Sunday Quiet.

my cat being quiet and dreaming of all his cat friends.

this was me today on the bruce trail, trying to be light on my feet, while i was slipping and sliding down the escarpment. it was quiet out in the woods. i am recharged and ready to take on the city again. a little country goes a long way.

fresh start.

so this is the beginning of a new journal, number three since I started journalling again last february. i am having trouble adjusting to the new pages...they feel like strangers. i guess you could say we are in the 'getting to know you stage'.

Actually, i have started two new journals, the second one being quite a bit smaller than the first...it's always a good challenge to play with your surface area and it is a little more portable for when i am trying my hand at traveling light.

now i need some recommendations! the other night i started typing words on to these scraps of colored paper and then made myself do a quite sketch of whatever to accompany the word. The example above is a not the best, as it was a test, and the other three i made got mailed off to a friend. The more appropriate word to this image would have been 'blush'.

so i was hoping for some 'word' suggestions to sketch. gimme gimme some inspiration please!

Pattern Hunting.

I took my camera out last weekend and went on a hunt for some inspirations.

here is what i found. i especially love the giant cement blocks becoming a strange parade of bear like creatures.

these are the sketches that came from my hunting expedition.

Scribbles...

just playing around with fine lines. these are the few stragglers that i haven't posted from my last journal. mostly just test pages. doodles...probably one of my favourite pass times. i love doodles, lots of my ideas spring from this habit. it's snowing outside right now. i thought for a second we might have escaped winter...

I am clearly ready for spring. I can't wait to bike again. I am not brave enough to bike in the winter. I tried, but after sliding through a stop sign last year, i decided it wasn't for me. This is another random pen sketch. Working on ideas for patterns...my fav.

Eggs.

Egg time is coming soon!

And so another journal ends...

This is the last page.

i really wish i was somewhere close to that tree right now.

sometimes i wish that i could dress up like a rock and sit by the ocean with a whole bunch of other rocks. in the scenario above, i also hope that i will be some kind polka-dotted rock.

i got a valentine in the mail.

oh tangles, comb your hair already.

i will make some swatches of my fabric ideas this year. i will! and then maybe i may even make a dress from them.

time for a new journal...

Line Work.

i found my technical pens from school...mix that with hours of olympics and this is what you get.

fat helen.

fancy pants, an ode to all the crazy olympic wear this year.

In hiding...again.

Sunday nothings.

which ones are yours?

big moment.

from concept to completion.

there are holes in the wall.

a bear parade...i like.

sleepy sleepy.

dusty things.

bedroom storm.

a good good day.

true enemies.

true love.

Valentines!

click image, print, fold, glue or tape...and voila!

(though you may have to make sure it is landscape and it fits to page when printing)

girl

boy

Tuesday night at the Workroom.

Nothing turns a tough day into something better like a little journalling.

meet the gentlemen...they bring you flowers.

anyone who might follow this blog must know by now i am a little obsessed with these things.

sneaky elephants!

next time i draw elephants i want to have them in tennis shoes.

this page was ruining me tonight. i couldn't get it right, but finally success!

follow my love north...towards a polar bear?

summer now...actually i would gladly settle for some frozen ponds and naked trees.

i have dreams.

walking...walking...walking.