"Sour" is the theme of the day over at Illustration Friday. I thought of this Drama Queen collage I put together for a ZNE Theme Week a couple years ago. She's a bit of a sour puss, for sure.
Here's to hoping your weekend and everything about it is SWEET!
Don't forget to check out all the most recent fabulousness going on at ConvneZioNE! www.ZNEcon.com
xo - Chel
"It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells, than to be born a millionaire." - Robert Louis Stevenson
Today's Illustration Friday topic is HOARD. Which made me think of how all of us mixed media artists are known to ... collect ... many an item. Some of us have even been accused of being hoarders.
Here's an altered tag I created a couple years ago. This girl collects seashells. She wakes up thinking of them, she dreams of them. Some might even think, she's a bit of a hoarder.
For the piece uploaded here, I used the image of the tag, and some good 'ol Microsoft clip art to finish the digitally embellished piece.
Happy Friday everyone! May you all have plenty of seashores to explore this weekend!
xo - Chel
Today's Illustration Friday theme is PUNCHLINE, and it made me search through my images to find this years old ATC that I created.
I love the sentiment on it - "If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever..." I agree wholeheartedly. I love the sound of laughter. I love laughing, and I love the feeling that I have made someone laugh.
Getting the punchline, one of life's great joys.
Here is to hoping that your weekend is filled with joy and laughter! Happy Friday everyone.
xo - Chel
The Illustration Friday theme today is BABY. This little one isn't quite a baby, but what an adorable lil girl, definitely someone's baby.
I created this mixed media piece late last year. I particular liked the vintage acrylic birds on the paper lace and fiber wire across the top of the piece.
Happy Friday all!
Forget worrying that the world was coming to an end, SHE worried that everything was just beginning!
Today's IF theme: Worry.
This is a mixed media ATC/Paper Doll I created several years ago. She always looked a bit overly concerned, to me. Ah well.
Switching gears from worried to wonderful (!) - just a quick note to let everyone know that the blog for the Art, Paperie and Pleasantries event is now UP - with lots of fabulous stuff yet to come, there. And don't forget - if you are a ZNE ConvenZioNE registrant, you get early admission and a discount on everything at the show!
Oh - and speaking of ConvenZioNE - a reminder - class registration is now open - and WOW - what a line up!
www.ZNEcon.com
Have a great Friday everyone!
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The illustration Friday Theme for Friday is ELECTRICITY. I thought of this long ago piece I created in honor of my wonderful friend Cinda Oliverio - right away.
See those electric wires in the background? She reminds me of me, right now. Things are hopping around here! Don't forget that tomorrow, most of the 2008 class descriptions go up! (www.ZNEcon.com) Woo Hoo!
Have a great weekend everyone! I'm heading out of town for the weekend today. The kids and I are going to the wonderful Northern California town of Jenner to celebrate my best friend's 50th birthday! Woo Hoo. See you all soon!
Today's Illustration Friday theme is SEED.
It's funny, because they have all these categories you choose from when adding your illustration for the week - like: Realism; Children's Art; Mixed Media - etc. Yet, they don't have the category "Doodle like a Three Year Old." Which, you know, I would pick everytime!
In any case, things have bee SO busy in the land of ZNE lately. It was nice to have an excuse to just sit donw and play with my colored pencils, and, well... doodle like a three year old!
And speaking of seeds - and how busy I have been - I just can't even believe that the ZNE ConvenZioNE event - the seeds of which were planted over three years ago, way back when in our founding member group - has grown to such an AMAZING and extravagant celebration of artists and artistry. With workshop instructors, performers and participants flying in from all over the country - ahve YOU checked it out yet?
Have a great weekend everyone!
Today's Illustration Friday theme was PRIMITIVE.
Made me think of all those wonderful Raggedy Anne dolls made by prim style artists. Which made me think in turn, of this doodle I made, in February. (I love me some Annies!)
Hope you all have a great weekend! I'll be doing wedding stuff all weekend... will have fun pics and likely some stories to tell, in the coming days.
xo - Chel
Today's Illustration Friday theme is FAIL.
So, here's my doodle of a girl who failed to conform to traditional beauty. That's not really a failure though, at least not in my book.
Have a great weekend everyone!
xo - Chel
I created this funky Sending Help doodle in January. It seemed like a good submission for the IF theme today: SAVE.
Been battling a terrible asthma attack triggered by my yucky bug from last week, but I am finally on the mend. Breathing is nice.
Hope you all have a fabulous weekend!
xo - Chel
"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
Today's Illustration Friday theme was: Homage
I liked this one. : D
Today's Illustration Friday theme:
Pet Peeves
Here's one of mine as written on the side of my drawing:
Why are anorexic unhappy women the epitome of beauty in this society?
Celebrate your body this weekend, regardless of its shape or size. Beauty does not come from the numbers on a scale.
xo - Chel
A bit of sadness floating around today. And the IF Theme is: Heavy.
Here's to hoping things aren't too heavy in your part of the world.
Colored pencil, and digital embellishments.
**Tag used on top left is a graphic from Avalon Rose Design.
The illustration friday theme this week - Garden.
May everything growing in your garden, be good!
xo - Chel
I am continuing with my personal challenge to draw even though I can not draw.
The illustration friday theme this week - LEAP.
Here is to hoping that you all take a leap toward joy this weekend!
xo - Chel
The illustration friday theme this week is: Multiple
This one is from my art journal - so you can see the bleed through from some doodling on the opposite side. Ah well. I had fun with this one.
Hope you all are having a great weekend.
xo - Chel
I thought this would be a great Valnetines Day Post ~ but yesterday's post was dedicated to announcing the One WOrld One Heart winner instead (!) - so I figured I would post this manifesto I found on lululemom today. Also, scroll down for my Illustration Friday Entry.
Wonderful things to remember, and fabulous ways to start your day (over and over, every single day)!
You can also read the text version here.
Happy belated Valentines Day everyone!
Oh, and ~ it's Friday - so I created a very quick silly doodle for Illustration Friday. The theme this week is: THEORY -
xo - Chel
I really truly can not draw. I've never been trained, and it's beyond obvious that I have no idea what I am doing.
But I am choosing to dance through my fear of this creative outlet and give it a go anyway.
I hope you make some choices to dance through life too!
Today's Illustration Friday Theme:
CHOOSE.
Blanket... is the theme of this week's Illustration Friday, so I dug out this collaged ATC I made a few years ago.
Hope you are all off to a great weekend!
xo - Chel
Rapunzel is a bit of a tomboy in this one, too. She just didn't want to wear a dress. What can I say.
Have a great weekend!
xo - Chel
My scanner is out of ink so it won't scan. (One of life's mysteries, as far as I am concerned! Why do you need ink to scan??) So, forgive the icky photo image. I decided I would jump on the illustration friday bandwagon this week. The theme is "Plain."
Hence, Jane, who refuses to be plain.
Hope you all have a plain-old-fabulous weekend!
xo - Chel
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