a glimpse of my sketchbook

Been doodling.....

in my sketchbook mostly

pen over watercolor backgrounds

some on index cards..

here's just a few ...

pendants

One of the things I have been working on I the last few months is pendants. I hand draw the abstract images and put them in a brass or silver base with a glass piece over the front. These were fun and sort of addicting... I wanted to make more but decided to stop after about 15. I only have a few photographed so far.....

Even though they're abstract, I still think they were inspired by nature....

I had missed my spot...

I returned to the river,

timed with the eagles.

I have a new camera with a good zoom,  but unfortunately I haven't been able to get a good shot of the eagles or the ospreys yet this year with it.... hopefully soon!

Happy Paint Party Friday and Haiku My Heart

(They are available in my etsy shop if anyone is interested.)

ps: you might have missed this post earlier for my latest mandala...click on image to see post

 

Back to zentangling for what's on your workdesk wednesday

This week the challenge over at IamtheDivaCZT was to use the new tangle created by the founders of Zentangles, Rick and Maria. It's called Bunzo and you can find directions on how to draw it here. I have made a few pages with it in my sketchbook....

ok.... wait...... the first pictures are of last weeks challenge which was to use stripes but i never got around to posting it so you have to see that one first.....

Now here's the one with bunzo which is the tangle in the center that looks like clam shells or fungi on a log.... i like this one, i think it will be one of my favorite tangles to use....

This one was also based on the zendala challenge at the bright owl. i have made mine long to fit in my sketchbook instead of sticking to a mandala circle but it basically follows her template in idea. Not a good photo of it though, hard to get enough light this time of year.

This one reminded me of a little planet once I got going, which then reminded me of the book, 'the little prince' which i have read at least 5 times but i decided I needed to read again, so I quit tangling for the day and read. 

           "Good bye " said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
           "What is essential is invisible to the eye," the little prince repeated, so that he would be sure to remember.
           " It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."
           "It is the time I have wasted for my rose-" said the little prince so that he would be sure to remember.
           "Men have forgotten this truth "said the fox. "but you must never forget it. You become responsible forever for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose."
           "I am responsible for my rose" the little prince repeated so he would be sure to remember.

white on white

A crochet rock from my mother.....

my latest painted rock.... 

shades of white....

white on white....

and a new work in progress....

linking with Whats on your workdesk wednesday.... even though i don't show my messy desk this time, i did have these rocks on my desk while i worked....

Tuesday tea at work

I haven't posted a mandala in awhile so here's my newest one along with some loose tea that I don't remember the name of.... (kimmy at art in red wagon's is taking a tea break but there will probably be some tea links at her post today anyway).....

I had intended to keep this all mustard and green but then i added some shadows to the zentangles with payne's gray and i seem to get carried away with that color and ended up with more of it than I planned. The theme at Inspiration Aveneue is zentangles so of course I will have to link up there...

not loving this moleskin for the last few days

clearly I'm not using this moleskin correctly.... it's made just for writing and I am trying to make it into a watercolor sketchbook.... oh well, I will try to stick to one color sketches, those seem to be best. I loosened up a bit for the "draw a bed" challenge...

 but then I hate this sketch of the Odwalla bottle, it's the gel pens I guess, the red blended so I tried to wet it.... like I said.... "yuk", I'm fighting with myself not to rip it out and burn it.... yuk again!

 I like this "draw a piece of your jewelry" better. I kept it simple. This is a necklace I've had a long time....

Then just so I wouldn't hate myself I had to do a zentangle, cause they almost always work out well...so this is for the Iamthediva challenge and includes another heart for AyalaArt. The problem is ... I don't really like this either....

Ah well, there's always tomorow....

Friday already, time flies so fast.... my computer is fixed so you get to see lots of photos from our week at the cabin! we've gone to the same spot for 5 years now.

We spotted 77 of these guys on our early morning hike! and herer's my haiku...

Seventy seven

little orange salamanders

in the morning dew

 It's become tradition I make a sand mermaid...

Below is the pond we hiked to, I just realized I don't even have a photo of the lake! I take so many every year I guesss I figured I didn't need any more.

And here's some pages in my sketchbook...

And here's a heart sketch for AyalaArt in red and white for Artists PlayRoom and the zentangle for IamtheDiva...

And some mosters for Butterfly effect...

Happy paint party friday!