Something New in Something Old - Whee

 

 

I arted up another page in my "Junk Mail Journal".   This little junk journal was made (years ago) by taking the junk mail postcards that had accumulated near my computer, trimming them all to 4" x 6" or so, and spiral binding them into a book.  Then I just started pasting random bits inside to decorate the pages.

This page was made using acrylic paint, printed scrapbook paper, a horse doodle with Indian ink pen, and some stamping.

Just a little fun art to enhance my day and my mood. Whee!

Cats in the Garden

Drew and colored this card for my Mom's birthday.  Inspired by some art I saw on Pinterest.  I used Indian ink pens and markers, as well as colored pencils.   I like how bright and cheerful it is.  I hope my Mom feels happy when she sees it.

Another Art-athon is happening now at ATCsForAll.com - it starts today and runs through Monday.  Join in if you feel like it - or just pop by to see what everyone is making or trading.

 

Recent Art

I doodled this fish, and made it into a card for my sister's birthday.  Doodled with Indian ink pens and colored with water based markers.  I sealed the finished card with a sparkly glaze.  This type of doodle is my "go to" art when I need something relaxing.  I really enjoy drawing repetitive fill patterns.

I saw a swap on swapbot.com for a postcard swap with hand colored postcards.  I haven't swapped for quite a long time, but I was inspired to color a postcard & hope to join in on the swap.  I colored this with colored pencils, and added a little sparkly gel pen to the red areas.

I hope to post more art soon.  I have been dealing with a lot the past few years, but art is always great therapy & an escape from my troubles.

Art-a-thon July 26th through 29th

Shy Octopus Comes to Visit

There is an Art-a-Thon going on right now at ATCsForAll.com!  The Art-a-Thon will be running through July 29th.   You do need to be a member of the website to participate (free free always free).  The members are all very nice and happy to help you get started.

This is a "Challenge Art-a-thon", which means that there is a list of challenges to do (themes and such), and points are awarded - so it is a little competitive.  

The ATC above was drawn in pen and markers.  I had a challenge to depict the words octopus, shy, and to visit on the project.  I think it turned out pretty cute. 

Next I made this 4" x 4" chunky page using some blind drawing of cats, acrylic paint, Indian ink pen, glitter gel pen, washi tape, paper and fabric flowers, and fibers.  

I hope I am able to find the time to participate a bit more before the Art-a-thon ends.
 

Dream Bedroom

Another warm-up challenge for the facebook group "Virtually ‘Making Comics’ With(out) Lynda Barry". It is a brand new group (as stated): to self-guide a bunch of our groovy and willing selves a virtual Lynda Barry class.  

This challenge was to draw a "Dream Bedroom".  I opted to draw the Dream Bedroom of "Fluffy" (our neighbor's cat), who is basically a little princess.

If you want to draw more -or- just enjoy Lynda Barry ... come by the group for some fun eye candy and drawing challenges.

Shoebox Treasure and Crazy Tails

I joined the facebook group "Virtually ‘Making Comics’ With(out) Lynda Barry" the other day. It is a brand new group (as stated): to self-guide a bunch of our groovy and willing selves a virtual Lynda Barry class.  We are currently doing warm ups.  Today the challenge was to draw weird items you had laying around. 


In order to strengthen my hand and get into the habit of drawing every day ... I also pulled out one of my old doodle books, "Scribble Doodles! Crazy Creatures", and finished drawing tails on these critters:

Looks like I will be posting more frequent updates!

Quarantine Junk Journal Art

Some more art from my latest junk journal.  This is a lion inspired by Carla Sonheim.  With a single line, I doodled a loose loopy lion face and used Indian ink pen to fancy it up a bit.  I then colored it with pencils and stencils to add texture. 

Here's one more page from my junk journal:

This page was inspired by Lynda Barry's Quarantine kitties.  I drew this kitty with an Indian ink brush pen, and painted it with acrylic paints.

My Quarantine junk journal is starting to fill up with lots of crazy critters.  It is my little getaway during this time of "stay at home".

another Sketchbook Revival project

This colorful bird was the result of the Sketchbook Revival workshop "Embracing YOU, Quirks and All!" with Tamara Laporte.

Watercolors, markers, pens and acrylic paint in my latest junk journal. 

Coloring with Markers : Giraffe

Colorful Giraffe

I felt like coloring last night ... so I pulled out some markers and a printed sheet from an art kit I received.  A fun way to de-stress.  Afterwards, I cut it out and pasted it into my composition notebook.

You can print a copy of this giraffe to color for yourself here:
https://www.artskills.com/Project-Ideas/Marker-Giraffe.aspx

Sketchbook Revival : part 2

Sidewalk Crack - Grasshopper

Continuing on with the "Sketchbook Revival" online workshop ... I worked on Day 1: Session 2 - Sidewalk Cracks: A Creativity Starter" with Carla Sonheim.  I found this photo of a sidewalk crack online & developed it into a grasshopper munching on a leaf.  

This was a fun session, however I did work with sidewalk cracks previously when I was working in Carla Sonheim's book, "Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists", several years ago.

Here is one of my sidewalk crack drawings from 2010:

 And here it is colored:

I still have several sessions to work through.  This is keeping me motivated to play and make art every day.

I'm Back - Doggone it!

I doodled this card for my sister's birthday.  I thought maybe other folks would like it, so I uploaded the design to Zazzle:

Doggone Good Birthday Card
by cherylasmith

I hope to get back to making more actual art.

