I have a friend named Deb who loves notebooks, and she uses them…. for to-do lists, for notes, for designs, for lots of things.
Now, I love notebooks too but often only the first few pages are used and then they languish in a drawer or on a shelf.
But, I just can’t help myself. When I see a fun/gorgeous/colorful notebook, it often comes home with me!!
Thus, I present the newest notebook in the Arnold household…..
Once in my possession, the question is “what am I going to use it for?”
As I have mentioned in previous posts, I try to find things to do with my hands while we are watching TV. The reason is because, if I just sit, I will probably go to sleep!!
With that in mind, one night I grabbed some black markers and my NEW sketchbook and propped myself up in the chair and decided to do SOMETHING!
The first drawing was something that I had seen on a Reel one day….. drawing wavy lines in all directions, drawing a daisy-like flower in each section and then filling the blank areas with black. (By the way, I had intended to do process photos along the way but got excited and forgot!!).
This was my first one….
After I “finished”, I wondered what would happen if I colored in the flowers but found that the markers I had were too narrow tipped to FILL each flower. But, this is what I ended up with…..
….and the next day, I bought some brush markers for future drawing!!
Next, I divided my 5-inch square into 1-inch sections and started adding straight and curved lines……
Wouldn’t a simplified version of this be an interesting FMQ design??
My last drawing for the night started out with a classic FMQ design…..
I call them wormholes!!
I then wondered what would happen if I added a grid to the background….
I like that, but what happens if I fill in those grids…..
NOW it is getting interesting!!
I then decided to take it one step further…..
Now THAT one I REALLY like!!!
I am planning to continue playing with non-fabric crafts at night and will post more as I finish them.
Who knows…..maybe this will be one notebook that I WILL FILL!!
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