Welcome December.

I need to work on straighter lines.

 

Deck the Halls!

Made this piece for our upstairs hallway but I need to redo, as I don't like how most all the letters lean to the one side. (well, technically, I DO like that they lean to the left -- haha! #iykyk)

Anyway, it's ok for now. Wish I had taken pics of each step as I kept adding more layers to make the letters thick enough to see (as they started out thin). 

Took the pic at an angle to avoid glares.

pp and Pilot Parallel with India ink.

Callivember Catch-up

 So with Thanksgiving and decorating for Cmas, I kinda slacked off on my Callivember entries. I wanted to redo the last few but I didn't make time, as having fun with my family took precedence!  😊 (Note to self for next year! OR get a bigger head-start)

So now, Get Ready folks as I'm going to bombard my blog with my last few entries (some of which I failed to post on IG). Using my markers was a LOT harder this time around. I'm not sure the reason except two: VERY hard to get things to turn out when 1) they dry up mid-lettering and 2) they're worn out (i.e. lacking crisp ends). Sigh. I was hoping to have more fun with this challenge. (and yes, some of the words weren't that fun to letter either)

Anyway, onto my holiday creations! Hope you have a very merry holiday season!!)

Day 3: Nutcracker

Oh did I have fun with this! Started out SO great (I love my N,U, T, C) and then it slowly went downhill (and not b/c i ran out of room on my paper).

Near perfect.

Needs work.

 

Final Day, Callivember! -- Devotion

I had skipped about a week on IG but thought I'd try to post my final creation (which didn't entirely fit on ig -- grrrrr.)

This is ok except for my O, which looks like a C and my n. :/ 😒

And my sketch

 

Day 2: Frosted

Harder to do with metallic ink (or i need a tinier nib).

 

Killian Caps (Winter)

This fall I took an online class for K Caps but then I found Yukimi Annand's version and I prefer those. Although they're challenging, I still find them fun to do! (AND I'm hoping she'll have a class soon as I'd love to take from her.)

Here is one of my first attempts (and I'm also going to use them for an upcoming Dec. lettering challenge!)

Was so pleased with how this turned out. Did this spread for a mini book I sent to a pen pal. Seems fitting to post now as we got hit with about 10 inches of snow this past weekend!

View from my art room.

These letters are definitely making me slow down!