Watery colours

Invitation for this week was to do something different. So I did :)

Cyclamen

It's winter transitioning into spring.
In the pine forests, I see the cyclamen flower, with its heart-shaped leaves.
So beautiful
This was my inspiration for this week's challenge

200 bubbles

Amazing how easy it is for us to give special meaning to numbers.
Have you ever wondered how come we have 10 fingers, but 12 hours on the clock? (well, common agreement is that the Egyptians counted with finger joints instead with fingers, using the thumb as their marker...).
Anyway, this week's challenge is about 200, so 200 it is.

(when on the road) Keep It Simple, Stranger

(In response to this week's challenge)

Amidst the hurricane of mundane life, I took a several days break with the family and we all traveled to Berlin.
Been there several times on business, but this time was a first as a tourist.

We got a mini suite at Kempinski Bristol, an old-time hotel which feels almost like a time capsule to days bygone.

In our room. A wooden table, simple in shape and form, the hotel notepad - made of simple paper, and a simple black-ink pen which I like.

And me. Simply sitting and just letting the pen make its journey on the paper.

Oh, how I dream of a tent in the dessert.

Compass rose

Time is of essence these days, and together with it lives a desire to draw.
This calls for choices to be made, and compromises to be agreed upon.

Here is my response to this week's challenge, the Compass Rose

Potato casa

Dolls, as requested by this week's challenge, is not my usual cup of tea. So I decided to extend the term "doll" as much as I could, and after going through simpson figures (Lisa is definitely a "doll") and Toy story (Buzz lightyear = doll ???) I ended up with Mr. Potato head :)

I traced an image I found on the net, and added my touches.
During the process, I also scribbled on various other papers that are on my desk, so for this week's challenge I present to you "The potato casa"

New-ance

Busy busy times. Last couple of weeks have been hectic to say the least. Work and life, balance and imbalance. To my complete surprise I found myself leading a survival battle for a most unique school. Hope to have good news soon.

So I skipped last 2 challenges, and was about to skip this one as well, until something surprising happened.
I gave myself a birthday present - a set of 5 Copic markers with the basic colors. Arrived couple of days ago. Love them. They look right, and feel right, and produce the most amazing colors.

I read through this week's challenge description, and was hooked to the "let's make it new", which is a theme I love. And indeed the drawings here are "new". New paper (with grid printed on it), a new pen (the most regular of ball pens one can find) and new colors (the Copic mentioned above). The results are, well, new :)

In the first drawing I also got some help from my daughter (and her own collection of Copics). She added the blues and purples