Paper Doll's and Paper

I was doodling and made this little paper doll, then I put her on different patterned papers.

 

Show Your Face: Eyes

On the Show Your Face challenge the focus is still on eyes. I seem to have a tendency to draw them very large. I did this portrait of my niece on Paper 53 with my iPad, which although it might seem simple requires a lot of time on my part. Everything I have learned has been self taught. Try it for yourself and see what you can do.

Show Your Face: Eyes

The prompt this week for Show Your Face is Eyes. I wanted to do something different than my daily face eyes. At the time when I drew this I had only highlighters with me, so that it what I used to add color.

Daily Face: July 29 and Thrifted Art Supplies

I went to the thrift store today and found this unused art paper. I could not pass it up it is Strathmore 11"x 14" Bristol Vellum, Bristol Smooth, and Tracing Paper, also new markers. I don't know what I will do with the tracing paper, it may come in handy someday. It was cheap.

CED: Poetry Week 4

My submission for Creative Everyday the theme is poetry.

A look,
read as a gentle whispering breath
saying
let your mind hear the wind, 
and the water blue
hurrying deep from the sky.
by Fourborne

CED: Poetry/ My Daily Face/ Something?

My weekly submission for Creative Everyday, the theme being poetry which  is not exactly my forte, but I'm giving it a shot. The drawing is not that great, but I was trying to focus on the words.

dreams were to bless,
time followed through the dark shadow,
like music in the night, vanishing in the morning.
by Fourborne

Daily Face: Student portrait

Something?

I had a good day at work. The time went by so fast. I drew my daily face portrait and scribble this woman on a scratch pad she's something.

CED: Poetry

Look inside my eyes 

and see

the very heart of me

My joys 

My fears

My hopes

and tears

Look inside my eyes

and you'll see

the deepest part of me   

                 by Fourborne


The theme for Creative Everyday is poetry. I was looking for a poem to go with my painting The Look  nothing really said what I wanted so I attempted my own little simple poem. I am not a poet!

Painting in My Sketchbook Giant

This is a painting from my giant mix media sketchbook. I generally just paint it. I have no plans when I start with a blank page. It's a good creative exercise for me especially since I'm afraid of color.

Happy to be me!

Last night I learned something about myself. I am not a person who can stick to one style of art. I like everything and my mood changes. So I'm going to stop trying to be like others and be myself as I have done with the rest of my life. Here is some of my art musings from yesterday and I'm happy.

Paper 53: In the Clinic

In the Clinic

 I admire everyone who have beautiful scenes before them to practice drawing or different settings. My setting is my office and when time allows I get to draw a student. This I drew on my iPad with paper 53. The second drawing is just something I did in my giant sketchbook. It's part of my letting go. No rhyme or reason just whatever and it doesn't have to be perfect or something I'm proud of.

Just Whatever

CED: Festive - I'm Dreaming

Here is my submission for the first week of December's Creative Everyday. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. I know a lot of the northerners are tired of snow, but I miss it. I grew up in New Jersey and lived in Colorado for a while, living in the south leaves me dreaming of snow. It makes everything more festive. However not a blizzard, I've been through that before.

Dreaming

AEDM: Day 28, 29,30 The End

Day 28 Am I Blue?

It's the end of the Art Everyday Month. I didn't get to post because of holidays. Thanksgiving was at our home this year. My husband has 6 siblings, some their children, 3 of our daughters, plus grand nieces, nephews plus mother-in-law, my house was full. We had great fun and fellowship. Here are the last of my creations.

Day 29 Send in the clowns!

Day 30 Sunday Face

AEDM: I fell off the wagon Day 19,20, & 21

Day 19

I was doing great keeping up, but life got in the way of creating. My two Blue Girls are still unfinished, although I tried to work on them. My heart wasn't into it. So I did another bird, a really ugly catumpkin idea, and practiced drawing student portraits in my giant sketchbook.

Day 20

Day 21

AEDM: Day 18 The Unfinished Blue Girls

I didn't get to finish these girls, but I'm going to post them any way.

AEDM: Day 17 What a Bird

Yellow crowned night heron

My entry for AEDM, yet another bird. This is a Yellow Crowned Night Heron. If you are interested in these birds, they are found in Florida. Once again I took liberty with their color.

Day 17

AEDM: Day 15 Drawn to birds

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Don't know why I'm drawn to birds lately. I almost didn't make it for day 14. It has been such a long day. I added the color of the feathers to match the beak.

Day 15 Crested caracara

AEDM: Day 13 On Track

                  Finally on the right day with the Art Everyday Challenge. Thank goodness for slower days. My Immunization Audit is over, so when the Clinic visits slow down I can attempt a drawing. I was just doodling on some scrap paper from school dated 2004, and this is what I ended up with. Which by the way I like and wish it wasn't on scrap paper.
So after I got off work I went and purchased some art paper. I cut it in half so I can take out the scrap paper I keep in my file drawer, next time when I'm just doodling it will be on good paper. I tried to convince myself that, that is what sketchbooks are for, but I don't always want to draw in a sketchbook

I'd rather be in my garden

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AEDM: Day 7,8, and 9 Almost

Still playing catch up. I'm almost there. Day 7 -So I took a throw away painting and tried to make something of it. I crop it to try to make the final painting look interesting.  Day 8- I did some student portraits. Day 9- I was finished preparing for my immunization audit at work and I made my tree. I love to look at it from my desk.

Day 7

Day 8 - Student Portrait

Day 8 - Student Portrait

Day 8 - Student Portrait

Day 9

CED: Unknown

I haven't been very creative this summer, but now that school is back in session I can get back to creativity.
My submission for Creative Everyday: Unknown. When you take that leap into marriage you leap into the unknown "to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part."
The painting inspiration came from a magazine photo, I can't remember which one. I left out the flowers and turned her suit into a dress. Sorry I can't give the proper credits.

CED: Transition

My submission for Creative Everyday. The theme for this month is transition. "I have a shroud of darkness around me and I can't transition out of it. Only God can free me."