Derwent Challenge - Day 1 - 7

size: each approx 6" x 4.5"
On Canson Biggie Jr watercolor paper drew out my designs with a black waterproof marker and colored with both Derwent w/c pencils and Inktense pencils, using a different lettering style for each.
They are in order of the challenge except for "Spring Wardrobe which should be in 3rd spot after "Day Trip".
words: Blossoming Trees; Day Trip;  Rose Lemonade; Evening Glow; Dancing Butterflies; Summer Picnic, Spring Wardrobe.

Blossoming Trees: I320, 0210, 1510

Day Trip: I06, I14, I20, 0260, 1530, 1920

Spring Wardrobe: 15, 17, 33, 46

Rose Lemonade: I21, 15, 17

Evening Glow: 0210, 0250, 0410, 0850

Dancing Butterflies: I12, I20, 15, 21, 0220

Summer Picnic: I02, I03, I09, I14, I16, I17, 0210, 0250, 0320, 0410, 0820, 1330, 1540, 1550, 1560.

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Abstract Doodle - Don't Think Just Do

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the abstract design using a Juice Upand a ZIG Writer, colored with Prisma colored pencils.
Funky lettering for the text.
words: Don't think just do...

Doodled Flower - A Single Flower

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the flower outline than started doodling inside and used a ZIG Clean Color marker for the leaves and a couple petals.
Funky lettering for the text.
words: a single flower can make me smile

Caterpillar Books from the past...

I've made at least 8 Caterpillar books in the past (around 2009/2010) that I can find images of... Several were sold a looong time ago. I still have a couple on my shelf...

 

 

   

                                   
 

                                      

Abstract Doodle - Drawing - Edgar Degas

I just started drawing lines and patterns and this emerged...
size: 5"sq
On Genoa Bond calligraphy paper drew the curvy lines with a ZIG Writer. Used Prisma colored pencils in earth tones in a gradation style then doodled in a bunch of the spaces. Added the text in my hand writing... (a lot to be desired...)
words: Drawing is the artist's most direct and spontaneous expression, a species of writing: it reveals better than does painting his true personality. Edgar Degas

Nothing Left To Lose

This song was going round in my head...
size: 7"w x 3.5"h
On Canson 120# w/c paper created the large word using 4 different pens for the main word - Sharpie Metallic Gold, Black& Red ZIG Writer, Deco Color Premium gold. The rest with just the brown ZIG
words: Nothing Left To Lose

Let There Be Peace

I saw something done on_line and decided to pull out my w/c pencils and create one too...
6.5"w x 3.5"h

On Canson cp watercolor paper created my main word using Faber Castell - Albert Dürer w/c pencils (Emerald Green 163, Earth Green Yellowish 168, Light Green 171) and a wet brush, and the smaller words with a green ZIG Writer.

Doodling - Live Love Laugh

size: 6.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper wrote out the words in a bold monoline using the fat end of a ZIG Writer. Surrounded the letters with squares/rectangles, hearts, circles and doodled within them. Painted with w/c. The drew the wavy lines around everything.
words: Live Love Laugh

Freedom Booklet

I was cleaning out a bunch of stuff... and found a bunch of black cardstock, folded in half with a window on one side... so I glued them together to create the booklet, adhering the letters to spell "FREEDOM'S"

Adhered a piece of crackle scrapbook paper to the left side and wrote a word under the window, one each page from the lyrics. (LOVE this song...)

words: Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Kris Kristofferson

Doodled Blobs - Blobby Blobs

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created my Blobs using a ZIG Writer, painted with w/c and some metallic gold paint. Added the words coloring with a NoBlot Ink Pencil then wet the area to spread the color.
words: Blobby Blobs

Abstract Doodle - Patterns Emerge

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created my doodles using a ZIG Writer, then in the open central space wrote in my words and painted the background with a red w/c...

words: Patterns Emerge

Floral Border - Be Always Truthful

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper wrote out the quote then added the floral design using a ZIG Writer and w/c. Not often I do script writing...
words: Be always truthful to yourself...

Circle Doodle - When U Don't Know

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the abstract circle design and colored with Prisma colored pencils. Text written with a ZIG Writer
words: When U Don't Know What To Do

Funky BFly - Butterfly Fantasy

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the funky butterfly and painted with US ArtQuest Mica Metallic set. Text in a script style with a pointed pen.
words: Butterfly Fantasy

Tea Cups Earl Grey - Tea For Two

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the funky tea cups and painted US ArtQuest "Stargazer" set. Drew out the funky letters for "Tea For Two" and doodled in them.
words: Tea For Two

wc Waterlily

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the waterlily and painted with various brands of w/c. Text painted with US ArtQuest Meteor Copper.
words: Waterlily

Circle Line Doodle - Between The Lines

size: 6.5"w x 4"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the lines and circles with a ZIG Writer. Doodled and painted with various brands of w/c. Text painted with US ArtQuest Nebula Green.
words: Between The Lines...

