ATCing With the Boys

These are some ATCs I made with my boys, Alex who's 7 and Adam who's now 5 (but was 4 when we made these).  They were done for  a swap on ATCs for All.  They were started by the boys and finished by me.

...and Some Red

These are all for a PIck a Theme swap on ATCs for All.  I started with similar backgrounds for all of them, created using inks, rubber stamping and acrylic paint, and then I did something different with each one.

The fish is painted in acrylic.

The bird and the branches are made using various pieces of printed paper, pieced together and shaded using coloured pencils. I've drawn the various bits using a PITT artist pen and accented with white gel pen.

For the kiss I have done a gel medium image transfer, added a definition from a dictionary and edged with acrylic paints and rubber stamping.

The rooster is done by piecing together pieces of printed paper in a similar way to the bird.  I've added shading using pens and pencil and a dictionary definition.

Finally I have done a zentangle style ATC using PITT artist pen and white gel pen (background as above) and have added a bit of Cosmic Shimmer glitter paint.

A Bit of Doodling

These are a couple of zentangle style doodles I did a couple of weeks ago.  I love doing these as I can do them anywhere.  I added a bit of colour using Promarkers.

Zentangles

Zentangle style ATCs in shades of black, white and purple. They're more purple and less pink than they appear in the pictures as the photos were taken in bad light...

...and I think that's finally all for today. Whew!

Lack of Inspiration!

Apologies to anyone who's looked or left comments over the last few days. I'm not ignoring you. I've just been suffering from a complete and total lack of inspiration (not good when I have two swaps with a deadline of 31st that I still need to do ATCs for), and I've hardly looked at my blog or anything else. I'm feeling a bit more inspired today (and less tired), so hopefully I'll have a few more bits and pieces to post over the next few days.

These are a couple of Zentangle style ATCs I did earlier in the week. I found I could do these even without much inspiration as I just sat down and doodled them without having to think about it first. They were great fun to do and a brilliant way to relax.