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Tag: pen & ink
5/9/2018: Mothers Day card for story time
Yes, it is Chick-fil-A Virginia Beach Blvd Story Time again! I’ve got two or three adorable books to read, and planning on milk and cookies, like the previous times, and drew this card for the kids to work on. I’m thinking we could use the card on Fathers Day or Grandparents Day, too, if we want to. The kids can color the front,
write their name inside,
and add flower stickers inside the card on the left, or on the envelope (or both)
…plus the child can ‘sticky’ in a coupon for a nice free frosted beverage or iced coffee, for mommy (or whomever they choose to honor this Mothers Day).
This is a prototype… the copies will have no wrinkles or indentations, and come with an envelope. 🙂 Hopefully the kids will have fun! (I did)
May 6, 2018: Tulip sketch (ink)
From the photo I used a week or so ago to do this watercolor sketch:
My more detailed pen sketch, to which I will add color:
“Breathe Deeply the Laughter of Flowers” (old art)
Old art… not like ‘vintage’, or ‘masters’, but my own, ‘previously done’ art. A nice big page of cheap paper with some kind of black pen, drawn several years ago.
(But actually MY OWN ART, not copying someone else’s art to learn!)
Chick-fil-A paper doll art… 3/15/2018
Today’s art: drawing! EASY drawing. Yay!!!
St Patrick’s Day Storytime is coming up this Saturday at work. I get to read holiday stories to the kids, and we give them milk and cookies (if ‘Mom’ approves, of course)… the Cow comes out for a visit, and we have a coloring page I’ve drawn. This time I thought it would be fun to make a Cow paper doll… then every holiday I’ll draw a new accessory sheet with clothes and things for the Cow, appropriate for each season. The more storytime’s the kids attend, the larger their Cow’s wardrobe will be! Plus I don’t have to think up a new coloring page each time, I just draw seasonal clothes and accessories.
I really like doing things like this. No pressure. No stress. No worries. Just fun.
Wed 3/14/2018 school worksheet “house”
My art for yesterday and today is simple and fun. I was helping my daughter create some coloring pages for her primary grade French classes. They’ll choose a house style, then color and cut out little bits to use with it, and hopefully learn the French vocabulary as well. Some of these ideas came from images we searched, but we needed them independent of their buildings etc. Now I’m wondering if I should add lines to the glass to look like reflective surfaces? (But maybe the kids can use their imaginations. Or maybe there’s just no glass in those windows!)
Oops I just realized I added a little hedge after I took this picture. It was vertical anyway, beside the window and lamppost, so you wouldn’t have recognized it as a hedge, but as a tall rectangular flowering bush, I think!
Mon 02/02/18: valentine coloring page
A work project… A Valentine coloring page for us to use during storytime… the kids can color them and cut them apart. The last one will have a coupon on it for free food ( I guess that goes to their favorite Valentine!) All of them say Chick-fil-A Virginia Beach Blvd on them, but I can create something similar for your business if you are interested… contact me!
Wed Jan 31, 2018 watercolored ink drawing
I received a set of sample dots of Da Vinci watercolor paints so tried them out on the drawing I posted Sunday:
I had trouble with some of the colors muddying as I tried to mix them. Otherwise enjoyed using these. I don’t like them better than what I currently have but am glad to have tried them.
Sun Jan 28, 2018: Completed Pen & Ink Page
Finally completed these little studies. I think I’ll add some color.
The whole page:
Sunday Jan 21, 2018 inky bird
I’m still adding to that pen and ink series all on one page. After I took this photo I corrected some little places, but didn’t take another picture.
This sketch actually came from one I started in a journal last night while waiting for our takeout order to be ready. There’s something pleasant about drawing birds and flowers. I’ll keep adding to this page and post the whole thing soon, as well as that original sketch.
Supplies, and Amazon links: Canson 140 lb watercolor paper, 9×12, cold pressed, not my favorite brand but actually great for this project, using ink, where I want some texture, and where I may add a light wash of paint. A pretty good deal here I think at under $10 for 30 sheets…. drawn with a uniball deluxe micro pen, .5 mm tip… . My favorite pen. It’s waterproof, in case I do choose to wash some color over it. I’ve linked the 12 pack here, because at $24, it’s such a better deal than the individual pen I could fine for $8. (???!!!)But wait until there’s a good price on a 3 pack if you aren’t sure about them. Â I have found a three pack for $9 before, but right now that is $12. Prices fluctuate on Amazon. The 12 pack micro tip seems to stay close to $2 a pen.
Uni-ball also offers this pen in a fine tip instead of micro, .7mm, for $12.95 a dozen.
(As an Amazon Affiliate I do get a few cents back on any sale made through these links, but I only offer items I think you may be interested in if you are reading this blog, at prices I think are reasonable.) I’m going to order these 7mm pens myself because it’s the same quality ink at a great price, and let you know what I think of them for larger pieces, but I do love the smaller 5mm micro tip!
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