Doodled Flower - Blue Thou Art

Another doodling project...
size: 6"w x 4.5"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, ZIG Writer, and Light Blue Juice Up pen and metallic green Gelly Roll pen. Words written with the small end of a Itoya Doubleheader pen and the skinny part with the Juice Up.
words: Blue thou art, intensely blue; flower, whence came thy dazzling hue. James Montgomery

Scribbled Lives wk 12 - Resist - Messy

ID: wk 12 - Resist - Messy
Size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Pen and Ink paper applied my resist (W/N Art Masking Fluid). I checked my database and it was purchased in 2013... Was a little tacky so added a few drops of water and stirred... Applied to my paper with a pointed nib (Hunt Falcon #97). When dry used a "The Palmer Dynasty" 1" brush with 3 colors of ink (Ecoline Lemon Yellow and a touch of Sky Cyan Blue which I removed from the brush but it still had some residue... and de'Atrementis Pearlescent ink Carnelien Red-Gold, and misted the brush with water.
Added shadow with graphite and paper stump. 

Letters As Art - Day 2 - Let Me - Take 2

The last piece I did in Lorraine Douglas's class

size: 6"sq
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper.
Drew circles 3/4" apart, starting with approx a 1.25" circle and the last one 6". Then drew a line from one to the next to merge them for the text. Painted with 3 colors of watercolors (Grumacher Gambouge Hue; Thalo Blue; &  w/n Permanent Rose.

words: Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours, let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow. Khalil Gibran

Letters As Art - Day 2 - Let Me - Take 1

1st take: see tomorrow for take 2

size: 7"w x 4"h
On St Armand cold press w/c paper Lettered my quote in very light pencil lines. Gilded the "O's" with 23 3/4K warm gold leaf (C. Roberson & Co) and Jerry Tresser size. Painted with various brands of watercolors.

Letters As Art - Day 1 - Onyx

size: 3"sq

On Value Pack Black Cardstock, using a Uniball white gel pen and Prisma colored pencils.

Letters As Art - Lorraine Douglas - Day 1

I'm taking a 2 day class with Lorraine Douglas (a BVCG Guild Member from BC) creating art with letters.

Top: 6"w x 1.5"h 

Middle: 3"sq ea

Bottom: 4.5"w x 3"h
 

 

 

On Canson Pen & ink paper.

1st image:
The top piece: BRIM - the letters outlined with a Unibal Gold gel pen and painted with all the colors of blue in one of my palettes. (Holbien - Peacock Blue, W/N - Cobalt Blue, Manganese Blue & Winsor Blue (red), Grumbacher - Cobalt Blue)

The middle 2: OKRA, ACED - the one on the left with Derwent Inktense w/c pencils and Bleed Proof White.
The one on the right done with a Zig Writer and Derwent regular watercolor pencils.

The bottom one: PENCIL - all done with an Caran d'Ache HB pencil and added shading with paper stump.

Palmer Brush Bkgrd - Dry Your Tears

size: 6"w x 5"h
I was playing with a new 1" brush I just bought (The Palmer by Dynasty) and had left over paint from the project I just worked on so created the backgroundfor this piece... now a few days later added the text with a Nikko G nib and Sumi ink in a script style.

words: dry your tears, lift your face to the sun, and trust that God will give you a better tomorrow!

Abstract Design - Relax

Playing with my friend and started this abstract design and finished it at home.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, ZIG Writer, Juice Up pen, w/c.

words: Relax and enjoy the process

Scribbled Lives wk11 - Tricolon - Snap Crackle Pop

wk 11 - Tricolon - Snap Crackle Pop

My favorite cereal is Kellogg's Rice Krispies... so had to go with that Tricolon...
Size: 6.5" x 5.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the bubble style letters. Outlined and shadowed with a black Zig Writer. Colored with a Derwent w/c pencil (ultramarine 29) and moved color around with a loaded wet brush. Stippled the center one with a blue Zig Writer.

