Doodle - Not Everything Counts

I was in a mood to play with black paper again... so opened my Strathmore Black Field Drawing book and started adding wavy lines.
size: 4.5"h x 6.25"w
Then coloring with Prisma colored pencils, then played with some Uniball metallic gel pens, then decided to put some gold leaf (Mona Lisa Variegated Green Leaf). This time I used a good bottle of Gerry Tresser Gold Size Gilding Adhesive. Text in monoline with a white Juice Up pen.

words:
Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts. William Bruce Camero

Letters As Art - Day 2 - Let Me - Take 1

1st take: see tomorrow for take 2

size: 7"w x 4"h
On St Armand cold press w/c paper Lettered my quote in very light pencil lines. Gilded the "O's" with 23 3/4K warm gold leaf (C. Roberson & Co) and Jerry Tresser size. Painted with various brands of watercolors.

Doodled Squares - Gilded Tedious

This took waaay longer than I expected to create it... a lot of manipulating  my ruler to draw straight lines. Hence the word "Tedious".
size: 5.5"sq
On Edge Mixed Media paper created my square design using Juice Up pen, colored with Posca colored pencils and  Gansai Tambi gold paint. Word done in a funky style with variegated gold leaf. Small gold and silver mini rhinestones glued to the centers of the squares

word: Tedious

Abstract Leaves- Colores Of The Spirit

size: 7.5"w x 7"h
On Edge Mixed Media paper drew my leaf design using Pitt Artist Fine Liner pens.  Painted with Holbien blue and green paint mix and some of the W/N yellow. The bulbous thingies... with Winsor Newton red and yellow. Added some variegated leaf balls at the end of the leaves.
Text written in elongated monoline with a .7 Pitt pen.
words: Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gold Leaf - Blossom & Flourish

size: 6"sq
Mentioned in my previous post haven't gilded in years... I used a different needle nose bottle (I think a smaller nib hole but can't tell by eyesight), but my lines are slightly thinner. Still getting the blobs at the junctions... practice...

On Fabriano 1264 paper gilded my design using US ArtQuest Duo adhesive in a needle nose bottle. Gilded with an unknown brand of imitation gold leaf. Painted with various brands of watercolors.
Text written in Dot Lettering style with a mid tone blue Juice Up pen

words: Our souls cannot be forced to grow, but like flowers our spiritual selves can be nurtured until they blossom and flourish. James Van Praagh