Doodles and maps

The week had flown by again! I managed to make another map-spread though. If I want to make another map-calendar this year I will need to get going on those. We'll see how far I'll come :-)

And I finished the first doodle that I want to use for my doodle-calendar. I made all the drawings on vacation already, now I "just" need to ink them in with doodles. Which takes more time than I realized ...

It's late again so I'll make this a short post. I will be linking to Paint Party Friday tomorrow. Thanks so much for your visit, and all of your comments are appreciated ♥

Here are my weekly funnies and thinkies :-)

 

Have a happy day! See you next week ♥ ♥ ♥

Another month has started .....

and I totally forgot to make a new wallpaper....

Oh well, maybe next month. I'm still getting used to working again, and this week school started for my daughter, which always brings some extra stress. Plus my son is preparing for his driver's licence, so I have to drive around with him all the time to let him practice, because he's determined to get it right the first time.

Needless to say I didn't get any art done...

So I'm showing you some things I did in the summer holidays :-)

We went to Sardinia (Italian island) for a vacation, and I needed some slippers. Two days before we were leaving I found some by accident while grocery-shopping. There were only a few left, and I knew right away which ones I wanted. They looked and were very comfortable. It was only when I was walking to the cash register that I saw the tag saying they were slippers for men ...

Okay, I had to admit they looked a bit "male-y", but I sure didn't want the silver or gold ones that were there for women. So I decided to give them some colour ...

I still had to pack our stuff and do a million other things that need to be done before leaving for a vacation, but when I have an idea in my head I can be quite determined ;-) So I worked into the night, putting colour on there with my beloved Posca-markers:

I can tell you it was way more work than I had anticipated. I had to add two and sometimes three layers before the colour was deep enough, and I only got one more or less finished when I went to sleep. But I could hardly leave the other one brown, so the next day I kept working and only got a few hours of sleep before we had to catch our plane. But they were finished :-)

I LOVE wearing them! They just make me smile. And even after hiking through sand every day they're still looking great. Plus I don't think any man would want to wear them ;-)

Here's also another doodle that I finished during the summer:

And some pictures from Sardinia. This was a tree we passed on the way:

Its bark had such beautiful colours, here's a close-up:

And this was the view we had from our balcony:

Ooh, it seems so long ago and far away now ...

Well, that's it for now. I hope next week I will have finished some of those doodles that I want to make into a calendar. I first have to snap out of my summer mode :-)

I'll be linking to Paint Party Friday again tomorrow. It was nice seeing everybody again, looking forward  to the party!

Here are my weekly funnies and thinkies:

Thanks for your visit! Wishing you a beautiful day ♥ ♥ ♥

Hi there!

Summer is drawing to a close, so I'm back on the internet again. Although I plan on spending less time here, I'm also curious as to what everyone's been up to :-)

I had such a great summer, enjoying the wonderful and exceptional weather, the long lazy days, reading books by my favorite authors, and yes, also drawing a bit. I didn't paint, I just didn't feel like it, and I even had to force myself to draw. Initially that is. Now I'm having fun trying to draw a little bit every day. I'm totally back into doodling. I'm planning on making a calendar with doodles, I already have 12 drawings, but they're all in different stages of progress, with none completely finished yet.

Here are some things that I did finish:

sketch ... (graphite and coloured pencils)

 and another one in my art journal with gelli-printed pages (graphite)

And here's a doodle that I did finish (not for my calendar):

And that's all I have to show for now!

Except for the funnies and thinkies of course. Enjoy ;-)

Linking to Paint Party Friday, and hoping to see lots of people there!

Thanks for your visit! Wishing you much joy today, and a happy and relaxing weekend!

Take care ♥ ♥ ♥