Size: 5"sq
On
Genoa Bond calligraphy paper drew out my 1"squares, drew in the "Z" and
then the 2 "N's" using a Faber Castell Pitt artist calligraphy pen
(1/10"). Added design element to distinguish each letter (white dots,
dashes and gold mini squares). Colored with Posca colored pencils.
Outlined the borders with a red Zig Writer. Text written in a kind of
monoline/Art Nouveau style.
words: create a NEW comfort ZONE NOW
Size: 5.5"w x 5.25"h
On Canson Pro Layout marker paper using a Juice Up pen in Monoline variation. Added some flowers, leaves and alphabet border colored with Posca colored pencils. Square dots with a Mattehop gel pen.
Size: 4"w x 5"h
On Canson Pro Marker paper created my O-Emerald design border using a Faber Castell calligrapy broad edge C pen (1/10"), colored with Posca colored pencils.
Lettering with a Juice Up pen
words: Okay
On Recollections black cardstock using a pointed nib and Bleed Proof White ink drew out the outline. Colored with Black Edition colored pencils.
Decorative detail done with Juice Up Metallic pens in various colors. Added the word "Quirky" using a Signo white gel pen in a funky Art Nouveau style.
I used the same template as yesterday's post from some cardstock 
and then just twisted and turned it to create the design.
size: 3.5"h x 5"w
On Fabriano Mixed Media paper using a Signo Black gel pen. Painted using Finetec Rose Gold (given to me by a good friend) and Gansi Tambi "Light Gold #905"
The word is one of the Art Nouveau lettering styles from my recent class with Violet Smythe.
We had our Celtic ZOOM meeting a couple days ago and some of the gals had done a "Z/T" pattern and then Adrienne created one on Procreate... and I thought I'd do one as well Mine is different in that it is 2 interlocking "Z's", so I guess it's kind of a Celtic Knotwork pattern as well....
Again I created a template of the letter from some cardstock and then just twisted and turned it to create the design.
size: 5"sq
On Canson Pro Marker paper using my cut out template created the design using a Zig Writer, then I thought some of the lines would work as a knot pattern and then I was in a mood to add spaces between my pattern... You know how these things evolve...
Colored the negative spaces with Posca colored pencils in... shades of brown... and then decided to doodle inside some of the letters using brown Juice Up pen and a Unibal Signo Gold gel pen. Lettering for the words is something I came across on dribbles.com
size: 5.75"h x 5"w (incl Heart) 2/5"thk
(opens to 23"w)
Since I took a class in Art Nouveau lettering with Violet Smythe I thought I'd use that hand for this booklet (you'll probably see me doing this hand a lot...). Bleed Proof white and pointed pen with a Nikko G nib.
I used various colors of Recollection cardstock. The cover is made from 2 pieces of very very heavy white cardstock and I added a piece of gelli print for the spine area.
P1: An Irishman walks into a bar in Toronto and orders a drink. The bartender noticing his accent asks "what brings you to Canada?" The Irishman says "well, I was in a pub in Dublin and the coaster under my glass said drink Canada Dry" so I thought I'd give it a shot".
P2: You know you're getting old when a recliner and a hearting pad is your idea of a hot date.
P3: Are you sweating whilst putting petrol in your car, feeling sick when paying for it, you have got the carownervirus.
P4: Why is it after I push 1 for English I still can't understand the person on the other end.
P5: As I fold my 3rd load of laundry I contemplate becoming a nudist. Then I remember what I looked like naked, and keep folding.
Art Nouveau lettering with a Juice Up pen on Neenah cardstock. The gelli print on Columbia Mills LBS End paper was a commission that I also made a spelling mistake on... so now it becomes bits and pieces.
words:
I shall be telling this with a sigh
somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood and I -
I took the road less traveled by,
and that made all the difference.
"The Road Not Taken" Robert Frost
size: 6"h x 3.25"w 7/10"thk (opens to 24"w)
I used Columbia Mills LBS End paper both plain sheet and a geli print spliced together.
Homework this week for the Art Nouveau class I'm taking with Violet Smythe.
size: 9"w x 8"h
On Strathmore black Artagain wrote our the 3 Art Nouveau lettering styles we learnt on April 11th as out homework for next week.
I used a white Gelly Roll 08 pen. Colored the counter and or inner spaces with Black Addition colored pencils.
The top one I kept plain, the next with an olivey/apple green. The third one is my take on Chase Zen Paris Font and colored with a different color in each bulbous area. The last one which is the actual look of the Chase font with only white.
Instructions can be found on my website HERE
On Canson Pro Layout Marker paper using a Zig Writer and a Mattehop pen and coloring with Koi Calligraphy pens.
words: with malice towards none and charity to all
size: 8.5"w x 9.5"h x 1"thk
Raided my cardstock stash and assembled 14 different colors plus the white covers. Added a strip of 1"w yellow cardstock on both sides of each piece of cardstock to reinforce the binding edge. Punched 3 holes approx 1/2" away from my edge.
Bound it a little differently than usual. I started the binding from the back edge but stopped at the halfway point. Then started from the front page working towards the center of my pages. Attached both sections by tying a double knot bow.
I like this way a lot better because I think it's a lot neater...
Then added the different colored strips of cardstock and the title.
You do have to pay attention to the orientation of your pages, otherwise they may end up upside down... ROFL
Size: 3.5"w x 5.5"h
I finished this several days ago but finally scanned it... It's just one of those abstract linear/circular design doodles and then colored with Mattehop pens and doodled with Juice Up pen and then decided to add the alphabet letters in the open spaces...
the 3rd image is one I created from a class I'm taking.
Juice Up pen, Posca colored pencils, graphite, on Canson Pro Layout Marker paper.
On Canson Pro Layout marker paper using Posca colored pencils (red, green & brown) in Art Nouveau pressure release lettering.
words: The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose. Kahlil Gibran
