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.

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...