Quotes and Watercolour Faith

Well - the school year has now come to an end and I can maybe get more posts done as projects get finished instead of waiting for weeks!

I continued working in my quote book.  I'm trying to do a bit more with the lettering - but it doesn't come easy.  I'm doing better with adding a few little embellishments after I'm "done" too.

I did this a while ago and can't remember what book it's in - it may actually be in my watercolour paper book.  In any case - the word is a stamp that we had a long time ago in Stampin'Up!  I always loved the font. Then I just played with really wet watercolour.

Create something everyday -

I do even if you don't see it right away.

Joan

Student requests

I found one of my student's art journals on top of the lost and found, and before giving it back to her I decided to draw a mandala in it for her.  She was very pleased, and her mother even wrote me a note of thanks.

Last week, another students asked if I would draw in her journal.  I realize I didn't add any colour to this one - but that's okay.

Create something everyday - even if it's for someone else.

Joan

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

I had a fantastic time a couple weeks ago attending a fundraising workshop with some friends and the Nina Haggerty Centre of the arts in Edmonton.

Our tools for the night were paper, lino, pen and carving tools.

Of course, I thought the easiest thing for me to tackle would be a mandala.

Once my first carving was done, I did 5 prints - I used the same colour on each paper -  I may not do that the next time.

Once the prints were done, I went in carving a new set of lines.

For some reason my camera didn't get a complete picture of the second printing I made…..so - moving onto the third carving, I stared taking out larger sections.

When I did each successive printing I used the same colour on all five sheets, since that's how I started out.

With this final "cutting" I really got into cutting away sections that I didn't want to have colour added to.

I got a bit of advise from one of the women and two of my pieces didn't get the fourth layer of paint and I'm happy with that - I maybe should have quit earlier with all of them.  But it's necessary to experiment.  I had a fantastic time!

Jennifer with her two favourite pieces.  I'm so thankful that she thought I'd be interested and invited me along.

Ashley with her two favourite pieces.

I look forward to going back in the future. I enjoyed creating with these women and doing art that I may not easily exposed to - and to gain ideas for art classes at school.

Create something every day!

Joan

Icad 2015 week 1

Day 2 - Carnival - it took me a while to decide what to do for this one - so many ideas were possible, but I finally went with a mask.

Day 3 - Make a Map

I had a piece of gelli printed paper left over from last year's icad - It's a giraffe print stencil, but it looks like a road map - so I just doodled and stamped.

Day 4 - Mailbox

Yes I had to google exactly how our mailboxes look.

Day 5 - Owl.

I decided to try to make the pieces of the owl large enough to be able to zentangle in each of them.

Day 6 - Periodic Table

This was a tough one!  But when I finally zeroed in on gold, I immediately thought of this dress, which is probably one of the first Stampin'Up! sets I got.

Day #7- Taxi

I had some of this cute little car stickers from scrapbooking, and I immediately went to this song!

So that was the first week of Icad with the prompts and the "theme" of the week was: Drawing, Doodling, Pens, Markers.

Create something  - big or small - everyday

Joan

Icad2015…..Warm ups and #1

Warmup #6 - Designs & lines of the 1920's & 30's

Warm up #7 - A Top Ten List - (These are favourites, but not necessarily listed strong to weak)

Warm up #8 - uneven Circles - I cut circles from a piece of marled paper that I made years and years ago - splashed a watercolour background before adhering them.

Warm up #9 - Puzzle

This was fun - take 3 index cards, draw a design on each one and the stack them and cut them into puzzle pieces - then put them back together all mixed up.  I'm going to keep this in mind for school next year!

Icad #1 - Chevron.  I used my chevron Stampin'Up embossing folder to help make the impressions of the chevron and then did a zentangle design in the lower sections of the embossing.