During the month of February, I participated in Sketchuary, where we all did daily sketches for 28 days. I did an entire series of crows illustrating the old nursery rhyme 'One for sorrow, two for mirth...'.
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This week's challenge is for Pinwheels for Peace. If you get a chance, pop over to I am the Diva's website, do the challenge, then enter to win a set of Pocket Pages for your Zentangle tiles.
Whew! My little Squeaky Burrito has decided to space out his feedings to every 2 hours today, and take naps in between. I can write another post! Woohoo!
This is my attempt at the Diva's Weekly Tangle Challenge. This week it's a monotangle of Paradox, suggested by Maria (one of the creators of Zentangle). At first Paradox made me angry because I could never get it to look as awesome as everyone else's tangles. After practicing with it many times, I'm finally getting the hang of it and starting to love it. Reminds me of Betweed, and in some areas, Sanabel.
I used one of my 'bleed-through' papers that I cut into tangle tiles a few months back. I love the colors of bleed-throughs, especially this one.
This is one of my first attempts (but I like it less, so I'm showing it second). There's no shading, but I may go back and shade it later.
This is my attempt at the Diva's Weekly Tangle Challenge. This week it's a monotangle of Paradox, suggested by Maria (one of the creators of Zentangle). At first Paradox made me angry because I could never get it to look as awesome as everyone else's tangles. After practicing with it many times, I'm finally getting the hang of it and starting to love it. Reminds me of Betweed, and in some areas, Sanabel.
I used one of my 'bleed-through' papers that I cut into tangle tiles a few months back. I love the colors of bleed-throughs, especially this one.
This is one of my first attempts (but I like it less, so I'm showing it second). There's no shading, but I may go back and shade it later.
Today I am starting out on a grand adventure!
I am working on Goddess Leonie's How to be a Business Goddess e-course. So far, it's fabulous, and I'm only 10 pages into the e-book! Already I am inspired and motivated to do MORE with my art; I can't wait to really be able to dive in and be surrounded by all the love and creativity.
Come join me on this magical journey and discover the business goddess within you!
I am working on Goddess Leonie's How to be a Business Goddess e-course. So far, it's fabulous, and I'm only 10 pages into the e-book! Already I am inspired and motivated to do MORE with my art; I can't wait to really be able to dive in and be surrounded by all the love and creativity.
Come join me on this magical journey and discover the business goddess within you!
This is my attempt at collage in my visual journal. Inspired by the Sketchbook Challenge's theme for this month, Branching Out (Out on a Limb), I decided to try two new things: Citri-Solv backgrounds using National Geographic magazines, and then collaging them into the 'messy' book (i.e., my visual journal where I use up art supplies and sketch out things I find randomly on the ground). 
I ended up with two finished spreads and one I'm going to use for a "New Maps" page, and add some journaling to it once I get the lettering finished. I'm not sure about the first spread -- they weren't intended to go together or match, so they don't. They were just first attempts trying out various materials and techniques. But I like the map background. I'm almost afraid to do anything more to it for fear of ruining it, but I have to get over that fear and forge ahead.
I ended up with two finished spreads and one I'm going to use for a "New Maps" page, and add some journaling to it once I get the lettering finished. I'm not sure about the first spread -- they weren't intended to go together or match, so they don't. They were just first attempts trying out various materials and techniques. But I like the map background. I'm almost afraid to do anything more to it for fear of ruining it, but I have to get over that fear and forge ahead.
This is what I like to do with pages in the my sketchbook that have been used as pallets. I blend out the pools of paint and practice sketching with dip pens!
This piece was my first time using a dip pen -- ever. I love the technique and flow of ink.
Blargh!
How do cats know exactly where you are going to step and when? And then, why do they look at you like you're the complete jerk for stepping on them when they run up under your foot, no matter how wide you step to avoid stepping on them in the first place?
Resolution for March: I'm going to stop feeling bad for stepping on my cat when it's his fault.
