Miscellaneous Index Cards

Paper Mosaic

Pods

Simplicity

Islamic Motifs

Doll Collage

Live Your Life

13th Century Church

The Art of Sewing

An upcoming wedding is scheduled for October,

and the rush of preparation has begun.

There will be two flower girls for 

strewing petals from these little bags.

I made two lined bags from burlap and white muslin.

They are adorned with a white muslin rose

and vintage pearl beads. (click on the
image to see enlargement) The pearl beads

came from my grandmother's stash from
 Lee Wards, so they certainly should qualify as

'something old!'  I also added a cross-stitch

label inside with the girls' names, so they 

know which bag is theirs. (which for some reason

is important to 3-6 year old girls)

I found the idea for this bag on Pinterest.

But beware. It is extremely addicting!

So many entrancing images...so it can

really be a swallower of large chunks of time.

Whatever your art is, make sure you make the

time for it. Mine will be sewing, decorating, and

arranging flowers in the weeks to come...

Index Card a Day. June and July 2012

The challenge over at Daisy Yellow is

to create art on an index card every day for the

months of June and July, 2012.

So far, so good.

Collage above~Restore~

painted paper, hand-carved stamps,

and postage stamp. Acrylics,

watercolor, and tempera.

Collage using fabric, origami paper,

scrapbook paper, and hand-painted paper.

Pear with Blue, above.

Fabric and painted paper.

Collage of painted paper, scrapbook paper,

and a quote torn from an old textbook.

Index card collage which includes

a pocket and a tag. ' Pointing hand'

drawn in Sharpie marker and watercolor 

washes, along with scrapbook papers.

I hope you are making time for 

creating art this summer!

Medieval Art. On Index Cards.

Triptych of Medieval themes.

Left: Eve; Center: Virgin Mary; Right: Saint Walburga.

Sharpie pen and watercolor on index cards.

Mounted on cotton print fabric.

Angel. 

Bird in tree.

Dragon.

Medieval rendition of plants and trees.

Alphabet. Motifs from illuminated manuscript.

  This art work is

inspired by Medieval master works,

and adapted to line drawing format. Sources were

sculpture, low relief, illuminated manuscript, and 

tapestry. Though the portrayal of people during this

time was quite stiff and lacking naturalism,

I find the motifs and designs in the art work

quite fascinating, and useful for new work.

ICAD and Doodles

Index Card a Day (ICAD) Challenge: Mid-week update~

Collage made from assorted painted papers,

scraps from wallpaper and scrapbook paper,

drawings, and Dover clip art.

I doodle a lot on my journal pages...

I have tried to resist the "Zentangle Craze"

for a long time, and just couldn't any longer.

You may see some patterns that

resemble quilts. (I did!) Anything is

fodder for these little doodles, from

plants and fabric designs, to 

ancient decorative borders found in

Egyptian tombs...
(click on any image to enlarge)

I really didn't need another obsession...

it certainly can be addicting.

These were pasted into my 

visual art journal, and will be a 

reference for designs to add to

my journal pages.

Stop by on Friday when I'll

be posting the rest of my 

Index Card a Day drawings...

it will be a Medieval experience!

Index Card a Day: Week 1

The Index Card a Day challenge is

helping to make 'art every day'

a habit. "Sparkling Collage" above,

includes watercolor, scrapbook paper,

cardstock painted with acrylic,

and hand-drawn images.

This collage includes some images that

I've been saving for quite a while.

The calligraphy is from a piece that 

didn't work out, but I saved this bit 'cause

it was 'still good.' Tree from a magazine,

woman from a clip art sheet. (sorry I

don't know the source)

Fish card, above, is a combination of the

prompts 'fish' and 'dictionary.' Sharpie pen

and watercolor.

This index card will become a postcard

for a Mail Art call. It may be hard

to give it up...I really like how it turned out.

Sharpie permanent markers.

Doodles in Sharpie pen, above.

I've been thinking about making some

'Artistamps' for some time. These were

sketched in pencil and inked in with

Sharpie pen.  Since I am quite a 

'pack rat,' and collect stuff, it seemed

appropriate. (though I'm definitely not

a fan of rats, or even mice for that matter!)

Hop over to Daisy Yellow to find the

links to the other players' cards, or 

even join in! You don't have to catch up,

just start.  One index card every day in

June and July.  It's great fun!

ICAD2

June begins the ICAD 2
(Index Card a Day Challenge)

over at DaisyYellow.

Above is a journal page spread featuring

two index cards that I did last year.

As my grandson is a big fan of Star Wars,

he asked if I could make him some pillows

with Star Wars characters on them.

Searching the net for images, I couldn't

resist sketching Yoda...my first

index card of the challenge is born.

One of the optional prompts
for the week is "yellow."
Interesting how combining
lots of shades of yellow
points up their differences.
Gouache, watercolor, Sharpie pen,
wallpaper, Uno card, fabric,
'golden' paper bag with bee logo,
and scrapbook paper.

I will be posting my index cards

for the week on Fridays, and if you

are interested in participating in

the challenge, visit Tammy over at

DaisyYellow!

Index Cards. Mini-collages.

Decided to do a few

quick collages on 4x6 inch

index cards. 

Scraps from the day:  Fabric bits,

tissue box designs, scrapbook paper,

watercolors, cough drop wrappers,

postage stamps, tempera paints.

Journal Pages: Doodles, Sketch, and Collage

Tempera paint on typing paper--created

while my grandkids painted too.

Doodles added using Sakura

white Gelly Roll pen. Originally to be

torn up and used in collage, but

decided to paste it whole

into my art journal!

Sketch in purple crayon~

toddler watching television...

admit it, you would like to

watch tv in your underwear too!

(click to view larger image, hopefully

you can see it better)

Collage borders from fabric, paper,

and drawings...waiting for writing

or more images.

On journal pages that are filled

with hand-written notes, I like

to add a little color. These

are tags collaged at the bottom

of the page.

Collage from a map, doodles,

a stamped image salvaged from an

envelope, drawing and writing.

When I won a give-away over at

Christine Cemmonson's blog, she

sent me some wonderful ephemera.

The chickens are from her stash.

It is a good challenge to

combine unrelated images and 

rather use them as Color, Shape,

Size and Value in the composition.

I have been wondering if I should

do the Index Card A Day challenge

over at Daisy Yellow again this year.

What do you think?

Action Words: Art Journal Pages

Visual journal pages continued

in my spiral mixed-media sketchbook

while I worked in the Fake Journal.

I tend to save small scraps, and often

put them in a plastic baggie to take along

with me. They are great to create journal pages

by just combining disparate scraps.

Then I often come back to the collage

later and add the written words

or more drawing.

Watercolor, scrapbook paper, gouache,

Sharpie pen, and painted papers.

I made the little "journaling labels" myself,

using watercolor and pen.

What are the Action Words
 that you use?