Doodled Swirl Border - Happiness Is

size: 5"w x 6"h
On Stillman & Birn Nova Tria Mixed Media black paper drew out my feathery border using Gelly Roll white gel pen and Prisma colored pencils. Added metallic gel pen dots.
Text written with a pointed nib and W/N Calligraphy Ink in a pressure release style.
words: Happiness is not a goal, it's a by product. Eleanor Roosevelt

Roman Rebels - Barbara Close Class

I took a ZOOM class with Barbara Close, "Roman Rebels", March 9 & 10. 2024 hosted by Idaho Calligraphy Guild. Love her style. 

Roman Rebels - Alpha Blue & Green & Alpha Brights
size: each 5.5"sq
On Bee Super Deluxe paper wrote out the alphabet with a Zig Writer interlocking and twisting the letters... Painted with Koi Coloring Brush pens.
I'm a more colorful person so repeated the design (minus one little detail...) and painted with various brands of watercolors. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Roman Rebels - Pressure Release - Mysterious
size: 5.5"w x 6.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper wrote out the quote using a Caran d'Ache Grafwood 4B pencil in a pressure release style. (still need more practice...)
words: The most beautiful understanding in the world is that of the mysterious. Albert Einstein.

Roman Rebels - BFly Dreams
size: 5.5"w x 3"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper masked out the border and applied Pan Pastels in a brownish and yellowish tones. Removed the mask and wrote out the words with a pointed nib and Sumi ink. Added the BFly and leaf sprig. 

Roman Rebels - Enjoy Every Moment
size: 3.5"w x 5.5"h
On Staples 110# cardstock drew in my border with the bullet tip of a red Zig Writer. Wrote in my words in overlapping abstract design using a Zig Wrter. Colored the background areas with the orangey color and the 1st letter of most of the words with the reddish color. Wrote the words under the abstract but will need to redo that area... messy...
words: Enjoy every moment of your special day.   

Roman Rebels - Get Well Soon

size: 5"w x 7"h
On Staples 110# cardstock masked off my border with Washi tape and applied a couple tones of green Pan Pastels. Transferred my lettering design and wrote them out with a pointed nib and Sumi ink in pressure release style. Added the horizontal lines. Used a kneaded eraser to remove color in some letters. Added the outside border.
words: The main function of your big to is to make sure all the furniture is in the right place. Get Well Soon  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ID: Roman Rebels - HB Sarkis card
size: 7"w x 5"h
On Staples 110# cardstock masked out the border and applied Pan Pastels in a couple tones of blue. Wrote out the name using a ZIG Calligraphy 3.5 pen. Added a green shadow line with a Mattehop pen and then added graphite shading with a Caran d'Ache 4.B pencil and paper stump. Doodled3 letters with Bleed Proof white ink and Pointed nib.
Added the "Happy Birthday" with a Juice Up pen.

Scribbled Lives 2022 - Wk 17 - Palindrome - A Man

   

This week's Scribbled Lives 2022 - Wk 17 - is Palindrome - A Man. 

Fun topic. I think I'll do this month's lettering challenge with this theme... 

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BVCG Lettering Challenge - Wk 2

BVCG Lettering Challenge - Wk 2

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Scribbled Lives Nov 2021 - Wk 45 - Joy Harjo

Scribbled Lives Nov 2021 - Wk 45 - Joy Harjo. This is an excerpt of one of her poems - the last couple lines of "A Map to the Next World"

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Barbara Close - Day 1 - Finished pieces

 So I finished the 2 pieces I was practicing during day 1 class. I'm content. 

The black frame around the image is the way I'm binding my artwork. I'm not a fan of stab binding. I dislike that it doesn't lay flat and takes up a bunch of space for the binding... 

Detail images below.

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Barbara Close Trees Workshop Day 1

Barbara Close Trees Workshop Day 1. I'm taking another ZOOM class BIG GRIN. Today's class with Barbara dealt with scrumbling to create the texture of foliage in a tree, then a bare tree and Pressure release lettering. This is what I created during the lesson. I really like the 2nd bare tree, but not so much the positioning of my letters in the quote. So when I do my final piece I'll correct that... Wish me luck it works as I envision.

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Scribbled Lives 2020- Wk 42 - Indigenous- When Your People

 

Scribbled Lives 2020- Wk 42 - Indigenous- When Your People

I'm taking a ZOOM class with Amity Parks using the humble pencil so decided to use the pressure/release technique for this week's challenge, which I love but something I haven't used in eons. It's clean and honest.

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