Summer Sunday

Oh jeesh its been hot here! What a weekend. Lots of indoor activities to get out of this heat!

testing out a new water brush

 Working on watercolors.

Watercolor journaling with some ink writing. Its a bit messy. That pen is tricky...

 I made some more stamps as well.

carving more erasers!

I am missing the index card challenge and routine of doing that. Lots of fun, that was!

Here are some of my last ones I made up the last days of July.

Have a great week!

Sunday Sunday

I've posted more ICADs on Flickr and I've got them below.


Leafy goodness

Was looking for inspiration and I asked my mom to give me a single word so I could illustrate it. This is her contribution.



  

Cherry tomatoes from my dad's garden

Random Flora

After a month and a half, I am really growing to love this small area of art to work in. I'm mostly using my colored Micron pens. I know that I wanted to use my acrylics more but the page is so small and flimsy. I've got all those acrylic paints and some small canvases, but I just don't have the time or the 'oomph!' to want to get set up and do it. Those darn micron pens make it so easy to just grab and doodle/draw/create. It's all good:)

happy Sunday

ICAD and IAC

I was thinking of the Queen song when I did this. I was such a Queen freak when I was a teenager. It was my cousins who turned me onto them and a bunch of other groups. The boys were a little older than me and, in my mind , so cool.

Ah, Freddie has some voice:)

Fly away far away...

Have a good night,

ICAD #? who's counting

I posted last night because I thought I had to go updstate today but it ended up I didn't have to ake the trip. So I'm having more time than I thought I would today. yay!

As for the ICAD, I have stopped keeping track. I'm so far behind its pointless...LOL. But I just love this challenge and can't stop:)

I wanted to try out a card that is related to another challeng and that would be Inspiration Avenue's teapot challenge. I am a HUGE coffee drinker but do drink tea occasionally. I like the idea of all the 'accessories' that involve tea, the pots, the spoons, the tea balls, the cozies, etc etc. I also like the different shapes of the pots and cups. And they are so fun to draw.

The index card I made shows pot and cup shapes  I saw on Pinterest.

Damn that Pinterest is like a vortex, its so hard to get out of there!

Thank goodness its cooler today but we've still managed to keep ourselves holed up today since we've been doing that for the past 4-5 days now, tomorrow I'll get myself out of the house:)

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

more cards:)

This is all I can dream up for the time being :)) Busy week is over now, maybe I can get to an abstract card soon or something involving acrylic paint. These quotes were a fun diversion during phone calls this week. I just keep the index card pad and markers on my desk.

The quality is a bit crappy because I was too busy to scan them tonight...its such a pain with the spiral wire and how they are bound.

Hey everybody have an awesome weekend!

Weekend: ICAD and Sunday Sketch

 I was creating quite a bit today in order to catch up on my ICAD challenge, therefore I am also going to use my hydrangea cards below for Sunday sketch :)



White, wonderfully puffy hydrangea that I found on my walk.

I would say most of the index cards I have been doing I haven't been sketching out them out but this one I just had to. Midway through I was ready to tear it up and start something different because of all those teeny petals! LOL But I am glad I didn't and stuck it out.

It's hydrangea madness I tell you! I can't get enough of them. I particularly like this variety.

I have this purple lacecap cutting in a pink vase. I didn't think of it until after that I should have included the vase because it is so pretty. Its simple but a nice shape and pink colored glass. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow before the cutting fades. Hopefully it holds up til tomorrow evening.

I love this quote and when I read it I thought 'How true!' :)

We had a great time this weekend with my brother.

He was so great, took my son to the city on Friday and then today he took him to Old Timer's Day at Yankee Stadium. Wow, they had a great time and it was so much fun hearing all about it when went to pick him up at my parent's house.

 My brother was so happy as he was just hoping to catch a game while he was in NY but it turning out to be Old Time's Day was a happy surprise. Bonus, The Yanks beat the White Sox 8-6 !

Hope everyone has a terrific week and maybe taking some vacation days this week to coincide with the Fourth of July? I wish I had dreamed that up a while back but a colleague beat me to the punch so I'm covering for him this week :/  Oh well...any how another colleague on maternity leave returns tomorrow after being out for 2 months so I will happily turn her accounts back over to her tomorrow!

woo hoo!

Catching up with index cards

Keeping up! 

I usually hate the way I draw hands but sort of like how this one came out. I tried to blind contour but i always end up looking thru the course of the sketch. ImaCheater:)) LOL!

My brother is in town for the week - Yipee! My son is so excited to see his uncle.

Going to be a fun weekend! I'm not going to be able to get time off tomorrow to go to the city with my son and brother  I'm not going to bitch about it, it is what it is. Gotta stay positive and I know that we've got the whole weekend to see one another! Glass is half full Frannie!

Have a good day today ...THURSDAY:)))) myfavday

ICAD Three (#s 20,21,22)

Playing catch-up this weekend.

Spread out on the back porch today at my mom's house and painted.

Then finished inking up the cards I started but didn't get round to doing earlier in the week: 

Cute little gift we all got with our mother's day presents. Adorable and cheery!

