Post something you or someone else crafted...here are some marker mosaics I have recently done.
I love doing these and now and then, I frame and hang them for a while.
The white framed ones are for 2 of my granddaughters who have birthdays coming up and these will accompany their gifts. ♥
GIVE
Belieber ... Will turn 13 in November.
For Hailee Bug who is our Love Bug
She will be 11 in October.
Jo
That looks fun! Do you color something in or do you make the design yourself?
ReplyDeleteI design as I go. Sometimes have a color scheme...sometimes choose the colors as I go, too. It's very relaxing and I love the brightness of all the finished works.
DeleteIt is very fun.
Oh no, this looks like another group blog I may have to join!
ReplyDeleteI will happily hook you up, Nancy...if you want in!
DeleteJo, you've been holding out on us. I didn't know you were so talented artistically. I knew you were a talented writer but these are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. I really love doing these and pass many an evening just drawing and coloring to my heart's content! :-)
DeleteMarkers? Are you nuts? That's like doing a crossword puzzle with a pen; no room for mistakes!
ReplyDeleteThey look great though, nice and bright and cheerful. I'm curious; How big are they?
Okay,now I gotta go rummage through some old photos to find crafty thingees.
Lee Brooks...There is no right way to draw this kind of art! Anything goes. I just design as I go and usually like the results. I've tried the more confined shapes, triangles, circles, squares...even hearts...I love the freeform.
DeleteThese are 11 x 14 I am now working on a 16 x 20 and I have many from a sketch book either 9 x 9 ish...or the standard sketch book size.12 x 9.
Now that looks like fun! I remember having a preprinted page that I would color in as I wanted - no two would be the same. But doing it free-hand, now that really is a talent.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kat...I like some better than others...but they are all fun
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So jealous of people with artistic talents. One of my sons is very artistic. Don't know where he got it from.
ReplyDeleteI cannot draw my name...but I love to swirl and create textures and color! Lots of color. It's just so relaxing, I get lost in my drawings.
DeleteWOW! Those are great!!! I love the idea of making your own abstract art! I do know how relaxing it is to simply 'color'. I have my own coloring books and crayons but I haven't spent any time coloring since I retired. I used to do it to relieve the stress of my job. I had a very complicated career in state employment. My mind was reduced to that of a 10 year old by 5 pm on many days... LOL
ReplyDeleteThank you Darlene. It's just fun and I love the textures you can create by stroking as opposed to coloring. Still learning some new things and experimenting a lot.
DeleteHow pretty! I used to do something similar but with a straight edge.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa. It's very fun to do.
DeleteBeautifully done Jo!! Love them.
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Thanks...you've seen them already! LOL
DeleteI always intrigued by abstracts and yours are lovely!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
Deletecute, jo. great crafting ideas!
ReplyDeleteLots of fun and no rules. Just art and shapes and colors!
DeleteVery colourful and so creative. Wow that's awesome.
ReplyDeleteThanks Suzy. I really enjoy doing them.
DeleteYou're going to laugh, but I had to look at these 4 times, before I found the letters in them. The first three times I looked at them, I only registered them as abstracts, and as with most abstracts, I never know what sort of comments to make on them. Then I finally saw the lettering, since the colour contrast was not particularly dominant.
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are reminiscent, I find, of poster art in the in early 1970's, and I was wondering what sort of images motivate you to design works like this.
Well, Celeste, I can't really answer that, exactly. I also am reminded of the 70's poster art when I do these. Maybe I am inspired to swirl and add points and use wildly bright or extremely soft colors based on the mood at the time of the drawing? I'm not really sure. I just know my relaxation is total when I get lost in one of these silly works and I am kind of taken back to that moment when I look at them finished and framed. Now the words, if I use them, are always meaningful to me in some way. Important words or words that touch me, in some way. Or the words will touch the person for whom I am drawing.
DeleteThe words are not meant to jump out, but rather to blend in.
These are beautiful, Jo! And so very colorful! I'll bet they just brighten up every wall they hang upon! :)
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DeleteThanks Linda...these are very bright! I have many that are softer color combinations. But these are fun and very vivid!
Very cool Jo, very cool!
ReplyDeleteWhy, thank you Miss Kelly! I am cool like that! he he he
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