….by Amy Maricle
I just bought Amy Maricle’s new book Draw Yourself Calm: draw slow, stress less
My journal only has three pages left. Here are my latest sketches.
Draw Yourself Calm
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Tag Archives: ink and watercolour
Daily Art Challenge for March – Day 8
….slowly changing the big pieces
Not ready to reveal the larger painted pieces but I have been working on my mark making and smaller watercolour florals.
Slow Mark Making on Day 7
…some days these warm-up activities are the best art I make for that day
More Mark Making – Day 4
…a little bit of art every day for the month of March
This form of mark making is very relaxing. Thanks to Amy Maricle for reminding me how much I enjoy this.
TGIFFF – Tonguely is Having Too Much Fun
…what could possibly go wrong?
Warming Up
….back to making ‘inchie’ art
Thanks to Amy from Mindful Art Studio for hosting the slow drawing parties. She literally takes us through some very slow drawing activities to get our creative juices flowing. After doing the line drawings I added watercolours and more marks. This is very relaxing and I literally get lost in the process.
Back to Painting – January 6, 2021
….a little drawing, some colouring and back to watercolours
After making my line drawing yesterday I was in the mood to get out the watercolours and ink and make another abstract floral on paper. I do get a lot of satisfaction from this style of art and will probably make more.
Orange Blooms
Getting Ready for an Art Show
…small gems
Last year I joined the Women’s Art Association of Canada. Actually I won a membership for a year and this year I extended the membership for another year. I was really hoping that if I belonged to a group like this I would be inspired to paint more. Unfortunately circumstances beyond my control made finding time to paint difficult.
Despite these time constraints I still managed to find some time to paint ‘small’. Often my inspiration came from on-line classes, especially Carla Sonheim’s classes. Every year at WAAC (Women’s Art Association of Canada) a special show just before Christmas is featured in the large gallery called ‘Small Gems’. Members are encouraged to submit small pieces, no larger than 48″ around the perimeter, framed. Also, the pieces can be sold for no more than $200.00.
This year I managed to complete four small pieces. Two I made earlier in the year and the last two I started and finished last week. You may have already seen the first two but they are now framed.
The next two were inspired by Carla Sonheim’s Flower Crazy 2 class. I love working with my Pilot Pens over a watercolour background.
One Hot Mess
….day 96 of 365 days of art
Not everything that I paint or draw will be pretty. In this piece I finally got back to playing with ink and watercolour and experimenting with how they interact. You can see that I got a little carried away but I wanted you to see that I haven’t given up on my personal art challenge.
Mama Cormier 