Feeling Creative...

Lately, I've just been drawing and painting...no real direction, but just for fun. It's really therapeutic for my soul...but it's killing my sleep (since the only time I can find to do art is after the boys are in bed...)! 

 Been feeling the drawing on the dictionary pages! 

Saw a similar idea on pinterest, but wanted to try it with my own style - I like it!

Made this card - thought it turned out really cool! 

My husband wanted an artsy cell phone cover like mine, but with zentangles. He likes wolves and lighthouses - he picked the wolf! (But only after making me redo it because the head pattern looked like little eyeballs...)

Simple, but fun!

Like the idea and the quote, but this turned out meh...

My students made these scrap paper birds, so I made these canvas pieces as a gift for our classroom art docent. They turned out so cute I think I'll make some for our house too :)  

A Year Ago...

Things in the art department settled down around here after February last year when my second son was born. But that didn't mean I stopped doing art - I just stopped doing ATCs and didn't really scan or share anything. So, here's a little catch up post.

I started the Document Life Project. I don't have any gesso, so had to skip week 2, but here's the start.

A New Swap

Well, I decided to start a new swap to stay active on AFA, but I didn't want it to be too big to handle because this baby is coming any day now...so I went with a goddess of __________ theme. Players can choose anything for their ladies to be a goddess of - silly things or real things...I thought I would do more whimsical, silly cards, but it didn't turn out that way.

Goddess of the Sea

Goddess of the Sunrise

Goddess of Autumn

November PAT

Even though I've really scaled back my ATCs I still can't resist a PAT! I get to pick my own theme, and I'm usually happier with those returns. So, I've signed up for a few more PATs.

 The themes for this group were: Buddha, mushroom house, realistic snail, and realistic bird. 

 The themes for this zentangle-group were: sunshine, heart, flower, and cat.

Day and Night

I was asked to make a card for another player. They like anything about the sun and moon...so here it is!

In the Style of...

Some of my favorite swaps are 'in the style of...' swaps where you are given an artist and have to create your own art in their style. I really enjoy the challenge, and the results are always pleasing. This swap was around the style of Rosina Wachtmeister.

 This was for the Halloween PAT. I joined the zentangle group, and the themes were: candy corn, owl, pumpkins, and spider webs.

Old Art

Playing catch up so I can get all my art posted here! These were all ATCs I made when I first learned about this type of art in September of 2011,