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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Letters As Art - Lorraine Douglas - Day 1

I'm taking a 2 day class with Lorraine Douglas (a BVCG Guild Member from BC) creating art with letters.

Top: 6"w x 1.5"h 

Middle: 3"sq ea

Bottom: 4.5"w x 3"h
 

 

 

On Canson Pen & ink paper.

1st image:
The top piece: BRIM - the letters outlined with a Unibal Gold gel pen and painted with all the colors of blue in one of my palettes. (Holbien - Peacock Blue, W/N - Cobalt Blue, Manganese Blue & Winsor Blue (red), Grumbacher - Cobalt Blue)

The middle 2: OKRA, ACED - the one on the left with Derwent Inktense w/c pencils and Bleed Proof White.
The one on the right done with a Zig Writer and Derwent regular watercolor pencils.

The bottom one: PENCIL - all done with an Caran d'Ache HB pencil and added shading with paper stump.

Scribbled Lives wk11 - Tricolon - Snap Crackle Pop

wk 11 - Tricolon - Snap Crackle Pop

My favorite cereal is Kellogg's Rice Krispies... so had to go with that Tricolon...
Size: 6.5" x 5.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the bubble style letters. Outlined and shadowed with a black Zig Writer. Colored with a Derwent w/c pencil (ultramarine 29) and moved color around with a loaded wet brush. Stippled the center one with a blue Zig Writer.

Books - Coffee - Macaron - Treasure Island

Came across this book image in my Pinterest feed and just felt like playing with it. Put titles on the books and a mochaccino in the cup...
Size:  5"w x 6.5"h
Done on Canson Mixed Media Paper outlined with a Sharpie pen and painted with Derwent Inktense pencils and a touch of gold from Gansai Tambi set. Juice Up pen for the serif monoline lettering

words: There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island. Walt Disney

Leafy Floral Border - Go With The Flow

I was doodling outside a la Helen Williams.
size: 8"w x 6"h
Done on Canson Pro Marker paper. Colored with Posca colored pencils. Text written with a blend of watercolors (Holbein Permanent Green #1 & Grumbacher Burnt Umber) and pointed pen with a Zebra nib in an altered Weaver style writing.

words: Go with the flow. Force nothing. let it happen. or not happen. trusting that which ever way it goes, it's for the best. Mandi Hale

Doodled Leaves - Learn Character

I was playing outside again (still very very hot in Calgary...) 

size: 6"w x 6.5"h 

Doodled these leaves on Canson Mixed Media paper using a Zig Writer and then coloring with Derwent Inkteness w/c pencils, then decided to add some text... using a green Zig Writer in a script style hand.
words: learn character from trees, values from roots and change from leaves. Tasheern Harneed

Scribbled Lives 2024 - Wk 29 - Rumi - Be Still

I just got the latest VCG Newsletter with the cover using these funky letters by Judy Black and had to use them...
Size: 6.5"w x 8"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the funky letters using a Sharpie pen and colored with Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils and lots of water...
words: Sit, be still, and listen. Rumi

Penny Black - Tulips In Cup - Good Day

I LOVE Penny Black floral stamps but I don't rubber stamp anymore... and I keep meaning to draw/paint them... so this one came into my Instagram feed and caught me at the right moment... I pulled out my Canal w/c Paper and drew out the design. I didn't ink over the lines this time (a rarity for me) but I think it turned out pretty good.
Size card: 5"w x 7"h
I used both Peerless watercolors and Derwent Inktense w/c pencils, and various colors of Juice up pen for the little details.
The words were perfect too so did them in an Art Deco style with a Juice Up pen.
words. Today is a good day to have a good day

Magnolia - Hello My Friend

A friend recently made a couple cards using these beautiful blooms from Memory Box (you can see them HERE). I told her I was going to draw/paint them...
Size: 5"w x 7"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the circle and floral design with Juice Up pens. Colored the flowers with Derwent w/c pencils and a wet paint brush. Wrote in the words, trimmed down and adhered to a green textured cardstock then onto my white card base.

I think I'll do them again but maybe on a black cardstock...

Multi Ovals - Friendship Quotes

And since I did a circular piece which you can see HERE I thought I'd do an oval one with 1/2" increments...

size: 4.75"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper very lightly penciled in my ovals. Painted with Derwent regular w/c pencils and a wet paintbrush. When dry wrote in the various quotes using Juice Up pen.

