more coloring book pages

Found some more mushrooms and did decide to add a few to my next coloring book pages... and I have been painting in some of the pages after I take a photo to use for the coloring book. still don't have the coloring book printed though, having too much fun with fabric and wanting to get outside on my lunches....

And MY most exciting thing this week...

My book is up on the WalterFoster website!

It will be out April 1st, 2016!

you can see it here!

coloring book pages of Unruly Flowers

Last Saturday I posted a giveaway for 3 copies of the heART digital coloring book... that doesn't end until october 15th if you want a copy... click here to take you to that post to comment for your chance!

As I have a mandala in it that means I finally got it figured out...
photoshop is a struggle when you just don't know what you are doing...but now I do have some coloring book pages available in my etsy shop to download and print yourself...

I found it works best to not hit fit to page when printing as I have them set to a little less than a standard copy page so it should print smaller to give you a bit of a white border ...
and I found that I liked some of the lines being less dark, when you print them, it's not a mistake and you are not low on ink. you can still see to color them but they aren't as prevalent as some coloring books so it will look a little more artsy when you are done than like a page you colored...
you could print on regular copy paper for kids to color with crayons, or print it on cardstock to frame,
but my favorite would be to print on watercolor paper to end up with a piece just like mine when I was done... I did about 7 of these in my sketchbook...they are in various stages of completeness...

 This is the one you have seen before in my sketchbook and that I used to create that fabric with the giant flower that became a tiny pouch... 

lists

I am always making lists.

Things I am thankful for, 

things to do,

things to draw, 

garden plans,

every Christmas gift I have ever gotten,

what I ate,

where I would like to go, 

things to  look up,

things to make,

things to make lists of....

I have been doing this forever.

My daughter tells me obsessive list making is a sign of ADHD.

Probably.

 Especially if you rewrite the same list over and over.

I do

I am not making light of anyone with ADHD. And I have never been diagnosed, but living with autism I can now see traits from Autism, Aspergers, PPD-NOS, ADD, OCD, ETC. in myself and almost everyone around me. I guess what makes the difference is how many of these traits we each have. and how well we can function with these traits.

I think I have just enough ... not too many, not too few.

I mean, aren't you a fan of the quirky personality?

So anyway, I have been lately posting more than just art, i am enjoying thinking of posts to do taht aren't just paintings but whatever i am thinking about...
 Posts in a series...
posts just about color....

adventures with autism....

a glimpse in my sketchbook....

sacred circle mandala photos,

and lists....

so here's my first list...
a photographed list,
or rather a list in pictures,

nothing too quirky to start with.

5 things I am thankful for lately

(apart from my family of course)

1. a gift...

2. looking up...

3. working on my future book.....

4. Muffins with honey....

and 5. Gigantic mushrooms

still writing

 The novel I just mentioned I am writing ( I am up to 65 pages!) is set during the time the Phlox  bloom...

well in googling "Phlox" i learned these flowers that we have everywhere in June are not even really phlox. they are Dame's Rocket, or sweet rocket, an invasive species, unlike phlox which is native to North America.. They have 4 petals. not 5 like true Phlox. And their leaves are jagged and staggered around the stem unlike Phlox which are smooth and even around the stem. 

I have called them phlox my whole life.

I have probably never even seen real wild phlox.

I feel lied to.

 

So, I decided to use that in the novel. In it, plants already had personalities, so now my phlox have become, not down right liars, but sneaky and mischievous. They just stand there, waving  a little in the shady areas, laughing at our little lives as we run to and fro...

daisy yellow index card a day

I was not going to join any challenges anymore.... I wanted to just do what I planned to do and not get sidetracked with any new creative ideas since I have too many already ...

but I had already purchased a little notebook of index cards to use as an art journal when i can't carry a big one and i also bought a stack of BRIGHT highlighter pens, hoping that the paper and pens would be less intimidating when i didn't have time for real art supplies.... like when i am sitting in the Mcdonald's drive thru or waiting for my husband somewhere....

And over at Daisy Yellow, they are starting an Index Card a day challenge... so I decided I was doing it anyway, might as well join them. There are so many inspiring little bits of art there... but i don't plan on making messy colorful, wonderful cards with acrylics and paints like I have seen there.... just a little bit of sketching and such...

It starts today but I am posting my last 2 weeks of index cards, and will try to post them weekly or so... if I do manage to create one a day as planned.....

hello all at ICAD, Artists Play room,  artjournal everyday and creative everyday !!!