Mark Making

My next prompt is Mark Making for #MondayPromptProject.

Pretty quick and easy one today after work.

Grabbed my journal and my Neo II crayons along with my aqua water brush.

I had some fun just making my marks and then adding the water brush to make them pop.

Not the most inventive, but was very relaxing.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Botanical

I'm on a roll with my #MondayPromptProject catch up!

LOL, now that I say it I probably won't do anymore for a week or two!

Next on my list is Botanical, and I watched the video and then got to drawing.

I used my Black Aquarellable pencil with a aqua water brush.

Grabbed my Neo II Crayons and got my background down.

My Botanical is flower stickers from my planner stash - these are from Planners Anonymous.

Quite peaceful I think.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Covid Crazy Madness Bonkers

My next prompt for #MondayPromptProject is Drips/Splatter ....

I have to admit that this one took a different direction while I was waiting for the inks to dry. 

I was looking for some printed sayings to use with a die cut silhouette I cut to use - ok, I had 3 cut but still needed to see if I had a suitable saying for any of them.

Well I came across this image from the Covid files by Michelle Grant Designs, and being that I printed it on tissue paper, loved the colours coming through. I did pop some white acrylic paint on her face and neck to keep the colours peeking through.

I then found from another of her files, some wordings I had printed on rice paper.

Perfect!

I absolutely love how she turned out!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Space/Galaxy

Ok, another month of trying to blog everyday ...... I failed it last time, got close (I think) but not everyday.

I started this Space/Galaxy prompt 2 days ago for #MondayPromptProject - yes, it's taken me 3 days to do it, but I did have the interruption of work. 

Not complaining with so many in lockdown and not having jobs to go to.

 

I sketched my funky moon and astronaut first, then got some water inks out and created my galaxy.

Then some acrylic paints for my moon and astronaut. My black Aquarellable pencil for shading and all done.

I love how it turned out - only another 10 or so prompts to catch up!

So all going well, I will check in tomorrow with something to share......

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Wonder

This week #MondayPrompt Project is all about handwriting.

Mine is not the neatest or appealing, but this weeks class is great as you get to smudge and hide some of it!

I used my Neo II Crayons and Black Aquarellable pencil by Stabilo for my background, writing and drawing.

A page from an old novel and black gel pen.

I had a lot of fun creating this layout and love the outcome.

I have missed some of the weeks, but I do make the effort to create the ones that appeal to me. I might do the others at a later date if I have the time......we are all  time poor these days that is for sure!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Colour Wheel Girl

Had some fun with this week's #MondayPromptProject.

It's all about the colour wheel - warm and cool colours.

I enjoyed getting my Faber-Castell water paint set out and just playing around.

They are just a cheap set from Big W (around $10-$12) but still great to use.

I can't figure out a suitable saying to add to her, but I can add that later when I find one!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Pray for India

#MondayPromptProject is grungy this week.

I created my collage background and got my black Aquarellable Stabilo Pencil out ready to create some magic..

All I could think was drawing a masked face praying for India and a stop to the alarming rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths. 

I work with people from a lot of Nationalities, but a lot more of them are from India and the pain they are enduring watching from a far and feeling helpless is heart breaking. Many have family members that have the infection, some have members that have passed and there is not a thing they can do...

So much pain and suffering all around the world at the moment.

The best thing we can do is be there in the moment with our friends and colleagues, to be that ear to listen to and comfort in these very trying times.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Wings

The prompt this week over at #MondayPromptProject is wings.

I watched the video and set about having a go with my charcoal pencil after creating a background that I though would work.

While I was waiting for the background to dry, I doodled my fairy with her wings on the back of a shopping docket...gotta be good for something hey!

Well she isn't the happiest looking fairy around I grant you, but she is just a practise one to give me a guide for placement and size.

Bahahahaha, so we are bolder, happier but a hot mess in the hair department!

Thankfully I have never once said I can draw so I don't have to be hard on myself!

I am getting better as I go along and that is great and all I need to keep me happy!

I got my water brush out and went over the charcoal for a washed effect and then my favourite water paints by Elena Art Pages.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Eyes, Don't Blink

#MondayPromptProject over at Mixed Media Art School FB group this week is Eyes.

Little Miss Tyne gave us a template to use if we felt we needed a hand .... yes I decided that might be a good idea given I have had a busy/draining week at work and feeling quite tired. Lol, I should have taken a photo and used my own eyes - one of the residents commented that I was looking tired and it was the first 30 minutes of my shift! No, the shift didn't get better by the way...

I coloured these with my Staedtler (72 set) pencils. I cannot for the life of me do eyelashes! 

I started bottom up so by the time I got to the brown eyes, just extended the line out - more my style I think.

So here is my preferred eyes in my journal, along with the some of the lyric's from Kenny Chesney's Don't Blink song. That song also brings a tear to my eyes.....

I used some black acrylic pant with a brayer for my background.

My lyric's I printed in word and then onto some rice paper and adhered in journal. That didn't turn out the way I thought it would, but that's ok.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Abstract

#MondayPromptProject over at Mixed Media Art School FB Group last week was Abstract.

I enjoyed getting the Geli Plate out again and using some spray inks to create a background. 

I then grabbed one of my Black Uni Pin pens and doodled a scribble face and scribble coffee mug to the backgrounds.

Lastly I added my own words of wisdom - Whatever you enjoy in your cup of a morning, enjoy that, and savour the moment ...

It was a lot of fun!

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!

Repeat

I hope you all are having a great "Good Friday"!

I had to work this morning, and being in the Dementia Unit, it seemed like just another day, but happy to say my shift was pleasant (lol, not often I say that) and my Friday is now Good!

#MondayPromptProject over at Mixed Media Art School FB Group this week is Repeat.

I normally get it done that night or Tuesday, but my week being the week it was, I finally got to doing it last night to relax.

I used my handmade water paints I bought from Elena Art Pages - you can't tell, but that bottom left pink is shimmery and just beautiful on the right angle. 

SO now here's where I got creative, I was trying to find a cap I saved to do circle rings on my journal pages, and yep, couldn't find it. But I did see the used tealight in my owl diffuser and bingo, aren't they just magical repeated on my page. I figured it was a bit plain looking, so got my black pen out and doodled a border around it and repeated the wee circles on each side.

Now time to visit Ms Google and find an appropriate saying that resonated with me:

        Wake up    Get Inspired    Do Great Things    Repeat

Now that was just the saying I needed in my life yesterday! I was feeling a bit down in the morning, but after doing my journal page last night, I went to bed feeling more positive.

Until next time, keep chasing white unicorns!