ECS Env Exchange - May 2025 - Donna Bereska

I used a piece of Edge Mixed Media heavy paper for both the env and card trying out different powders to create her name done in Lisa Engelbrechts funky lettering style. For the envelope I used Bister powders (Yellow, Red and Blue), a 3.0 Parallel pen dipped in water and when dry, shadowed with a Juice Up pen. Adhered the artwork to a plain envelope and added a geli print border.

For the card (7"w x 5"h) I used Brusho Powders (yellow , red & ost Blue) and shadowed with a Caran d'Ache B pencil and paper stump. Mounted on a yellow cardstock card base.

Scribbled Lives 2024 - Wk 27 - Same Quote - Joy Deneen

Size: 7"w x 9"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper. Sprinkled with Bister powders (yelow, red, blue, green) and using a 2.4 &  3.8 empty Parallel pens dipped in water wrote out the quote, cleaning my nib after every letter. On the larger letters shadowed with a black Juice Up pen.
words: Calligraphy is the ultimate synthesis of what love is: language, art and human connection. Joy Deneen

Wk 12 - Guidelines - Work Straight

wk 12 - Guidelines - Work Straight
Size: 5.5"w x 3.75"h (artwork only)
On Canson Mixed Media paper sprinkled with Bister powders (yellow, red & blue). Used a 2.4 Parallel pen dipped in water to activate the powder. When dry outlined the rectangular shapes with a Juice Up pen.

Image is superimposed on a bunch of guidelines I've made. I don't normally put guidelines onto my good paper. I use an (A5 I-Pad) light box. actually I have 4 light box/pads of different sizes... but love the A5 one the best 

Scribbled Lives 2023 - Wk 43 - Day Of The Dead - Heart - George Eliot

wk 43 - Day Of The Dead - Heart - George Eliot

Size: 5" x 6"
On Fabriao 1264 Mixed Media paper created the heart shape to write in my Blackletter style text using a Marvy 2.0 broad edge calligraphy marker. Drew in the red line heart with a Juice U pen and then wet the inner area for a heart and sprinkled with Bister red powder, touching here and there and adding more water etc. Sprinkled with Neuberg-Ebel Sparkle Bronze 52 powder.

words: Our dead are not dead until we have forgotten them. George Eliot

BVCG Galleria - Movie One Liners

Since I goofed... and created only basic One Liners instead of Movie One Liners I started a new batch. Some are ending up in book form again, but I thought I'd play with my favorite one... I love Sherlock Holmes...

So I created 3 different takes on that one liner. I'm not sure what my favorite is...

The 1st 2 are done on Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper. The Last one on 110# Staples cardstokck.

The 1st one is in color using Bister powders and a 4.5 empty Parallel pen dipped in water in an Arthur Baker style of lettering I really like. 

size: 7.5"w x 5.5"h

For the 2nd piece  I created oversized funky letters and then started to doodle in it using  Juice Up pen... I really like the way the letters pop.

size:  9"w x 3.75"h

The 3rd piece was something I came across in Instagram and wanted to play with that style using a Zig Writer... I love the way it also pops...

size: 5.5"w x 7"h 

 

Celtic - Letters B & C

Continuing with creating my Celtic alphabet for groups challenge... Here is B & C. Both done on Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper

"B": Size: 4"w x 5"h - Fine Tip Sharpie pen, Bister & Brusho w/c powders sprinkled onto a wet area (I did it in sections...). I used a Zig Clean Color to paint the negative areas. Added some graphite shading. 

 

"C": Size: 4"w x 4.5"h - Fine Tip Sharpie pen, Brusho w/c powders sprinkled onto a wet area (I did it in sections...). Kuretake Silver Mica ink. I made a slight mistake so increased the thickness of some of the lines...

Circles - Unique Bubble

I was at one of our Guild's play days and several of my friends were doing homework for Tara's class... I said to myself why not...
size: 8"w x 4.5"h
On Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper drew out the circles using a fine point Sharpie pen. Applied water one bubble at a time and sprinkled with Bister or Brusho w/c powders. When dry outlined some of the little white specks in the bubbles with a Juice Up pen, then added some doodling. Wrote out the quote in a basic monoline.

Words: I think we all see the world from our own little unique bubble. Julie Tamor

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...

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.

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)

 

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.

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

Bister - Be Bold & Be Happy - Aug 30, 2023

While playing with the gals I was playing with my Bister powders which I keep some of them in a Stamper's Anonymous Glitter Duster container. It dispenses a nice fine spray of powder where I want it...

Click  on image for more details etc. Enjoy

Bister - Be Bold Step By Step (Aug 30/23)

While playing with the gals I was playing with my Bister powders which I keep some of them in a Stamper's Anonymous Glitter Duster container. It dispenses a nice fine spray of powder where I want it...

I thought I'd take pics of each stage of creating this project.

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Doodle - Scribble - Lao Tzu - Aug 30,2023

This is a fun way to doodle... just scribble interconnecting the lines and then fill them in...

Click on image for more details etc. Enjoy