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

Monochromatic Music

Day 60 - Daily Paper Prompt - Monochromatic with Black and White.  I love monochromatic creations - and this one was fun.  I made good use of the old "fashion" magazines that I've held onto.

Day 61 - Daily Paper Prompt - Create while listening to music.

 I have a very eclectic array of music on my computer, so I scrolled through my playlist with my eyes shut and clicked on a song.  The chosen song was "Two Bare Feet" by Katie Melua.  I wasn't really familiar with the song, which was nice because then I couldn't anticipate the rhythm,  The colours were chosen before the music and I used a palette knife and plastic card. 

Create something every day.

Joan

Altered Map

Day 59 - Daily Paper Prompt - Altered Map

I found through the stuff I still have from our trip to Paris and found a Map of the Museums throughout the city.  Then…..a mandala overtop.

I spent a bit of time Sunday afternoon peeling the layers of acrylic paint off of the scratched up  Big Shot plate that I use for my paint palette sometimes.  I covered the top of it with Self Leveling Gel and let it dry overnight.

This is the backside of the gel skin that I now have to play with.

And here is the top side.  I can tear it and adhere it to collages and such in the future.  Yippee!

Create something everyday.

Joan

Backgrounds and tangles

We had a Professional Development day last week and I took one of my doodle books along with me.  I didn't do all of these zentangles that day - but I finished them up that night.

I made this wonderful blue background for a Tangents & Tactics background…..and then covered it up with these little photos. Well, actually, we were suppose to add little magazine pictures, but I ended up zeroing in on black & white photos and then I had to find one of my favourite Katharine Hepburn!

Create everyday!

Enjoy yours!

Joan

Headache Mandala and Paper napkins

I wasn't feeling very well last week - had a migraine for three days - I tried to do a bit of doodling but it's hard to concentrate with a headache!  So this mandala took three days to do - and the lines are so close you can almost feel my tension!  I do like it though!

Day 57 - Daily Paper Prompt - One Word Journal Page

I love how this turned out.  I painted a bunch of blues for a background, attached some leftover hexagon pieces from another project, then glued a wonderfully pretty paper napkin on top.  The colours and shapes of the hexagon paper show through!  Next I attached paper letters, outlined them with a white paint sharpie, and added water to make the white run.

I spent all of Thanksgiving Monday in my craft room - this is by far my favourite page of the day!

Create something everyday!

Have a good one.

Joan

Grids and Torn Paper

Day 54 - Daily Paper Prompt - Organize Ephemera

I had to break down and do this a number of months ago!  I end up with little piles of stuff, and when it gets too big I divide it into categories.  The tall accordion folder is one I take with me when I travel someplace in the car as well as the little green accordion folders which comes with me if I'm traveling by plane.  Of course that means I have three different places to look for things - and three different places to "lose" things that I remember I've collected.  Oh well!

Day 55 - Daily Paper Prompt - Patterned Grid

I didn't really follow this prompt correctly - I did a zentangle in each of the grid boxes.  Maybe I should have repeated designs.  Doesn't matter - there's no right or wrong!

Day 56 - Daily Paper Prompt - Torn Paper Collage

I just happened to have a pile of torn pieces from other projects in a corner of my desk - so I was happy to be able to put them together in a totally random way for this prompt.