A 365 day art project… one drawing a day
5″x7″ art journal pages for a swap I’m in… our chosen them was flowers. She will attach these pages to pages in her own art journal… because sending a beloved art journal out into the world for others to work in is exciting, but a huge risk! I used some old foreign book pages for the background of one because the recipient specifically said she likes them. I hope she will like what I’ve come up with! I’m really happy with them. I love doing stuff like this.
I saw this technique in a youtube video… you splatter color onto a dry page, then use a wet brush to push it around into a light loose wash. Once fully dry, you do an ink line drawing on top and shade with more color. The result can be much more interesting than a line drawing and watercolor on a white page. This isn’t a great representation, but I made several backgrounds and then tried a quick sketch. I’ll try more of these on my other backgrounds.
(Not MY journal, but one going out for a swap, “Stuffed Winter Journal” … or something like that. Basically, pages of either ephemera and notes from whatever I have done, or whatever have felt like doodling throughout January and February. – Swap partner Djcamp04, don’t look!)
And the gift card inspiring the page can be seen peeking up… (I have an addiction to collecting interesting gift cards) Then I googled drawn snowflake images and used other people’s creativity.
A quick little bumblebee because I’m running behind. But I’ll work on him more tonight or tomorrow!
Just sketches of a figurine I like. Different types of pens, some with watercolor wash.
A quick watercolor sketch. 
NOT my original idea… I saw a similar card in the store and thought a little watercolor painting might be more special. (Plus I needed an ‘S’ anyway, since it is TWINS: friends, not friend!) Hoping the mommy liked it.
Watercolor and ink, on a brown paper notebook cover. The front cover of the notebook I posted yesterday. (Yes, it’s true, I had no time again today.) Just copied from the internet. I feel like I’ve let you down… but at least I kept moving, and day 48 is finished!
An airplane isn’t ideal for drawing… but it’s pretty good for doodling. This is the back cover of a little notebook I brought with me. Micron pens, .8, .2, .005
(If you can’t tell, it’s those little spiky gumballs we played with as kids, remember them? Also a pine needle, stick, leaves. From a photo from afternoon last week on Nolan’s Trail.)
I don’t exactly “zentangle“, but I do like to draw these sort of zentangled pictures. We are on a business trip but I won’t let that stall my threesixfive project. (Plus I love my art supplies like they are children. Almost. So brought a bunch with me. A mini travel version of my studio.) I did this project on the plane, on an empty lottery ticket I picked up at Food Lion. I wish I had thought to work the shaded areas into the design. And I thought of a way to work the feathers in better. But I’m needing a pencil on fewer and fewer projects, which feels like improvement.
A little spring for a swap-bot friend.
micron pens, ink pads, vintage dictionary page.
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