Autumn Swaps

Autumn Swaps

Fall is my FAVORITE time of year! I just completed two projects for autumn swaps; a small altered notebook and a 4"x4" fall themed "anything goes". For the notebook, I used one from my stash of books that I bought up at Michael's after Christmas clearance. I covered it in brown bag collage, smeared some ink and zentangled pumpkins and a fairy. I am crazy addicted to zentangles. My parents gave me a zentangle book for my birthday last week and it has been a great inspiration. I also got a cool set of Micron pens to draw with. The 4x4 is a coaster covered in a piece of sheet music (opera). I painted a simple autumn tree and and made a hanger out of rose colored wire.

June/July Round Robin Art Journal

June/July Round Robin Art Journal

Here is the June/July spread for the art journal project I'm working on. This journal belongs to Kas in my group. She hand dyed all her pages with different berries, and the help of her young son. I chose two violet pages - my fav color. The bold flower or sun - depending on how you interpret it - is filled in with zentangles all having a flower and heart in them. The girl is painted in fluid acrylics with scrap book paper dress. Various papers and paint complete the page. The 8x12 mailing envelope has a sun flower painted using basic craft acrylics and sealed with gel medium. I already have the next journal waiting on my work table. Can't wait to get started!

Zentangles

I didn't know complex doodling had a name, but it does. Zentangles. I have been doing a version of this for years in notebooks, on napkins, on my church bulletin (during the message)... Now I can show it off as an art form. Here are three ATCs for an upcoming swap. All were done in super fine PITT markers. Grab a pen and try one, it is addictive!