Watercolors in my Art Journals

Sketched and painted my afternoon snack,

homemade multigrain bread and a cheese stick.

Smash journal page.

Pen and watercolor bird on a scrap of

watercolor paper, some journaling, and

pen work in the borders. 

Doodling is therapeutic...

Wet in wet watercolor cattails...

added to a Smash journal page with

some other scraps. Cross-stitched birds,

buttons, a quote and a bit of fabric & ribbon.

Dream of Spring~ read seed catalogues!

Valentine Reprise

Some art postcards to 

celebrate Valentine's Day...

Made from cereal box cardboard,

watercolor doodle scraps, fabric and stitching.

 

Hope your day is full of fun

and the warmth of family and friends!

Draw Yourself.

Self-portrait 2013.

Sharpie pen on the last page of

my mixed media journal.  No pencil sketching,

just pen direct to paper.  I think the eyes are a bit

too close together, and I'm pretty sure I left out

some wrinkles!

A page in my Smash journal, above, Madonna & Flowers.
I showed the original drawing in this post.
 I've added watercolor.

The Madonna was inspired from an illustration
 in a book that I bought at our library sale:

 'Art Treasures in Russia', c. 1970.

The Madonna was drawn on a scrap
 of watercolor paper, then glued into the
Smash journal. I drew the flower (inspired

by a Picasso) and other motifs, which I used from the 

magazine clippings on the facing page.

The facing page in the Smash journal.

A profusion of flowers cut from a 

Stella McCartney advertisement. A craft paper

envelope on the bottom of the page. (I slipped an

article about one of Picasso's ex's inside-Francoise Gilot 

interviewed at 90 yrs of age) I glued magazine images of

ceramic tiles on the envelope flap. You can
see that I used those ceramic tile motifs

 on the page with the Madonna.

The bottom drawings -inspired by Art Nouveau designs

 published by Dover-were again done with the Sharpie

pen and then watercolored.

Little bits and snippets can come together

in an interesting way...

Linking to
Paint Party Friday and
Art Journal Every Day at Balzer Designs

Draw Your Food...

A pen and watercolor drawing

in the Bits and Pieces Journal...

I drew this before I chopped them up

for roasting in the oven.

Pages from my Smash Journal...

I drew and painted the illustration of the boy.

It's an 'impression' of my grandson, who

is a dedicated fan of Batman!

My illustration of my baby granddaughter.

She is now three, so this has been rattling around

for quite a while and I just had to 'smash' it into

the journal before it got damaged or lost...

do you have things in your art/craft room like that?

Another page in my Smash Journal:

the bird illustration is from a purchased journaling tag.

I drew and painted the leafy branch and foliage borders.

I really love this little Valentine poem.

The Smash Journal has been fun, but I am feeling the trend

is a bit 'scrapbooky.' Though that is what Smash books are

designed for--smashing in bits and pieces. I love drawing 

and painting little bits and motifs...but perhaps 

a change is due...?

What are you working on?