Floral Center Circles - Abstraction

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the circles with my Orbis Circle Scissor with a Sanford NoBlot Ink pencil (love the blue it turns in to when wet). Wet each circle line slightly and some completely... Added a deeper blue w/c for behind the flower. Text written with a dark blue Juice Up pen. Added some exterior lines.
words: Almost without exception, blue refers to the domain of abstraction and immateriality. Wassily Kandinsky

Bubbles _ Enthusiasm Just Create

size: 6.5"w x 5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the overlapping circles, added the words. Painted with various brands of watercolors (the colors don't show up very well especially the pink and gold...)
words: Enthusiasm just creates bubbles: It doesn't keep them from popping. Adora Svitak

Celtic Weave Bands - Doubt Kills Dreams

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the curved lines and filled with a Celtic pattern of cross lines. Added some colored pencil shadow lines. Added some lightly shaded areas with various greens (hard to see...) then added the text with the narrow tip of the calligraphy marker.
words: Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

Block Art - Windows To My Mind

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the block lines and thickened with the bullet tip of a ZIG Writer. Painted with various yellows and a mix of orange I made a log time ago... The blocks reminded me of windows so added the lines within some of the blocks... Lettering with both ends of my ZIG Writer.
words: Windows To My Mind

Line Art - Leaning On Each Other

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the lines and thickened with the bullet tip of a ZIG Writer. Painted with various blue watercolors. Added the lettering with a flat brush and outlined with a gold gel pen.
words: Leaning On Each Other

Abstract Doodle - Good Vibes Only

size: 6"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the wavy overlapping lines. Doodled in some, painted others with watercolors,  added the words.
words: Good vibes only

Triangles - Good Bad Inbetween

size: 5"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew the overlapping triangles, added the words then painted with various brands of watercolors.
words: Good Bad Inbetween

ECS Env Exc - May 2026 - Jeanine Alexander

ECS Env Exc 2026 - Jeanine Alexander
Env 5"h x 7"w

Env done on Genoa Bond paper in a funky style - have no idea what type it is... using a blue, green and gold gel pens. Rubber stamped the floral border.
Card done in one of the classes I took several years ago and I put my funky lettering on it...

Forever Chasing Emerald Dreams

I was cleaning up a pile of stuff on one of my wheel-y carts and came across a bunch of glittered pieces I created eons ago... this one is emerald glitter on black paper through a star stencil.
size: 5"sq
I cut strips of just under an inch wide since the piece wasn't the size I wanted and pasted them to create my new frame. Used the cut of corners as decorative elements. Wrote the words with a green ZIG Writer
words: Forever Chasing Emerald Dreams

Emeralds, I think are my favorite gem...

Sarkis BD 2026

I created the env using Genoa Bond paper and my funky lettering style, doodling in each letter. Sponged some Distress brown around the edges. Added a bunch of stamps I liked.

The card was made after an ECS class with Sally Towers-Syblliss

Dec 16/25 post link below

https://www.facebook.com/yogi.grunwald/posts/pfbid03882WdbjXDgH9iBtyJgfAoVR93LTwWJRn2kFhxaY6DeFKfmhD5eD7vWehgEhuP8dVl

AofF_Isosceles Triangle Book - Play Is Therapy

size closed: Triangles - 3.5" x 4"h
Our AofF for June had one thought being an Isosceles triangle project... but then they decided something else... but my head was already in the isosceles mode...

We were to take a square piece of paper and divide it in half both ways and half again and trim off the excess to create perfect isosceles triangles. I did a 2nd piece and adhered them together at their edges...

I then created another one slightly smaller from Genoa Bond paper. Then I cut smaller triangles from marbled paper I created eons ago and adhered them to the Genoa paper

The whole thing folds up into a neat triangle with a little paper band to keep it closed

Then cut out letters from misc black paper to spell out "Play Is Therapy

A of F - One Page Booklet - Crazy Is

Our AofF for May is anything using 1 piece of paper. This is the 3rd booklet I've made. I guess I'm kind of addicted...
size closed: 2"sq x .5"thk
I used my Guild's Genoa Bond paper which I completely covered with various colored linear marks and filling in the negative areas with solid color.
Folded to create 16 sections. Cut the paper thru 3 squares in the 1st & 3rd section and then from the opposite side thru the 2nd section.
Glued a very thin line wherever needed to create a page/pocket and then cut out little rectangles to easily slip in and out my white page inserts.
The only text is what's visible.
words: title - "Crazy is as crazy does" on the edge of the cover.
letters spell out MIND BOGGLING

Shadow Letters - Floral Border - Trust Your Self

At our last Guild's play day till Sept... I created a couple of calligraphic pieces. This was the 2nd piece.
size: 6.5"w x 5.75"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper using a bullet tip marker and then squaring off the letters to create the text... Added the floral type border and coloring with both Prisma Colored Pencils, markers and gold gel pen.
words: Trust Your Self

Shadow Letters - Believe And You're Half Way There

At our last Guild's play day till Sept... I created a couple of calligraphic pieces. This was the 1st one.
size: 7.5"w x 6.5"h
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper using a Juice Up pen wrote out the words in a Shadow Lettering style. Added some shadow hearts.
words: Believe and you're half way there