Drawing and Collage On Index Cards

Woman's Face

Face From Book Cover

My Writing Hand

Living Room Buffet

Still Life From Catalog

Moving Day Cartoon

Pines collage

Numbers

Near the end of the Index Card a Day challenge.

I won't end up with all 61, but I've done 54 so far.

Not bad considering how life can get

complicated...

Seize the Day

Pages in the Bits and Pieces visual art journal:

Collages from scraps of painted paper 

and assorted papers. I especially like the 

little tab that I made (right) from a scrap of 

watercolor paper doodles.

Left, 'Pink' is an extra 4x4 from a swap in 2008.

Right, another collage of scraps with magazine word.

It is a happy circumstance when you run across

art work in the studio (ok, stuffed away in nooks & crannies)

that you had forgotten about.  These hearts in acrylic paint

were successful pieces,
but they are small: about 3 1/2 inches.
I didn't know what I wanted to do with them...

When I ran across them again, I realized

they would be perfect for art journal pages!

Collaged from acrylic and watercolor paintings.

Have you tried doing an entire page of doodles

or abstract shapes in bright colors? Tear them up

and they make wonderful collage ephemera!

Maybe the 'tearing up part' is difficult at first,

but also freeing in a way...try it!

An index card with a Monet quote...found on 

Lynne Hoppe's blog. I don't remember seeing this

quote before, but it expresses the frustration that

many artists feel. Critics make a living of 

'evaluating and critiquing' art works. Monet 

just wanted people to enjoy his work.

An excellent goal indeed.

Graffiti, Zentangle and Collage

Graffiti Wall

Sharpie pen and highlighter

on index card.

 

 The Index Card a Day challenge will be

over on the last day of June, but that

doesn't mean the creating ends.  The whole

point was to get a habit started! 

Creating every day is good for my mental health...

 just Do It, as the advertising slogan goes.

 

Flower Mandala

Vintage White

Fabric, notions, and watercolor

Pink

Painted paper, scrapbook paper,

magazine image and paper punch scraps.

Zentangle

Zentangle 2

Below: Patterned Stripes

Journal Collages and Index Cards

Bits and Pieces

visual art journal: cover was painted

with gesso and collaged with

hand made paper, remnants of vintage

fabric, buttons and lace.

The first three spreads are from

the Bits and Pieces journal...

Journal borders from fabric, doodles,

and paper.

Yellow 4x4 on the right is an extra I had

 from a color swap in 2008.

The black images are my drawings.

The bird was copied onto clear acetate

after I completed the drawing on paper.

Again, I utilized an extra swap page (on the right)

and attached it with decorative tape.

Tree of Life-

inspired by Medieval art-

in a larger spiral art journal.

Below:

DRAW WHAT YOU SEE

Index Cards

Ball jars on the windowsill

The foot rest on a restaurant chair

Restaurant chair and table...

the tiles on the floor and counters

make an interesting counterpoint to

round tables.

The jumble of equipment on a

restaurant counter.

The above drawings were 'direct to

paper' in pen without any preliminary

sketches in pencil. It was a challenge to

find time in a busy week to draw the index cards!

What did you create this week?

Words in Collage

Happy La Rana

Fabric, watercolor flower, vintage game card,

Loteria card, painted cardboard, found word,

recycled tissue box.

Blues

Watercolor, fabric, recycled tea packaging,

scrapbook paper, ledger paper,

ball point pen, tempera.

Play

Hand-dyed paper (gifted by Diana!)

scrapbook paper, tempera, stamped word,

painted cardstock, color copy of a 

previous collage, ledger paper.

Garden Bouquet

Fabric, cover illustration from a  book of postage stamps,

watercolor and pen. The words are the 

title of the postage stamp.

Not so many cards this week...

life happened.

I am trying to remember to

cherish all the moments...