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.

Hobonichi Planner Doodles

Click on any image to enlarge

Have you ever noticed that the planning

for and anticipation of an event is 

half the fun?  I agreed to do a

Doodle Demo at a Planner Event

in Columbus, Ohio

last week. I really had no idea what

to expect...

I made four posters with doodle designs

penciled in, so I could easily see the steps

to go through as I demonstrated. How nervous

would I be? Would anyone even want to try?

So happy that the group was enthusiastic

to try drawing!  I confessed that many of the

designs were straight from Pinterest (though

the Pins don't always give you a step-by-step) 

The coffee icons were fun to do, but most of us

agreed that we make it at home. One person

asked about tea, and I did have a tea bag

drawing example to show! A couple of people

were delighted by the coffee and toast

doodles that I draw from breakfast. Toast 

is pretty easy to draw...

I think the really important part of the 

Toast Doodle is 'dropping down' those little

lines at each rounded corner to create the

 'thickness' of the toast. Add a few 

lines to suggest the crust, a few dots

 to suggest the texture of the bread,

 and add color. It's gonna be 

pretty small in your planner, and it's not a

fine art piece. It's just for fun! I did add a 

couple little shadows in the last step with

gray watercolor. (make sure the shadows on

each item are on the same side)

And I'm ok with wonky and sketchy!

I feel that I need some new purple watercolor.

I'm not a fan of purple to begin with, and 

mixing it with the colors I have seems to

really dull the hue and look muddy. I need a

'bluer' version of purple. I thought the violets

and the lavender just aren't the right color.

But I can live with it.

Above, is what happens when I'm behind

in my daily journaling. I make

 notes on the page about what happened

that day, what got done, what didn't.

 The drawings might come later. 

Doodles may get added in later also-

even weeks later if I spot a blank space

that I think needs filled.

I hope you will try making some coffee

-or tea- doodles today. Thanks for stopping

by. Linking up with Bleubeard and Elizabeth

for our weekly T party. Join us for a

beverage and a chat!

P.S.  I think this might be a new record for the 

number of cups in one post...how many did you see?

♥ ♥ ♥

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!

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?