Neocolor Rainbow Mandala

Played with some ink and Neocolor watercolour crayons.  I know I didn't end up with much of a rainbow effect - I just grabbed crayons and went with it.

First I drew the circle in the middle using some calligraphy ink and a calligraphy pen.  The ink dried too quickly for me to smudge it right away - I redrew the lines at the end and after each line I drew my finger down the line or wiped the ink to the side before it dried.  It looks much more interesting with the lines smudged than cleanly drawn.

Experiement and create something everyday.

Joan

Collages

Prompt #13 for Prompt60 was cut and paste - I did have fun with this one! Lots of different things, lots of layering and lots of transparent layers!

For the other series of prompts I've been doing - Tangents & Tactics we were to just "let it linger"  I chose pieces that I liked and painted around them and am in the process of adding doodles in-between.  So I guess this page is still a work in progress. 

Create something everyday -

Joan

Silent but busy

The Christmas season has come and gone with all of it's school preparation for concerts, card stamping and general busyness.  I haven't done a lot of arting, but I have done some, and through the next few days I can catch up - yet again with all I've been creating.

Today I worked on the above mandala for one of the Tangents and Tactic prompts - that I'm behind on.  I did it on watercolour paper with my watercolour pencils and used a small brush to bring the colour away from the lines.  It's a different sort of mandala than I'm used to doing and it was fun and very relaxing to do.

I'll share more soon.

Create something everyday,

Joan

Bold Patterns

This is a piece I did for Tangents and Tactics "Bold Patterns".  It was fun to create little designs on small pieces of card stock and then "quilt" them into my book; overlapping or cutting as needed.  This page actually came before one I've already posted HERE.

Both of them were fun to do.

Create designs on small pieces and then block them together.  Create everyday!

Joan

Doodle Grid and Background Paint

Doodle Pattern Grid - Tangents and Tactics

This is a different take on the bold shape page I did the other day.  I still did each of these on a small piece of paper and attached them to my book.  Coloured in-between the squares with my watercolour crayons and smudged them a bit.

I was working on my gelli plate yesterday, and sponged the leftover paint into a book for a background!  Tons of fun!

Have a good one!

Create everyday.

Joan

Abstract Girl

This abstract girl is for the Tangents & Tactics series I'm doing with Tammy at Daisy Yellow.  I practised drawing some quick faces last week - and then added a face to a background that I already had in one of my books.

I didn't have the high flow acrylics that Tammy suggested - so I used my Stampin'Up! reindeers.  They worked differently because they are ink instead of paint - but the effect is similar.  It took them FOREVER to dry, and when I spritzed them they bled together nicely.  I added some white strands to the hair to help with the definition.

My only regret is the chunk of washi tape on her chin! But it was on  the page already.

Hope your day is fab!

Create something abstract today.

Joan

Catchup...

Well, I have a bit of catchup to do.  I'm getting to the point where I will be creating new things for the Daily Paper Prompts because I didn't do them all last year; and there are a couple I skipped last year.

One of them was "Creative Reading".  I guess that this time last year I didn't have many books on journaling, or zentangles, or just creating.  I have increased my library a bit and the four books pictures are just a few.  I was introduced to "Journal Fodder" by Eric Scott and David Modler by Emily.  She was lucky to have been able to take a workshop with these authors.  I have skimmed the book, but beginning in August I decided that I was going to work through some of their prompts - and some of them have been shown on the blog already.

Zentangle Untangled by Kass Hall, was given to me by my husband and was my first zentangle book.  I have a couple more now!

"Raw Art Journaling" by Quinn McDonald has some interesting ideas.  I haven't delved into it very far yet.

"Art Journal Freedom" by Dina Wakley has pages marked for me to refer to - It has lessons and then little assignments too.

So that's were I get some of my inspiration and where I get to learn new things.  That's in addition to the blogs I follow and the challenges there.  I am a sucker for challenges!

Daily paper prompt #31 was "finishing".  Well, I started this a week ago and finished it tonight.  There are a couple of other things I've started and not finished yet - but this is the most recent.  

Daily Paper Prompt #32 was "invent a font".  

The Tangents and Tactics I completed here is "Beach Umbrella" - I followed Tammy's tutorial and filled in the spaces with words ----and invented a new font as I went.  I love doing this little doodle so I just added it to my letters.

I'll do the Beach umbrella technique again - and share some photos.

Until then,

Create something new everyday…..or do your best - 'cause sometimes life happens and gets in the way.

Joan

Grid Collage

I haven't had time to sit and art for a couple of days, so I'm quickly sharing something I was working on a couple weeks ago.  It came from Tangents and Tactics over at DaisyYellow and Tammy Garcia.  

First I had to create a grid of paint…..I selected colours that I liked, but I was NOT suppose to clean off my brush between colours.  That way, different colours got included in each little grid.  I liked this idea a lot!

One the paint was dry I added little bits of ephemera to each block.  I have all sorts of little bit of things that catch my eye - so this was  wonderful way to get rid of them.

My favourites…..the saddle shoes!!!!!, arc de triomphe, keys, music.

Create with little bits today.

Have a good one.

Joan

Accordian Book

I spent the morning creating a little accordion book for Tammy Garcia's Tangents & Tactics series.  I had a lot of fun doing this - it was a great way to use up the little bits of paper I've kept and the images I've cut out of magazines

To begin with I took a file folder and cut it into 4" sections. I used my Stampin'Up! Simply Scored board and was able to leave the folder piece "closed" to score 2.5" sections, measuring from the folded edge.  The two end sections were smaller, but that's fine.

Next I found various pieces of paper to glue as backgrounds to each section.

Then I went through my ephemera to finds bits and pieces to add, and pulled out some stamps too.  There are some retired Stampin'Up! sets that I didn't/won't get rid of - and this is one of the reasons!

The following are close-ups of each section.  Once I had attached everything I wanted, I used my watercolour crayons to outline each piece.  I dipped the crayon into water before drawing with it.  Never did that before, but it was what Tammy did in her tutorial video.

Believe me, I won't always have two postings in one day!

I had a lot of fun - and that's what counts!

Create something mini

Joan

Tangent Starburst

Wow - I haven't posted since the beginning of July - but that doesn't mean I haven't been doing any arting.  Sometimes I'm in places where connections are so slow that I just give up on my computer.  Plus, I have been busy with other things, and the arting gets done - but that's it.

I've started another series with Tammy over at Daisy Yellow called "Art Journal Tangents and Tactics".  The above piece is the first one called Starburst.  It's done with Sharpie and watercolour.  I copied one of Tammy's doodles - the "layered cards" is what I call them.  I'll have to remember that one in my other doodling.

I'm in Banff, Alberta right now with my husband who is attending meetings.  This is the view out our patio door!  Love it.

I had fun yesterday morning when I started to do some backgrounds because I discovered that I had left a few things at home even though I had brought a lot with me.  I didn't have a palette for my paint, so I used the package that the coffee came in - I may just put it into a book when I'm done.  I didn't bring any surface protection, so I used the newspaper they provided for the fireplace.  Tammy wanted us to use found objects to stamp paint onto our background for the second Tangent called "Cup half empty, Cup half full".   So, I found a wonderful little piece of corrugated paper wrapped around some stuff in the bathroom, and I used various bottle caps and ends of paint tubes.  Fun, fun, fun…..and that's what it's suppose to be!

I'll do more sharing of things I've done this summer…..I promise.

Joan