City by the Sea

Or maybe I should call it "City by the Zzz", as I doodled this last night while I was very sleepy.

Sometimes you just feel like drawing and coloring.   I used Faber Castell Indian ink pens in my little moleskine journal (Which is starting to get a little bulgy ... but in a good way).

Fill this page with circles

Another page in my "Wreck this Journal".   Doodled with a Faber Castell Indian ink pen.   Another wonderfully repetitive, relaxing task for me.

My favorite part: Here is a link to the Flickr group showing what other people did with the same instruction.   It is so much fun to see how different they all are.

Crazy

I showed this page to my sweetie and he just shook his head and sighed.

ha-ha. I don't care. I doodle because it makes me happy. I love to sink into repetition and give my mind a rest. I think I spent a couple hours on this page ... I was watching a movie while I doodled.

The skull pattern was drawn and colored with Faber Castell Indian ink pens.

Give a hoot!

Just a little snippet from a page in my moleskine.

I created this little pro-recycling image from the interior of envelopes I received in the mail.   I love using patterns in my art.   The eyes of the owl are made from tiny little recycling symbols.   I used a leaf punch for the three leaves, but the rest of the pieces were cut or torn by hand.

I ran a google search on envelope security patterns, only to find a wonderful collection: The Joseph King Collection - currently numbering 139 from around the world!

And some craft ideas for reusing the envelopes:
Make Modern Paper Beads from Security Envelopes

Ooh, and here's a blog post showing a whole bunch of projects using the envelope patterns! Wonderful stuff!

I am so ...

Buddha quote: The Mind is Everything. What We Think We Become.

I love the quote.   I believe in the concept.   I feel like I have been bombarded by bad news for so long.   I really need to surround myself with positive thoughts and positive actions.

I created a border collage from magazine cut-outs.   Words stating attributes of which I wish I possessed more.   The quote was doodled in marker and pen.

Trace Your Hand

Here's another "Wreck This Journal" page: trace your hand.   Which is simply what I did.   Indian ink pen.

I haven't given up working in my WTJ - I have several pages that are works in progress.   My fruit sticker page is more than half full, and I have been adding doodles and stickers and stamps all over the place.   I will post pages as they become full (or at least interesting to look at).

In the meantime ... take a peek at other people's takes on the same page, if you care to.   I love that no-one has done the exact same thing as anyone else.   That is what makes this project so much fun.

a little face time

I was in the mood to doodle some faces last night.

I really like the look of the kid in middle on the left side.   I think I might make him into a plushie. hmmm.

I used Faber Castell Indian ink pens for this.   I am slowly building a collection of the brush tip pens, which I love.