The Chinese New Year begins January 31, 2014, it is the year of the horse. Throwback to 2010, a pastel collage I created from a collection of newspapers from Philadelphia Chinatown.
Fortune, luck and good things to the New Year!
But its cold outside….
Happy 2014! Be bold, dare to dream and focus within.
Starting the year off with a return to Creative Everyday Challenge for the month of January. This month’s theme is:
A frigid snow day brought forth a creative fun day. I dusted off my watercolor box, sifted through piles- dug out some paper (ok organization should be my resolution) and created this months challenge.
To learn more about the monthly challenge visit Leah at Creative Everyday
Playground whimsy in the abstract
My creation for Lilla Rogers 2013 Global Talent Search. Theme:The Playground. Idea to create a journal cover design making use of classic play equipment.
Stage 1
pen and color pencil
Wandering inspiration
A weekend spent wandering around Lancaster, Pennsylvania. My husband and I spent time driving around Pennsylvania Dutch Country with a map in hand and no particular place to go. I was inspired by the historic towns, unique shops and sprawling farm land. Along the way I captured some images that caught my eye.
Hope you enjoy the ride….
Lancaster has many covered bridges, 25 to be exact unfortunately we only found one.
Driving through Terre Hill, the delicate iron work at this cemetery caught my eye, had to stop and take a picture – the clouds rolled in, in time for a dramatic shot.
A stop in Litiz. Chocolate! Enough said…….
Fancy teapot display at Wilbur Chocolate Factory. 
Couldn’t pass this up, had to check out the store. 
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Doodling up the last day of November
Day 30 last day of November and for Art Every Day Month . Thanks to Leah Piken Kolidas for creating this challenge. It has been fun, and challenging to create something everyday, some days felt like an effort to pick up the pencil to draw. But I happily made it to the end, my last post of November: Doodling with inspiration on the mind…
Until next time… #aedm2012
Creating Simplicity
As November is winding down I am trying to keep up with Art Every Day Month, I haven’t sketched for a few days (ok its been a week) so I am posting some previous sketches.
During a brisk walk in the neighborhood a little leaf less tree caught my eye, it was bare except for a handful of seed pods hanging neatly in a row.
This drawing idea came from a very small doodle I made while writing my morning pages.
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Petite drawings
Created a few petite sketches all under 4″.
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Pencil, marker, color pencils on paper.
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Possibilities day 5 & 6
Day 5
I was feeling positive when I created this quick sketch. I let the flow of the pencil take over the paper.
Day 6
I let the marker do all the work.
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Sketches day 3 and 4
Art Every Day Month (AEDM)
Day 3
I was flipping through a sketch book, and came across a drawing my daughter did, which appealed to me. So I decided to interpret what she sketched into a new drawing, I used color pencils and marker on paper.
This is my daughter’s drawing that I based my sketch. In her words, its “just a scribble”
Day 4
A chilly, grey day. Quick marker sketch in pastel & pencil on paper.
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jennifer barrile 