Showing posts with label Flourishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flourishing. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

BFly - Happiness Is Like


size: 9"w x 7.5"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the butterfly/floral design. Painted around it with the bullet end of a Zig Writer. Painted with various watercolors adding white Uniball gel pen outlines and dots and pointed pen curly-cues. Adhered to a light blue card base. Text written with a Zebra nib and Holbien black gouache in my type of script writing.

words: Happiness is like a butterfly, which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Thursday, January 4, 2024

Heather Victoria Held - Flourished Heart


Another wonderful class with Heather Victoria Held, this one hosted by the Edmonton Calligraphy Society.

size: 5.5"w x 5"h
On dark blue Recollections 65# cardstock, using a Nikko G nib and Kuretake Silver Mica ink created my flourished design. Colored the florals with Black Edition colored pencils and added red adhesive backed rhinestones.

I'll eventually make it into a card and add text...

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

ECS Envelope Exchange Oct 2023 - Caroline Low

  

On Bogus Recycled Rough Sketch Paper, Bleed Proof white ink, Kuretake Gold Mica ink and pointed nib a la Kathy Milici style. Bordered with a black Zig Writer.

Card made during a summer workshop week 

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

BVCG November Galleria - Slip Knot Booklet - One Liners



Slip Knot - One Liners
Size: 6"w x 4.5"h x  3/4" thk

Our Galleria topic for November 2023 is "One Liners"... since one liners don't take up much room... I decided to do a bunch of them and create a booklet.

On Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media pape, sprinkling the paper with Brusho w/c powders in various colors. Used a pointed nib in Fickle style lettering. When all the pages were done I decided to add a bit of flourish details in the open spaces.

The back and front covers were covered with some of my Brusho background on the Fabriano paper, and I wrote the title on the front with a Zig Writer and shadowed with Kuretake "Gold Mica" ink and a pointed nib.

I used a slip knot style for binding using a blue 4ply waxed linen thread.

Friday, October 6, 2023

Scribbled Lives 2023 - Wk 40 - Inspired By - Flourish


This weeks Scribbled Lives is to create a piece inspired by one of our member's work from this year...I choose Nancy Renaghan Noble from her wk 38 post. I loved her flourish post.

Size: 8"w x 7"h
On the matte side of photographic background paper using Kuretake Gold and Silver Mica ink and a pointed nib created the flourished artwork and pointed pen lettering. Mounted onto the glossy side of the paper.
words: Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope and they will grow; with faith and they will flourish.

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Workshop Week 2023 - Flourishing - Something Good


I signed up for the Workshop Week 2023 hosted by The Happy Ever Crafter on Crowdcast.
Thought I'd do another piece while I watched during the broadcast. This artwork was taught by Benjawan Klapstein "Pointed Pen Flourishing".  

Click on image for more details etc. Enjoy

Saturday, June 10, 2023

Flourishing On Black - Flourish


This is the 3rd piece created the other day with the gals... I thought I'd play with my Daniel Smith Interference and metallic watercolors and a pointed nib. Definitely not a traditional flourished piece of art...

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Workshop Week 2023 - Flourishing - Thank You


I signed up for the Workshop Week 2023 hosted by The Happy Ever Crafter on an online platform

This artwork was taught by Benjawan Klapstein "Pointed Pen Flourishing".  

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Workshop Week 2023 - Flourishing - The Foolish Man


I signed up for the Workshop Week 2023 hosted by The Happy Ever Crafter on an online platform

This artwork was taught by Benjawan Klapstein "Pointed Pen Flourishing".  

Click on image for more details etc. Enjoy

Friday, September 23, 2022

Scribbled Lives 2022 - Wk 38 Envelope - Lorraine


This week's Scribbled Lives 2022 - Wk 38 Envelope - Lorraine. Since her name was on my mind, I figured might as well make one with it... Needless to say the address is "faux"...

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Saturday, July 16, 2022

Flourishing Decorum Practice

I finally uploaded what I did during Syeda Ullah's "Flourishing Decorum" class hosted by Society for Calligraphy. Was a really good class.

I love the floral line work... 

It's really hard for me to do delicate work. I have a tendency to need things larger...

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Alphabet Square Knot Booklet - Pointed Pen letters - M - P


And the next 4 letters... I think I like the "P" the best...

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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Art Of The Fold - Star Fold #25 - When It Is Dark


Art Of The Fold - Star Fold #25 - When It Is Dark. So May 10th meeting is to work on the Star Fold #25. Probably not one I'll do again... It's interesting but not very useful. I created several in calligraphy paper (bottom image) before making this one from a light weight cardstock which I think worked better. Holds the shape better.

Anyway click on either image for more details etc. Enjoy

Saturday, April 23, 2022

The Elegant Earth Envelope Contest - 2022


The Elegant Earth Envelope Contest - 2022. I created 2 envelopes with things I learned recently from both Pat Blair and Gemma Black. Now I keep my fingers crossed...

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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

BVCG Envelope Exchange - April 2022

BVCG Envelope Exchange - April 2022

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Monday, March 28, 2022

Art Of The Fold #24 - Be Happy


Art Of The Fold #24 - Be Happy. I started this one first but then got side tracked with the more involved Get Well one I made a couple days ago... and then I was looking at the yellow and it was making me happy, so finished it. BIG GRIN

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Monday, March 21, 2022

BVCG Mar 2022 Env Exchange


BVCG Mar 2022 Env Exchange. Thought I'd play with some Herman Killian style lettering and practicing my flourishing... Miles still to go.

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Side Panel Fold - Flourished - HB


One of the gals at our Crafty Dozen get together had made this type of card. I thought I'd make one as well. It's been a while since I've gotten into 3 dimensional card making...

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

Flourished Env Mary & Mari

Flourished Env Mary & Mari, after taking Pat Blair's classes I've been practicing on some friend's envelopes... I'm liking what I did on these, but I need to practice more variations...

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Monday, February 28, 2022

Pointed Pen Sketchbook - Flourishing cards

 

A couple cards made from some playful flourish designs during Pat Blair's last class "Pointed Pen Sketchbook".

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