Art Of The Fold - Map Fold - Turkish Map Fold - Map

Size closed: 2"sq x 3/8"thk
I was in a mood to create something 3D... so started playing with map fold stuff... this evolved.

I used Canson Colorline (Nut #33) cut to 2"h by the width of the paper and scored every 2". Started folding my main booklet and then kept folding for the covers which I overlapped to give strength and to wrap around to the velcro closure on the back. 

 

 

 

I used one of my geli prints cut to 4"sq and started folding them in the Turkish fold. Adhered them to the accordion strip. Added the title with a Uniball Signo gold gel penText on the inside done with a brown Fine Point Sharpie pen.

 

Painted Blocks - Mental Blocks

size: 6.5" w x 5.5" h
On St Armand w/c paper, painted my blocks with various brands of w/c. Outlined with a Zig Writer and Sharpie pen.
Text written with Juice Up

words: Don't let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks. Dr Roopleen

Chains Of Habit Are Too Light

 

size: 6"w x 4.25"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper, created the text area using a very funky lettering style coloring with Zig Cean Color pens and a Zig Writer. The added the chains coloring with a gold Sharpie and colored pencil shadows.
words: Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. Warren Buffett

Linear Bkgr'd - We Are Mosaics

size: 4.25"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper, created my Linear design using a Sharpie gold pen and colored with my Zig Clean Color pens
Text with Juice Up pen
words: We are mosaics, pieces of light, love, history, stars... glued together with magic and music and words. Anita Krizzan

Floral - Primrose Opens Wide

size: 6.5"w x 5.5"h
On Edge Sketchbook paper drew the floral design, colored with w/c. Border with Sharpie gold pen and doodling. Monoline text.
words: The Primrose opens wide in spring
Her scent is sweet and good
It smells of every happy thing
In sunny lane and wood
Mary Cicely Barker

Scribbled Lives 2025 Wk 37 - Ribbons - Promises Are Lies

wk 37 - Ribbons - Promises Are Lies
Size: 6"h X 5.5"w

On Edge Mixed Media Sketchbook paper drew out my design. Painted with 1 blue color diluting with water for every section. Gold Sharpie pen for the thin stripe and letters. Silver Sharpie for the center section.

words: Promises are lies wrapped up in pretty ribbons. Virginia C Andrews

Doodling Blocks - Remove All Negativity

Just started creating various colored blocks and the rest just morphed...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using Sharpie Creative Markers in every color I have... and Juice Up pen for the doodling.  Pointed pen with Sumi ink for the words.

words: remove all negativity

H - On funky Background

Just playing...
size: 4.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Pen & Ink paper using Sharpie Creative Markers in every color I have... and a black Zig Writer for the initial

words: h

Scribbled Lives - Wk 33 - Layers - Brush Creates

 

wk 33 - Layers - Brush Creates
Size: 8"h X 10"w
First layer: on Strathmore Calligraphy paper in funky lettering using a Zig Writer for outline and a red Sharpie pen to color.
Second layer: on tissue paper protecting sheets from Mylar pad using a Juice Up pen in outline lettering.
Third layer: on Mylar using a blue Ultra Fine point Sharpie pen
Fourth layer: Matted with a piece of textured red cardstock
Fifth layer: Full quote written on a cut circle with a Zig Writer in monoline  

Doodled Stars - Vincent van Gogh

Size: 8.5"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper using a star template and fine tip Sharpie pen drew out the stars. Painted the background with Holbien "Peacock Blue". Doodled in the stars, then colored some of them with metallic Gelly Roll pens. (That white spot on my colored star is a dust spot on my scanner...ugh). Added a coating of Glossy Accents on the colored star.

