I know it’s been a while, and you probably don’t remember, but I showed you a sneek peek of this small bit of a larger work when it was in the very beginning stages.
It’s now finished, and you’ll get to see the whole thing before the end of the month!
A while back, I showed you the art journal that I made from a pad of paper. I completed it at the end of November and you can read more about it here .
I made it specifically for Laly Mille’s The Artist and The Journal class.
On the first day of 2020, I made the first marks in this new book! I began by writing a journal entry.
And then I added scribbles of colors using Caran d’Ache Neocolor II and Inktense pencils.
When I was shopping in Tucson over the holidays, I found these tiny address books in Plunket’s Office Supplies. They are actually a vinyl cover over a small, inserted booklet. The price was about $3.50 each.
These are a bit bigger than our A8 micro art journals, but they work very well as a protective cover.
So, I cut papers and covers to make several micro art journals. I used multi-media paper cut to size and stiffer craft paper for the covers.
So, what are we building? A mixed-media burger! Yum!
The point of this exercise was to figure out for myself, what my mixed-media layers are/should be. This concept comes from Karen Campbell. You can learn more about this method by watching her Mixed Media Hamburger series of videos.
Before I watched these, I had the basic idea, and had actually executed a previous art journal of paper dolls. But I had some issues that needed resolution.
Adding large definition to the shapes on the page with Caran d’ache.
Printed paper collage, matte medium, on gessoed art journal page. Coloring added with Caran d’Ache and matte medium.
Plating up some more collage!
Printed paper collage, matte medium, on gessoed art journal page.
Just a sneak peek at something I’m cooking up today!
Printed paper collage, matte medium, on gessoed art journal page.
I am surprised at how many artists do not keep an art journal/sketch book. I’ve used one for years, and I find that they are invaluable learning tools for me.
I have recently started a new one, in a 12-inch by 9 inch, Bee, Super Deluxe Mixed Media Book . I really like these books because the paper is excellent. I can use it for pretty much any medium and it works well. I can also gesso the pages and paint directly on them.
In the continuing development on this piece, the lavender has been advanced with more foliage and contrast.
Working with color in pencil form has been interesting.
Caran d’Ache, Inktense, Stabilo, Albrecht Dürer, matte medium on 300 lb Arches.
Sometimes, I sit down to practice something in my small sketch book, and my pen has different ideas than I do!
Here, I was going to practice various tangles… and a “shapie” family just flowed out! There are still some tangles… can you spot them?
Small sketchbook page, drawing done with Sakura Pigma Micron pen.
Tangles: Bumper Fescu Mooka Printemps Springle
Continuing development of yesterday's project . Adding a little definition to roses and some lavender bushes.
Caran d’Ache, Inktense, Stabilo, matte medium on 300 lb Arches.
This is by no means finished, but it is a tiny bit of something that I am working on. I thought you might like to see it.
Caran d’Ache, matte medium on 300 lb Arches.
Yesterday’s progress.
A while back, I told you that I was making a new art journal . It’s now bound and the covers have been added and gessoed! In the pic above, it’s show with the binding towards the bottom of the image.
This journal was created from a pad of Stonehenge, Hot Pressed Watercolor paper . The covers (front and back) are cut from the backing board of the pad. The only piece that hasn’t been used (yet) is the hot pink cover.
If you recall, yesterday, I showed you a page in my pocket sketch book where I was trying to work out how to draw the tangle, Peanuckle.
As you can see here, I did finally figure it out! This was after doing the “Peanuckle Lesson” from Eni Oken! This lesson was part of her Art Club .
This little page is later on in the same pocket sketch book as yesterday’s page.
I was looking through my little sketch book for other things I use it for, and I found a couple more Emberley sections. So here’s one.
But that’s not want I actually wanted to talk about. I wanted to show you that I use this little book to work out tangles that I’m having difficulty with!
In this case, it was Peanuckle. I tried for a long time to work this one out. I had all kinds of trouble with it, as you can see.
In the last Ed Eberley doodle installment is the Planet of Zort! This comes from the "Big Green Drawing Book" . This wonderful book is full of things that can be drawn by using the following simple shapes: triangle, square, I, C, D, O, (, ), and scribble! If you can draw those things, you can draw any of the things in this book! (Does this sound familiar?) There’s adorable Práta People, Snakes from every angle, Racing Cars and animals, Greengrin, Pine Island and Zort. Plenty of fun for everyone, large and small!
Last Friday, I introduced you to a style of doodle drawing created by Ed Emberley .
Today, I am continuing that journey. On this page in my little 4" x 6" sketch book, I’m illustrating some the various places that might live in the imagination in the “Emberley Style”.
So grab your pencil, or colored finliners and create your own imaginary world, or tiny story! When you post it, make sure to use the tag, #doodledoit!
If you haven’t already met, I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to Ed Emberley ! Mr. Emberley is an artist and illustrator of children’s books. Of interest to us here are his kid’s instructional drawing books. Of these, my favorite is "Make a World" .
This book shows you how to use simple shapes to create everything from an astronaut to a castle by combining simple geometric shapes.
Yesterday, I showed you some dangles that were on a page in my small sketch book.
Today, I’m showing you some more dangles, but these are a slightly different style. These are more like the style illustrated in "The Art of Drawing Dangles: Creating Decorative Letters and Art with Charms" by Olivia A. Kneibler.
This style is a bit less abstract, choosing to create dangles illustrate items from nature and real life.