Showing posts with label Gel Pens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gel Pens. Show all posts

Friday, August 28, 2026

Cricles - Bulls Eye


size: 5"w x 5.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the circles adding text and painting around the lettering using various media (Metallic Mica paint, Prisma colored pencils, ZIG Writer, gel pens
words: Are you running around in circles? Slow down - enjoy the day.
Bullseye

Friday, August 21, 2026

Doodle - I Love Jelly Beans


size: 4.5"w x 6.5"h
On Genoa Bond calligraphy paper created the wavy lines with the bullet tip of a ZIG Writer then doodled inside them adding the jelly beans colored with Prisma colored pencils. Text written with various colored Juice Up pens.
words: I love jelly beans

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Mish Mash Doodle - Playfulness


size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the funky design doodle and word... colored with Prisma colored pencils and Metallic paint.
words: Playfulness

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Linear Doodle - Between The Lies


size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the linear design adding hatching and dots. painted with various greens. Added the text with a metallic gel pen.
words: Between The Lines

SORRY the image is in the wrong orientation...

Friday, July 31, 2026

Floral Doodle - Start - Where You Are


size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper using various brands of w/c created the border with those blobby globs... (love them) then created the frame work.
Saw a funky style of lettering on Instagram by (Daniel Markides July 14/26) and had to use it...
words: Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

Friday, July 24, 2026

Line Doodle - Life's Threads


Just doodling while sitting outside under my umbrella enjoy the beautiful weather.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the line design and colored with Prisma colored pencils.  Added the text.
words: Life's Threads

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Two Pink Flowers - Comfort Zone


In a mood for flowers... Sorry the colors are totally off - sigh Should be bright pink and deeper greens...
size: 7.25"h x 6"w
On Edge Mixed Media paper created the floral design.  Added the quote.
words: The act of blooming is a reminder to embrace change, take risks, and step out of our comfort zones.

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Circle Doodle - Love Requires


I was playing with my circle scissor gadget just drawing circles... and this evolved
size: 7"h x 6"w
On Edge Mixed Media paper colored with various brands of metallic gel pens and ZIG Clean Color markers.
words: Never let anyone convince you that love requires you to disappear.

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Doodled Bow - Present Under This Bow

 


I had drawn this bow and never got around to coloring it...
size: 8"h x 7"w
On Edge Mixed Media paper doodled and painted with various brands of w/c paints.
Doodled funky text.
words: Is there a present under this bow.

Friday, July 10, 2026

Whirlpool Of Imagination Booklet


size: 2"w x 3"h x .25"thk (opens to 18")
On Genoa Bond calligraphy paper folded a single sheet (approx 8" x 12"), slitting the folds to create the one sheet booklet.
Doodled with a gold gel pen to create the swirl design adding graphite shading leaving space to add my text.
Text with a black ZIG Writer.
Adhered to heavy cardstock covering with one of my geli prints and adding the belt for closure.
words: Artistic creativity is a whirlpool of imagination that swirls in the depths of the mind. Robert Toth

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Floral - Moonlight Gel Pens - On Black


And the last piece I created a while ago and came across while looking for something else...
size: 4"h x 5"w
On black paper (unknown brand...) I started playing with all the Moonlight Gel pens in my set.
words: Moon Light Gel Pens

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

On Black - Long Orbit - Shine Again


Another piece created a while ago and came across while looking for something else...
size: 4.25"h x 5.5"w
On black paper (unknown brand...) created the orbs and painted with US Art Quest Mica Color Metallic set, then outlined the orbs with a white gel pen. Text written with a Juice Up pen.
words: Maybe I'm not lost. Maybe I'm just on a long orbit like a comet taking the time I need before I shine again.

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Let Go - Tag Booklet


size: 6"w x 3"h x .25"thk
I was cleaning out a section in my art room (like I do all the time and never get anywhere...) but came across a bunch of tags I had painted eons ago... So decided to finish it. Added funky lettered/doodled words about letting go.

Used various media, w/c, gel pens, ZIG Writer.

Let Go; It Is what it is; Let it be; tomorrow is another day; do what you can & let the rest rest; mind over matter.

Saturday, June 6, 2026

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

Sunday, May 24, 2026

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

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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...

Monday, May 11, 2026

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

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Postcards - Thank U From The Heart & Heart Felt Thank You



2 more postcards made...

size: 4"h x 6"w each
A friend's son had a heart attack while running and was kept alive by several bystanders and EMT until an ambulance arrived. She asked for postcards to be made to thank them.

Both made on Staples white cardstock. 

Top image: Drew out the funky Thank-U with a ZIG Writer and a red gel pen inner lineBasic script for the rest of the text.  Added hearts with an Outline pen. Lines in the border.

Bottom image: Serif letters with flowers colored with Prisma colored pencils in a green, yellow and pink. Thank you in a script style, A couple hearts and funky border

Thursday, April 30, 2026

A Heartfelt Thank U


size: 4"h x 6"w
A friend's son had a heart attack while running and was kept alive by several bystanders and EMT until an ambulance arrived. She asked for postcards to be made to thank them.
On Staples white cardstock drew out the funky letters with a ZIG Writer. Added a Signo Unibal gold gel pen inner line, then colored with ZIG Clean color markers. Punched out a heart shape and outlined it onto the postcard. Adhere the artwork onto a blue lightly textured cardstock.
words: a heartfelt thank u!

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Woven Tag - Geli Print - All Else Fails


size: 2"w x 7"h (plus ribbon)

Weaving 4 strips (7/10" w) of geli prints done on Genoa Bond paper to create the tag. Gluing the bottom slightly... Hanging with a light blue Sari ribbon.

Punched out tags from white and blue cardstock. Wrote in the words with a white gel pen and a blue ZIG Writer.

words: When all else fails laugh out loud.