The Weekend Octopus

I think I am watching too many cheerful things on the TV since all of my people recently have been super cute.  Oh well :D

The Rabbit & What If?

This is what happens when I read an Art Journal Challenge at 4:00 am.  I assumed the challenge was to be completely about Beatrix Potter.  And I have not read or seen ANYTHING by her in years.  So, first thing I do is look up some quotes by her.  I found the quote, "I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever." I found this quote so creepy and dark in the middle of the night, that I knew it had to go with a weird looking rabbit.

In retrospect, I am not so sure the quote is so dark/creepy.  haha!


Check out the other entries or enter yourself at: http://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2014/09/092014-living-beings-lebewesen.html

Her Head is Full of Flowers

Tired tonight - however this was fun to make.  Dina Wakley was right - the Stabilo pencil is amazing.

Always interesting how after creating things like this, I don't have much to say.  I feel like I said all that was needed in this piece...and feel like a huge weight has been lifted.  

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Also available on Redbubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/imknottangled/works/12610083-her-head-is-full-of-flowers?p=samsung-galaxy-case

The Dog Days of Summer

Happy Labor Day! This has truly been a wonderful summer, and here in the South, it is still very hot!  Nothing better than enjoying the sun in a hammock.

Created with gel pens, Gelli pad, acrylic paint, ink, neocolor 2 crayons, paint pens.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/imknottangled/works/12572395-the-dog-days-of-summer

Fall is Coming!

 

While making this, all I could think of was Fall in years past.  My parents used to rent a cabin in woods during Fall.  So beautiful. Always smelled wonderful as well - burnt leaves!  

Created with acrylic paints, gelli pad, gel pens, permanent marker.

Fairy's Landing

Made this with the Gelli Pad, acrylic paint, paint marker, and gel pens.

Turns out gel pens and paint markers work the best on acrylic paint...I found this out after ruining several markers. Oops.

Weekly Challenge 180 - The Window

 

I was ridiculously excited to do the challenge on http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/ this week. Pens and markers were prepared!  I pulled out paper! 

So, this week we were to use MacDee by Anneke Van Dam; instructions are here: http://anneke-merrygoround.blogspot.nl/2013/02/new-tangle-pattern-macdee.html

When I first saw it, I immediately thought of plaid...until I started actually drawing it and realized my version looked nothing like plaid! It reminded me more of a window, so that's what I am calling this piece.

Paper is a blank note card.  Used a Gelli Pad with acrylics for the background.  Gel pen and paint Sharpie for the lines.

 

Frida Kahlo

 

I was inspired to make this piece from this lovely blog, Art Journal Journey:  http://art-journal-journey.blogspot.com/2014/08/082014-frida-kahlo.html  They post monthly challenges, and I thought I would give it a try!

The prompt for August was Frida Kahlo and instead of drawing her, I decided to pick a quote from her.  I did not realize how many wonderful sayings she had!

Background was made with the Gelli Pad. Doodles with gel pens, microns, and Sharpies.

Gelli Arts and Reverse Coloring

 Gelli Arts certainly seem to be the new trend in mix-media art and I can definitely see why!  Before this I had no done any sort of mono printing, but have always loved acrylics.  Acrylics dry fast, mix well, and last a long time.  They are one of my favorite mediums.

The pads from Gelli Arts allow a sort of mono printing while allowing the pad to be used over and over for different results.  

For this creation, I used the Gelli pad on a pain index card, used ink to outline the shapes, and then colored in a bit more with gel pens.  Very fun!