Index Cards and Candy Art

Continuing the 61 day creative 

habit challenge - ICAD.

 Index-Card-a-Day art: watercolor or

acrylic backgrounds, collage with painted papers, 

a little 'clip art', ink drawings, text, a map piece. 

There might be some watercolor pencil in there too...

you get the idea, lots of scraps and itty-bits!

Mixed media on index cards.

This was my favorite of the group...the 

combination of colors, and the suggestion

of blue waves...

This month the Hobonichi challenge is candy

and snacks from around the world. It's been

a fun challenge learning about each one,

and trying to represent their packaging. The

Japanese Umaibo was quite unique. Each 

flavor of the snack had a different design.

I've noticed the prominent use of bright primary

colors, especially red.  Eye catching is the name 

of the game! (Click on any image to enlarge.)

I read an American's review of the Milk Tablets 

from Thailand.  Apparently not a taste that he

found great. But I love that happy cow design!

And of course, most Americans are familiar

with Sixlets.  Similar to M &Ms, but smaller.

I like the letterstyle that's a little wonky.

This close-up reveals the imperfections,

(a little too much!) of drawing in a tiny journal.

I find that I can't see to draw tiny and accurately

that well any more. sigh. Suggestion of a

thing will have to do...

 

My journal pages usually have a

morning coffee doodle, so that 'qualifies' to

join Elizabeth for T Tuesday.

There are usually some delicious looking

photos of appetizing food on the participants blogs.

 Did you spot my doodle of the sweet roll? 

Stop by for a cup of something and a chat. 

Act My Age

My daughter tried to instruct me how to 

add a watermark to my images, so

I'll just leave this here...

but I'm still learning, and I'm not sure I

can remember all the steps, and boy there

are a lot of steps to remember...

why doesn't my brain remember stuff

like it used to?!  And I sure wish

I looked this young in actual fact.

I think my daughter may have figured out

my scanner problem. So I hope I can 

remember how to do that too...

scan as a photo, not on auto scan...

and why didn't the watermark version

of the larger piece

show up in the file I exported?

Yes, well, I'll keep practicing...

I understand layers in physical art work,

but not so much in digital transparent layers.

sigh.

so many tool bars, so many buttons.

so many functions...

I'll just be here with my pen and

paint brush...

Index Card a Day 2020

The Index-Card-a-Day Challenge is for

developing a creative habit, making art on an

Index Card every day, for 61 days...

(ICAD-June through July).

One of my art buddies said we all need a 

name tag like the one above.  Fair warning, I

guess, to folks who don't know about or understand

how all-encompassing our art habit can be!

(No offense intended toward anyone actually dealing with

a serious addiction, please take this in the light-hearted

manner in which it's intended)

You can jump in any time for the ICAD challenge,

 no need to "catch up."

Visit the DaisyYellow blog to find out more.

 I'm sharing a few of my cards so far...

The first week I went with a very loose

interpretation of the theme: typography, symbols,

found text and lists.  There are prompts each day

 for those who would like to use them, 

but they're not required.

I used watercolor backgrounds and collage.  On an

index card, you have to be careful not to get too 

much water involved.  I painted up several to start, and

after they dried, I put them under a stack of books

to flatten them out again.  Many art journalers 

prep their pages by painting background first, so

this is a similar idea.  Special thanks to 

Maia, an Instagram penpal who

sent some of the ephemera I used in collages.

Found text from a book, above. You'd be surprised what 

interesting combinations can result from cutting

phrases from an old book.  Most of my collages

include line drawings and details added with

a felt tip pen as the last step.

Above, cards 8-11.  The second week theme

suggested was: mark-making and organic

shapes.  Can you tell which card was inspired

by my spoon jade plant?  Cards 7-10 are

collaged. Card 11 didn't seem (to me) to need

any collage...I managed to stop before I 

went 'too far.' if that makes any sense.

I was delighted to receive some gorgeous

mail art recently from Kate Y.  She even

decorated the envelope with a mermaid's

tail! Just look at all the scrumptious layers

 and sparkly goodness! The postcard features 

dangling golden tags which can be

tucked into areas of the collage. I love it!

I sent a swap/return postcard to Kate decorated

 in Egyptian themed designs, 'cause I heard

she enjoyed them. Hope it arrives safely.

Throwing this in just for fun, 'cause it makes me 

SMILE!

and...

in order to participate in Elizabeth's T Party,

 I need to show something drink related.

So here's a hamster in a tea cup!

Visit Altered Book Lover blog to join us for

a beverage and a chat.