Inktober 2026 - Day 16

Inktober 2026 - Lion

I am loving this little lion.

I drew him in pencil then traced the image in Sepia acrylic ink with a dip pen. I added claws to his paws which I think works.

I watercolored a background of blue and brown for sky and ground.

I painted him in a sienna color.

I really like the radiating mane doing in this graphic way.

Inktober 2026 - Day 15

Inktober 2026  - My prompt is Balloons.

I did a light wash of blue to represent the sky.

I drew 3 balloons in pencil then outlined them with Sharpie fine tip marker.

I mixed up some colors with the understand that I had a blue wash already.

Yellow, Red and Green with 2 of them with light spots.

Strings almost at the end of the composition.

Barrhead Art Galery - Feature Artist

Maria and I will be hosting at the Barrhead Art Gallery Friday, October 16.

The reception is from 1-3 pm.

Drop by and enjoy the art, the snacks and fellowship with other artists.

I have my photography on display.

I brought a couple of pieces of textile art - Solar System Quilt and my Hoot Owl.

I have my Fabric Art Patches available as well.

Card - Stitching on Alcohol Ink Bkgd

Another alcohol ink background made this summer with my sister.

I trimmed this alcohol ink background to 4 x 5.25 inches. That allowed me to cut off not so nice edges and make the blue more prominent.

I have a few plastic canvas shapes so I used the circle one with a border for the pierced circle then chose a square shape with in it to pierce holes.

I stitched these shapes with true blue embroidery floss (3 strands) with a blunt tapestry needle.

Mounted the art to a Pacific Point A2 card base.

White quarter sheet insert and white envelope.

Cards - Photo

This is a photo card.

The image was taken at the Ellis Blue Bird farm of a wood planter mounted on a old building.

Red geraniums planted which contrasts well with the grey wood.

I mounted it to a red A2 card base.

A white insert and envelope. 

Card - Pen & Ink with Watercolor

These cards were created based on my Inktober project but I had cut the paper too small so I did not want to waste so drew some similar images and turned them into A2 cards. Finally, getting around to finishing these.

This is a abstract image of geometric shapes and painted with watercolor.

The shapes were penciled with 2H, traced with black permanent acrylic ink, then watercolored in yellow, blue and green.

It was spattered with the black ink.

Mounted to a Garden Green card based with a quarter sheet insert and a white envelope.

A couple of hearts overlapping which is the way it works best in life.

A tiny flower in the pink heart and lines in the purple heart.

I added a warm watercolor wash as the background.

Mounted to a Rose Red A2 card base.  I added a quarter sheet insert and white envelope.

I love the sunset/sunrises.

I drew and inked the image.

I then watercolored the sky, the sun, the mountains and the trees.

The paper was cut 3.75 x 5 inches.  It is Canson Fluid Mixed Media 154lb paper.  It is reasonably priced in my area and is a charm to work on.

I mounted the art to a So Saffron A2 card base.

Added a quarter sheet insert and a white envelope.

This was one of my first drawings and I outlined the image with the Quint Ink in blue but I forgot it was not waterproof.  You can see that it ran some.

I think it adds a different dimension to the art.  I painted the background with blue and green.

The echinacea flower in pinks.

Mounted to a Pretty in Pink A2 card base.

A white quarter sheet insert and a white envelope.

I just love this cute lion.

I designed him based on some inspiration which I forget now.

The image was outline with Sepia acrylic ink.  The main was also done with the permanent ink.

A warm body and perfect tail. A bit of a ground to support him.

Mounted to a Early Espresso A2 card.

Added a white quarter sheet insert with a warm beige envelope.

Flowers are always a favorite.  This make me think of Forget Me Nots. 

Warm background.

Mounted to a purplish blue card base in A2.

A white insert with white envelope.

This is  a abstract patchwork image.  Drawn and outlined in black acrylic ink.

Painted with watercolor.

Mounted on a warm red A2 card base.

White insert and white envelope.

A few cards for my card box.  It is all good.

Inktober 2026 - Day 14

Inktober 2026

Day 14

Candle stick

I chose to draw a ceramic candle stick holder.

Based on the background I chose a medium brown color.

With the bit of pink in the background I made the candle a deep rosy color with drips on the side.

A glow around the flame.

