Journal

10/31 #inktober #inktober2016

I've been away from home for the Canadian thanksgiving weekend so behind on posting!

Meet 6 month old Thomas! What a chunky monkey this fella is! Had quite a time trying to draw him from life!! Babies are so very hard since they move around so. Then I used ink for the colour and I don't have the right colours for skin tone. So here it is regardless. 

I was fooling around with the background on the opposite page and some of it sneaked over to this one so I just went with it!

Downeys Farm

8/31 #inktober #inktober2016 

We visited a pumpkin patch today with the family that had lots of fun for kids of all ages. I took a few minutes to sketch the boney band at Downey's farm. It was loads of fun listening to the music while sketching- the best was "yummy yummy yummy, I've got love in my tummy". Ha! Ha! Ha! 

Love Shock Top

6/31 #inktober #inktober2016

 I'm not promoting this beverage but I love it on a hot summer day! It is still a warm October and I had one yesterday. I just love the colour of the tin and "package" design. 

Ballpoint pens only in my Moleskine! 

I've joined Inktober

3/31 #inktober #inktober2016 Ballpoint only in my Moleskine

A burrowing squirrel or commonly known as a chipmunk.  I'm not a fan of these critters they leave holes in our yard. 

Paper Problems

Here are two faces from the Sktchy app. Can you imagine my disappointment when I ruined the drawings from overworking the paper and ruining the drawings. I won't even post to Sktchy.  Just posting because this is what I did today (just the one on the left though).  I'm experimenting with Tombow markers and not having much luck with my choice of paper.  The one on the left is Canson Marker paper wrinkled and warped ; the right on Bristol paper (exact brand Unknown) and the paper pilled. I tried to camouflage it by adding s gridded complexion. Now that didn't work either. 

I have other papers to try so I will see what happens.

Making Poinsettia's for my foster daughter

I sponsor a child in Bolivia and I am in the process of getting her Christmas gift and card ready.  When I get an idea, I jump on it while the idea is fresh and still percolating!  I have to send it early because it takes several months to go through the process of getting from here to there. 

The dark flower is made using a tea bag and a book text underlay. I used Inktense pencils for the paint. The larger bright one was painted directly on to vintage book text with Crayola Pip Squeaks markers. Bother were highlighted with gold marker and sprayed with gold glitter. 

I would like to make one more and I think I will go back to the cheap Crayola markers even if there is bleed through the paper underlay. I used matte gel medium to adhere the layers! 

The bottom one is a transfer of colour when the Intense pencils bleed-through the tea bag. I think I'll cut it out and stick it in my sketchbook. I want my flowers to be of different sizes for my mail out so I have one more to make.