Earthy Orbs Doodle - Love, Anger

I came across something on Facebook that I really liked done by Mette Bechmann on Neuro Club - the colors of these orbs. Mine have always been more colorful but her colors spoke to me...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h (excluding white space)
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, ZIG Writer, metallic Gelly Roll gel pens for the stippling, Prisma colored pencils. Juice Up pen for the text done in a very tall skinny monoline (almost illegible but readable in real life)

words: Love, Anger, Pride and Avarice all visibly move in those little orbs. Joseph Addison

BVCG Env Exc 2025 - March - Thea

Thea Paul (March 2025)
Env created on a geli print on Columbia Mills LBS End Paper, doodled letters with a Zig Writer and Uniball white gel pen.

The card was created during one of the online classes I took. Mainly done with various colors of Juice Up pen.

Art Of The Fold - Pocket Album - Whatever

Our next challenge is to create a pocket type booklet as seen in Bound & Lettered (winter 2011 issue). It's a nice basic fold, but rather than have individual pocket pages, I decided to stack various size pockets into each other.
Size closed: 6"w x 6"h x 1/2thk
So I pulled out some heavy weight paper from Tim Holtz from way back when... called Vintage Shabby 12 x 12 pad. Some of the papers were full sheet designs and others were 1/4 page designs - so utilized a bunch of them. Had some off cuts as well from when I 1st got the pad...

I had started with 1 color but then ended using 3 colors, each section with a different sequence of colors and had some extra folded pieces that didn't follow the sequence so adhered them to the front. 

 

 Added a brown 1/2" ribbon and brass closure. Ribbon just has a single knot to keep it closed.

Wrote out the title with an Itoya Double Header Mocha marker and adhered it to the cover leaving an  opening to slip the ribbon through.

Attached one end of the ribbon to the buckle with some glue and then just tied a simple knot to the other. 

 

Abstract Floral Corner - Must Speak

Love these flowers... they just make me smile, which is good on this snowy day.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper. ZIG Writer, w/c and gold gel pen. My script writing with a Nikko G pointed pen nib and Sumi ink.

words: there are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the other person, but because if you don't speak, they have changed you.

Two Irises - Iris (and more)

I took an online class yesterday held by BVCG for Irises taught by Pat Blair, so taught I'd finish this one of...
6"sq
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using various brands of w/c and a Rosemary & co medium triangle brush. That blue one has part of the leaf from the red one that snuck between the petals... Added some graphite shading with an HB Caran d'Ache pencil and paper stump.

words: Iris

See below for some other things I created during class

 

Black & White Floral - Black White

Maybe it's the snowy day today but I wasn't in a mood for color... hence the black & white.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, ZIG Writer, Juice Up pen, HB Caran d'Ache Grafwood pencil and paper stump. Monoline and a touch of Art Nouveau lettering.

words: Things are not quite so simple as BLACK and WHITE. Doris Lessing

Scribbled Lives Wk 11 - Getting To Know You

Size: 5.5"sq
On Canson Pen & Ink paper created the wavy lines using a new brush I just bought... The Palmer by Dynasty 2" synthetic shader. I dampened the bristles and patted dry with a paper towel. Dotted the tip with Magic Color inks in the rainbow colors, then created the wavy lines.

Calligraphy done with both sides of an Itoya Doubleheader black marker in Lisbet's ZEEP interpretation. The words describe me perfectly...
words: Calgary - I'm anti social

Sky Earth Sea Doodle - Tranquility

Sheesh these colors are quite off from the original. The leaves are less bluish and the flowers have lots of pink... again just doodling.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper. ZIG Writer, w/c. Unknown lettering style found on Pinterest.

words: Tranquility

Misc Doodle - Abstract Creativity

Just doodling away again... I started with that central swirl which was something I came across and then the rest just flew out of control... no rhyme or reason that I could figure out.
size: 6"sq
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper. ZIG Writer, w/c, Unibal white gel pen. Funky lettering.

words: Artistic creativity is a whirlpool of imagination that swirls in the depths of the mind. Robert Toth

 

Quilt Stitched Doodle - Our Lives

Just doodling away...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper. ZIG Writer, Prisma colored pencils, Unibal white gel pen and Juice Up for the text. Funky lettering "Art Nouveau" style.
words: Our lives are like quilts - bits and pieces, joy and sorrow, stitched with love.

