Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Art Journal Pages: Road Trip



Palm trees in Florida~
don't know the exact type but they
are lovely... just came back from
a vacation in Panama City Beach.  
A beautiful beach,
and certainly a lot warmer 
than Ohio!




Above, a freeway barrier that we passed in the beginning
of our trip. I've seen it many times, but suddenly
realized it might make a good journal page...




Playing music on the CD player makes
the hours driving more enjoyable...and
prevents having to surf the radio stations
for something we like.
This page gave me opportunity
to doodle and try out lettering styles.






I don't recommend the 'yetti' voice for the
Garmen GPS...completely unable to understand
what is being said. Good for a laugh I suppose, if
you think grunts are funny and
you already have a good idea where you're going,
but then what's the point?  We stuck with
'Dr. Nightmare.'  




Still life of my finds on the
first walk on the beach of 2014.
The shells are tiny, or broken pieces
but I still always end up picking up a few...
A small feather from a seagull too,
that I couldn't resist.




The sun is shining and the snow
is melting. Maybe there really is
hope for Spring...




Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Trees on Tuesday



Trees are a recurring theme




 repeated in various forms




in my art journals.




I am not quite sure why they
fascinate me...




maybe it's their sculptural forms




 or the wide variety of styles of portrayal
over the centuries.






Longing for green buds to appear...

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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Bleak Winter Trees




Holy Arctic Vortex Batman!
How much longer
until Spring?!

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

T is for Tuesday and Trees





Joining Elizabeth's
T is for Tuesday link up...
having Peppermint herbal iced tea...




and looking at my skinny practice journal.
'Practice' journal because I was practicing
stitching signatures into book form.




The size (4 1/2" x 8 3/4")
 has been handy to carry with me in
my purse to draw or make notes at odd moments.
Collage and watercolor are added later when
I have a moment with my other art materials.




Drawing while a passenger in the car
can be challenging. Squiggly lines result.
But when drawing tree shapes, it's not
required to have perfectly smooth lines.




Again drawing while in the car,
this time focusing on the clouds...







While waiting to meet a co-worker to 
car pool...drawing the surrounding parking lot
and listening to National Public Radio...
unusual phrases make their way onto
the pages, or get added later.
Trees are a frequent series of images too.







I didn't go to the circus, but spotted the
free coupon and liked its colorful images.
A good prompt for a journal page!
"Cheap sunglasses" by ZZ Top--
another great prompt.  Song lyrics 
often find their way onto my pages.

What are you having with your 
tea today?