The Marker Craze Continues...

You may remember the drawing below from prior posts - I had put it aside to think about the background and where I wanted to go with it in general. Then I rediscovered "THE MARKERS" and here you go - progress again.



It's a beautiful day and life is good --- God is good.

I CAN'T STOP!!

I'm having more fun with my markers!!

A New Drawing Using my Markers

Prismacolor Overdose!!

Look at this!

A local art supply store is selling Prismacolor Art Markers for $.50 each - yes, 50 cents!!!! Can you believe that! I am so excited; like a kid on Christmas morning, or a kid in a candy store - good grief!! I bought all these - I went yesterday and today! Who can resist!! What's sad is, I probably owned this many again already - but 50 cents each!!!

Below is a little drawing I did using these and Prismacolor pencils.

I'm having way too much fun!!

Painted muslin and a Sketch in my Journal

Last Saturday, 10/17, I cut pieces of muslin fabric in 5 x 7 or 4 x 6 sizes. I then painted and stamped and splashed and played all over them. I had the best time! I plan to use these in collage, books, etc. Not really sure what possibilities they have, but they sure were fun to do! I have a large stack of the cut fabric pieces and I can't wait to paint some more.

This evening I drew the 2-page spread below in my journal while my husband watched TV. I'm really enjoying working with the Prismacolor Art Stix - I love the bold strokes of color. In the upper left corner of the left hand page, I tried a zentangle - my first. I've seen them on blogs and wondered what it was all about and then I read an article about them in the most recent issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine. I need lots of practice obviously. I just couldn't get into it tonight. I've had a dull but annoying headache all day. I did enjoy the sketching though.

I hope everyone has a great week! I have a busy day coming up tomorrow! Happy Sunday evening everyone.

Constructive Criticism Welcome

I revised the painting on the left today. I didn't like the first version (shown below)

I welcome advice and critique. Constructive criticism. I think maybe it needs text, or more layers, but I can't figure out what to add or how to add it. Or maybe they are complete as is. ? Any suggestions are welcome.

Quote for the Day

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.

~~~Kathleen Norris, Hands Full of Living, 1931

I recently joined the American Christian Fiction Writers Book Club group on yahoo. I am so enjoying myself! I used to labor over my reading trying to "perfect" myself with Christian self-help, classics, and other laborious books - forgetting to ENJOY myself. Mind you, Christian self-help has its rightful place, as do the classics and those laborious books -- but I have rediscovered the power of a good story to thrill, inspire, uplift, entertain, suspend, evoke emotion, and fulfill. Right now I am reading A State of Grace by Traci Depree and awaiting the arrival of It's Not About Him by Michelle Sutton (the book of the month for the book club). At the library tonight I checked out the first in the O'Malley Series by Dee Henderson. Now I'm off to see what happens next in A State of Grace.

Hopefully by the end of the week I can share what I worked on this past weekend during studio time with my favorite partner - my daughter.

Here's to a good book awaiting us at the end of a long day!

Happy Tuesday to all!

Saturday Evening Post

This is my messy corner of the living room - books, books, books! Oh how I love books!

Speaking of books...below are a couple of two-page spreads in my SKETCHbook --- I did these just now while my husband watched VA Tech play football -- fun! This has been a very cool (cold actually) fall day (felt like winter actually). We accomplished a lot today - cleaning, organizing, getting ready for winter with blankets and sweaters.





Happy Autumn Evening everyone!