In other news, it's almost April. That means I need to finish and post my art journal calendar for the month of April, as part of the Art Calendar 365 challenge, from thekathyrnwheel.
I stumbled across her blog a couple of weeks ago, and bookmarked it, fully intending to get right on making an art calendar for March, but with birthdays and setting up my new Etsy shop , things kinda got away from me. But this time, for sure! I'm already halfway finished with April's calendar, and hope to have it done tonight or tomorrow.
I promise...
...no, really.
How do cats know exactly where you are going to step and when? And then, why do they look at you like you're the complete jerk for stepping on them when they run up under your foot, no matter how wide you step to avoid stepping on them in the first place?
Resolution for March: I'm going to stop feeling bad for stepping on my cat when it's his fault.
In other news, it's almost April. That means I need to finish and post my art journal calendar for the month of April, as part of the Art Calendar 365 challenge, from thekathyrnwheel.
I stumbled across her blog a couple of weeks ago, and bookmarked it, fully intending to get right on making an art calendar for March, but with birthdays and setting up my new Etsy shop , things kinda got away from me. But this time, for sure! I'm already halfway finished with April's calendar, and hope to have it done tonight or tomorrow.
I promise...
...no, really.
Double Happiness
I made this for my bedroom wall, which just happens to correspond to the Love gua corner of the room. It's also quite beneficial that my bedroom IS the Love Gua of the house. It took less than three months of it hanging on this wall in this room for me to meet my fiance. The power of belief, the power of feng shui, or the power of art? Who can say?
Mt. Kill-a-Moon
This one's just a fiery rendition of Mount Kilimanjaro. I was tired of seeing only blue versions out there. I wanted a red version.
I made this for my bedroom wall, which just happens to correspond to the Love gua corner of the room. It's also quite beneficial that my bedroom IS the Love Gua of the house. It took less than three months of it hanging on this wall in this room for me to meet my fiance. The power of belief, the power of feng shui, or the power of art? Who can say?
Mt. Kill-a-Moon
This one's just a fiery rendition of Mount Kilimanjaro. I was tired of seeing only blue versions out there. I wanted a red version.
These are the 5" x 7" mini-paintings I donated for the Art Anonymous project in June.
The first one, 'Wild Sisters,' was one of those "happy accidents," as Bob Ross calls them. It started as a palette knife painting, but I had a CD on in the background (I don't even remember which one) and an accidental synaesthetic image dropped onto the canvas. The first crow was unmistakable, so I added the red and the gold crows on either side.
The second one, 'Luminary - Synaesthetic 1', was a result of working while watching my favorite show in the world, 'Millennium.' It was the episode 'Luminary,' the one where the kid disappears into the wilds of Alaska and Frank has to go off and search for him without the Group's help. The music alone to the episode was probably one of the best scores Mark Snow composed for the entire series, and this little mini-painting shows part of the visuals I get from the music. You can't tell in the small/medium sizes on Flickr, but the large image shows the metallic golds and copper much better. It's unusual for music to produce a metallic color with my synaesthesia, but violins and cellos usually cause a sheen to seep through.
The first one, 'Wild Sisters,' was one of those "happy accidents," as Bob Ross calls them. It started as a palette knife painting, but I had a CD on in the background (I don't even remember which one) and an accidental synaesthetic image dropped onto the canvas. The first crow was unmistakable, so I added the red and the gold crows on either side.
The second one, 'Luminary - Synaesthetic 1', was a result of working while watching my favorite show in the world, 'Millennium.' It was the episode 'Luminary,' the one where the kid disappears into the wilds of Alaska and Frank has to go off and search for him without the Group's help. The music alone to the episode was probably one of the best scores Mark Snow composed for the entire series, and this little mini-painting shows part of the visuals I get from the music. You can't tell in the small/medium sizes on Flickr, but the large image shows the metallic golds and copper much better. It's unusual for music to produce a metallic color with my synaesthesia, but violins and cellos usually cause a sheen to seep through.