For the months of November and December 2008, if you purchase any of my online courses, you will receive the online class HOLIDAY DOODLES absolutely free!
Monday, November 17, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
say yes
A challenge for my Suzi Blu group. She wanted us to do a journal page for something that we want to SAY YES to.
I hope you like it, Suzi!
Ornaments 1
We are having a Christmas craft sale at work, so I have made these ornaments. Lots of them use designs from my Holiday Doodles online class, which I am giving away free to anyone who buys any of my other classes from now until December! For more information on my classes, visit
www.nicolettescreativelettering.com
Peace On Earth - Weekly Sketch Challenge #66
This is my entry for Beate's Weekly sketch challenge, that I found through Sharon Harnist's Paperfections blog. Beate does weekly sketch challenges, focused on using stamp techniques, but I find that her sketches work wonderfully for featuring my art and lettering techniques!
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Arte y Pico Award!
My friend Anne at Gaal Creative honored me with the Arte y Pico award. Thanks so much, Anne, for the award and the kind words about my blog!
"Arte y Pico" is phrase that roughly translates in English to:
"The Maximum. Wow. The best art. Over the top."
The "rules" for the Arte y Pico award are:
If you are an award winner, show the award, the name of the person who gave it to you, and link back to his or her blog.
Pick 5 blogs you think deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and for contributing to the blogging community.
List the author's name and link to his or her blog.
Leave a message on the blogs of those you've selected.
Link back to the original Arte y Pico blog, so all will know the origin of the award.
I think that blog awards like this one are a great way to discover new, inspiring blogs. But it is so difficult to only pick 5!
That being said, here are five of my favourites - much deserving of the Arte y Pico award:
Mel Stampz
This blog is for stampers, but her ideas are inspiring for any artist!
Trish Bee’s Art-Venture
This lady is so inspiring!
Aileen's Musings
Aileen's blog is so much fun, and she finds wonderful links to all things crafty!
Violette's Folk Art
My friend Violette's blog is as inspiring as it is colourful!
Suzi Blu
Visit her. You will love her like the rest of us!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Sugary
For Illustration Friday. I thought that I would feature my lettering this time. I used watercolour pencils, and markers.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Monday, August 04, 2008
Daddy's Sandcastle
Probably my favourite page that I did while on my trip...I think because it was so different from what I usually do. There was a family on the beach next to us, and they were having so much fun building this sandcastle, although Daddy was doing probably having the most fun.
Zendala
A cross between a zentangle doodle and a mandala. So fun to do! And I like keeping it contained in a circle. Painted with watercolour pencils.
Brown Page
I loved this print - I found it in an art catalog. I used gesso as a base for my flowers, then painted them on top of all the papers.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Lemonade
This is for the Illustration Friday prompt, SOUR.
I thought I would have some fun with some lettering, as usual!
Monday, June 16, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
My Website for Classes!
I have finally put together a WEBSITE for my classes!
It still needs a little work - my paypal buttons have moved on the page, but they still work...
If you would like to visit, please check out
http://www.nicolettescreativelettering.com/
by clicking on the link below!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Forgotten
Poor Rapunzel. She is wondering if her prince has forgotten her....
This is what came to mind for the Illustration Friday challenge this week. I also was thinking about Fairy Tales for another journaling challenge, so it worked out really well.
SInce my acrylic paints were still on my table from the last challenge, so I chose them for my medium.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
My House is Me
Another one of Milliande's challenge. I cannot tell you how many layers of acrylic paint are on these pages.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Good Golly Miss Molly
This is the first page I have done in my art journal of our new beagle puppy Molly. I took several different patterned papers and painted over them for an aged look. I also used photo-editing software to age the photographs.
She is so cute, I may have to dedicate more pages to her!
New York Journal Page
This is one of the pages in my art journal dedicated to my recent trip to New York City.
I was really happy with the gel medium transfer of the New York Skyline - I had never tried anything like this before, and I think it turned out really cool!
And yes, I got to see Jersey Boys - it was AMAZING!
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Fairy in a Jar
A fairy in a jar. So much fun! I made her wings out of transparency film. I had been meaning to do one of these ever since I had seen them on the web. At the last Pointy Hat Art Posse meeting, lovely Miss Galm brought her fairy in a jar, and I realized that the time had come for me to do this project!
And by the way, this fairy bears a startling resemblance to a young Miss Arla Mortimer, my beautiful grandmother, who passed away in 1995.