Summer of Color 4

Kristin at Twinkle Twinkle Like a Star

has had The Summer of Color (SOC) challenge for the last 4 years.

I joined last year's and really enjoyed the challenges. They kept me busy, creating fun different pieces of art in the colors chosen in the challenge. I joined in every weeks challenge last year in order to win some great supplies in the colors used and to get some creativity out. I didn't win last year.This year even before SOC  started I won the very first random drawing! I was so excited to win because I never win these blog things. Here is what I won...

These acrylic pens are very cool! The ones in the package are fine point but the ones in the mug with Kristin's cool art, are wide and super fun to use. I can't wait to play around with them some more. I used my Pentel and Sakura pens as well as colored pencil on this weeks challenge.

 SOC 4 came and went for me. Every week I was looking forward to the new colors and making art. But life got in the way with babies, tween's and housework there was little time for doing art. So here I am posting weeks after. 

I loved making these! Zentangle mandala fun.

This one reminds me of the sea...

The colors for this challenge were...you guessed it!

 Aqua blue, yellow and a smudge, splash or pop of hot pink.

This one reminds me of a carousel.

Here they are as I drew them together on the paper.

I'm linking up to SOC 4 if you want to see the other entrees. 

Thanks again for stopping by,
Chandra

Last week of The Summer Of Color

For the last week of The Summer of Color by Kristen at Twinkle Twinkle Like a Star. The majority voted on the colors sepia and sage. (I voted on lavender and yellow) I was thinking that sepia was more of a reddish color so I went with that, but as I was at my mixed media group one woman had india ink that was called sepia. I used it on the piece below in the background. It looked more like a black. I added a bit of a red tint over top. 

I heard this song on Pandora called 5 Years Time by Noah and the Whale. In the lyrics they say,"They'll be love wherever you go." I loved it so much I put it on this piece.

Here is my SOC from last week the colors were candy apple red and yellow. I was so busy I didn't get a chance to post last week. My daughter had her friend over we went to the river and they went roller skating while I went to Hobby Lobby. I drew these zentangles, added some watercolor pencil for shading in the flowers and the quote that says "You are braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than think." - Christopher Robin (My husband was named after him hehe) I thought this was a great quote for my daughter. 

I hope your day is swell!

Chandra

Summer of Color 3 - Hot Pink and Orange!

Hot Pink and Orange

I started with this gelli plate print I made a month ago. I used hot pink, gold and red acrylic paints and a Martha Stewart brayer with a flower roller. There was no orange so, I colored in some of the white spots with orange highlighter.

It's a bit overcast so I had a hard time getting the orange to pop out.

I have been experiencing many unhappy people, unhappy experiences and overall stress. This song popped into my head and it made sense we all need to relax understanding life is like a dream. Life is hard but it all works out. Like my Aunt Toni says, "It's all in divine order."

 I wrote the words on the paper with a Micron pen and drew a bit with a white gel pen. 

Strawberry Fields Forever

Living is easy with eyes closed misunderstanding all you see.

It's getting hard to be someone, but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me.

Let me take you down cuz I'm going to Strawberry Fields...

Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.

Chandra

Doodle a Day...

I like this one so much snow flake zentangles.

Chandra

Doodle a Day...

Ornament zentangle.

Chandra

Doodle a Day...

Another Partridge and a Pear Tree!

Chandra