The Art Junkie

Christmas tri fold

2023-12-09T13:48:00.000-08:00

Made from paint chips from Lowe's

Little Journal Book

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Santa Cruz Coast

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Ink Journal

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Monochromatic Watercolor

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Landscape in Yellow

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Tiny Journal

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I found this tiny journal and filled it with inspirational quotes and illustrations using different mediums. I picked my favorite ones.

My Home Sonoma County, California

2022-03-02T08:49:00.002-08:00

Ink on a Road Trip

2022-03-02T08:46:00.003-08:00

I had purchased an art journal for Inktober. It was a challenge to do just in on a gray paper. I picked ot my favorites. Inspired by my road trip from Texas to Washington state Oregon, California and back home though Arizonia and New Mexico.

Mini Acrylic Paintings

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2020-08-31T16:39:00.001-07:00

This watercolor is inspired by two photographs I took last year. One is the house the other is the fence.

Cut up Watercolor Art

2020-08-31T16:33:00.001-07:00

What do you do when you don't like your watercolor? I cut it up into pieces that I do like.

Making Summer Pans

2020-02-04T09:45:00.004-08:00

12-2019-01-01-2020

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Between Christmas and New Years I found some time to make some watercolors. I mostly am in a monotone phase.

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Ink and markers on bristol paper. I am not happy with my mountains. Again I love doing skinny size art work.

10 Years of Blogging

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I can't believe this blog has been hanging around for 10 years.I did get lazy and gave up on it for about 4 years! Looking at my past artwork I have posted here and great deal of it was gifted, traded, and sold to the lowest bidder. I was encourage by a friend to "put your stuff out there". I mostly use this space as "art therapy" for me, and I hope some minor enjoyment for those who visit or pass through.

Skinny Artwork

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I love to draw, paint, ink narrow skinny artwork. This is a picture of an old farmhouse I passed in Illinois several years ago. It was a cold rainy day when I took the picture

Black Art Journal

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First page of Journal

Eyes

I am starting a new art journal. These are some of first art collage pages.

Sky Practice

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I love stormy clouds. This is a watercolor practice in moving lights and darks.

Watercolor Travel Journal

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Brown Book

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I started this book in 2014. I found it at Dick Blick in San Francisco. It has paper the color of a paper bag. The first couple of pages I sampled different colored pencils, inks and watercolor. The paper was susceptible to bleed on the back side. I decided to do all my artwork on the right side of the page.

This picture and the three below were inspired by a road trip from
Fort Worth, Tx to San Francisc, Ca

After watching some video games I came up with some characters.

This is the beginning of 2015

My 5 year old grandson guest artist in my book

A child's drawing book by Ed Emberley inspired these two pages

Clothes Pin Fun

2015-12-31T08:21:00.001-08:00

I found some very old clothes pins and wanted to do something with them. After lurking around Pinterest I found some fun little people made with the same style pins. I painted fronts and backs. They reside for now in a clear squatty vase.

Landscapes

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I have an obsession with 4x4 size art. Here are some watercolor landscapes I painted

Postcard Art

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These watercolors are postcard size (4x6). Maybe one will show up in your mailbox.

Blue altered book

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I did start this book in 2014 but I finished it this year. So far it is the only altered book I have completed.