Text written with a Zebra nib and Holbien black gouache.

words: for my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. Vincent van Gogh

Doodled Leaves - The Falling Leaf

I like the result of these leaves...size: 5"w x 6.75"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper created the leaf design with a Sharpie Fine Tip pen. Painted with various brands of watercolors and Artistro metallic Brush Paint pens. Sponge some blue Pan Pastels in the background. Text written with a Zebra nib and Sumi ink. Backed the artwork onto mid toned green scrapbook cardstock.

words: The falling leaf that tells of autumn's death is, in a subtler sense a prophecy of spring. Robert Green Ingersoll

Doodled Flower - Every Day Is A Fresh Start

I pencil drew a whole bunch of doodling things and then started to transfer the designs to good paper... The next few days will be the results...
size: 5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper using a fine tip Sharpie pen drew out the design. Painted with various brands of watercolors and some Gansi Tambi gold paint. Text written with a Zebra nib and Sumi ink. Backed the artwork onto red scrapbook cardstock.

words: Every day is a fresh start

Scribbled Lives Wk 41 - Orange - Orange Types

ID: wk 41 - Orange - Fruit Names
Size: 7.5"sq
My turn for the Scribbled Lives theme...

Created my project on w/c Canal Paper St Armand.
Wet the paper and dropped in Yasutomo Vermillion ink, then blotted up some of the really wet spots. Drew out the letters then outlined with a Juice Up pen. Shadowed with a Sharpie then added the white with Bleed Proof white and a pointed Zebra nib.
words: clementine, orange, mandarin, tangelo, tangerine 

WC Quadrilateral - For The Shape You're In

OK now I've done circles and squares so thought I'd do quadrilaterals... Triangles should be coming next...
size: 5.5"w x 7"h
Done on Canson Mixed Media paper. Drew out the center large quad for my text. Then drew all the other quads again with the extra fine point Sharpie... Painted with various brands of watercolors (W/N, Holbien. Grumbacher exc...) Text written with Zig Writer.

WC Balls - Chains Of Habit

Just doodling again and playing with circles and they reminded me of a ball and chain... the rest evolved like usual.
size: 7.5"w x 5.5"h
Done on Canal Paper - St Armand. All done with an extra fine tip Sharpie pen.  Painted with various brands of watercolors (W/N, Holbien. Grumbacher exe...). Bleed Proof White highlights. Text a la Liesbet's ZEEP lettering (my interpretation).

words: Chains of Habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

Scribbled Lives2024 - Wk 33 - Moon - Cold Moon Rising

I was born on Dec 21st, 1st day of winter... UGH!!!
Size: 7"w x 6.5"h
On Recollections dark blue cardstock using Pan Pastels (reg. and irr. pastels in white, lt blue and a touch of pink) and a large circle template created my moon then sprayed with workable fixative. With a Sharpie pen drew my wind blown tree. Mixed some W&N white calligraphy ink and Irr Medium and dipped wrote with a Folded pen (can't remember the name of it).
words: cold moon rising

WC Circles - When In Doubt

After doing the squares watercolor I felt like doing one with circles.
size: 8"w x 7"h
Done on Canal Paper - St Armand. Drew the center large circles for my text. Then drew all the other circles again with the extra fine point Sharpie... It was still a little too juicy so my lines again are thicker than I wanted. Painted with Peerless watercolors. Text written with the Sharpie pen.

words: When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream & shout.

WC Squares - Being Square

I was in a mood for squares....
size: 8"w x 7"h
Done on Canal Paper - St Armand. Drew that crazy center square... and then all the rest around it leaving a bit of an opening for things to escape using an extra fine point Sharpie... It was a little too juicy so my lines are thicker than I wanted. Painted with Peerless watercolors. Text written with a Juice Up pen.

words: Being a square keeps you from going round in circles. J Vernon McGee

Very Free Versals - Energy

I took a ZOOM class with Connie Furgason held by the Idaho Calligraphy Guild. I created 2 piece while taking the class.Done on Canal watercolor paper from St Armand.
Size: 7.5"w x 4.5"h
Using a Juice Up pen for the monoline lettering and a fine tip Sharpie pen for "Energy", Winsor Newton watercolors  and graphite shadowing
words: the difference between one man and another is not mere ability - it is energy.

ECS Jan 2024 Env Exchange - Catherine Harris

ID: Catherine Harris (Jan 2024)
Env: Geli print I created on Columbia Mills End Paper. Fine and medium point Sharpie pen and a funky lettering style I came across.

Card made a while back using stencils