Art with Yogi

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Sigh Sept Is Almost Gone

I was feeling a bit down knowing Sept was almost gone and winter was too close for comfort... depressing.

On Bogus Recycled Sketch Paper and using a Sharpie pen to write the large letters. Highlighted it with a white Gelly Roll 08 pen. Small Akim style text with a Juice Up pen

words: sigh Sept. is almost gone.

Monday, September 25, 2023

ECS Rachel Yallop - Ruling Pen Class - Day 1

I'm taking a class through ECS with Rachel Yallop - Ruling Pen Class - Day 1

I pulled out a bunch of my ruling pens... 7 of them... I have all the Dreaming Dogs pens but only pulled out my Little Lie pen... The rest were a hand made Cola pen from a previous class eons ago, Brody, Tim's, Haff 629 (from Thomas Hoyer's Class eons ago), a silver ruling pen for drafting, and my new favorite EZ-A from Alan Ariail.

I sprinkled Bister and Brusho w/c powders on my paper and dipped my pens into water...

I worked on Genoa Bond calligraphy paper and before I knew it I went thru 10 sheets...

Looking forward to class 2...

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Pencil Work Booklet - P8 - P11

A few more pages (8- 11) from my Pencil Work booklet...

I used a 0.7 mechanical pencil - HB lead to draw my letters. and a 5B Eagle Turquoise pencil and paper stump for the shadowing. The paper is an unknown brand.

Each word is adhered to a piece of Geli print I made a while back.. and then adhered to heavy weight white cardstock.

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Scribbled Lives 2023 - Wk 38 - HB Card - Rhett

This week on Scribbled Lives we were asked to create a Birthday card for a celebrity or famous person and use one of their 1 liner quotes... This immediately popped into my head... probably it's a truer sentiment for me... and since I'm taking a Cadell class with Vivian Mungall I thought I'd practice creating one of them...

On Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper sprinkling with Brush powders (Yellow, Scarlet and Ost Blue) created the Cadel "F" with a 2.4 Parallel pen dipped in water. The rest of the quote with a 2.5 Elegant Writer in a Blackletter style..

words: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

Friday, September 22, 2023

ECS Env Exchange - Kathy Gynane - Sept 2023

ECS Env Exchange Sept 2023

Envelope created on Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper using Brusho powders (Lemon, Ost red and Sea Green) and using my newest pen an EZ-A from Alan Ariail wrote out the name. Outlined with a Juice Up pen.

The card was one I made in a ZOOM class this summer.

Thursday, September 21, 2023

ECS Env Exchange _ Roxanne Smit - Sept 2023

Envelope created on Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper using Bister powders (Yellow, Red and Blue) and using my newest pen an EZ-A from Alan Ariail wrote out the name. Shadowed with a graphite pencil and paper stump.

The card was one I made in a ZOOM class this summer.

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Pencil Work Booklet - P4 - P7

A few more pages in my Pencil Work booklet

I used an unknown paper, a 0.7 mechanical pencil with HB lead and a 5B Eagle Turquoise pencil and paper stump for the shadowing.

Now I need to bind it...

Just in case you can't figure out the words: ambiguous; kitsch; ludicrous; dilemma

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Pencil Work Booklet - Bound

And the booklet is bound...

I used a Slip Knot binding to bind individual pages. This is one of my favorite and so easy bindings...

I used 2 colors of 4ply waxed linen thread (butterscotch & antique rose). I macramé the tails and added hand made glittered beads.

Monday, September 18, 2023

Pencil Work - Cover - P3

I was inspired by some pencil work I recently saw on Instagram and since I haven't played with my pencils in eons I decided to pull them out...

I used an unknown paper, a 0.7 mechanical pencil with HB lead and a 5B Eagle Turquoise pencil and paper stump for the shadowing.

Now I need to bind it...

Just in case you can't figure out the words: Pencil Work; Ingenious; laughable; decorum

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Doodle Flower - Montogmery - Sept 8,2023

size: 5"sq

On Canson Pro Marker paper using a Juice up pen.

