Holiday Greetings

 

Sharing a few December doodles from my Hobonichi A6. It is small in size (about 4"x6") so the drawings are within that format.

Gnomes seem to be quite popular these days. I see them everywhere, not just in gardens!

The journal holds the records of our days plans, activities, and random thoughts. Nothing too profound...

Baking cookies, wrapping gifts, traveling and visiting. December is a busy time! Add in illness, car repairs, and preparation for guests, and before you know it, Christmas has sneaked up on you.

It only took me about 8 hours to decorate our Christmas tree...

Did you spot any coffee cups on my pages? It's kind of a daily ritual to doodle my coffee or tea, and my toast or other breakfast. I do try to journal every day. I recommend you give it a try!

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Hobonichi Techo Pages- August 2020

                          

Above, revisiting pages from a previous year...

As I recently read, "the minutes pass slowly, the years

 pass quickly!"

 Here's an attempt to post a video to my blog...please click on the link below to view August 2020 pages in my Hobonichi Techo A6.  

 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SXR3SxDoGQEwagCYA

They can also be viewed on Instagram

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I've been absent too long from the blog, and have not learned to use the new Blogger layout and controls. It's getting harder to learn new stuff!  

Pages from Fake Journal

We are still doing fine here. Ohio is feeling Fall-like today.  I'm not ready for cold weather! 

Life is moving on.  We are in the time of life for elder care and all the difficult decisions that come with it.  And I am scheduled for Cataract Surgery next month. Not necessarily looking forward to surgery, but am looking forward to better eyesight and less blurriness. I hear that it's pretty routine and usually very successful, so fingers crossed. A friend told me that the anticipation of the surgery is worse than the actual event. So I'm holding onto that!

 I hope you're doing well, staying safe, and staying strong!

 

T is for Tiger and Toucan

For the month of August I'm doing the 

Hobonichi Challenge art prompts: 

"It's a Zoo Out There!"

What fun to draw animals, some that

I have never seen. Thank you Internet

for reference photos for art!

I think I may have used this same photo 

before to draw a sea otter.  I think he's so

adorable floating on his back, looking so

relaxed!

Sun Bear and Red Panda. Cute little

face on the red panda...

Yes, I work in more than one planner...

and multiple sketchbooks too. After all, 

it's not hoarding if it's sketchbooks! ha ha

The top planner (red) is the Hobonichi A6,

in which these little watercolors are 

created. 

Had to add a fun photo of one of my daughter's

flower beds.  It's beside their basement steps, 

hence the reason for the fence. I said her flowers

looked so much better than mine! She admitted

she's been putting on fertilizer every week. 

Maybe I need to take a page from her book!

The summer has flown by so quickly! Just 

thought I should add some pretty blooms

to the blog before they're gone. 

Linking up with Bleubeard and Elizabeth

for T Tuesday. Stop by for a beverage and

a chat. Can you find the coffee cups that

I doodle on my pages nearly every day? 

 Gotta have coffee before I do all the things.

Techo Tuesday

A quick post to say hello to my

T Tuesday friends, and share

a cup of coffee and some doodles...

These pages follow my hubby's

week-long stay in the hospital.

He's doing fine now, but had a

very uncomfortable several 

days stay. So glad to go home

and get back to a 'semblance'

of normal! More doctor's 

appointments and tests will be in

our future, but expect him to

fully recover. Now off to a

doctor's appointment this a.m.

so  I will be back to visit the

 T Tuesday gang a bit later.

Hobonichi Techo Drawings

Lists, watercolor, highlighter, drawings, 

collage, and doodles. 

I love my Hobonichi Techo planner.

My husband bought it for me

for Christmas. He ordered it from

Japan.  I am still getting used to

 the smaller size,(4.1" x 5.8")

 but the paper is marvelous!

The thin pages resist pen bleed-through,

and are stitched to lie flat when open.

I admit it, I don't get a lot done

in a day...mostly puttering around.

But it's my life right now, and I'm

thankful for each day...

There is a very dedicated following

for this planner in Japan, and it

is becoming popular  world wide.

Once I drew on this Tomoe River paper,

 I understood why...

Ball point pen, my beloved Sharpie

pen, and highlighters do not bleed 

through the paper. The only pen I've

tried that bled through was a Precise

red pen, so I will save that for other

journals. 

Yes, we've been to see the new

Star Wars movie twice now...

I guess we qualify as science

fiction geeks.  Love the new 

heroine ~ Rey!  And I think a 

lot of little girls will adore her too.

My Hobonichi Techo planner is

shaping up to be more of an

illustrated diary...

and that pleases me. 

What have you been creating lately?

Calendar Obsessions

Here is the progress (above) on 

my January calendar that has

a bit of drawing each day...

and a weekly page on which I decided

to write a few quotes.

"I have decided that I no longer want to 

be an adult...if anyone needs me, I'll

be in my blanket fort, coloring."

There have been several days

of snow showers, but not a lot

of accumulation that lasted.

The wood pile, or rather logs

lined up on end, make an interesting

subject in the snow. When I got

the bluish watercolor shadows a 

bit too bright, I stippled some

gesso on with a nearly dry brush

to resemble snow.

Some Artist Trading Card-sized

pieces, that will go in pockets in

my ring-binder calendar. The

quotes came out of a women's

health magazine, and I combined

them with my own watercolor

designs.  Below shows the back.

We visited a pub-style restaurant

this week, known for its huge burgers.

I used images from their web site to

sketch a version of one of their hamburgers.

We had a good time with some

wonderful friends, and it was fun to

try a place we'd never been before.

Such large portions are not something

I agree with, and we did our best not to

overdo it!  The gyro I had was very

good.

In addition to my Art Journal Calendar,

(in a ring binder)

I also am using a Hobonichi Techo.

It is from Japan, with wonderful paper

in it, and I've been using it as an

"illustrated diary," although it can 

certainly be anything I choose to make

it. There is a whole page for each day,

and that gives me room for lots of

doodles! Above, some colorful

squiggles and circles, along with a 

sketch of the Rooibos Red Tea blossoms

drawn from my herbal tea packaging.

Also, I made Ginger Muffins after my

friend Elizabeth blogged about them!

Linking up with the T Tuesday blog hop,

and wishing you a creative week!