Journal January 2011 - Day 18

Got inspired this morning and completed TWO journal pages! Well....this second one was rather a fun lark and just playful.  I didn't plan really - just took it as it came.  I had a bunch of tools on my work area so I just grabbed what was at hand and started making funky letters.  It reminded me of how we "decorated" our bookcovers with those big fat letters when I was in school.  Who knew it was art back then???  But the practice came in handy it seems!

And my zebra still likes to peek in and play on some pages now and then.......

Journal January 2011 - Day 18 - Lettering



Now, only day 15 to get to....then 19 thru 24.  Whew! I hope I make it by the deadline! (Obviously the deadline is NOT the end of January...thankfully!)

Journal January 2011 - Day 11

Yes it's been two weeks!  This cough/cold has really hit hard and long.  Day 18 and no relief in sight.  But life and creativity must go on!!!  So, I'm getting back into the studio and working on my Journal January 2011 art journal.  Needless to say...too far behind now to ever even dream of catching up but I just want to keep doing the journal for now and see how it goes.

This is day 11 and is across from day 10. The edge you see on the left of this photo is where I carried over day 10 - just cuz I wanted to.  Back to mostly black and white for the Crossword Puzzle page. This is the first time I've played with my Pentel Aquash brush.  I think there is more of a learning curve than I anticipated. But I did get better by the end of this page and THINK I know a bit more what I'm doing with it. So, here it is -- Day 11.

Journal January 2011 - Day 11 - Crossword Puzzle



Journal January 2011 - Day 8

Day 8 revolves around vertical journaling.  I chose to go with the page of the African Veldt that I painted for my zoo zebras and also work with the page that is the back of the stripey "window", making this a 2 page spread.

Up and Down - full two pages

Left page - in a few days there will be a dragonfly to view through this reverse side of the stripey window. I also added some left over pieces of my zebra mandala to keep my zebras playing in my journal.

  Right page - Journaling vertically is more of a challenge than one might think. Took a bit more concentration than I imagined before I started.  Even though the letters are English, I think the journaling part looks almost Oriental.  Now you can get a better view of my African Veldt.  Can you tell I'm not used to drawing animals??  LOL



Journal January 2011 - Day 7

Today is Stripey Windows.  Cutting out a "window" to see through to another page.  I went with a theme of Freedom....well for zoo zebras anyway.  Figured if I was in a zoo I would long to be home...surely they do too.  So here are three zoo zebras looking out through the bars of their cage...and in their minds see the African Veldt at sunset...their ancestral home where they long to be roaming free.

Show Me The Way To Go Home



More Doodling

Doodles, Zendoodles, Zentangles....whatever you call them....they are fun, relaxing and addicting!! These are a few of the lateset ATCs I've done in the evenings. They are all Pigma Micron pen on fine grain watercolor paper. All of these are available for trade except the last one.

Celebration

Spin Out

Sad Puppy (can you see this little sad puppy? Poor little thing....)

OOObird in a Cage (see the two eyes and the tail and wings? The O mouth? He's a pudgey little bird!))


Itchy Itch (in inside family joke - this one is for my collection, not for trade)

Hope you enjoyed them! I'm sure there will be more to come!