A bit of a surface for the vessel to sit on.

Inktober 2026 - Day 13

Inktober 2026 - Day 13 - my prompt is Leaves.

I drew a sprig of leaves making sure I had an odd number and some different sizes.

I outline them in black acrylic ink with a dip pen.  Then added spatter with the same ink.  It took a while to dry so I could color.

I watercolored the leaves and let those dry.  I added a darker green background.

 

Note Cards - Slow Stitching

A stitched heart accent in the middle of this white felt art layer.  A dark pink heart with running stitch, then a smaller in bright pink with coordinating thread and then a white heart with pink flowers on it.  A bit of a stitched line for the love being send to someone.

The stitched art layer was added to a bright pink A2 card layer with stitches.

A half sheet blank white insert  was added to hide the stitches on the inside of the card.

A white envelope completes the set.

A teapot composition starting with the white lace on the bottom of the navy felt foundation.

I cut the teapot from yellow felt and stitched it one with navy thread.

Blanket stitched all the way around to finish off the edge.

The stitched art layer was placed on the front of a More Mustard A2 card.

A half sheet white blank insert was placed inside to cover the stitches.

A white envelope to finish off the set.

I started with a piece of my collage fabric in turquoise colors.

I added trees in various greens with the feather stitch.  Some running stitches placed horizontally provides a bit of ground for the trees.

I added some pink French Knots in the foreground to suggest flowers.

The stitched art layer was added to the front of a Tempting Turquoise A2 card base with cross stitches in each corner.

I added a half sheet white blank insert which hides the stitches on the inside of the card.

A white envelope to round out the set.

An autumnal note card featuring a bird.

I created a bit of a fabric collage with some of the 2" cotton square I got from the ReUse Ctr the other day.  I hand stitched the pieces onto a foundation layer in various angles.  I trimmed the collage to the edge of the foundation layer.

I added teal stitching on the teal lines in the fabric.

I cut a bird from polka dot red fabric and a teal wing.  These were stitched to the fabric collage.  I did several stitching lines around the inside of the bird to highlight the shape.  The wing was added with teal thread. Then I added long stitches to the tail in white and teal.  A French Knot for the eye and a white circle around.  The beak got some stitches too. 

The stitched art was placed on an A2 warm red card base.  A half sheet white blank insert was added to hide the stitches on the inside.

These cards will make their way to the Gallery Gift shop in the coming weeks.

Card - Stitching on Alcohol Ink Bkgd

I decided to dig out the alcohol inks backgrounds I made this summer with my sister.

I have been looking at stitching on watercolor paper and I figured that it would be similar.

I trimmed it to 4x6 inches to clean up the edges. I also applied some watercolor on the green to create water.

I added the orange horizontal stitching first to define the edge between the land and water.

I then added some "trees" in black pearl cotton. 

Applied a generous amount of double sided tape to the back and stuck it to a 5x7 inch black card. 

Just a bit of a thank you to my aunt who looked after my place for a bit this summer.

Inktober 2026 - Day 12

Inktober 2026

My prompt for day 12 is Ammonite.

It took quite a bit of tweeking on my circles to get the spiral the way I wanted it. I lost some of the roundness in the process.

I used Daler-Rowney Sepia Acrylic ink with a dip pen to create the outline.  Wanted to create the look of sand under it.

Watercolored a basic wash then created a darker brown color to paint the crevices.

Canson Fluid Mixed Media 154lb paper cut to 4x6 inches which will allow me to create 5x7 card after I am done all 31 images.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Look at those colors in this leaf just outside my window.

We hardly ever see reds and blues like that here in Alberta.

I hope you have a great Thanksgiving Day.

I had family over for lunch yesterday and I am headed to supper with more today.

I am so blessed!

Inktober 2026 - Day 11

Inktober 2026 - Day 11 

My prompt was Butterfly.

I was okay drawing the basic outline shape but the lines inside were intimidating so I just added a circle at the top end of the wing.  I will get braver.

I watercolored the wings with blue and green.  The dots in bright orange. Added some champagne metallic watercolor on the wings.

Body in black.

The background turned out some much better than I anticipated.

Canson Fluid Mixed Media 154lb paper

Dip pen with permanent black acrylic ink so I could watercolor.

