More Zenspirations practice in my art journal. This time I wanted to try some curved lines. Sakura Micron pens and colored pencils. Of course, as always, I'm inspired by Joanne Fink's wonderful book "Zenspirations Dangle Designs".

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Zentangle inspired illustration 20" by 20" ink, pencil, marker

Hi Everyone, As summer beckons, and another school year comes to an end, the graduating class of 2013 is getting ready to make their mark on the world. With diplomas in hand and dreams in their hearts, the class of 2013 is about to embark on a journey of discovery. They are our future, and … Continue reading EVERYTHING CHANGES

Happy Valentine's Day gentle blogers.  Our Journal 52 prompt for this week is Valentines, who would have guessed.........right??   I thou...

So after a really good night of sleep (something that seems to be a novelty these days) – I accomplished our give-a-way raffle drawing!  And guess who won?  It was the person who made …

"She so fully and unequivocally inhabits her own space, and with such individualistic flair, that it seems as if even from the earliest a...

Hi Everyone, Since it is February, and Valentine’s Day is around the corner, I thought I’d share my favorite Valentine’s Day card with you, and explain how I created this Zenspirations® Dangle Design: I started by drawing the line art with Sakura’s Pigma Micron 01 pen on Strathmore’s 400 series drawing paper. Here are raw … Continue reading Dangle Valentine

Hi Everyone, Since we celebrated the first day of Spring this weekend, I wanted to start this week’s blog by wishing you all a very Happy Spring. Hope you enjoy the piece I made: I started with one of the pages from my next book, Expressions of Nature, and had fun adding watercolor washes to … Continue reading Miracles, Milestones & ‘Ordinary’ Moments

Practicing more dangle constructions from Joanne Fink's new book "Zenspirations Dangle Designs".

Doodling helps me let go, and deal with stress and frustration. So in this time of learning and transition, at the end of the day doodling has helped me unwind. Prayer, exercise, listening to worship music, and focusing on specific passages of Scripture have also been helpful. Here are some doodles

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Playing with Dangles. 6x9. August 2013.

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Dangles 3 Hearts Corner is an original watercolor image with a transparent background. Hearts and dangles galore along with stars and dots make this an enchanting image

Well I'm not sure how well I followed my challenge this week but I felt like playing with some Joanne Fink Zenspiration style tw...

Hi Everyone, Ten weeks from now we will begin a new year! I’ve started to think about what word to choose for 2019, and wanted to ask those of you who chose a word for 2018 to share (in the comment section) how you selected and used your word, and how it has influenced you … Continue reading A Transformative Journey: Staying in the Flow

These are my newest project...I'm exploring deeper into doodles. Quite sometime ago I was having fun with doodles. I now have found two amazing books to help me.  Zenspirations Letters and Patterning. and Zenspirations Dangle Designs. Joanne Fink is the author of both. She makes the instructions so very easy. Step by step to make your own versions. If you like to doodle look into these books. You can use a variety of tools. Markers, colored pencils, ink, and watercolors.