Some Lettering Fun!

If you have kids,

or know of kids,

or you are kid-like in spirit,

then this lettering project is for you.

You can either draw a letter in your name

or make a random design.

So first draw a thick black letter in Brushes XP or similar app.

Then use a thinner brush line and make a design 

all over and off the edges of your picture.

Then open another layer and move it under the first layer

and start coloring in your designs.

your coloring will automatically fall behind the black lines.

Use warm colors for your letter and cool for the background.

These pieces show the finished piece and the second layer

with the black lines hidden.

Kind of fun to see the design that way.

I highly recommend that you add patterns and dots 

to your art to give it a finished look.

You may find this is rather addictive.

The kids were very quiet and really got into this process.

I hope you will too.

Enjoy!

Do you need some lemonade today?

Need to remember this daily and even hourly sometimes.

Do you want to be a Digital Nomad?

Our last assignment in Lilla Rogers' Bootcamp 

was to draw an illustration 

for an article on Digital Nomads.

I could just picture myself living out of a caravan with a few pets,

traveling to art fairs, and exploring new cities.

Maybe my husband and I will consider this when we retire.

I still love drawing on my iPad,

and I am afraid to admit that I may be a tad addicted.

I just updated, cleaned out files etc. 

on 16 iPads at two different schools where I teach.

Phew that was a job.

So here is to retirement and traveling the globe.
A girl can dream right?

on the art desk -wip

These are coming to life and making me happy.

Today I will choose Joy

Yep I will.

 It is a choice and...

I hope you are blessed with an awesome, joy-filled weekend too!

Think Big!

It's the last week of school

and I wanted to give my kids a pep talk

so I made them each cards with a note.

Here's one for you too!

Let's start dreaming....

Yippee for UPPERCASE Magazine and Stamps and Me!

Doing the happy dance here

with some random doodling this morning.

The next issue of UPPERCASE Magazine features stamps.

How cool is that?

And even more cool is that I will be included...

Yippppeeee!

You may know that I always use stamps and buttons in my paintings.

I just adore them and the fact that each one comes with a story.

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Feel free to share the code with your friends and family. 

It is valid until the end of June. 

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