Magic Pencil Mandala Monday

A few years ago, Stephanie gave me this amazing set of @kohinoor_hardtmuth Tri-Tone Pencils, which I don't use nearrrrrrrly enough, but when I do, it's always a lot of fun. I like to combine them with my original Koh-i-noor Magic Pencil and I often pop in a little more structure by adding outlines with my Letter It Fineliners from Ranger. This creation is in my Dina Wakley 6x6 Kraft Journal which I love for its sturdy, square pages!

ICAD Recap and Mandala Monday

Just another manic Mandala Monday, followed by the rest of last week's Index Card a Day artworks, in reverse order. Hope you'll find time to do something fun and creative today! ♥

Day 41: Magic Pencil Mandala

This set of Yoobi multicolor pencils came from Miss Stephanie and has a great combination of multicolor leads that make everything you color a bit of a surprise... in a really good way!

Day 40: Verdant

Only as I loaded this one onto Instagram did I realize that it was on the wrong day... but hey... there no BAD time for handcut Green Stamp foliage, is there?

Day 39: Geometric

Quilt-ish triangles are fun to arrange. Hence the TWO cards! :)

Day 38: Turquoise

A one staple collage featuring a sewing pattern lady, some green stamps and cool ticket stickers that Stephanie sent me, with bits of map, interesting wall paper and a fractal background.

(Technically only the index card itself is turquoise, but still...)

Day 37: Mysterious

This card has nothing really to do with the prompt, although it is a bit mysterious that I can't seem to stop cutting out little shapes, smacking them on index cards and stitching on top!

Day 36: Quatrefoil or Ogee (again!)

A more traditional ogee pattern, with punched hearts and hand cut teardrops on a repro library card.

Day 35: Yellow

I had intended for my doodley watercolored flowers be almost entirely yellow, with green foliage and maybe a little orange; but it seemed unfair to exclude all the other colors...

Magic Pencil Mandala Monday

A few years ago, my friend Paul bought me a Magic Pencil at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and it instantly transported me back to grade school art class and the joy of simple, colorful, fun supplies. Since then, Miss Stephanie has found several different versions, including the astonishing set of Koh-I-Noor Tri-Tones that you see in the photo. Amongst the many things that Magic Pencils are awesome for is drawing and doodling, because it really allows the "magic" of the random color distribution to shine. 

Magic pencil mandala, outlined in Pitt Artist Pen, 

in my Canson Mixed Media Sketchbook