BVCG Env Exc - Oct 2025 - Bev Duke

ID: Bev Duke (Oct 2025)
Env created on Genoa Bond paper. I decided to go with bit of Celtic... Created the grid layout and colored with various media and doodled with various tools. Bummer you can't see the lion stamp more clearly...

The insert (not a card) was something I created a long time ago creating faux coffee rings and my funky lettering.

Abstract Flower Doodle - First Attempt

size: 6"h x 4.25"w
On Canson Pen And Ink paper drew out the doodled florals and painted with w/c. Text with a ZIG Writer.
words: In drawing nothing is better than the first attempt. Pablo Picasso

Sponged Border - Just Absorbing

size: 6"h x 4.25"w
On Canson Pen And Ink paper. Found this sponge in my drawer and decided to cut of a piece 3/4"sq and dipped it into a couple colors of w/c (Holbien Peacock Blue & Permanent Green) then wrote ou the text with  pointed nib with the same colors adding weight to the main word.
words: I am more of a SPONGE, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it's in daily life or in art. Thomas A Edison

Unique Strand - Web Of Life

size: 4.25" w x 6" h
On Canson Mixed Media paper, created the web design, adding shadows and painted with various brands of w/c. Text with a Juice Up pen.
words: Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life.

Block Frame - Life Could Be Better

size: 6.5" sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper, created the square blocks frame, painted with various brands of w/c. Added gel pen doodles. Text written with a Pointed nib and a reddish/brown ink.

words: The thought that life could be better is woven into our hearts & brains. Paul Simon

Oct - Puppets On A String - Marionettes

size: 6" w x 4.25" h
On Canson Mixed Media paper wrote the words in various styles. October with a Zig Caligraphy marker, Puppets with a Zig Writer and Prisma colored pencils.
words: October Puppets on a string Marionettes

Scribbled Lives 2025 _Oct Wk 46 - EECummings - Be Of LOVE

wk 46 - EE Cummings_ Be Of Love
Size: 5.25'w x 7.75"h
On Genoa Bond paper using a Mitchell Pedigree Roundhand  1.5 nib wrote out the quote in a funky style with gouache (Holbien Peacock & Geranium mix).

Path Isn't A Straight Line

size: 4.25" w x 6" h

On Canson Mixed Media paper, created the spiral design, painted with various brands of w/c. Text with a Zig Writer
words: The path isn't a straight line it's a spiral. you continually come back to things you thought you understood and see deep truths. Barry H Gillespie

Floral - Flowers Are Proud

size: 4.25" w x 6" h
On Canson Mixed Media paper, created the floral design, painted with various brands of w/c and Gansai Tambi gold paint. Text with a Zig Calligraphy marker (2.0 end)
words: Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities in the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trust Earned - Not Blind

size: 7.5" sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper wrote the main words using a Tim's pen into a mix of Holbien Peacock and Geranium gouache. When dry doodled with a white Uniball Signo gel pen. Added the smaller text with a pointed nib.
words: Trust needs to be eared not blind.

Art Of The Fold - Map Fold - Turkish Map Fold - Map

Size closed: 2"sq x 3/8"thk
I was in a mood to create something 3D... so started playing with map fold stuff... this evolved.

I used Canson Colorline (Nut #33) cut to 2"h by the width of the paper and scored every 2". Started folding my main booklet and then kept folding for the covers which I overlapped to give strength and to wrap around to the velcro closure on the back. 

 

 

 

I used one of my geli prints cut to 4"sq and started folding them in the Turkish fold. Adhered them to the accordion strip. Added the title with a Uniball Signo gold gel penText on the inside done with a brown Fine Point Sharpie pen.

 

Funky Leaves - Splendor Of Fall

size: 6" w x 4.25" h
On Canson Mixed Media paper, created and painted my leaves and words with various brands of w/c. Outlined/shadowed with a Zig Writer.

words: Splendor of Fall

Painted Blocks - Mental Blocks

size: 6.5" w x 5.5" h
On St Armand w/c paper, painted my blocks with various brands of w/c. Outlined with a Zig Writer and Sharpie pen.
Text written with Juice Up

words: Don't let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks. Dr Roopleen

Scribbled Lives - Wk 41 - Postage Stamp - Canada Strong

wk 41 - Postage Stamp - Canada Strong
Size: 4"w x 3.5"h
On Canson XL Mixed Media paper drew out my postage stamp. Painted with various brands of w/c and some of the letters with a silver gel pen. Created a scalloped edge master with an edged scissor and then colored the scalloped edge to my stamp with a red ZIG Writer.

Linear Shapes - THINK

size: 5.75"w x 3.7"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper, created my shapes using Pilot Juice Up pens in every color... then outlined the artwork with a black Juice Up. Text with 3 colors of ZIG Clean Color pens.
words: We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we THINK

Chains Of Habit Are Too Light

 

size: 6"w x 4.25"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper, created the text area using a very funky lettering style coloring with Zig Cean Color pens and a Zig Writer. The added the chains coloring with a gold Sharpie and colored pencil shadows.
words: Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. Warren Buffett

Art of the Fold - Hexagon Booklet - Charm

 

We have no theme for our next Art of the Fold meeting for Oct... so decided to make this hexagon structure I saw by Kit Davey on Facebook.

