Black White Doodle - Leave A Trail

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen & Ink paper started with the bands of doodles but got lazy... and didn't do doodles in the middle, just decided to add my text there. Added some graphite shading.
Quote written in funky monoline.
words: Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Scribbled Lives 2025 - Wk 45 - Courage - Irish Blessing

Size: 5.25"w x 6.5"h
Cut my card, folded and edged the front with a couple green Zig Calligraphy markers then punched the corners with a decorative punch. Text written with a Staedtler 3002 Calligraphy duo pen in my funky style...
words: May you always have the courage to spread your wings & fly. Irish Blessing

Practice Makes Perfect Sometimes

size: 5.5"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen & Ink paper drew out the quote with a ZIG Writer and tidied up the corners... Painted the background leaving a white edge around the letters.
I had written the first 3 words and then thought better about the quote and added the sub-text...
words: Practice Makes perfect sometimes.

Strawberry Fields Forever

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen & Ink paper drew out the strawberries from unripe to ripe on the vine and painted with w/c... Drew out the lettering in an exaggerated monoline adding dots for the min word.
words: Strawberry fields forever

Passing Through Gingko Leaf

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen & Ink paper drew out the gingko leaf & painted with w/c. Wrote out the funky lettering for "Gingko" and monoline for the rest adding w/c accents...
words: Peace is sunlight passing through a gingko leaf

Continuous Letters - Always Remember

size: 6.5"h x 7"w
Putting into practice what I learned in Julie Wildman "Continuous Line" thru Edmonton Calligraphy Society.
I came cross this quote and it spoke to me... so had to scribe it... and what better way to use Julie's continuous line lettering,
On Arches Text Wove paper (found a pad in my stash I bought from Quietfire Design eons ago...) Text in monoline with a ZIG Writer, various w/c.
words: Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.. Christopher Robin

Continuous Line - Fiskar Knife

size: 2.25"h x 3.5"w
I'm taking a 2 day class with Julie Wildman "Continuous Line" thru Edmonton Calligraphy Society. This was the first thing we did... Then we got into lettering stuff...
On Genoa Bond paper started with the tip and worked towards the handle including that cross hatching area...

Doodle Leaf Branch - Life Changes

 size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen and Ink paper created the leafy doodled branch and painted with various brands of w/c. Doodled with a ZIG Writer and Gelly Roll white gel pen. Text in a funky style with a ZIG Writer
words: Life changes like leaves drifting with the wind.

Scribbled Lives - wk 44 - RJMayne - Become The Rock

Size: 9"w x 5" h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the rock and painted with w/c. Text in an extended monoline style
words: You must become the rock the river cannot wash away.
Richard J Mayne

Xmas Bells - Hear The Bells Ring

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen and Ink paper created the bells and painted with w/c. Text with a ZIG Writer and Kuretake gold paint in Mykolas Saulytis style lettering.
words: Hear the bells ring

Water Splash Border - Or Go Insane

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Pen and Ink paper created the splash type border with a ZIG Writer and painted with w/c adding white gel pen highlights. Text with a Juice Up pen in a monoline style.
words: We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature or go insane. Charlie Chaplin

Doodling - Y

size: 5"sq
On Canson Black Drawing paper drew out the letter "Y" and then doodled around it adding Prisma colored pencil strokes and white Unibal gel pen doodles
words: Y

Metallic Paint Border - Don't Mind

size: 5.5"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Black Drawing painted the borer with a triple loaded flat brush using Kuretake Gem colors w/c. Went over it a bit to intensify the colors... Used a white Unibal gel pen for the leafy design. Added the text with a ZIG Writher, white gel pen and gold paint, paper drew out the letter "Y" and then
words: Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr Suess

Puzzle Pieces - Art Of Simplicity

size: 7"h x 5"w
On Canson Black Drawing paper drew out the puzzle frame, doodled in some with metallic gel pens and painted others with Kuretake Gem Colors. Text with the gel pen.
words: The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity. Douglas Horton

Doodle - Spontaneity

size: 6"h x 4.25"w
On Canson Pen And Ink paper drew out the abstract doodle design and painted with w/c. Text with a ZIG Writer.
words: Doodles: where creativity meets spontaneity.

Scribbled Lives - wk 43 - Quilting - Memories

 ID: wk 43 - Quilting - Memories
Size: 6"w x 5.5"h
Used  geli print done on Genoa Bond paper drew out the quilt squares and wrote out the quote in a funky style using a ZIG Writer. Added stitch marks and a solid border.
words: Memories R stitched with love.

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