mood to do something on black again and had that scrap piece of Photographic backdrop paper on my table that's glossy on one side and matte on the other. I used the matte side.
size: 7.5" w x 6.5" h
White Unibal gel pen, white Juice Up pen for the artwork and FW Acrylic Ink with a pointed nib for the text.
words: It is wonderful how much depends upon the relations of black and white. A black and white, if balanced, suggests color. Winslow Homer

Mosaic - Life A Mosaic

I was in a mood to do a mosaic kind of piece.
size: 4.5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils Text done with pointed nib and Sumi ink.

words: One should make one's life a mosaic. Let the general design be good, the colors lively, and the material diverse. Marthe Bibesco

Spiral - Not A Straight Line

I was in a quandary as what to next while playing with the gals recently... Then I started doing this spiral thing, found a quote to go with it and that's how it evolved...
size: 4.5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils. Text done in monoline lettering
words: The path isn't a straight line: it's a spiral. You continually come back to things you thought you understood and see deeper truths. Barry H Gillespie

Frilly Flower - Numinous

I was in a mood for a frilly word so goggled it and came up with this word... numinous... I now can't find where I found it and it seems it doesn't mean what I thought it did... PS the circle with a horizontal line under it is an "i". Since I can't change it... c'est la vie
size: 4.5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, Zig Writer, Juice Up pens & Prisma colored pencils, Unibal white gel pen. Text done in Mykolas Saulytis lettering
words: NUMINOUS awe inspiring

Frilly Flowers - Frills And Fusses

I was in a mood for some frilliness...
size: 4.5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, Zig Writer, Juice Up pens & Prisma colored pencils. Text done in DC Rose Font

words: I don't like a lot of frills and fusses EXCEPT IN FLOWERS.

Scribbled Lives - Wk 14 - Yes - All The Mistakes

wk 14 -  Yes - All The Mistakes
Size: 5.5"sq
On Canson Pen & Ink paper wrote out the text in Foundational hand using a Pointed nib and a funky mix of watercolors... (Holbien Burnt Umber, Pearl Copper & Dk Green)
words: All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say NO and said YES.

wc Mussels - Mussel Recipe

I had mussels on my mind. Been a while since I made a batch... I used to eat them a lot when I lived on PEI. When I finished painting them couldn't figure out what to write about them and then decided on the recipe I use. The ones I used to eat didn't have these pronounced stripes and shading nor did mine have barnacles - artistic license...
size: 4.5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, Zig Writer, w/c, Juice Up pen.

words: Mussels
Check musses to make sure they're alive. Discard dead ones. Rinse in cold water and de-beard. Place into deep pot, cover with cold water. Add sliced onions and celery. Bring to boil, cook till mussels open. If any don't open - discard. Scoop mussels into a serving bowl. Dip into a mix of horseradish mustard and oil.

Oval Leaf Frame - Jeremiah

I was in an oval mood so used my largest circle - 3" - and created the upper and lower sections for the inner oval and joined with straight lines. Voila... then added the outer oval.
size: 5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, Uniball Metallic blue gel pen, Prisma colored pencils, Med Blue Juice Up for the lettering, Gansai Tambi w/c paint - #901BlueGold.

words: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and future. Jeremiah

Attention Mark Carney

ATTENTION MARK CARNEY:
The carbon tax went from 17 cents a litre of gas to zero today (April 1, 2025).
Instead of canceling the carbon tax all together, Liberal Leader Mark Carney plans to slap Canadian businesses with hidden carbon taxes. 
 

Meanwhile, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to end ALL carbon taxes, including hidden carbon taxes on business.

PLEASE Mark Carney - I don't want to see you loose the election then we'll have to deal with Poilievre. Not good...

Abstract Protractor - Imagination

I had pulled out my protractor which I haven't used in eons for something else... so it's laying on my desk and I started playing with it and this evolved. I put a pencil line around the area that look intriguing and removed everything else. You can still see some of them...
size: 6.5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, ZIG Writer, Juice Up pen, w/c.. Lettering in a tall skinny monoline style - almost illegible... Added the last word of the quote in painted large letters on it's side.

words: Measure not just angles but the breadth of possibilities with the protractor of your imagination. Alex Skylar.

Lace Flower - World Is A Garden

I came across an onLine workshop on Facebook to create lace flowers and stuff using pens instead of thread (Laurence - Rari Créations - Lace Designs). Was inspired so tried doing one myself. Right or wrong I like the results.
size: 6"sq
Done on misc black cardstock, Juice Up pen, Uniball white gel pen. Prisma colored pencils for the gem. FW acrylic ink and pointed nib for the text.
words: If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden. Frances Hodgson Burnett

w/c Leaves - Leafy Splendor

Inspiring stuff on social media struck again... couldn't resist doing something with those leaves.
size: 5.5"sq
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, ZIG Writer, Juice Up pen, HB Caran d'Ache Grafwood pencil and paper stump. Lettering in a style called Distorted Letters by Carmen Nacher. Added linear 3D effect.

words: Leafy Splendor

w/c Leaves - Feathers For My Cap

I was playing with a couple of my Rosemary & Co triangle brushes and created these one sided feathers so had to do something on the other side and started doodling... I actually created them reversed (pointed downward) but didn't like them that way...
size: 5.5"sq
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, ZIG Writer, Juice Up pen, w/c. Lettering in Lisbet's Zeep style  done with a Zig Calligraphy marker using both ends.

words: Feathers for my cap

Scribbled Lives - wk 13 - Thomas Lynch - World's Supply

ID: wk 13 - Thomas Lynch - World's Supply

Size: 6.5"w x 3.5"h
On Genoa Bond paper using a Mitchell 2 nib and Sumi Ink in a Foundational style lettering.
words: the world's supply of heartache is secure, there's love ad hate and mayhem everywhere. Thomas Lynch

Triangle Brush Leaves - Blowing In The Wind

Size: 5.75"w x 4.5"h
I was playing with one of my Rosemary & Co triangle brushes (#6) and recent purchase of w/c paints (bought for Lorraine Douglas class) (bkgrd: DS New Gamboge & WN Perm Alizarin Crimson; leaves: DS Perm Green, Winsor Blue grn shade) on Fabriano mixed media paper.
Used a pointed pen and Sumi ink for the text which was going thru my mind...
words: Blowing in the wind, I'm just blowing in the wind. Bob Dylan

Black White - Each Of Us

size: 7"w x 6"h
I came across a painted letter E on this Canson Mixed Media paper. I don't know when I did it or what color I used... so went over it with a black Zig Calligraphy pen to straighten out the lines and make it more presentable... Then looked at it trying to come up with a word to go with the "E" - and this evolved. Looking at it I realized I didn't use the same lettering style for the rest of the "Each" word... c'est la vie continued it anyway. Used a Juice Up pen for the skinny parts. A ZIG Writer and Pentel Brush pen for the thicker areas and the Zig Calligraphy pen for the other areas. A Caran d'Ache  pencil for shading and paper stump.
words: Each of us has a song to sing.