#cursiveismagic

February books read: @littleinklingsdesign Always Booked Up planner and stickers from @plan_with_monica. 12 books, 4.54 star average, same as last month, no DNF. Good month again. My goal for the year is 144, 12 books a month, so I am still ahead of the game. 31 at the end of February, my birthday month. If you want to follow along or join my reading challenges, you can friend me on @the.storygraph as theremightbecupcakes. For a classic a month, I read A Prayer Journal by Flannery O’Connor. #books #amreading #bookstagram #beyourownheroine #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookgram #booklife #bookblogger #bookpodcaster #booksofinstagram #bookdragon #bookaesthetic #bookpodcast #theremightbecupcakes #johnglatt #truecrime #flanneryoconnor #februarybooks #horror #cursiveismagic #2023books #2023bookstagram #billyjoearmstrong #greenday https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp_N0oAMQ9K/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

My commonplacebook/reading journal setup for my bucket list tracker: books and authors I intend to read this year. Second photo is a closeup of the windowseat and snowy scene outside. As I read a book (by category or author), I will color in a blank book on the shelves. As you can see, I have already read three books written by my friends. I have started a color-coded list on the next page. Journal is the lovely Moonflower from @notebook_therapy. #journal #commonplacebook #readingjournal #cursiveismagic #bulletjournal #handlettering #art #wintermood #amreading #bookstagram #bookstack #bookshelf https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwkoz2jbDd/?igshid=ez4a6b1vlnih

Can’t sleep, created a notebook cover. It started with this Swedish word, smultromställe, meaning “a place of wild strawberries” 🍓, a special safe place of solace. I doodled the strawberry milk carton while watching a documentary, then added the “Strawberry Fields” lyrics...then started another documentary. I live on a mountain, so I started drawing a zentangle mountain range. I wanted to finish out with one more related quite, and I remembered Mary Magdalene soothing Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar, telling him to stop worrying for one night and to let the world spin without him. The rich colors are all thanks to @prismacolor pencils. The white is thanks to my shiny @uniballco signo, the best white pen I have ever had. Let me know if you can’t read my cursive. #cursiveismagic #jesuschristsuperstar #marymagdelene #thebeatles #strawberryfields #strawberries #zentangle #zentangleart #prismacolorpencils #prismascolor #uniballsigno #washitape #handlettering #clouds #mountains #journaling #creativejournaling https://www.instagram.com/p/CDspGfLDwL3/?igshid=1aofidvy3qkgj

Finished my work based on the novel Circe, by @madeline.e.miller. In my Canson XL Mix Media sketchbook, inked with different mm of Tombow art pens and my Uniball Signi white pen (the best white pen ever). All color is Prismacolor pencils. These are all of the plants that Circe the witch, daughter of the sun, used in the novel. The quote from the novel— “the tonic of ordinary things”—was handlettered by me. The Greek is the nouns and verbs for “charm”, “spell”, and “witch”. #handlettering #cursiveismagic #bookstagram #beyourownheroine #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookgram #bookblogger #booksofinstagram #bookdragon #bookaesthetic #bookart #amdrawing #tombow #canson #prismacolor #madelinemiller #circe #mythology #artsagram #witchcraft #theodyssey #odysseus #healingherbs #medicinalherbs #flowers #sociallydistantcraftclub #sdcraftclub https://www.instagram.com/p/CCtkn7Sj1em/?igshid=lqeyss84lrze

Worked on coloring my work in progress based on the novel Circe, by @madeline.e.miller. In my Canson XL Mix Media sketchbook, inked with different mm of Tombow art pens. All color is Prismacolor pencils. These are all of the plants that Circe the witch, daughter of the sun, used in the novel. The hastily-penciled quote from the novel— “the tonic of ordinary things” —plus @stevienicks lyrics are going to be properly lettered. #handlettering #cursiveismagic #bookstagram #beyourownheroine #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookgram #bookblogger #booksofinstagram #bookdragon #bookaesthetic #bookart #amdrawing #tombow #canson #prismacolor #madelinemiller #circe #mythology #artsagram #witchcraft #theodyssey #odysseus #healingherbs #medicinalherbs #flowers #stevienicks #sociallydistantcraftclub #sdcraftclub https://www.instagram.com/p/B_lxAjYD3SY/?igshid=1jlf6qt9oyfjl

Work in progress based on the novel Circe, by @madeline.e.miller. In my Canson XL Mix Media sketchbook, inked with different mm of Tombow art pens. These are all of the plants that Circe the witch, daughter of the sun, used in the novel. Lettering and color to follow. The hastily-penciled quote from the novel— “the tonic of ordinary things” —plus @stevienicks lyrics are going to be properly lettered. I think I am going to use my Prismatic colored pencils to color the plants and flowers. #handlettering #cursiveismagic #bookstagram #beyourownheroine #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookgram #booklife #bookblogger #bookpodcaster #booksofinstagram #bookdragon #bookaesthetic #bookart #amdrawing #tombow #canson #amreading #madelinemiller #circe #mythology #artsagram #witchcraft #theodyssey #odysseus #healingherbs #medicinalherbs #flowers #stevienicks https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Ve9V4DwiQ/?igshid=1h013lr4gaj8h

In my Canson XL Mix Media sketchbook, with Tombow brush markers and calligraphy pen. Quote from the delicious novel Circe, by @madeline.e.miller, based upon the Greek myth. More art to come inspired by this novel. Drawn while listening to the audiobook Member of the Family, Dianne Lake’s story of living with the Manson Family. #handlettering #cursiveismagic #bookstagram #beyourownheroine #readersofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookgram #booklife #bookblogger #bookpodcaster #booksofinstagram #bookdragon #bookaesthetic #bookart #amdrawing #tombow #canson #amreading #madelinemiller #circe #mythology #crows #artsagram #artistsoninstagram #artwork #circethewitch https://www.instagram.com/p/B-LKw4kj8sk/?igshid=a7tj7uzpuyk2

I’ve completed my art for Leonard Cohen’s lyrics “Suzanne”. I used several widths of my @tombowusa pens, then my watercolor pencils. I am so pleased with my peony! The lyrics I chose are part of different verses: “And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China... And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers...” #art #artistsoninstagram #artstagram #handlettering #cursiveismagic #lyrics #music #poetry #leonardcohen @commandercohen #peonies #tea #oranges #teandoranges #suzanne #watercolor #sketchbook #sketchbookdrawing #teacups #nostalgia #nostalgiamusic https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Y9U6pAbYo/?igshid=10hsyyfmuede8