Creating Randomly

Do you consider baking a form of art?

I've decided that trying to mix purple from

red and blue food coloring is futile.  Turned

out ugly in my opinion, but the best I could do.

On my second try of mixing up this King Cake,

it turned out pretty well, and the family seemed

to enjoy it!

Here are a few random creations that I've

been making during my long absence from

the blog...  Happy Year of the Rat!

Unicorn photo props for my daughter the Music

Teacher. They do a Daddy/Daughter dance as a

fundraiser for the Drama Club, and this year the

theme was Unicorns. The "I Poop Rainbows"

was my favorite... Oh my glittering 

rainbow-unicorn-cupcake-stars!

Just a joyful celebration of seeing the rare

experience of sunshine during a gray

 Ohio winter.

Yes, I'm still doodling tiny things and cutting

them out for my Planner/Art Journal.

The Hobonichi Challenge in my 4 x 6 inch Techo

for the month of February is 

Love for Australia.  I did not know that the 

Pavlova dessert had been invented in Australia!

My (more frequent) posts are on Instagram:

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Linking up with Tea Tuesday over at the

Altered Book Lover blog.  My 'qualifying' T Tuesday

images are the red coffee mug and the Pavlova 

illustration. Sounds like a winning 

combination to me!

The Fair Sketchbook

My Fair Sketchbook over the years

(photo heavy post!)

2012 through 2019

Felt-tip pen and watercolor,

each drawn on location.

Transitional page: Zinnias on the left

were at the Ohio State Fair, memorial on 

the right was at the Fulton County Fair.

Drawn in a sketchbook gifted to me

by Roz Stendahl. Thank you Roz

 for inspiring Fake Journals and

drawing at the fair!

I'm pleased that there seems to be

an improvement in the drawings

 over the years. I do so enjoy going

to the fair! And honestly, just as much

to watch the people and see the 

exhibits, as well as the animals.

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.

Paper and Paint

This is the result (above) of a doctor's visit.

You know the little gowns they give you to put on

for a 'physical?'  This one was like paper towel.

In my defense, when left unsupervised, I can

usually entertain myself with a pen and paper.

yes, I drew on the hem of the paper gown.

But this paper was more like paper towel, so I

had to be careful not to punch the pen right 

through it.  The time spent waiting on the exam

table went much faster, and i was able to ignore

the chill of the room while I waited. No unusual 

problems (except the relative eccentricities of an artist)

just having to do a regular 'check-in'.  The Physician's

Assistant asked if she could have it. Wonder if it

will end up on the Break Room bulletin board?

In other news, our son and daughter-in-law 

purchased their first house, and we went to help

them paint rooms before they moved in. I don't

usually show photos of myself, but I was rather

proud of  managing the above space. This

is me painting in the niche above the fireplace.

I believe a television goes there. It was just deep

enough that I couldn't reach it from a ladder...

Since I have a fairly steady hand, I "got to" paint

around most of the trim!

On the way home, this is our first traffic jam encounter.

There were several traffic jams that day, but at

 least in this instance we got to see

 the reason that traffic was backed up.  It appears

that a refrigerated semi caught fire. You can see the

charred front end of the trailer, and the burned

musk melons being scooped up. The smell of

burned musk melons was quite unique and

pretty nasty.  Won't soon forget it!

I've been to a couple of different Planner Events

over the summer.  Picture a room full of people

(in this case 200) who all love journaling and working

in Planners.  Most don't draw, but they do love

 stickers and stamping and ink and washi tape. 

My kind of people.

Since the theme of the event was flamingos, I

did a page of black and white doodles and had

copies made. Then I painted the copies and

cut them out.  Fun to give to attendees that

I met.  So much swag was given out, and I met

wonderful, fun people!

It's been a busy summer, with lots of ups and

downs.  Mower repair, chauffeuring parents to 

appointments, road trips with traffic jams. 

And journaling...always.

Hope all my blogging friends are

keeping well and enjoying life. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Summer Groovin'

Hi there...

been gone awhile. Enjoying the

summer that has finally arrived.

Above, is a photo of the bumper crop of

milkweed that my In-laws have saved

for the Monarchs. Can you spot the butterfly?

Yes, I'm still journaling in my Hobonichi.

I confess, I've been wooed away from

my blog by Instagram.

It is super easy to post there.

I had to break down and buy a new 

printer/scanner, and I don't have a clue

how to edit my scans with the new

device. *sigh*

I will have to call in reinforcements. Hopefully, 

my daughter can figure it out and show me!

Fortunately I managed a work-around with

phone photos that I emailed to myself,

saved to my computer, and then

posted!  

I've discovered some fun drawing

challenges on Instagram, and for the month

of July I'm celebrating hippie doodles with 

#ohsocutedoodles ,

and the 50th anniversary of Woodstock.

At 15 years old in rural Ohio, I was completely clueless 

about free rock concerts in upstate New York.

But I remember the great art, design,

music and advertising of the late 60's

and early 70's.  Groovy man!

  

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