I sort of  THINK this works... CT looked at this and said 'huh?'  LOL

It was a lazy Saturday today.

I am almost embarassed to say I slept till 11am.

I guess I needed the rest, huh?

Camp starts next Monday, already, so we'll have to round up all equipment needed tomorrow and replace what needs to be replaced.

My brother flies in next Wed and stays on our fair island for a week. Lucky fella ;)

We're going to tuck a trip to NYC in there somewhere for sure.

Spring Street here we come!

Enjoy your day!

ICAD #19 - baby its a hot one

I can be OCD about alot of things, like music. I have to play this track everytime I get in my car. I am starting to feel as if Dave Grohl is brainwashing me. I have to get that out of my car. LOL but if not this one then it will be another. If I like something I will play it over and over and over, yikes! Also when I look at artwork I have done in the past I can remember what I was listening to when I was creating it. I bet that happens to alot of people.

Its looking like my white gel pen has seen better days. waaah! I've got to go to Blicks and get another. I swear I go in with good intentions of getting ONE thing and come out with five.

I'm catching up have two more to go. I like these colored index cards. I hope I am not breaking any rules. That hydrangea is still on my table. I hope I can get to it tonight.

The boy is off school these past two days and then goes back once more tomorrow for a half day. God only knows why. I just don't get these half days at all. That has got to be killer for some parents. I am grateful to be able to work from home but what about people that don't? This week he has three half days, Mon/Tues/Fri and last week he had a few....He told me he goes in and watches part of a movie...what's that about?

Okay its gonna be hot here on Long Island today. Record breaking weather.

My Floridian dog is going to love his walk today! 

Take care and keep cool.

Hugs and Cookies

I wish I had more time this week to be creative!

Work is so nuts but I'm hanging in there.

I just want an hour or two but not happening :)

I have this big hydrangea cutting on my dining room screaming to be drawn or painted but I'm just literally scribbling by for today LOL.

Gee, Chinese fortune cookies are alot harder to sketch than I thought.

Not exactly exciting but I love the fortune inside.

I have two more ICAD I have to catch up on. So more cards to come:)

Good thing this weekend will be a lazy one, I have plans for painting. 

 Its Wednesday everybody, three down and two to go!

Everyone must breathe

-Regina Spektor-

oh so much for acrylics again , another night with my microns. LOL!

Tomorrow is Wednesday, the toughest one of all.

Good night!

Sunday Sketch and ICAD #9 and 10!

This Sunday I am participting again in Sunday Sketches.

I'm still plugging away at ICAD

I tried getting out the acrylics. I got a nice set a while back but kept putting off using them and now I am! its been a bit tough-going but I've just got to keep at them and quit belly-aching!

ICAD #10- "F" for me {Frances}

ICAD #9 - Morning Glory (Ipomaea)

Enjoy the rest of this fine Sunday! I hope you have a great week!

Last of the Red/Green/Black... for now

After day 8, I'm going to try out something different! Who knows...but I'm going to experiment tonight.

I chose a Rumi quote for this and I enjoy this one very much. We all have to take a little chance every once and a while. That way we're sure to grow, stretch our minds and create new experiences.  You may find its hard to step out of our boxes but its really worth it!

Enjoy your Saturday night!

ICAD 7

I'm continuing with this

green/red/black theme.

 I don't know if it will go beyond this week.

This is a list of what I find profounding inspiring ,

but only for today.

The interesting fact is that I could

have had a completely

different list yesterday or

even tomorrow.

But I think I will get back to sketching

 for day 8.

 This one flora drawing is a lot like ICAD 2, I used the same

green micron but the ICAD 2 was photographed

and this one below was scanned.

Big color difference!

Here's a card I made for a bloggy pal.

These flora sketches are so much fun to do.

I'll have to keep doing them until I get them out of my system.

Tomorrow is Friday! Yeah, yeah, yeah;)

Take care of yourself-

somebody, somewhere, needs you.

All caught up (for now) - ICAD #4,5 and 6 >>>And an IF!

For IF 'Hurry'! Used this for ICAD4 too. Double duty.

I have this wood guy on my desk and he has traveled with me. I had him positioned like this to remind myself to start walk/jog routine so I can build up to running (its been mostly unsuccessful LOL) So when I read ' Hurry ' was the word I sat and racked my brain a bit then looked over and there was my 'Hurry" :)

I was inspired by Pauline, she has been creating pieces for Illustration Friday.

Her paintings and sketches are so refreshing!

One of the prompts was to use a dictionary definition of a word

I wish I were a better gardener, because I love all the trappings of it. There are all sorts of accessories, etc. for that hobby. I have some orchids, which I hope to draw for ICAD as well.

Currently they reside in our bathroom since they love that humidity so much! Let's see how long it takes me to kill the beauties.

I like this expression...

Tomorrow is Thursday, my favorite day of the week.
Its the day of the week where you start to come alive with the promise of weekend:)

A happyThursday to you all and to all a good night!