Apples! (Day 10 -- 21 Day Project)

I know I already posted one like this using my pointed pen, but am redoing for "Johnny Appleseed Day"! 🍎🍏

Do you like my little apple in place of the "o"?  😁😊

diff. style, "a"

And another perfect example of how my sketches turn out!

(*Fave apple treat: apples slices w/pb and dark choc. Oh yeah, and apple Snicker dessert!)

Day 9 (21 Days) -- Cmas in 3 months!

Another repeat, as I did this in 2021 (when I got my new Wink of Stella pens!)

Thought it fitting for today, as Cmas is in 3 months! 

(but I also want autumn to go sloooooowwwww!!!! Dare I say, Linger?)

 

Art & Movement

 I took a Movement & Art class today at our local Art Center, and thought I'd share what I created.

I saw this posted last year, and missed out, so I was thrilled to partake this time!

We set up in the museum and this was our view.

But this is the art piece we faced.

We were to look at the shapes and see how our bodies "correspond" while in certain poses.

I definitely felt it while in forward fold, wide forward fold (parallelogram), and pyramid pose.

(Also, down dog & table top)

However, for the art part, I chose one of my faves: Child's Pose!

The art "prompts" were endless possibilities...We were given a handout with the yoga/sanskrit names and symbols of the poses and for Child's Pose, the name was "Balasana" (which sounds so pretty!)

It was the first thing I lettered: you can see it in the top round part, which represents my spine.

I first drew the outline with watercolor, then lettered in the name and my own thoughts, feelings, poetry, etc. within the body. (Used a lovely pointed pen -- not sure what kind, as the tools were supplied -- and watercolor, which I've never used for pp lettering!)

My words: 

"I find rest, I find solace, in my child's pose. I relax and breathe deep; Focus on me. I heal and soothe; I find myself." (the body)

(the head):  "I stretch & extend; Lengthen, release."

(the bent leg): "tight, Tight, Tight, CREAK, Struggle to Bend. But I stick with it as I slowly start to loosen. Tight."

Below the body, I write: "ohm, ahh" in pp, and repeat again, Bigger in brush.

The colors represent the energy of my extended arms, from my stretch.

(My drawing looks like a turtle/bird/spider!) 😄 But I had fun!

And this was a play piece using wet spray and dropping in color. I love how it turned out to look like a flower, so I added lettering, "I bloom as I heal", but I don't like how it turned out. (waaa.) 😕

However, I plan to redo for my Healing Journal! 😊

Close up of the "flower"

Day 8 (21 Day Chall) -- Punctuation!

Today is National Punctuation Day, so here is my work for Day 8!

This pen is new, and rather hard to manipulate, as the brush tip is so long and slender!

Did my best. (tiny writing is hard)

Day 7, (21 Days) -- Nat'l. Diary Day

I guess yesterday was National "Dear Diary" Day, so...

(yes, right now, I'm searching for things to letter!)

Blue Pentel brush pen

 

Day 6, "21 Days Pointed Brush" -- Fall

 It's Fall! 😊

🍁🍂🍎🍏🏈🎃

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For Day 6, I did a demo video. I find that if I slow down (as some do with the pointed brush), it tends to mess up my lettering. So, as with my fp work, I go fast.

Old Wink of Stella and walnut ink.

Close ups of the sparkles!

21 Day Challenge (shortened 100 Day)

 About a month ago, a shortened version of the 100 Day Project was announced:  The 21 Day Project. At the time, I thought I'd partake as I have PLENTY of unfinished projects. However, when it started (Sept. 17), I didn't know what to do (or rather, couldn't choose), so I "bailed".

However, on Day 4, I got the idea to do 21 Days of Pointed Brush Lettering, as I recently took Julie W's online class (have yet to finish!) AND I always need brushing up (pun! 😆) with this tool. (Plus, I own so many!!! I feel like giving up, but never do, as I don't know why. Probably b/c I do I so many!)

I also rarely use these, so that's what also prompted me to partake.

Anyway, here are Days 1-5 (playing catch-up):

First up: Almost all of my pointed brush pens! Lots of Pentel ones, as well as Bimoji and Wink of Stella (gold, blue, green), AND even some old metallic ones!

(*the copper metallic one w/tape on the cap -- 3rd from Right -- is one that I use daily for watercolors, as it dried up. I can still get a little life from the others.)

The 4 I used for Days 1-5:  

Bimoji, Wink of Stella (old/used up), New(ish) Pentel Dual metallic (black/red) and an old blue Pentel.

Bimoji (it's so dainty!) -- from my ABC's of Lettering Challenge earlier this year.

elongated practice alpha w/old Wink of Stella pen and walnut ink

(from July, when I started Julie's class)

from a few years ago (2021?) -- IG lettering prompt.

Blue Pentel brush pen (i love how it smudged)

Again, Bimoji. (from my 2022 100 Days of Redos!)

And the Pentel Dual Metallic pen. (new)

Orig. created this for another mini-folded book, but I think I'll turn it into an env. instead.

Stay tuned for that!  :)

Closer view.