rocks, paint, and a doggie

                     
                                                       Painted Rocks with Diana Fayt from Creativebug on Vimeo.

as master ceramist diana fayt would say,

"this is how you paint rocks with a dog in your lap"!

(and he's super cute, too!)

happy weekend to you!

{watch in large format here!}

inspiration monday

thank you for visiting me here,  dear bloggy friends.
your kindness and sweet encouragement is priceless,
and you always make me feel so very rich!
xox


{artwork finished in my walls notebook using pitt artist pens,
derwent inktense pencils, and an 8B graphite pencil}

i spy a tiny surprise....

i was on my bike the other day and spied this fabulous color combination.....

don't you just love this florida-sky-blue and palm-tree-green duo?

and as i looked down the tree, i also saw lots of yummy browns.....

and grays.....and some tiny windows..... and a tiny door?!

so, from now on, not only will i continue to look for wonderful
color combinations, but i'll also try to spy who's using this tiny little door....

(wouldn't it be fantastic if it's the tiny keebler elves,

 baking batches of yummy cookies in their tiny keebler oven?!!) 

i hope your weekend is filled with
 tiny colorful surprises!  :)) 

inspiration monday

i've discovered that sometimes when i'm looking for inspiration,

it's nice to catch up with an old friend,  like my dover doodle book......

because on the pages inside, you can always create silly stories about new friends....
like tom, and his day at the museum:

(tom's silly story goes like this....)

"once upon a time, tom found something he liked
in the case at the museum."

"and it didn't take long before tom was in a

  glazed-over-eyes-must-have-choco-trance." 

"actually, it became an all-out choco-emergency."

later that day, tom had discovered the moral of the silly story:
"always be prepared"
(or in choco-terms,  always carry a hammer in your backpack.)
:))

{this silly story was created in my dover doodle book using micron pens,

derwent inktense pencils, and a 4B graphite pencil}

{you can find the dover doodle book here!}

happy places

what is it about finishing a journal that makes you feel like you've just conquered the world?!
i put the last few touches on the back cover of my "elvie journal",  and i'm happy all over
with a super feeling of accomplishment (even if it did take me almost a year! :)))!

             

here's a little cover-to-cover peek inside!

(you can watch it in larger format here!)

thanks for sharing this little art adventure with me! 

i hope you find yourself in lots of happy places this weekend!  

xo

{materials for the back cover:  elvie journal, derwent inktense pencils, koi watercolor, 

pitt artist pens, uniball signo white pen,  and a 4B pencil}

inspiration monday

happy new year, bloggy sweeties!!

my first project of 2013 is to finish

a project from last year.....my elvie journal!

so, first......all those miscellaneous art supplies i love so much

 fit perfectly on that last blank page.....

then.....how about some inspiration on that little flap in 

the front of the journal.....

and a quick list of materials on the back flap
(because i'll forget if i don't write it down, guaranteed!).

now all that's left to finish is the back cover, so i'm off to get busy!
but before i go, here's a little resolution i plan to follow this year.....heeheehee  :))




{this artwork was created in my elvie journal using pitt artist pens,
derwent inktense pencils, koi watercolor, white uniball signo pen, 4B pencil}