London Fog Tea & Art

 Good Morning! It's a cold one here in Ontario. Like super cold I hate it. -14 but feels like -23! what? Noooooo I don't like it. I stay cozy and warm with my favourite tea at the moment and it is London Fog Tea. I am linking up with T Stands for Tuesday hosted by the lovely Elizabeth. 

Yesterday I took out my pastels and oh what fun I had! 

Lately I'm having a challenging time figuring it out what to draw and paint

I need more prompts,

Where do you go for finding prompts? 

using pastels is fun!

oil pastels on Canson Pastel Paper

 

Chalk Pastels on Canson Pastel Paper 

Both chalk pastels and oil pastels are messy to play with but so much fun. I will be playing with these today as well.  I hope you all have a lovely Tuesday and enjoy the rest of the week. I appreciate you all for your visit and thank you for your comments. It means a lot to me. 

Thank you! 

Maria

In The Art Room

 Happy Sunday! 

Linking Up to Sunday in the Art Room  Hosted by the lovely and talented Nicole.

This is my art space. I am grateful for this space even if it is small. I don't mind at all. I just always need to have a window to look outside. I need to feel close to nature. 

Recently working with watercolours.

I love working with watercolours so much. 

Acrylic Markers

Fun to work with makers and doodle. 

Mixed Media

Sketching faces

watercolours

markers

Journaling

small sketches

watercolours

coloured pencils

Finished my little clay plate to hold my washi tape

I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday my friends.

It is very cold here in Ontario

we have -18 and it is super cold.

Have a wonderful day and thank you if you stopped by to read my post. 

I am truly grateful!

Have a creative and beautiful day!

Thank you from my heart.

Maria 

Weekly Arts & Crafts

 

Hello and happy Tuesday! 

Linking up to T Stands for Tuesday Hosted by lovely Elisabeth

&

Art Journal Journey hosted this month by the lovely Erika  with the Theme "What's Up"

What's Up with me...

I created my winter mood Board in the Art room,

It is always fun to put together a bunch of things that I like,

I enjoy using various fabrics, yarn, ribbons, pictures, postcards and handmade items like the felt heart.

I made a hanging heart with yarn

I do feel I need more practice with this because I tend to put too much yarn in one area than another but I do think the heart looks pretty. 

I created a pink felt heart and added glitter glue on the ends of it

I would like to make some with lavender and a lace trim in the future. 

A closer look at the winter Moodboard in my Art Room

Having a cuppa coffee. This is my daughter's cute mug.

Currently Reading and enjoying

A few stationary favourites on my desk

I use all of these daily in my journal

I love little stamps and would like to have more. They are fun to play with. 

One of my cats 

this is

Auggie

He is never amused only if it involves food. 

I hope you all have a lovely week,

thank you for your visit and your wonderful comments. 

Thank you,

Maria 

Friday Artful Adventures & Creations

 

Happy Friday!

This week was an okay week but I am lacking energy and motivation.

When do you start decorating for Christmas? I think I am going to start decorating this weekend.

I need some lights and Christmas decor to get me uplifted.

⭐️ 

This week I did create a little artwork and I managed to put together the last Vlog for October.

Have a look if you like. 

 Linking up today with Friday Face Off Hosted by the wonderful and talented Nicole 

& 

Art for Fun Friday hosted by the lovely and wonderful Gillena. 

🌟 

This was done on Thursday November 6th on Pastel Paper,

I used my phone to work on a self portrait for Nicole's Challenge. 

 Friday Face Off

I am going to keep working on my self portrait with a variety of mediums to explore and learn more. 

I used chalk pastels. I feel I need a lot of practice with measurements and proportions. 

I do have a book that I am going to look over and It has technical lines and measurements that I can learn from.  

oh the messy lines lol

oh the ears lol oh my goodness 

a mess but this is good practice

I kindly won gouache paints from this brand on Instagram.

https://nevskayapalitra.com/

I am truly grateful.

A video of the swatches.

Painting with the gouache paints and testing them out.

