Floral Border - End Of The Road

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the floral border and painted with various w/c media including Mica paint. Added the text with a point nib in my script style.
words: when you get to the end of the road, what do you 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

Quilled R - Create To Your Hearts Content

size: 4.5"h x 9"w

On Black Canson paper drew out my letters with a couple of white gel pens till I found one that was working... Doodled in each letter with a different style leaving the "R" for quilling which I haven't done in a whole bunch of years.... I really like the results. Added the rest of the text with a pointed nib and white acrylic Ceramcoat By Delta paint.

words: Create to your hearts content

Color Me Pink & Purple

size: 6.5" sq
On St Armand w/c paper drew out my letters and squares and painted with w/c. Outlined the letters with a Uniball gold gel pen and shadowed with a graphite pencil. Small text with a pointed nib and Sumi ink. Added glitter to some of the squares.
words: Color me pink & purple

wk 1 - Rainer Quote - Welcome New Year

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Black Drawing paper wrote out the quote using a pointed nib and my style of script writing using Bleed Proof white ink. Added  some floral edging.
words: and now we welcome the new year full of things that have never been. Rained Maria Rilke

Wisteria - Pale Moonlight

I painted the wisteria then found a quote to go with it.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper. Painted the blooms. For the calligraphy used a pointed pen and my favorite blue "Holbien Peacock Blue" w/c

words:
In pale moonlight
the wisteria's scent
comes from far away.
Yosa Buson

Lace - Emerald Moments

I decided to do another one of those lace drawings I've seen on facebook by (Laurence - Rari Créations - Lace Designs) then found a quote to go with the emerald.
size: 4" w x 7" h
Done on photographic background paper. White gel pen and Juice Up pen, Prisma colored pencils. Text with a Nikko G pointed pen nib and FW acrylic ink in a script style.
words: cherished are the emerald moments when time stands still.

Mosaic - Life A Mosaic

I was in a mood to do a mosaic kind of piece.
size: 4.5" w x 6" h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper, Zig Writer, Prisma colored pencils Text done with pointed nib and Sumi ink.

words: One should make one's life a mosaic. Let the general design be good, the colors lively, and the material diverse. Marthe Bibesco

Scribbled Lives - Wk 14 - Yes - All The Mistakes

wk 14 -  Yes - All The Mistakes
Size: 5.5"sq
On Canson Pen & Ink paper wrote out the text in Foundational hand using a Pointed nib and a funky mix of watercolors... (Holbien Burnt Umber, Pearl Copper & Dk Green)
words: All the mistakes I ever made were when I wanted to say NO and said YES.

Palmer Brush Bkgrd - Dry Your Tears

size: 6"w x 5"h
I was playing with a new 1" brush I just bought (The Palmer by Dynasty) and had left over paint from the project I just worked on so created the backgroundfor this piece... now a few days later added the text with a Nikko G nib and Sumi ink in a script style.

words: dry your tears, lift your face to the sun, and trust that God will give you a better tomorrow!

Abstract Floral Corner - Must Speak

Love these flowers... they just make me smile, which is good on this snowy day.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper. ZIG Writer, w/c and gold gel pen. My script writing with a Nikko G pointed pen nib and Sumi ink.

words: there are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the other person, but because if you don't speak, they have changed you.

Leafy Floral - Dr Seuss - Fantasy

This is another piece that just evolved...
size: 4"w x 5"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper created the leafy floral design using  Zig Writer then painted with watercolors.

Text written with a Zebra pointed pen nib and Sumi ink in my script style of writing...

words: I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. Dr Seuss

Spiral Doodle - Challenges

I LOVE doing these spiral designs and then found the quote...
size: 4"w x 5.5"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper drew the swirl design and colored with Prisma colored pencils. Then found a quote to go with it. A basic thick/thin monoline done with a pointed pen and Sumi ink

words: It's our challenges & obstacles that give us layers of depth & make us interesting. Ellen De Generes

WC - Linear Leaves - Art Is The Flower

I saw a sprig of leaves like this and then decided to create a piece adding another sprig...
size: 5.5"w x 4.5"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper drew out the leaves then painted them wet on wet, dropping in my favorite blue and green (Holbien Peacock Blue & Permanent Green) watercolors. When dry added the linear lines in the base leaves.
Text written with a Zebra nib and Sumi ink in Gwen Weaver style lettering.

words: Art is the flower... life the green leaf. Charles Rennie MacKintosh

Floral- All Things Are Easy

size:7"sq
Just doodling away again in my Canson Pen & Ink paper booklet. Drew the flowers using various colors of Juice Up pens and a Zig Writer as well as Prisma colored pencils.
Text written with a Zebra G nib and Sumi ink in a funky lettering style. I started writing the text and put the word "easy" before the word "difficult"... so I continued with my save...

words:
All things are easy before you think too much or maybe all things are difficult before they are easy.

Scribbled Lives 2025 - Wk 1 - The World Always

Size: 7"sq

On Fabriano Mixed Media paper (I love this paper...) wrote out the quote using a Zebra pointed pen nib, Ecoline inks and Sumi ink in a Blue Rider font style.