I made a prototype (the small white one below - 1.5"w x 1.5"h) just to make sure I could figure out what the end would look like...

Size closed: 4"w x 4.5"h
I used Canson Colorline (pink) which I don't like because it tears so easily... but I really want to use it all up...

Cut my paper 4.5" h x 21" (approx). Scored and folded every 2".

The under strip that the structure is glued to is 21" total length (10.75"is the narrower section for the wrap around.)

I used one of my geli prints. Found a typeface I liked and printed the quote text on copy paper in the size I wanted, cut them out, colored them black and glue to my structure.

quote: hexagons where mathematical artistry meets quirky charm.

Punched out hexagons from the geli print paper and wrote the letters for the title.

Swirly Doodle - Wisdom - Abstract Of Past

size: 4.25"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper, created my Doodle design using a Zig Writer and colored with Prisma Colored pencils adding gel pen circles.
Text with a med blue Juice Up pen and gel pen in Rennie style lettering,
words: Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Abstract Flower - Music Of The Ground

size: 6"w x 4.25"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper, created the and painted with various brands of w/cf. Added gel pen highlights. Text written with a brown calligraphy marker and outlined with a Juice Up pen.

words: Flowers are the music of the ground from earth's lips spoken without sound.

RW - Uncial Class - More - Sept 2025

I found more images I did during the Uncial class I took with Renate Worthington thru our Guild. Also the booklet I created after the class to hold the artwork and hand out pages.

Carved some rubber stamps (ABC) and doodled the "Y" and the reverse of the "Brilliant" iece

Scribbled Lives - wk 40 - Play - Ovid - In Our Play

Size: 5"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper wrote out the text then traced it in reverse order using every color in my Zig Calligraphy set.
words: In our play we reveal what kind of people we are. Ovid

Linear Bkgr'd - We Are Mosaics

size: 4.25"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper, created my Linear design using a Sharpie gold pen and colored with my Zig Clean Color pens
Text with Juice Up pen
words: We are mosaics, pieces of light, love, history, stars... glued together with magic and music and words. Anita Krizzan

Doodle Circles - When We Strive

I haven't been in to black and white lately but this just evolved...

size: 5"w x 5.5"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper, created my circle design using a Zig Writer, doodled and shaded with a 2B pencil and paper stump.
Text: with Juice Up pen
words: When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too. Paul Coelho

RW_ Uncial Class - Sept 27 & 28, 2025

Took an Uncial class (Sept 27 & 28, 2025) with Renate Worthington thru our Guild and enjoyed it thoroughly.
We did lots of techniques.

PS: as you can see from the bottom right image the word is a little weird... It's my inevitable mistake... I put the "R' in front of the "T" but continued with my word and still laugh...

Doodled Rocks - Sticks And Stones

size: 5"w x 4.5"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper, created my design using a Zig Writer and a Pentel Brush pen and Sumi ink
words: Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

4 Petal Flowers - Why Should I Be Happy

size: 6"w x 4.25"h
On Canson Pen &Ink paper, painted my floral design with w/c and Gansai Tambi gold paints. Wrote in the text in a script style with a Nikko G nib and Sumi ink.
words: why should I be unhappy? every parcel of my being is in full bloom

Oak Leaves - Have Small Beginnings

size: 4.25"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen &Ink paper, painted my design with w/c. Wrote in the text with a Zig Writer.
words: An oak tree is a daily reminder that great things often have small beginnings. Matshona Dhliwayo

Scribbled Lives - Wk 39 - Idiom - Spill The Beans

wk 39 - Idiom - Spill The Beans
Size: 7"w x 5"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper wrote out the main words in Lisbeth's Zeep Interpretation using both ends of a red and black Zig Writer. Drew in some "beans"... using Prisma colored pencils.

Floral Design - Earth Laughs In Flowers

size: 6.5" sq
On Canson Black Drawing Paper drew out the floral design, colored with Prisma Colored pencils, and gelly roll center details.
Text with a white and blue gel pen.
words: The Earth laughs In Flowers

Colored Squares -Box Without Hinges

size: 6" sq
On Canson Black Drawing Paper drew out the interlocking squares, outlined with a gold gel pen and colored with Prisma Colored pencils.
Text with a gold gel pen and shadowed with a white gel pen.
words: A box without hinges, key or lid, yet golden treasure inside hid. JRR Tolkien

Doodled Circles - Balls In The Air

size: 7.5"w x 5.5"h
On Canson Black Drawing Paper drew out the circles and colored with Prisma Colored pencils and doodling with a white gelly roll pen..
Text with W/N Calligraphy Ink.
words: It's not about keeping all the balls in the air. It's about knowing which ones to intentionally set down.