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.

Florals In Rocks - To Plant A Garden

size: 5.5"w x 4.25"h
On Canson Pen & Ink Paper drew out the floral rock design, colored with Prisma colored pencils. Monoline text.
words: To plant a garden is to dream of tomorrow.

Single Flower - To Plant A Garden

size: 6"sq
On Edge Sketchbook paper drew floral design, colored with w/c. Monoline text.
words: To plant a garden is to dream of tomorrow. Audrey Hepburn

Beats me where my brain is going... this is the 2nd time I've used this quote within a few days...

Floral - Primrose Opens Wide

size: 6.5"w x 5.5"h
On Edge Sketchbook paper drew the floral design, colored with w/c. Border with Sharpie gold pen and doodling. Monoline text.
words: The Primrose opens wide in spring
Her scent is sweet and good
It smells of every happy thing
In sunny lane and wood
Mary Cicely Barker

Scribbled Lives - Wk 38 - Ruth Asawa quote

Scribbled Lives - wk 38 - Ruth Asawa quote
Size: 7"w x 8"h
On Bee Super Deluxe paper using every color (except black) from My Zig Calligraphy pen 24 pce set - 2.0 for most of the text and 3.5 for the focal word. Shadowed the focal word with a Caran d'Ache Grafwood 2B pencil and paper stump.
words: An artist is not special. An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special. Ruth Asawa

Abstract Triangles - Chagall - Freer The Soul

size: 4.25"w x 5.5"h
On Canson Pen & Ink Paper drew out the geometric design, colored with Prisma Colored pencils and doodling.
Text with a blue gel pen.
words: The freer the soul the more abstract painting begins. Marc Chagall

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.