Quote written with a Koh-I-Noor Magic tri-color colored pencil

words: Surely the flowers of a hundred springs are simply the souls of beautiful things. LM Montgomery

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Doodle - Dandelion Wishes - Sept 8,2023

size: 3.75"w x 4.5"h

On Canson Pro Marker paper using a Juice Up pen

words: many of the wishes that I blew, finding myself was the one that came true. Anamika Sharma

Friday, September 15, 2023

Scribbled Lives 2023 - Wk 37 - 2 Styles - Calligraphy

Wk 37 - 2 Styles - Calligraphy

I LOVE doing graffiti style lettering...

Size: 8"w x 6.5"h
On Fabriano 1264Mixed Media paper drew out the word in a graffiti style, outlined with a Sharpie fine tip pen. With a regular Sharpie added the shadows, then painted with various brands of watercolor, added some decorative elements. Added the 2nd style of the word in a very fine monoline then highlighted the letters with a white Juice Up pen.

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Doodle - Palm Trunk - Sept 8,2023

I really love doing these cherry shapes and leaves etc.

size: 3.5"w x 4"h

On Canson Pro Marker paper using a Juice Up pen.

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Doodle Feather- Sept 6, 2023

Another feather... I LOVE feathers...

size: 3"w x 4"h

On Canson Pro Marker paper and using a Juice Up pen.

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Doodle Flower With BFly - Sept 6,2023

Just doodling away...

size: 4" x 5.5"

On Canson Pro Marker paper using a Juice Up pen.

Monday, September 11, 2023

WC Powder Stamping Experiment

A friend has been enjoying my various watercolor powder posts and mentioned wondering how it would work with rubber stamps... You all know I'm up for a challenge...

I used Bister powders but it will work just as well with Color Burst or Brusho powders and I'm sure with many other watercolor powders I haven't tried.

I used a sponge roller and squeezed out all the water. Brayered it over my stamp making sure there were no bubbles of water on the stamp - that would just spread water and create a blob....

I sprinkled my Bister powder onto 110# Staples cardstock (see each image for the combo). I used combos of Yellow, Red, Blue and Green

I included the B&W stamped images (Versafine "Morning Mist") so you could see the detail of a stamped image versus an WC powder image.

Now all someone has to do is experiment...

This one is my least favorite not having enough definition for me. (all colors)

I like this one. There is enough open and solid areas to give a nice look. (colors yellow & green)

I did the flowers first with yellow & red. The center of the bottom flower wasn't very nice so added more texture with a damp paintbrush.

Shook off the excess and sprinkled with yellow and green for the leaves.

These feathers had a lot more yellow. I really loved the way they turned out. (used all 4 colors)

This bottom feather had quite a bit of green in it but doesn't show up in the image. (used all 4 colors)

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Bister - Jean (Sept 6, 2023)

Playing with the gals again and my friend started writing the word Jean... so I sprinkled some Bister powders on Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper and using a 6.0 Parallel pen wrote out the name in several styles... cleaning my nib after every stroke. I then outlined some of them or doodled.

Saturday, September 9, 2023

Scribbled Lives 2023 - Wk 36 - Brush - Every Artist

Somethings wrong with my website - sigh. I can't seem to access it... I hope it's just a weather or simple glitch that will right itself soon...

Another week of Scribbled Lives this time the challenge is using a Brush... so I pulled out a couple of my Rosemary & Co triangle brushes.

Size: 6"w x 7"h
On Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper.

Sprinkled yellow and red Bister powder over paper and using a med size Rosemary & Co triangle brush dipped into water created the flowers. Dried. Removed excess powder and sprinkled with yellow and green for the leaves.

Used calligraphy brush pens (2 med sizes) to stipple the flower centers and write the text.

words: Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. Henry Ward Beecher

Friday, September 8, 2023

WC Stones - Benjamin Franklin - Sept 3,2023

I was going through some old stuff and came across several w/c stone images I painted eons ago... so thought I'd add a quote to one of them.