#Comictober2019

#comictober2019

This is my first comic for #comictober2019 and #inktober2019 - I drew this in my composition notebook.   I combined the prompts from both challenges "candy" and "ring".  

Drawn with Indian ink pen, colored with watercolor markers and colored pencils.
 

Haunted Houses - House Shaped ATCs

House Shaped ATCs - Haunted Houses

I haven't spent much time making ATCs this year ... so I decided to join a swap for "Haunted Houses - House shaped ATCs" at ATCsForAll.com.

I had fun making these ATCs (artist trading cards) with printed paper collage, paper punches, sequins, Indian ink doodles, and fabric trim embellishments. 

The swap runs until mid-October - so there is still plenty of time to join in.
http://www.atcsforall.com/forum/showthread.php?36561-HAUNTED-HOUSES-House-Shaped-ATC-Swap-due-October-17-2019

More Magilla

Art Collage in my gluebook "Magilla"

I had the itch to pull out my gluebook "Magilla" this weekend.  I noticed that my pages tend to fall into the same types of color themes (soft greens. blues, purples, etc..), so I decided to start the page with some random colors.  I pulled out 23 tubes of acrylic paint and used a random number selector to choose colors for me.

Each time a number was selected, I pulled the corresponding paint color and painted a swatch or two on the page.  When the page had a complete coat of paint, I started cutting words and images from my freebie paper stash (free local papers from the boxes around town).  After a bit of gluing, playing with oil pastels, and some paint stamping, I used a gold marker and a white paint pen to further embellish the page.

All in all, it felt good to play with random colors and see what happened.  I like this page much more than my previous page (shown below), which falls into one of my usual color themes.

Gluebook collage in "Magilla" notebook

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

Watercolor Experiments

waterlily watercolor

I saw something similar online & wanted to play with my watercolors, so I gave it a whirl.  Not exactly as I wanted it to turn out, but still kinda' neat.

 

More Sketchbook Revival Art

Continuing on with the "Sketchbook Revival" online workshop ... I worked on Day 12: Session 1 - "Cosmic Smashbooking: Power Trigger = Super Power" with Catt Geller.

I pulled out my gluebook / smashbook, "Magilla" (click "Magilla" in the tags below for more pages in this notebook), and played along with Catt. 

Daily Doodle Journal: Happy

Continuing on with the "Sketchbook Revival" online workshop ... I worked on Day 8: Session 2 - "How to Start a Happy Journal" with Jennie Moraitis.  I have a few little moleskine notebooks that I received in a Dick Blick swag bag, so I decided to put one to good use and start a little daily doodle journal.

A Happy Journal includes little things that make you smile or feel joy throughout your day.  I had done this previously in my Composition notebook, but have really had a tough year - so I lost my mojo.  Here's me trying to get my mojo back & start to feel happy again.