Draw, Paint, Collage. On Index Cards

Two weeks worth of index cards...

Acrylic craft paint on 4"x 6" index cards for the first of
the two weeks~July 6-12, 2013
 of the Index Card a Day challenge.

Visit Tammy at Daisy Yellow to visit other

artists doing the challenge!

July 8 & 9 - I decided to add some

drawing with the Sharpie pen...

July 10 - I drew a face over the

dried acrylic paint with a Sharpie

bullet-tip marker. Highlights added

with white Sakura jellyroll pen.

The paintings above and below started out

being a "wipe your brush free of color and

excess water" surface. Then the pen lines 

were drawn to suggest  brush strokes;

dashes and dots suggesting the stops and

starts of paint going onto the paper surface.

For the second week, July 13-19:  
Above, doodle motifs were added to 

sections of this painting for added texture.

Above, a Sharpie pen drawing after

a photo of a fresco of an archangel...

A collage from scraps, above.

Tulips and a bird, inspired by American folk art...

I think I will revisit this theme in the future.

"Draw and Paint your own embellishments

whenever you can."  Pink scrapbook paper,

hand-drawn green label, and my painting

of a violet-inspired flower in the left corner.

More dash and dot drawing over paint,

this time with watercolors.  Below, a tiny

collage added as a focal point to

the painted background.

Twelve days left of the Index Card a Day challenge.

Next week, I plan to create some cards

inspired by American Folk Art.  So stop by

 to see some art inspired by 

early American Frakturs.

To see some Folk Art from previous years,

go here and here.

Many thanks to all who visit!