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.

Organized Ephemera

Daily Paper Prompt #54 - Organize Ephemera.

Well- I didn't do this in one day - this is how I am all the time.  And this isn't all the ephemera I have!  I can organize and categorize things forever - sometimes I spend more time organizing than creating - and it drives me nuts!  And then, of course - there's the organizing so well that you don't remember where you organized something to!  But I love my boxes.  The two large ones stay at home all the time.  The black accordion box comes with me if we are driving someplace on holiday, and the little green accordion holder come with me when I fly.   That way  I have little bits with me - and then I add to them wherever I am.

No art today because I was stamping last night and again today.  Hopefully I'll get a bit of doodling in later.

Have a good day!

Joan

White and Neon

Daily Paper Prompt #52 - White Page

This went completely in it's own direction.  I had scrounged up a number of white things and was just going to create a collage - but one of the white things was a feather from a bunch I had picked up after our Terry Fox Run yesterday morning.    I was only going to add one feather - but then I drew the face on a separate piece of paper, cut her out and gave her feather hair.  A bit creepy maybe - but I had fun and that's what counts.

Daily Paper Prompt #53 - Triangles

Can you tell I used neon paint!?  I didn't clean my brush between colours all the time - so I got a bit of a mixture.  They certainly don't work the same way as acrylic paints!  I was going to doodle in each of them, or outline them in black - but I decided just to let them be.

Hope your day is great - 

Create something fun today.

Joan

Bordering Zentangle

Daily Paper Prompt #51 - Borders

Some of the spray ink from the previous page went over onto this one - so I just added a bit more and some stencils.  Then I drew some borders before adding one of my favourite zentangles to the inside.  I've never drawn a border before - but I can see where I'd like to do it a bit more often.

Have a creating day!

Joan

Vogue - Negative - Fall

Daily Paper Prompt #49 - Vogue

This was difficult!  We were suppose to create an imaginary magazine cover including headlines for articles.  That was the tough part.  But I just picked things that have been happening right now - 

Daily Paper Prompt  #50 - Negative Space.

This was fun - I painted a bit of a background so the "negative" wasn't stark white.  I then adhered a silhouette cut out from a magazine and painted around it….then added some thoughts.

I also spent the weekend working on a piece for my front entry.  It took a number of transformations, but I'm happy with the end result.

I'm hoping to get some more arting done tonight - I've been designing Christmas cards - so I'd like to get a bit messy before designing more.

Have a great day

Create something negative.

Joan