Challenge Art-a-thon

There is another "Challenge Art-a-thon" happening right now through July 23rd.  During the challenge, you are given a list of creative challenges and earn points for making art to fit the tasks.  Then you may trade your art with other artists if you wish.

You do need to be a member of ATCsForAll.com (free for all) in order to post in the forum and play in the challenge.  This is a group of friendly folks, so no worries - and it is lots of fun to be able to make art around the clock with everyone!

Torn Paper Mosaic Watermelon

These are the ATCs (artist trading cards) that I have made so far.  One of my favorite things about the challenge is that I end up creating art that I never would have thought of making outside of the challenge.  

Most folks are making ATCs, however you may create art of any size or shape ... inchies, chunky pages, art journaling, fabric, etc...

Please do pop by and play if you want - or just enjoy the eye candy.  You do not need to be a member to browse the forums.

Composition Book : Colorful Animals

As part of my effort to try to draw something every day in my composition notebook, I combined a few exercises into one.  

I divided my page into 4 frames.  I looked at children's drawings online and drew similar animals with a non-photo blue pencil using my non-dominant hand.  I used a brush tip marker to ink them.  Next I used a fine tip marker to draw some type of background for each animal.

Then I grabbed 6 colored pencils with my eyes closed and proceeded to color the entire page.

I just love the bright and happy feeling this page gives me!

108 Quickly Doodled Objects

108 doodled objects

I saw an exercise posted somewhere about drawing 100 objects as a "stream of consciousness", taking about 5 seconds for each and moving on to the next.  So, I grabbed my non-photo blue pencil and my composition notebook & gave it a whirl.  

It took me 3 sittings to fill the page ... but I did draw the objects very quickly in pencil.  I spent a little more time inking them in with my pen.  I (of course) went "blank" a few times and looked around for ideas. 

I do see a "stream of consciousness" pattern in the drawings and I can see where I got stuck (between the toast and the butterfly, for example).  

I enjoyed the exercise & it's fun to see all the little doodles in my notebook.
 

Syllabus : Four X Four

I have been playing around with some of the exercises in the book "Syllabus" by Lynda Barry.  In this exercise, you are to divide a page into 16 boxes.  Select 4 nouns from one of your daily diary pages and draw each in a separate box in a column (45 seconds each in non-photo blue pencil).  Then draw each thing 3 more times from another viewpoint.  Ink them.  Now you have 16 new drawings!

I have been neglecting my drawing~doodling time this year ... but am making an effort to draw more (of anything).

Here are some other folks I have run across who have done the "Four By Four" exercise:
https://divyamsdoodles.tumblr.com/
... looking for more to add!!

Collage for Tip In Swap

This is a 4" x 6" collage made from paper clippings, paper flowers, a sequin, decorative tape, with touches of Indian ink pens and a paint pen.  Made for the "Sketchbook Tip Ins ALL Mediums Athon" at AtcsForAll.com. (this art-a-thon continues through today)

I'm looking forward to the "Inchie-a-thon" that will be starting later this week!  It has been a long time since I made inchies and I really love the crazy pace of a good art-a-thon!

If you want more info about "art-a-thons" or "AtcsForAll.com" just ask. 

 

 

Scribble Doodles: Holiday Wreath

Oh yes, I am still playing with my Scribble Doodles! books.  This is a page from my Scribble Doodles Christmas book. 

I have been working so much lately, it felt good to just take an hour off and make something goofy.  

To see more pages from my Scribble Doodles! books, just click the "scribble doodles" tag below.

Composition Book Doodles

I have been filling up my composition notebook with doodles and blurbs on a regular basis.  Here are some of my favorites:

1) A duck I see often at Piedmont Park.  He has something wrong with his tongue that makes it stick out all the time.  Otherwise he seems to be getting along fine.
2) Just some folks I saw at the park.  A 20-something-ish young man walking a dog, with an older woman (mom?) walking behind carrying a bright pink baggie of poo (I presume, from the way she was carrying it.).
3) Doodle inspired by a particular shoe seen during the Olympics.
4) Ed Emberley style thumbprint kitties.
5) Doodle inspired by something I saw.
6) Monkey face inspired by Carla Sonheim's "Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists"
     Drawing Lab 7: Monkey Business.
7) "Jan in the Pan" from the movie "The Head that Wouldn't Die", which I was watching at the time.
8) Ed Emberley style thumbprint mice.
9) Doodle inspired by a woman I saw at a Walmart.  She was riding an electric scooter and dragging the cord behind her like a tail.
10) A spider web I noticed.
11) Ed Emberley style thumbprint dogs.

It's a lot of fun to look back through the composition book & helps me to remember more of the day to day things that occured over the summer.

ICAD - Index Card A Day Challenge: Days 45 through 48

ICAD Day 45: Word Play - PITT pens.

ICAD Day 46: Lighthouse - PITT pens.

ICAD Day 47: Monochromatic - Collage of printed papers and clippings, with punches, doodling, paint pen and glitter glue.

ICAD Day 48: (off-theme) Christmas in July - Collage of printed papers and clippings, with punches, doodling, and fibers.

More info about ICAD can be found here: http://daisyyellowart.com/icad-base/
Be sure to visit the Flickr ICAD group to see what others have created! 

ICAD - Index Card A Day Challenge: Day 14

ICAD challenge : my index card for Day 14.  Drawn with an Indian ink pen and colored with pencils.

More info about ICAD can be found here: http://daisyyellowart.com/icad-base/
Be sure to visit the Flickr ICAD group to see what others have created!