Spring Equinox

A little while back I made an ATC series for a swap on the Artist Trading Card webpage atcsforall.com. The theme for the swap was the spring Equinox and also the goddess Ostara, you can guess which popular religious festival bears her name and symbols, the hares and the eggs...

Since that swap is finished by now and all the participants have recieved their cards, I will post my contributions today and tomorrow.

All the cards were painted with Inktense pencils and the linework was done with a marker, they all measure 2.5" x 3.5".

Another Zendala

I seem to be on a Zendala roll these days. I bought a new sketchbook with nice heavy paper and I drew a Zendala yesterday. I coloured it this morning with Coloursoft pencils and used varying pressure for the shading. The piece measures about 4" x 4".

Zen Wheel of Fortune

I recently bought some colouring pencils. My favourite medium to work with are Inktense pencils, but there is no harm in diversifying. On the same day as I bought the new pencils I was out and about without my kids but in the presence of a very dear friend of mine who has inspired me on numerous occasions already. 

Let us just call her The Muse from now on ( you know who you are ). 

My Muse however was a bit sad that day and we had a good long chat about Life, the Universe and Tarot cards. I hope I was able to cheer her up. When we parted that evening I sat down and began drawing her her very own Tarot card, the Wheel of Fortune. I used Zentangle designs and my new pencils to colour it, and it shows my interpretation of how Life seems to be for her. 

I hope I may draw her another one in the future, maybe with some not so cutting and stabbing elements...

Zendala Day

Pity it is not Sunday today and as such, Shroom posting day. I have however a few Zendalas I would like to share. A Zendala makes use of Zentangle techniques to create a Mandala style piece of art. This is either on a round piece of paper or on a classic Zentangle tile of 3.5" x 3.5".

Sun Shrooms

Yay, today is Sunday and Sunday is shroom posting day. Today is all about Sun Shrooms, due to popularity on the Artist Trading Card webpage I trade cards on sometimes, I have made several of them.

They do store sunlight, are however harder to find than the Moon Shroom because it glows during the day. It does come in very handy on trips into the dark basement.

Tree of Life

I just love this type of curvy Klimt like Tree of Life design, and it feels good to make them every now and then. This one is 2.5" x 3.5" in size and painted with acrylic paints.

Mandala

A Mandala painted with acrylic paints. This type of Mandala was inspired by artist Elspeth McLean, so check her out...