Zentangled garden

This is one of the last spreads in the journal I just completed. I need to get busy and get out and sketch some real flowers! Fall is in the air and has been for awhile ~ which means an end to the flowers to sketch outside... I like fall, the leaves change and we have gorgeous sunrises, I'm not too thrilled about winter though.

This was a sketch I started of some flowers around the yard and never finished. So when I was finishing up my moleskine I decided to do some Zentangled flowers. I love the gradation of color that Margaret does over at http://waterblossoms.blogspot.com/ so I thought I'd try some different colors.

Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome day!

Another moleskine finished!

I just finished another moleskine last week! I've been busy but not doing too much sketching in the past week. I've been working on a crazy quilt piece, if you'd like to see it it's on my other blog:

http://purplepaintsmuse.blogspot.com/

I ran with hubby out to take his car to the dealership and didn't take my sketchbook! Of course we were there a lot longer than we thought we would be. I've been doing really good at taking it with me everywhere but forgot this one time...

Hope you have a great week!

Another twinchie sketch

This is another page of two inch square sketches. I went a little Zentangle crazy on the bottom. :D These are fun to do, trying draw this small....

It's feeling like fall today - it's 70 and you can definitely feel fall in the air! I have some iris I need to move and a couple of small trees to move too... I wonder when the aspen will start changing ~ might be a little early this year.

Hope you all have an awesome Monday!

Making zuchinni bread...

I just finished making two more loaves and some muffins of zuchinni bread. I'm having a bumper crop of zuchinni this year. Not any spaghetti squash yet, we'll see, it may have gotten planted too late. I've had about 6 cucumbers... not too good but better than last year. How do you like my "food processor?" LOL! I do have one but this little grater is so much easier to use and clean...
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Another big Zentangle

This is another full spread Zentangle in my Moleskine so it measures about 8" x 10". I learned to Zentangle from Rick and Maria, the creators and masters of Zentangle:

http://zentangle.com

You can get their kit with a mini CD on the different patterns, plus a pen, and 50 tiles! They're constantly coming up with new tangles, so check it out if you're interested...

We had hail last night, I'm so glad I had brought in my Stargazer Lilly the other day. I need to get a few sketches while it's looking good, it smells really good!

Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Hidden pictures

On a recent trip to the dentist's office I was so bored drawing the same old thing there, they had these Highlights magazines, I've always loved the hidden picture challenge! I decided to draw the cover of the magazine instead. When my kids were little I ordered this magazine for them just so I could do the hidden picture page, of course you can't circle them when you find them, it spoils it for everyone else... :D

Hope you have a great weekend!

Painting for sell on Etsy

I am really enjoying painting and sketching my trumpet vine flowers this year! I just added this ACEO (art card edition original) to my Etsy shop for sale for under $10. This measures 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" and is signed and dated by yours truly... Excuse the blatant plug here:

http://purplepaint.etsy.com/

These are so cool to paint. The yellow and red bleed together, that's what got me hooked on watercolor in the first place, the way it can bleed and mix - very cool!

Now I need to get off the computer and do some art! Have a great day and hope you have time to do something creative.