More Blossoms

Mixed media with gel pen, acrylic, Derwent Watercolor Pencils, metallic markers, pitt marker, black.

This card is going to the be the basis of "Insect" cards for the Denver ATC trade group. Have chosen to add butterflies and moths for the theme.

Variations on a Botanical Theme

Pitt Pen, metallic markers, Office Max brand, Derwent Watercolor Pencils.

Love my class at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Last day of the fall session last Saturday. We decided to do a botanical art card trade. I started with a previous botanical art card (with yellow flowers, above) and made 10 more in various color schemes. Fun to do variations and each card, with time and effort, becomes an "original".

November Holly

November Holly

Derwent Intense Watercolor Pencils, Office Depot brand metalic marker.

It's been a while since a posted a new card but back to it as of today. Had a great day today, taught an "Affirmation Card" class: making artist cards with inspirational sayings for Holiday gifts. I did not make an affirmation card myself but made a sketch from the Denver Botanic Gardens into a card while my group was working. I'm going to start making my Botanic Gardens sketches into cards each week. I'll also post some of the affirmation cards I made as examples for this class in the next couple of days.

Lady Trees

Stay Rooted

Doodle with pit fine point marker, black,
metallic markers and dymo labels.

Lady Tree

Created with metallic markers and Pit fine point. Based on a doodles drawn in the Humanities class I teach while the students were watching a Time-Life movie about "The Search for Eden", which is a movie about ancient cultures and the Bible as a historical document as supported by archaeological research.

The woman or "Lady Tree" is an image I have played with before. I think it is an image of Mother Nature as well as a personal symbol for a balanced awareness. Roots in the earth--arms reaching to heaven. When I watch trees sway, especially at night, I am reminded of how we are all part of Earth's closed ecological system. The ocean of air that sways leaves and branches flows over the whole earth in rivers and eddies. Complex gas and chemical exchanges allow the tree and me to breathe and sustain life. Of all apparently non-sentient life trees have always seemed the most alive to me.