Words: Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Don't walk behind I may not lead. Walk beside me and by my friend. Albert Camus

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. Elbert Hubbard

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience, this is the ideal life. Mark Twain

There is nothing better than a friend unless it's one with chocolate. Linda Grayson

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than alone in the light. Helen Keller

Multi Circle - Circle Quotes

Every once in a while this calligrapher pops in with beautiful circular art/words of blended letters with circles into my Instagram feed. I can't remember his name. But I thought I'd try something similar and this is a WAAAYS different than his... sigh!!
size: 5"sq
On Strathmore 140# w/c paper, using the smoother side very lightly penciled in my circles (2/10" increments). Painted with Derwent Inktense w/c pencils and a wet paintbrush. When dry wrote in the various quotes using Juice Up pens in colors similar to my painted circles. Put a flower to fill the empty center circle.

Words: A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it, but first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip. Vera Nazarain

Life is a full circle widening until it joins the circle motions of the infinite. Anais Nin

There are patterns which emerge in ones life circling and returning anew. an endless variation of a theme. Jacqueline Carey

The more we love the more we lose. The more we lose the more we learn. The more we learn the more we love. It comes full circle.  Life is the school, love is the lesson. We cannot lose.Kate McGhan

We are all joined in a circle of stories. Linda Joy Myers

Geometry - a small circle of people put the whole world on the line. Ljupka Cvetanova

When your circle of compassion embraces the entire world then you will find enlightenment. Laurence Overmire

Time is really a circle. I can see that now. We are trapped between a past we can't return to and a future that is uncertain. Kate Bowler

Start your own circle. Richie Norton

Celtic - What Fills The Eye

I saw this kind of design and really liked it...
size: 7"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the knot design, inked with Zig Writer and painted with Derwent Inktense w/c pencils and a wet brush.

Text written with a Speedball 2.5mm Elegant Writer in an Uncial style.

words: What fills the eye fills the heart.

Wk 6 - Wes Wilson - Alphabet Border - If Plan "A"

I'm taking a class with Amity Parks and thought I'd practice what I'm learning...
Size: 7"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper using an Orbis Circle Scissor drew out my large outer circle, then created the wavy line. Painted the interior of the lettering band with Derwent Inktense w/c pencils and a wet paintbrush. Inked the black areas with a Zig Writer.
Inner text with a Juice Up pen.

words: If plan "A" doesn't work the alphabet has 25 more letters, 204 if you're in Japan. Claire Cook

Celtic U

I went in a very graphic style..
Size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper outlined the letter with a Zig Writer. Painted, bended with Derwent Inktense w/c pencils and water. The knot work with Gansai Tambi "Champagne Gold". Graphite shadowing.

Celtic Q Doodled

After creating the Celtic design yesterday, I thought if I rounded the edges it would make a great "Q" for my Celtic Alphabet... Only 8 more letters to go...

Size: 4.5"w x 4.25"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper  outlined with a Zig Writer. Painted the strands with Derwent Inktense w/c pencils. Doodled in some areas.

Doodled Celtic Knot Square

size: 4"sq
I was looking through my Celtic stuff and decided to repeat this pattern with doodling.
On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the knot design, added the doodling and colored with Derwent Inktense w/c pencils. Added some white gel pen highlights. Added Glossy Accents to the white swirls & Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the blue dots

Checkerboard Happy Valentine

Size: 5"w x 6.5"h
On Fabriano Mixed Media paper created the checkerboard pattern . Inked with a Zig Writer, painted with a red Derwent Inktense w/c pencil and wet paintbrush. added the gold with Gansai Tambi paint. Added the dots with a Signo Unibll gold gel pen. Trimmed down and adhered to a gold pearlescent card base.

Doodling Segmented Design

Playing with the gals and just doodling...

Size: 3.5"sq
Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper, Juice Up pen, Derwent Inktense w/c pencils and a wet paintbrush.
Used my EK Success  Scissor to draw circles at 93,72 & 63. Split my circle into 8 equal segments and drew my lines from the intersections of circle. Colored 4 of the sections and then doodled in all of them... Added a thicker border along one edge. 

Funky Blocks - Happy New Year 2024

I came across this funky lettering lettering style in blocks on Pinterest...I expanded on the design by decorating either the letter or block of each letter and mimicking the style to create the numbers.
size: 6" sq
Each block is 1.5" sq. on Canson Mixed Media paper. Juice Up pen, Derwent Inktense w/c pencils, graphite, sharpie pen.

Happy Valentine - Always In My Heart

Thought I'd get a jump start on my Valentine card for 2024...
Size: 5"w x 7"h
On Bee Super Deluxe paper created my  design using Juice Up pens, Gel pen and Derwent Inktense w/c pencils and some glitter...
Adhered to a piece of red paper then onto my white card base