Leafy Border - Nothing Is Easy

Was just playing with the leafy vine...
size: 4.5"w x 5"h
Done on Canson Pen & Ink paper. ZIG Writer for the outline, colored with Prisma Colored pencils and a gold Uniball gel pen
Text written with black Juice Up pen and filled with the gold gel pen in Wes Wilson style

words: Nothing is easy to the unwilling

BVCG Env Exchange_June 2024 - Renate Worthington

Envie made with Elephant Hide paper embossed the name using a double layer of Staples 110# cardstock to create the Wes Wilson style letter template and then using 4 sizes of embossing tools. Shadowed the letters with a Posca brownish colored pencil. The address done in an Art Nouveau style with a ZIG Writer.

The card: I saw some flowers on a friend's blog and had to draw them... using Posca colored pencils, Gold gel pen for the cross hatching on the oval and a Juice Up pen for the words. 

ECS - Envelope Exchange May 2024 - Geri Arkell

Env: On Genoa Bond calligraphy paper stamped the hand made Notebook rubber stamp page inked with Distress Oxide pads and misted with water. Lettering in Wes Wilson style lettering using a Zig Writer for the outlines and Mattehop pens to color.

Card was made with some artwork I created a while back... (stencils and I think Distress pads). I added the "Hello My Friend and adhered to a cream toned card base.

ECS Envelope Exchange - Feb 2024 - Arlene Bowles

Env: Columbia Mills LBS End paper. I'm taking a 3 day class with Amity Parks "Write On" Les Wilson style lettering so thought I'd practice...using Derwent Inktense w/c pencils and a Sharpie pen for the black areas. Hearts colored with Prisma colored pencils

I created the Celtic knot pattern for a group I belong to and thought I'd create a card with it.

ECS Envelope Exchange - Feb 2024 - Barbara Keir

Env: Columbia Mills LBS End paper. I'm taking a 3 day class with Amity Parks "Write On" Les Wilson style lettering so thought I'd practice... Colored with Derwent Inktense w/c pencils and a wet paint brush, then inked the  black areas with a Zig Writer.

Card: created while playing

Wes Wilson - If It's Not Your

This was our final day and while Amity was demoing... I was creating...

size: 5"sq
On Bee Super Deluxe paper drew my circle and painted inside with 3 waves of color blending where they overlapped. Then painted around the circle with Winsor Blue (red). Drew my Wes Wilson inner text in a spiral layout and painted the negative areas with a ZIG Writer and Sharpie... Wrote the outer text with a pointed nib and Bleed Proof white ink.
Since this style is hard to read for many people, I wrote it in monoline around the circle... I shortened the quote by not using the words "if it' in the 3rd sentence and "if you"in the last sentence.

words: If it's not yours, don't take it. If it's not right, don't do it. Not true, don't say it. Don't know, shut up. Japanese wisdom 

Amity Parks - Write One - Wes Wilson Style

I'm taking a 3 day class with Amity Parks, playing with Wes Wilson style writing. This is what I created in Day 1... It's a funky style - hard to read but right up my alley.

Wk 6 - Wes Wilson - Alphabet Border - If Plan "A"

I'm taking a class with Amity Parks and thought I'd practice what I'm learning...
Size: 7"sq
On Canson Mixed Media paper using an Orbis Circle Scissor drew out my large outer circle, then created the wavy line. Painted the interior of the lettering band with Derwent Inktense w/c pencils and a wet paintbrush. Inked the black areas with a Zig Writer.
Inner text with a Juice Up pen.

words: If plan "A" doesn't work the alphabet has 25 more letters, 204 if you're in Japan. Claire Cook