sunday doodles

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sunday doodles

I just love adding to this handmade journal

on Sunday mornings!

I used Arches Text Wove and it's a dream to work with.

Both for bookbinding and for the artwork.

 For this one I thought it needed a little something more than

the text, so I drew a fountain.

It has no real relevance, but I like how it looks.

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I brought my waterbrush to church with

me and had some fun at the bottom

of the page.

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

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Sometimes I get a little obsessed

with an image.

Can you guess what my current obsession is?

It's feathers.

And I had so much fun adding this one to my 

church sketchbook!

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving

full of food, family and friends

(and thankful-ness, of course).

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When I made this journal

at Calligraphy Northwest last June,

we started with some blank sheets 

of Arches text wove and added some gestural marks 

to give some texture to otherwise blank pages.

This page had some nice dark spaces

to play off of.

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Our pastor has taken on the huge task

of looking at the entire Bible and putting it all into one big context.

He is doing a great job on this sermon series and

that's a huge task!

contour drawing challenge: day 3

today's subject: a shoe

contour drawing challenge: day 2

Today I added a little 

colored pencil to my contour drawing.

And Abby's drawing

It's a busy day today, so we did these in a hurry.

I'm glad we spent even a little time on it though.

I can feel my drawing skills getting better already :)

contour drawing challenge: day 1

Last week I was inspired to do a 

30 day challenge where I do a simple

contour drawing each week day for four weeks.

It started today and I'm pleased to tell you 

that my sweet daughter Abby is joining me in the challenge.

Here's my drawing for the day

And here are some pics of Abby's drawing

It's so fun to do this together!  And, with

two people in the same house doing it we are less likely

to forget a day.

Feel free to join Abby and I in this little drawing challenge.

See you back here tomorrow!

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I really liked playing with my 

white pen on this page.

I used a white

Uniball Signo.

It's one of my favs!

It was also fun to add some flowers with some 

sparkly paint - although it's hard to see the shimmer in this photo.

challenge

A friend of mine, Emily, has challenged herself to do something new

for a month and blog about it.  This got me thinking that I

should challenge myself to do something new for a month and share

it here.

Backstory/Confession: I am a horrible drawer.

It is a constant frustration of mine that I have never given much time

to developing my drawing skills.  So, I have decided

to do a simple contour drawing each weekday 

for the next 4 weeks, starting on Monday.

I decided a contour drawing would be realistic and not very intimidating.

They aren't supposed to look that great to begin with, so 

hopefully I won't psych myself out.

I did a quick one yesterday to test the waters.

Then I thought it would look cool if I added a little watercolor.

Would you like to join me in this little creative challenge?

Feel free to post pics/links in the comments section

and we can inch our way to being more disciplined with drawing together.

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Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

Lots of text in this one.

Sometimes a long sermon is a good thing :)

cards, cards, cards

I have been working hard on a new line

of hand lettered cards over the past few days.

These are all hand lettered,

no reproductions here.

These will be available in Spokane at

Pottery Place Plus

and aNeMonE Handmade Paper Flowers.

envelope love

I am part on an annual envelope 

exchange through Letters of Joy in Seattle, WA.

Last week I received an envelope from

the very talented

Maude May of Seattle.

I love the fall theme of 

Maude's envelope and the wonderful enclosure she included.

The colors even match the colors in the stamp!

I will work on my envelopes for the exchange

after the first of the year.  I will be sure to post my creations

before I send them.

Thanks a lot to Maude for spreading some Fall 

cheer my way.  I love it!!

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I hope you are enjoying

the new doodles I have been creating 

at church.

They have been so fun for me to do

and to share with you!

donation

A few weeks ago a friend of mine asked if I would

be interested in donating a piece of art to Christ Kitchen, a local

charity that provides job training for women

in need in our community.

I happily accepted her request and got to work on this piece.

There will be a fundraising luncheon on 

October 29, where this will be shown.

The theme for the event is "Living Water" taken from

the story of the woman at the well in the book of John.

The best part for me is knowing that this piece has already been sold!

I posted a picture of it on Facebook and a friend

from high school liked it and is purchasing it before the event.

It feels good to contribute to an effective

and needed ministry.

This piece completed using Rives paper,

walnut ink and red Calli ink.

ink

My friend Emily asked me to design a 

tattoo for her, so I happily obliged!

She had them done with dark brown ink

and they are on the inside of her arm

just below her elbow.

I love them.

Thanks Emily!!

Sorry the photo quality is especially bad with these.

I took them on my phone :)

How Great Thou Art

I was recently asked to letter a few verses

from the hymn How Great Thou Art.

While I was researching the hymn

I learned that the original text was

written in Swedish.

I decided to use the Swedish words as texture in the 

background.  That's the light white lettering.

Then to add balance I added

the red and black cross.

Artwork completed using Dr. Martin's bleedproof white,

Sumi ink and red gouache on Canson Paper.

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Good morning.

I added some strips of color to

this page before I headed to church.

Have a great Sunday!

a new direction

I have decided to go in a bit of a new direction

with my artwork lately.

So, I have some new card designs that I have been working on.

The lettering is different from what I have done 

on cards before,

and the colors get lighter as they go down the

page.

I loved playing with these

and coming up with the new "ombre" design.

And, I can't wait to start sending them 

to my friends and family.

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I made this journal at

Calligraphy Northwest in June.

I am loving playing on the Arches text wove paper.

And adding layer upon layer.

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I'm back from a super long break from blogging.

Sorry for the silence.

I will post about our amazing summer in the coming weeks,

but for now I will start with some 

of my church doodles.

I'm going in a slightly different direction

with my church sketchbook.

It was inspired by the class I took at 

Calligraphy Northwest

taught by Sharon Zeugin.

I will share much more about that later!

Maybe I should take a photography class next...hee hee.

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I am sad to see this series come

to an end.

It has been enlightening

and fun to take notes on :)

envelope

I received another envelope from

the decorated envelope exchange I participated in 

through Letters of Joy last year.

This one is from the very talented

Terri Kruger.

I love the lettering and the 

wonderful illustration!!

And, although I did not attend Letters of Joy this year, 

I did sign up for the envelope exchange again.

I have loved getting all these little works of art in the mail.

And the best part is I never know when they

are coming, so it's a great surprise waiting for me in my mailbox!