I was notified by F&W Media (North Light Publishing) that they published Zen Doodle Coloring Book this past month and included some of my artwork in it! I do not know which Zen Doodles they included, as I have not yet received my complimentary copy. But it is exciting that my work has been published in another book.
This coloring book is built of lovely Zentangle®-inspired art and coloring in these inspiring and unique designs will help you relax and relieve stress. You'll clear your mind, you'll have fun, and you might even have a pretty piece of art to frame when you're finished! Find more than 100 Zen Doodle illustrations selected from some of North Light's bestselling titles, including Zen Doodle: Oodles of Doodles, and Zen Doodle: Tons of Tangles.
If you would like to buy a copy of the book, please order through my blog, so that I receive renumeration. You can click on the link in the right-side column to order your copy.
Also, North Light is offering the book as part of a coloring kit. It includes the Zen Doodle Coloring Book, the Zen Doodle Summer 2015 Workshop (a book that has great ideas, easy techniques, and step-by-step projects for your doodling, as well as techniques for shading, adding drama with dimension, incorporating color, and drawing eye catching patterns), and a 5-pen marker set of Earth Tones Chameleon Color Tones. These color-changing alcohol-based markers will change the way you doodle! You can change the tone of your marker from very light or no tone at all, to a deep vibrant shade. This unique transition enables you to add great depth to your art and is especially suited for Zen Doodling! You'll have the ability to create stunning effects including smooth transitions, highlighting, shading, gradations, and blending, all with one pen. The 5-pack Earth Tones set includes these colors: Spring Meadow, Bark, Seville Orange, Hot Cocoa, and Olive Green. If you would rather buy the kit, you can click the appropriate link on the right-side column.
Thank you for your support and encouragement!
Keep creating!
Lynnita
Creativity in an Imperfect World
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Week 25 - Weekly Art Challenge - Old Paintings
I'm going to post a couple of paintings that I did some time ago for this week's challenge. Babysitting grandchildren keeps me busy and leaves me exhausted, so I do not have as much time for creating as I would like to. Also, since I'm behind due to life and computer problems, this is an easy way for me to work on catching up with where I am supposed to be (I believe on Week 27 - so I'm getting there!) Thank you for your patience!!
I enjoy working with colored pencils. They blend nicely and can be layered many times. They are transparent, so layering adds a richness that is hard to achieve with paints. I love the challenge portraits bring. However, I would like to improve drawing portraits without working from photos.
Keep creating!
Lynnita
Week 24 - Weekly Art Challenge - Faces
This week I continued working with Jane Davenport's Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces, This week the exercise worked with "latitude and longitude". Davenport treated her simple faces (or Draw Happy faces) as globes with latitude and longitude lines. Using these as guidelines makes it easier to draw faces that are tilted, rather than looking straight on. These are my results, with the "globe" I used as a guideline in the lower right-hand corner.
3/4 view - 4"x 4", Pencil on mixed-media paper. |
Tilted up, 3/4 view - 4" x 4" - Pencil on mixed-media paper |
Tilted down-3/4 view - 4" x 4" - Pencil on mixed-media paper. |
Tilted up - 4" x 4" - Pencil on mixed-media paper. |
These has been an eye-opening experience for me. I had never thought of thinking of the faces as a globe and using latitude and longitude lines to determine the placement of the facial features. Even though these are fairly rough sketches, I learned much creating these. The next section of the book starts working on the details of facial features. It's exciting to think I can start getting a fairly realistic looking face without working directly from a photograph.
Keep creating!!
Lynnita
Week 23 - Weekly Art Challenge - Blended Photos
I blended photos this week using my favorite photo-editing app, Pixlr, to create these compositions (except for the first one).
I enjoy exploring photography editing with the Pixlr app. I love to see what I can create!
Keep creating!
Lynnita
This photo is the brick work of our walkway beside our driveway, covered in Mesquite tree flowers and leaves. This is one of the original photos I used to create the blended photos this week. |
I used filters in Pixlr Express to create this collage of the brick work. |
My friend, Lynn, took this photo of wood in their barn. |
I blended the original brick work photo with the barn wood photos.I added a green overlay. I think this would make a wonderful fabric for quilting or a background for mixed-media artwork. |
I enjoy exploring photography editing with the Pixlr app. I love to see what I can create!
Keep creating!
Lynnita
Week 22 - Weekly Art Challenge - Cactus photography
I'm still trying to catch up on my weekly art challenge posts. I'm at week 22. An online art group I belong challenged us to take photos of something close by. I chose to photograph the cactus garden in our front yard.
I'm trying to improve my photography and composition skills. Digital cameras are a god-send, since I can take as many photos as I desire without worrying about film and developing costs!
Keep creating!!
Lynnita
New growth from old. The texture the dying cactus arm captured my imagination. |
The main trunk of the cereus cactus died, but new branches have sprouted. |
The red cacti fruit contrasts nicely against the green branches. |
Water trapped on petals of a Wandering Jew plant. |
The bright green of the philodendron contrasts nicely with the dark purple Wandering Jew and it's delicate pale lavender flower. |
I'm trying to improve my photography and composition skills. Digital cameras are a god-send, since I can take as many photos as I desire without worrying about film and developing costs!
Keep creating!!
Lynnita
Friday, June 26, 2015
Week 21 - Weekly Art Challenge - Other Artwork
For Week 21, I didn't get anything new completed to post. So I'm posting a couple pieces that I finished some time ago.
Dad's Hunting Dog - 20" x 16", oil on canvas |
Mom and Dad - 20" x 16", oil on canvas |
I no longer work in oils very much, as the smell bothers me more and I'm starting to react to the oils if I get them on my hands for any length of time. It's a shame, as they are easy to work with and so forgiving if a mistake is made! However, water-soluble oils are now available. I don't know if I would react the same to these, since I wouldn't have to work with solvents. I might have to give them a try.
Keep creating!
Lynnita
Week 20 - Weekly Art Challenge - Faces
For this Weekly Art Challenge, I worked on the next exercise in Jane Davenport's Drawing and Painting Beautiful Faces. (See previous posts here). Jane described drawing and shading spheres; then explained how the face can be represented by spheres to help create dimension with shading. Working with the "Draw Happy" faces, she added spheres for the cheeks, nose, chin and lips. These are the two faces I did in this style.
"Baby face" - 4" x 4" - charcoal and 0.005 black Sakura micron pen on mixed-media paper. |
"Young girl" - 4" x 4", charcoal and 0.005 black Sakura micron pen on mixed-media paper. |
I'm enjoying Jane's book and learning more about how to draw faces. However, for me, it's tough to get a good face without a photograph.
Keep creating!
Lynnita
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