Hobonichi Techo Pages

Drawing daily in my Hobonichi Techo

with Sharpie pen or Smash pen

and adding watercolor with my

Prismacolor watercolor pencils and

water brush.

Click on any image for an

enlargement...

Someone once asked if I journal the" bad things"

 too. Well, yes - sometimes. I am conscious of 

whether or not I will be posting it online. You

don't need TOO much information...

And I'd rather focus on the positive.

These pages aren't completely in order by date...

the computer saved them alphabetically by

the title I gave them!

Happy Halloween to those who 

enjoy celebrating it ...and Happy Autumn!

Garden Therapy

Tuesday Therapy...

a garden retreat is 

food for the soul, as well as

tomatoes for your tummy! 

Belatedly showing swap pages sent

to Chris of PearShapedChris*

whose book theme was 'anything

in a garden.'  Above, a peony that I

painted in watercolor, then cut out and

created a large pocket for tags.

Flowers embroidered on fabric, with

a bit of running stitch, lazy daisy, and 

French knots. Mounted on watercolor

paper. Couldn't resist adding the

cross-stitched bee.

Folk art flowers in watercolor

with a quote...

and more watercolor ~ with 

flowers adhered from napkins, as well

as watercolor painted flowers.

Since Chris had specified 'anything

in a garden - except frogs' I decided

to draw a little mouse just for fun!

The arrival of these pages took way

longer than it should, due to my inexperience

with shipping internationally. Thanks Chris

for being so patient! I hope everything 

arrived in good condition.

Linking up with Bleubeard and Elizabeth

for T Tuesday...yes, I have still been

journaling in my Hobonichi Techo!

Above, tiny sketch of biscuits and coffee,

to qualify as my T Tuesday

 photo reference!

Yes, we were crazy enough to go

tent camping at our age!

Stop by to visit the other 

T Tuesday bloggers to

see assorted shenanigans...

Long Overdue Swap Art

Finally showing some swap art that

I made for Annette. (Scrap Happens Here)

The theme for her book was

'Proverbs.'  The page above says

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

(click on any image for enlargement)

"The early bird catches the worm,"

with fabric, lace, silk greenery, buttons,

and my watercolor of an American Robin.

Small pamphlet-stitch book to go in

the pocket of

"You can't judge a book by its cover."

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,"

created with scraps of cardboard,

paint and paper. The charm unfortunately

caused the scan to blur the details

of the image.

"One woman's trash is

another woman't treasure." 

I used a discarded 

music library card, brown paper

bag, scrapbook paper, and the gentleman

in the bathing costume is from a carton

of hard cider I believe.  Multiple

layers of paint were applied to the collage,

along with the spiral clip, beads

 and a vintage charm.

"A smooth sea never made

a skilled sailor."  This is made from

some pretty scrapbook paper that

has an ocean/fishy theme.

Tags in the "sailor page" pocket.

Many thanks to Annette for being so patient 

and understanding about the late arrival

of her package. Hopefully, it is a case of

"good things come to those who wait!"