Inktober 2026 - Day 10

My prompt for day 10 is Key.

I drew it with my 2H Faber Castell pencil.

I added a brown layer of watercolor then applied a layer of copper watercolor.

The star got some gold watercolor.

I used purple for the background and added a spatter of black gouache.

Canson Fluid Mixed Media 154lb paper with a dip pen, permanent acrylic so I could watercolor it.

 

Inktober 2026 - Day 09

Inktober 2026 - Day 09 - Happy Birds

I drew some whimsical birds with Papa, Mama and Baby.

Love their long legs.

Happy sun in the upper left hand corner.

Canson Fluid Mixed Media 154lb paper with permanent black acrylic ink by Daler-Rowney. Applied with a dip pen.

Watercolored in traditional colors.

2026 Slow Stitching Project - Page 39 - S2 - T1 Texture, Thread, Taupe, Tulle, Trim

This is my piece for K3N Cloth Tales' 2026 Slow Stitching project - A to Z.

This week's prompt for T1 is texture.  When I first watched the video I was not sure I could pull off such an abstract piece.

I put a thin layer of navy cotton on my foundation layer. They were invisible basted together.

I started with grey and ivory Thread I pull from my trash bin in the sewing room.  Stitched those down loosely. I couched a piece of variegated yarn around the outside.  I then added some yellow Tulle in 3 places.

I dyed some star Trim with acrylic ink sitting with my drawing project. Yellow and sepia. Iron those dry and separated the stars.  I scattered those around the piece and held them in place with 5 stitches.  I couched another piece of cording in a rough circle shape.  

Then I settled into adding running stitch and seed stitch to add some substance to the art piece and just time relaxing with a needle and Thread.

Inktober 2026 - Day 08

Inktober 2026 Day 08 - City Map

This is a city I know well and travelled that ring road this week.

I dug out my Daler Rowney acrylic inks in several colors for this piece.

I drew the ring road then the arterial roads which connect to it.

I used cross hatch pattern in the space on the outskirts of the city. In the end the city does extend beyond the ring road in the south for sure but I just wanted the image the grey city streets inside and the country on the outside.

All the drawing was done with a dip pen and a straight steel nib. The Maclean's Best-Ever No. 2 Medium is a vintage steel pen nib which was manufactured in England.

These are the colors I used Indian Yellow, Marine Blue, Olive Green, and Sepia. The cross hatching was with the yellow and green and mixed on the pen at times. It's great when supplies I purchased years ago come in handy and I am glad I did not get rid of them when I moved.

The ring road was done in Sepia and highlighted with watercolor.

The river was done with the blue and highlighted with watercolor.

My initial drawing was done with Faber Castel 2H pencil. The Sharpie was used for signing.

Inktober 2026 - Day 07

Day 07 of Inktober 2026

My prompt was Lake Map.

This is a lake I have come to know since I moved.

The brown dot you see is the island in the middle of it which hosted a multitude of birds this summer.

You can see some parts are quite deep which make it a happy place for fisherman.  As a photographer this summer I had a hard time getting up before them.  Maybe better time next year.

Canson Fluid Mixed Media 154lb paper is a treat.

I used my fountain pen which has Quint Blue ink which is not waterproof.  So I water colored before drawing the lines this time.

Inktober 2026 - Day 06

This is a quilt pattern that my Mom used often in her quilts.

She mostly used scraps of fabric. The patterned strips were left over fabric from sewing projects, out grown garments where the fabric was reused, and various other sources.

The colors and patterns of the fabrics were different but the layout was the same.  The bedspread on my bed right now which she made for me is this pattern.

Looks like it could be stained glass window.

Canson Fluid Mixed Media 154lb paper, dip pen, Daler-Rowney permanent black ink and watercolor. 

Inktober 2026 - Day 05

I saw my first loon this summer which was super exciting.  There are such big birds.

As a photographer I did not get a great shot of it.  I did see them about 3 times.  Late August they were gone!

I took quite a few layers to get the black dark.  I used black gouache.

Painting around the dots on the back is a bit tricky and probably should have used white gouache.

Canson Fluid Mixed Media 154lb paper is a great choice.

I messed up the first one I did in ink by not being patient enough to erase my pencil lines. So I traced this one with Sharpie marker.