To color is to restore a little bit of sanity...

I know that some people unwind, relax, restore, & maintain their sanity in many different ways.  Heck, I wish I could do all that with exercise, that would solve the problem of needing to lose 20+ lbs and getting me off my behind, (I have an office job and sit ALL day long) , but NOPE, my way to destress, is to lock myself in my room with a book or with  my markers.

  I've been taking a couple classes over at Kit N Clowder from Alyce and have really enjoyed the creative process, learning new techniques and playing with my copics...( dang those suckers aren't cheap, and I tend to want them all)!!  Anyway, I'm just adding a few of my coloring projects, I don't know what I will do with them...I don't want to put them on a card,  maybe I will choose a canvas, or maybe just frame them, I'm not sure.

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, and while I enjoy creating and coloring, these take some time and my hand gets tired by the time I'm done...AND that is when I go bury myself in a book!

Just a little look at what coloring looks like from a grown up perspective...still fun, still relaxing, maybe a little more detail, techniques and expense, but I say it's worth it.  My sanity is definitely worth it!!

I like BIG books-art journal page

I've added another page in my art journal, I had thought at first to fill up one journal with just reading/book images, but thought..nah, so I'm gonna just throw whatever I love into it.  I know what image I'm working on next and just have to figure out a background for her!

This image is from Tiddly Inks called Sweet Dreams, it comes with a couple images, this one and one like it but with Wryn in bed reading!  I've been collecting reading quotes along the way and thought this would be fun, I used some acrylic paint, texture paste, Tim Holtz stencil, letter stickers, black enamel gloss and a text stamp to add to the background. I really love how she turned out!

I would like to enter into the following challenges:
{PIN}spirational-PINK
Simon Says Stamp-ATG
KitNClowder-Pink TOP 3

Coloring challenge

The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge





Here is my coloring for day 4 and 5.  Day 4 I just did the skirt and heart, day 5 I finished the rest of the image....been traveling and on travel days it's really hard to find time to color, so I'm missing a couple days and that sucks, but it happens.

Here is my image....just LOVE her, she is from Tiddly Inks and is called Baby Dragon Queen, so much fun to color!!   I colored with copics, tried making a shadow of the dragon, not sure it worked or not, but I tried!  :D