Forever Chasing Emerald Dreams

I was cleaning up a pile of stuff on one of my wheel-y carts and came across a bunch of glittered pieces I created eons ago... this one is emerald glitter on black paper through a star stencil.
size: 5"sq
I cut strips of just under an inch wide since the piece wasn't the size I wanted and pasted them to create my new frame. Used the cut of corners as decorative elements. Wrote the words with a green ZIG Writer
words: Forever Chasing Emerald Dreams

Emeralds, I think are my favorite gem...

Three Flowers - Happiness To Hold

size: 6"w x 7"h
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 gel pen created the flowers and colored with Prisma Colored Pencils. Added the quote with a Gelly Roll 08 pen
words: Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands. Japanese Proverb

Bubbles - Until It Pops

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 gel pen created the bubble design. Then found a quote to go with it.
words: You never know you're in a bubble until it pops. Andrew Revkin

Doodling - Ecstatic On Black

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
OK so I wrote the word "Ecstatic" with the bullet end of a ZIG Writer...And then just started outlining things - one layer at a time... and this emerged...
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 and a Uniball Gold gel pen created the design. Colored sections with Prisma  pencils.
words: Ecstatic

Doodling On Black - Everyone's Border

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
Another one of those days I was in a mood for circles and this border emerged...
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 and a Uniball Gold gel pen created the border.
The text is something funky I saw onLine, but in it's outline form was hard to read so colored in alternative letters with the white gel pen.
words: Music is just another language, but it's very special because it dresses everyone's border. Jacob Collier

Semi Circle Doodling - Finding Patterns

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
It was one of those days I just started doodling and this emerged...
On Canson Black Drawing, using a white Gelly roll 08 pen created the semi circles, adding doodling in the wider ones and coloring the thinner ones using Prisma colored pencils. Then  found a quote to go with my design... I chuckled one I found this one...
words: Finding patterns is the essence of wisdom. Denis Prager

Future Intertwined

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Black Drawing paper created the wavy doodle using a white gel pen... Text written with a pointed nib and Bleed Proof white ink.
words: Our individual fates are linked our futures intertwined. Jimmy Carter

On Black - PLAY - Important Exercise

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Black Drawing Paper using both Copic White (don't like it...), Bleed Proof White and Gelly Roll white gel pen doodled the border and created the shadow lettering
words: PLAY a most important exercise.

On Black - Funky Frame - Frame A Moment

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Black Drawing Paper using a Uniball Gold gel pen created the funky intertwined border.
You'd ever know what looks like a blue border is real and beautiful green... go figure painted with US ArtQuest Mica Interference paint.
Text written with a pointed nib.
words: You can frame a moment but you can't frame a life. Armin Houman

On Black - Funky Border - Luck Misfortune

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Black Drawing Paper using a Gelly Roll white gel pen created the funky border. Painted with US Artquest Mica Color "Interference" set
words: Luck and Misfortune are closely intertwined. Thomas Muller

On Black - Optical Illusion - Straight Line

size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Black Drawing Paper using a Gelly Roll white gel pen.
words: The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man. Victor Hugo

On Black - Heart Flower - Heart Of Mine

size: 6"w x 4.5"h
On Canson Black Drawing Paper using a Gelly Roll white gel pen created the heart flower and leaves. Colored with Prisma colored pencils.
Main word painted with US Artquest Mica Color "Interference" set
words: HEART of mine

Linear Design - Intersecting Lines

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
On Canson Black Drawing Paper using a white Juice Up pen drew out the linear design. When done added the words using a broad edge nib and Kuretake Brilliant Gold Mica paint
words: INTER SECT ING LINES

On Black - Been There - Done That

size: 4.5"h x 7"w
On Black paper (not sure what brand) created the words that popped into my head... in basic monoline using a white Unibal gel pen. Colored with Black Edition colored pencils.
words: Been There Done That

On Black - Ribbon - Lucy Locket

size: 6"w x 7"h
On black textured cardstock created the ribbon using Uniball white gel pen and Prisma colored pencil. Then looked at the finished artwork and said it need a quote...
Text written with a green metallic Gelly Roll pen in my funky style.
words: Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it; There was not a penny in it, but a ribbon round it.
Mother Goose - Kate Greenaway

Funky Lettering with Christine Ahmad - Day 2 - Yes

ID: Yes
size: 4.5" sq
On Black/Black paper drew out my word and colored with Yasutomo metallic paints, outlined with Uniball white gel pen.
words: Yes

Doodling - Y

size: 5"sq
On Canson Black Drawing paper drew out the letter "Y" and then doodled around it adding Prisma colored pencil strokes and white Unibal gel pen doodles
words: Y

Puzzle Pieces - Art Of Simplicity

size: 7"h x 5"w
On Canson Black Drawing paper drew out the puzzle frame, doodled in some with metallic gel pens and painted others with Kuretake Gem Colors. Text with the gel pen.
words: The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity. Douglas Horton

On Black - Doodled Gems

I had doodled the gem image a while ago and finally finished it.
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Black XL Drawing  paper colored the gem image with Prisma colored pencil. Used Uniball white gel pen as well as a Juice Up and white ink. Lettering with the white gel pen in a funky lettering style.

words: Blooming Gems

Leafy Border - Another Alphabet Whispering

size: 6"h x 4.5"w
Continuing using some of my black drawing paper...
On Canson XL Black Drawing Paper using a white gel pen and Black Edition colored pencils.
Lettering done with a Zebra Pointed pen nib and Twinkles H2º "Indian Copper"
words: There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky. Dejan Stojanovic