Watercolor & Color Pencil Kudu Antelope and a White Tiger

 Hello creative friends.  I hope you are having a good week.  My week is going well.  This week I have a watercolor and color pencil drawing of a Kudu Antelope that I drew for my 100 day project.  And I did more work on the white tiger painting I started last year.  Here is a picture of the white tiger painting and the Kudu Antelope drawing.

And here is a video showing how I created the Kudu Antelope.

I think I am done with the white tiger.  When I originally painted it, I was ok with it but I didn't love it.  So I decided to do more to it and now I love it.  I am also happy with the Kudu Antelope and how it turned out.  My original idea was to use watercolors to paint it.  But I wasn't getting the details and depth that I wanted, so I went over top of it with color pencils and am much happier with it.  Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you have a great week.  Until next time, Happy Creating.

100 Day Project and a Watercolor Cheetah

Hello creative friends.  I hope you are having a great week.  My week has been going well.  This week I have s couple of more drawings/watercolor paintings I've done for the 100 day project and a video showing how I created the cheetah.  Here are the pictures:

And here is the video showing how I created the cheetah:

I really like the way the cheetah and the bear turned out, not as happy with the owl, but it's ok.  One of the things I realized in doing this 100 day project is that I don't have to complete a drawing/watercolor painting every day, I can draw the picture one day and then paint it the next day or two.  The idea is to interject more creativity into my life and not to put so much pressure on myself.  So if I don't feel like doing anything creative one day then I may try to do something simple and less stressful and if it gets my creative juices flowing then I can do more.  Thank you for stopping by and watching my video.  I hope you are planning to do something creative, no matter how small, most days as well.  Until next time, happy creating.

Watercolor Fox

 Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone had a good holiday.  Mine was good.  I want to try to get back on track with posting more regularly going forward and hopefully have stuff to post about.  I decided to try to do the 100 day project to help me get more consistent with my creating.  And my project is to do more animal drawings and animal art.  To kick it off I did this watercolor painting of a fox.

And I recorded the process in the video here:

Even though I am going to try to do a drawing/paining every day, I am only planning to record one of the paintings for the week and post it on YouTube.  However, I will post pictures of all of the drawings/paintings I do for the week here.  I'm not sure I am going to use watercolors for all of them, but thought I would start with that.  I hope you like the video.  Let me know if you are planning to do the 100 day project as well.  I would be interested in what you are doing.  Thank you for stopping by.  Until next time, Happy Creating.

Creating a Custom Planner Part 3

 Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is having a good week and had a good Thanksgiving.  My week has been going well.  As mentioned previously, with the new year just around the corner I've been thinking about a new planner and decided to create my own custom planner.  So this is part 3 where I decorate the cover and the first couple of pages.  Part 1 from the week before is where I showed how I used scrapbook paper to create the pages and make the planner cover.  And part 2 from last week is where I planned out my monthly and weekly pages and add them to my planner pages for the year.  Here is a picture of what the planner looks like and how I decorated the first couple of pages.

And here is the video showing how I decorated these pages, added a bookmark and added Boho beads to the spine.

I really like the way this planner turned out and can't wait to start using it.  What planner are you going to use next year?  Thank you for stopping by and watching.  Until next time, Happy Creating.

Creating a Custom Planner Part 2

Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is having a good week.  This week has been going well for me.  I am on vacation this week, yea.  I really needed a break.  As mentioned last week, with the new year just around the corner I've been thinking about a new planner and decided to create my own custom planner.  So this is part 2 where I plan out my monthly and weekly pages; Create them and add them to my planner pages.  Part 1 showed how I used scrapbook paper to create the pages and make the planner cover.  And part 3, next week, will show how I decorate to cover and some of the pages.  Here is what the planner looks like, so far just the interior pages have changed.  

And here is the video showing how I planned out and created my monthly and weekly pages.

I really like how my planner is turning out and I can't wait to start decorating it and using it.  Thank you for stopping by and watching my video. I hope you stop by next week for part 3, the final video, showing how I decorate the cover and the some of the pages.  Until next time, Happy Creating.

Creating a Custom Planner Part 1

Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is having a good week.  This week has been going well for me.  With the new year just around the corner I've been thinking about a new planner.  I figure my options are to buy a planner, like I did the year before last, or a bullet journal, like I did last year.  But I wanted something in between the two.  I saw a video where someone altered a book for their planner and was thinking about doing that.  But in the end I decided to create my own custom planner.  So I used scrapbook paper I had to create the pages and to cover the planner cover.  Here is what the planner looks like so far.  Next I will plan out my pages and create my monthly calendars and weekly spreads.

And here is the video showing how I created my planner.

I really like how the cover turned out and the paper I used for it and the pages; And I can't wait to decorate it and start decorating the inside pages, once I figure out how I am going to lay out my pages.  Thank you for stopping by and watching my video. Hope you stop by next week and see how I lay out the pages in my planner.  Until next time, Happy Creating.

Inktober 2020 Flip Through

 Hello creative friends.  I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.  We have been doing well.  This week I have a video showing all of my Inktober drawings, the good, the bad and the ugly LOL.  I got off to a great start and posted some of my drawings previously, but half way through was not happy with my drawings and started to burn out.  I skipped doing any drawings on quite a few days towards the end and then gave up all together.  Here are a couple of drawings I did towards the end that I was ok with, but still had issues with them, which I explain in my video below.

In my video you will also see several other drawings that I did and was not happy with at all.  Part of the problem was with my inexperience with using markers in with my drawings and part of the issue was with my drawings. And then after Inktober ended I decided to just do a couple of drawings using simply a regular pencil and a charcoal pencil.

And here is the video showing the complete flip through all of my Inktober drawings.

I plan to continue to practice drawing animals, but will use different media for my drawings other than markers.  I would be interested in seeing your drawings if you participated in Inktober, so leave me a comment and let me know where I can see your drawings.  Until next time, Happy creating.