Journal - Friday @ 5:17 PM

Too big to scan, so they're kinda crappy images...

Zentangle Mandala @ 10:10 PM

I've been really unwell for what seems like forever. I've finally made it out of bed after 9 long days. I opened up my laptop and came across this doodling thing I never heard of called Zentangle. I felt like it was my speed so I gave it a shot. I came up with this Zentangle Mandala, or Zendala... kinda fun to play with, and a calming thing to do, I guess that's why they call it Zen.

whoa, I just spent nearly 4 hours painting this tiny thing!

ATC explosion @ 1:34 PM

This atc has doors that open...

Tiny Fables @ 6:57 PM

These were pretty fun to make, and I think they turned out kinda cool. I used finger paint (yes, Crayola finger paints) and smeared them around on an ATC, then took another ATC and plopped it on top and squished. Then pulled them apart and they had some neat textures and designs. Then I stared at them for a while until I saw an image, and started drawing with pen. then a little pencil crayon to distinguish the characters, and as I coloured, a little story came in to my head...



on the back of the top one I wrote;
And Tug chose his words very carefully as he explained his plight to the great King.

and the bottom one;
And the longneck warrior rescues the strangest bird from certain peril and thus is granted one wish.

inspiration... @ 8:48 AM

I was checking out my art friend Pattio's cool image of Oriental Poppy Seeds, and was inspired to 'borrow' a couple pods to alter... Thanks for the inspiration Pattio!!!

Here's Pattio's lovely post:

And here is what I saw when I looked at the two largest pods...

long time - no blog! @ 3:38 PM

I find myself with some time on my hands, an annoying little cold seeping into my system prevents me from my whirlwind existence for the moment...

So on a whim I pick up my journal, and then Samar appeared. He's like a monster from world of warcraft, however I don't play much these days, so I'm not sure why he manifested himself on my page. I'd like to give him some atmosphere, but the appropriate one alludes me for now. So he will have to be satisfied with banana watercolour paper to be his world for the time being.

watch out for bad bunnies @ 3:56 PM

Next time you're out strolling in the woods keep an eye out for these crafty little devils. They hide out in convenient spots along the trail waiting for an unsuspecting hiker. They won't do too much damage with their small demeanor and tiny teeth, but they can give you quite a scare. This one was none too happy I took a picture of him, he lunged seconds after the shutter clicked... good thing I was ready for him - this time.

dancing zebra @ 5:43 PM

When snails wish they had legs...

Art Gift @ 9:49 AM

For my art gift, I decided to make bookmarks. Some out of canvas, some card. All using acrylics, stamps, and some embellishments. I'm giving one to my Mum today, she is going in for surgery tuesday, so I got her a book, and maybe having this bookmark with her in the hospital, she will feel a little better?
The rest I'm giving away to my bookworm co-workers, I think they'll like them.

create in the style of a favourite artist @ 9:01 PM

I chose Maxfield Parrish. I love his paintings, I really wanted to attempt some of his style of clouds and trees, but I was way too intimidated, so I chose to try and imitate a simpler painting. I couldn't really come up with anything on my own, so I tried to mimic his painting of stars.

Egypt @ 8:17 PM

My word is Egypt. I like anything Egyptian, so I felt like doing a collage with this theme...

Beware @ 2:56 PM

I actually did a bit of work in my physical journal this morning, then following a good clean up of my studio, I was back creating cyber-journal pages. In this one, I tried to create a collage, similar to how I would work in my paper journal. Interesting, but another thing that will require a lot of practise...

Pink! @ 6:32 PM

That's right! Pink Koi! I am practising bubbles, and trying to make things look like they are underwater... I am finding both tricky, but I know I'll get it.

4 hours later... @ 1:03 AM

I finally finished my little bird... Wow, the ability to zoom way in and get details done is awesome, when you zoom back out it looks so real. This little guy has a lot of feathers, that took a long time!
He's all done in acrylic, mostly a dry brush to give the feathers detail.

Sunset in Sooke @ 11:10 PM

Obsession @ 11:52 PM

I'm sure this will pass, but I am so obsessed right now with this tablet. I'm totally out of my realm with this piece, I'm usually not into creepy, but as I was airbrushing, it just kept getting cooler and creepier, so I kept at it. He's quite deliciously creepy now...

Happy little koi @ 9:50 PM

This piece reminds me of the little app I have on my iPod Touch that has lovely little koi swimming around, and you can splash in the water. it's quite calming really, and actually, so are these koi. I am experimenting with my logo, I thought an oriental look was kinda neat in this case...

Watercolour afternoon... @ 9:06 PM

Today I spent a long time trying to figure out animation on Painter... I made some cute little things, but I can totally see how much work it must be to produce anything decent... phew!
So, I gave up and went back to painting, and recreated an old sketch I did of an avocet. I realized today I can bring new life into some of my old fave drawings, I can take them to the world of colour.
I'm not comfortable with painting water yet, and especially with some limitations that Painter seems to have, where you can't do certain things on watercolour layers? So for now, plain water, maybe I'll fix it up later...

Red... @ 12:15 PM

Here's a red rooster, I guess I am really liking oil pastels...
I really need to stop having fun for a bit and do some chores!