Floral Cherry Doodle - No Stranger

At our recent BVCG play day the was the 2nd piece I created... Was in a mood for cherries... and the rest evolved
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper. ZIG Writer, watercolors, Unibal gold and white gel pens. Funky lettering is something I saw on Dribble.com

words: In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger. Kobayashi Issa

Heart Doodle - No Remedy For Love

At our recent BVCG play day this was the 1st piece I created... Did the squiggly lines and then added the heart...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper. ZIG Writer, Prisma colored pencils. Lettering in a funky style taught by Mina Taylor from SFC guild.

words: There is no remedy for love but to love more. Henry David Thoreau

Scribbled Lives - Wk 9 - Legibility

Size: 6.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper drew out my funky letters using a Zig Writer. Used watercolors for the title, Kuretake gold paint for the "i's" and Prisma colored pencils for the rest.
words: Legibility, in practice amounts simply to what one is accustomed to. Eric Gill

 

Funky Lettering - Unbelievable

Got carried away with this word...
size: 4.5"w x 5"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper. ZIG Writer, Black Edition Felt Tip pen set.

words: Unbelievable

Leafy Border - Nothing Is Easy

Was just playing with the leafy vine...
size: 4.5"w x 5"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper. ZIG Writer for the outline, colored with Prisma Colored pencils and a gold Uniball gel pen
Text written with black Juice Up pen and filled with the gold gel pen in Wes Wilson style

words: Nothing is easy to the unwilling

Floral Doodle - Black & White - Interpretive

I was in a mood to work on black and this just evolved...
size: 6"w x 5.5"h
On Scrapbook black cardstock created the doodle using a Uniball white gel pen and a touch of a white Prisma colored pencil.
Text written with a Zebra pointed pen nib and Bleed Proof White ink in a monoline style.

words: Color is descriptive. Black and white in interpretive. Elliott Erwitt

Floral Chains Of Gold

Another piece I created while playing with the gals.
size: 6"w x 4.25"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper. ZIG Writer for the outline and doodling, gold Uniball gel pen for the chain and watercolors for the flowers.
Text written with red ZIG calligraphy pen and a Zig Writer

words: Chains of gold are still chains.

Geli Print - Floral Doodle - Think Positive

I pulled out one of my geli prints I didn't like very much and decided to play with it... and this just evolved...
size: 6.5"w x 7"h
Done on LBS End paper created the floral design using a ZiG Writer, a Pentel Pocket Brush, Uniball white gel pen. For the lettering Bleed Proof white and Zebra nib shadowing with a black Juice Up pen.

words: Think positive spring is around the corner.

ECS Env Exchange Feb 2025 - Jeanine Alexander

Env: Funky style lettering on the envie using Prisma colored pencils and Juice Up pen for outlining. Rubber stamped corners by Lili of the Valley using Distress pad Barn Door and clear embossed.

Card done on cold press watercolor paper rubber stamped with various leaf stamps by Designed By Ryn. Words done in Gwen Weaver style writing.

Scribbled Lives - Wk 8 - Nikki Giovanni - Nothing Easy

wk 8 - Nikki Giovanni - Nothing Easy
Size: 6"sq
On Black cardstock created the lettering (Art Nouveau style) and with a Uniball white Gel pen inked in the negative areas. With various colors of Gelly Roll metallic pens created the spacer boxes. Added the authors name and a more readable version of the quote for some...

Leafy Floral - Dr Seuss - Fantasy

This is another piece that just evolved...
size: 4"w x 5"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper created the leafy floral design using  Zig Writer then painted with watercolors.

Text written with a Zebra pointed pen nib and Sumi ink in my script style of writing...

words: I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. Dr Seuss

Spiral Doodle - Challenges

I LOVE doing these spiral designs and then found the quote...
size: 4"w x 5.5"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper drew the swirl design and colored with Prisma colored pencils. Then found a quote to go with it. A basic thick/thin monoline done with a pointed pen and Sumi ink

words: It's our challenges & obstacles that give us layers of depth & make us interesting. Ellen De Generes