I notice gouache paints dry flat.

I need to work with them more.

This week I also created an illustration. 

I used pencil crayons, crayons, water, markers, pencil and fineliner pen. 

❄️ ❄️ ❄️ 

In Other News

I kindly won a fragrance from Dave Lackie on Twitter. 

He is so amazing.

 It also came with a clinique headband. 

Perfect to hold my hair back when I do my skincare.

He is an incredible friend. 

I love this fragrance. Clinique Happy. So fresh and revitalizing fragrance. 

Thank you so much Dave!

Friendly Snail mail from a Wonderful Friend

Thank you Yaya!

If anyone would like to do a small snail mail exchange for junk journaling let me know.

I exchange things like small stickers, paper goodies and stationary goods. 

message me on IG. 

Check out my previous post if you like

Hello November Rain

Beyond the Lines: Exploring the World of Notebooks & Journals With a Cuppa

❄️ 

Thank you all for your visit and your wonderful comments. 

Thank you from my heart and have a wonderful weekend!

Maria 

Hello November Rain!

Hello November Rain! 

The weather has been yuck.

It gets darker by 5:00.

I feel a bit tired this week. 

Linking up to Rain's Thursday Art & Dinner Date

&

Little Things Thursday

I had fun with this illustration. 

I know it's not perfect and I could of made it more neat but rainy days are messy! 

I used crayons, water, marker, fineliner pen, pencil crayons and pencil. 

My dinner 

Spicy cabbage with carrots and rice and a cheese sandwich. 

I really love cabbage. Need to make some cabbage rolls soon. 

I can eat cabbage everyday.

Thank you so much

Have a lovely Thursday! 

Maria

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Art and Journal Planning

Happy Halloween! 

Happy Friday my spooktacular friends. 

I am so sad that it is the end of October. 

So sad that all the trees will have no leaves anymore. 

A compilation of October in a mini video.

But I am very grateful for each moment. 

October truly was an incredible month.

Lots of Art, Tea and Journaling!

I would like to Link this post up with Nicole's Friday Face Off & Art For Fun Friday 

hosted by Gillena.

Thank you both for hosting lovely parties. 

I kindly received a Leuchtturm1917 Notebook. 

Thank you so much to Leuchtturm1917.

I painted the trees and the colours that I see around me.

Brrrr It's cold outside

I haven't started the Portrait Challenge yet.

 I will probably use a photo of when I was younger and start working on it next week. 

I did enjoy making this little portrait of how cold it is in the mornings. 

Another watercolour tree with lots of autumnal colours. 

I bought this sticker book off of Amazon and I love it. 

I have no idea how I can use this besides in my journal. Any Ideas?

Making cards? 

A flip through of the sticker book.

Finishing up my old Leuchtturm1917 before I get into the new one gifted to me for November.

Hubby's Photo from work

 Toronto

This Morning

Halloween 2025

Hubby's Photo From the 37th Floor

I hope you all have a wonderful and spooktacular Halloween!

Thank you all for your lovely comments!

Thank you Leuchtturm1917 for the new Cherry Coloured Notebook

I love it! *Feel free to use my code: MARIA for 20% off on their website. 

Not Sponsored.

 Thank you and Happy Halloween!

Previous Posts

Bewitched In Spooktacular Adventure

Tuesday Tea and A Farewell to October

Art Desk With Sketches and Doodles

 Linking up to the wonderful Friday Face Off hosted by the talented and wonderful Nicole & Art for Fun Friday hosted by the wonderful Gillena and for Art Journal Journey, hosted by Elizabeth, Erika and Mia.

This week I was at my desk doodling and sketching.

I tried to stay off my phone as much as possible. 

Self portrait practice 

I am using the reflection in my window to draw the self portraits.

Doodling fun

More doodle fun

 Junk Journaling

 I really love the colours and patterns in this piece. It's a favourite. 

Spooky Fun

Markers and water

Thank you so much for being here and reading my post.

 I hope you all have a wonderful weekend full of creativity!

Much love and kindness. 

Maria