Scribbled Lives 2024 - Wk 37 - Brian Andreas - Moon & Stars

On Edge Mixed Media paper Using a 4.5 Parallel pen (2.4 for the "and's") dipped into Sumi Ink and the edge of pen brushed with Gansai Tambi Red Gold paint wrote out the text in my Funky Neuland style. Shadow edge the thick strokes with a Juice Up pen.

Words: Moon and stars near and far it's all a part of what we are. Brian Andreas (AKA Kai Skye)

ECS Envelope Exchange for October 2022

Another couple envelopes and cards ready for the mail... 

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Funky Neuland Class - Name Plates

Since I've always enjoyed getting a name plate from whatever instructor I took a class with I thought I'd do the same...

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Funky Neuland - Count Your Age

Our Guild is having an exhibit at the Fish Creek Library here in Calgary from Oct 30 to Nov 27. I created this piece for it. I still need to mat and frame it...

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Funky Neuland - Stencils - Portrait

I had an urge to play with my stencils... so I went through them all and pulled out a bunch I thought would work nicely with the Funky Neuland lettering... This batch is all portrait mode. They will be turned into greeting cards as needed... real easy - adhered to a blank card base and voila...

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Env & Card - Mari - Get Well Soon

A friend is healing from an operation, so thought I'd make her a card wishing her well...

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Funky Neuland - Stencils - Landscape

I had an urge to play with my stencils... so I went through them all and pulled out a bunch I thought would work nicely with the Funky Neuland lettering... This batch is all landscape mode. They will be turned into greeting cards as needed... real easy - adhered to a blank card base and voila...

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Funky Neuland - Hello, Howdy & Hola

And another good session with the gals... Got to make a few more mini samples. I had raided another drawer and came across a bunch of Arches Text Wove scraps of paper and thought I'd pt them to good use...

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ECS Envelope Exchange - Sept 2022

And we start with another Edmonton Calligraphy Society envelope exchange... so signed up to make 2 of them.

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Funky Neuland - No No No

I can't seem to stop wanting to do Funky Neuland samples... and I came across a Stimudent pen I created eons ago... and I wanted to play with my walnut ink... 

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Funky Neuland - Only You & General's

And continuing to pull out stuff from my drawers to use for my Funky Neuland class I'll be teaching soon and came across my Lyra Graphite crayons & General's Sketching pencils... 

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Funky Neuland - Blue To You

I've been pulling out stuff from my drawers to use for my Funky Neuland class I'll be teaching soon and came across my Kuretake flat water brushes. This one is 1/4". Sheesh I've got soooo much stuff I can't remember what I have BIG GRIN

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Funky Neuland - Glorious & Play

And a bit more playing again creating more samples for my Funky Neuland class I'll be teaching at the end of the month...

I LOVE the variations in the letters which don't show all the glorious nuances of the gold paint... sigh!!

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Funky Neuland - Breathe In

I was playing again creating more samples for my Funky Neuland class I'll be teaching at the end of the month...

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Crafter's Workshop - Petal Splash - Purple Mania

And 1 more Funky Neuland/stencil piece...

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Scribbled Lives 2022 - Wk 34 - Reading - C.S.Lewis

And another project for Scribbled Lives is done.. Wk 34 with a theme of "Reading". Decided to use my Funky Neuland style lettering...

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Japanese 4 Needle Booklet - Funky Neuland - Play

And another Japanese 4 needle booklet. I'm just loving making these tings. they are so addictive... And I used a bunch more of my decorated papers from eons ago. It's fun going through my stashes and coming across good memories...

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Neuland Sampler - Studio Light - Wild At Heart - Splish Splash

I seem to have used the same words on 2 stenciled pieces, and of course didn't upload one of them... but one was with pointed pen lettering and this one is in Funky Neuland as a sample for an upcoming class in Sept.

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Japanese 4 Needle Booklet - Abstract - Circle Mania

And another page done... I'm just zipping along BIG GRIN I used some gilding flakes on this one...

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Japanese 4 Needle Booklet - Abstract - Connections

Created another page in my Abstract Japanese 4 needle booklet...

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