Index Card A Day (ICAD) -- Catching Up

'Alphabet'

Collage with painted papers

and markers.

'Blues'

Collage with painted papers,

fabric, and marker.

'Pink and White'

Collage

'Yellow and White'

Collage

'Coffee (and thin bagel)'

Zig pigment pen

'Simple Pleasures'

Watercolor background,

markers and pens.

(I doodled this while listening to 

a podcast of Teesha and Tracy Moore)

'Jeans'

Collage with fabric,

label and stamp

'Pink Sky'

Collage with painted fabric

and painted papers

'Rust'

Gel pen and chalk pastels

'Stitch'

Acrylic background, marker,

embroidery and fabric collage

'Watercolor Rose'

Sketched in pencil,

watercolor applied, let dry;

Pigma pen outlines

'Spring Flowers'

Watercolor, crayon,

and assorted pens

Since I started this challenge late,

I did two cards each of the six days this week,

so now I am caught up.  Be sure

to visit Daisy Yellow  to get the links to see

the work of the other challenge participants!

Art Journal Pages

Remembrances of my grandmothers...

Watercolor background, scraps

of painted papers and scrapbook papers

in borders, with some pen work.

Click on any image to enlarge

Notes from an art textbook, below.

Couldn't resist adding some sketches...

This art journal seems to be filling

up with more writing than the previous journal.

For me, it's  usually more about the art than

the writing. But I do like to get

information down in a place where I

can locate it again, and that's my

art journal!

Index Card A Day (ICAD)

Elizabeth at Altered Book Lover blog

told me that there was an 

Index Card A Day challenge going on

for the summer. I found it at

DaisyYellow's blog.

Card above, 'acrylics' prompt.

Circles

(Crayon and watercolor resist)

Scissors

(Zig permanent marker and watercolors)

Masking Tape

(Collage, Orange painter's masking tape)

Magic Marker

(Sharpie & Sanford Colorific Markers)

Collage

(Fabric, painted papers, scrapbook papers,

Inchie image from a collage sheet)

Collage and Drawing

Mixed media collage on a 4 x 6 index card.

I buy them in a spiral pad so I can take 

them with me. I can work on them 

while on vacation or while waiting

for someone to get done with

an appointment. More fun than

looking at outdated magazines...

A drawing on ledger paper, with some

stamping, purchased tags, and

triangular banners of scrapbook paper,

and painted card stock.

A sketch for some canvases I am thinking

of painting.  3 tall skinny canvases, but

grouped together as one composition.

Colored pencil in my visual art journal.

The right hand larger circle is a light blue. 

On my monitor it is too pale...

trying to use mauve, browns & tans

with accents of blue & purple.

Yesterday's post gave me some trouble,

and I don't know if it was Blogger or

operator error. It will disappear and

this takes its place.

A bit of a dry spell right now,

but hoping to make progress

and get into more drawing!

Rainbows in Ohio

After the thunder, lightening, and

tornado warnings...

 (no enhancements)

click on any image to enlarge.

Visual Journal Pages

Watercolor and Sharpie marker

in my Art Journal.

Images inspired by Vogue magazine

fashion layouts, and

Kandinsky type motifs.

Love and an Editorial

I think that we over use the word "love."

We say that we "love a color," or that we "love

 a piece of art,"  when we really

mean that we take pleasure in it.

It is not a 'strong affection due to kinship'

or 'attraction based on sexual desire.'

It could be affection based on admiration,

benevolence or common interests,

as in "I love the work of

Teesha Moore."  I don't think it's

"warm attachment, enthusiasm or devotion--

as in love of the sea "-- but it could be

I suppose...It's not Godly love or

brotherly love, or a love affair.

Definitely NOT a score of zero in

tennis.  To hold dear, or cherish?

To thrive in?  As in 'a rose thrives

in sunlight?'

~

I thrive as long as I can

make art.

(definitions from Webster's

 collegiate dictionary)

Visual Art Journal Pages

Above

A page in my spiral bound

visual art journal. Watercolor and pen.

A folk-art style drawing.
Click on any image to enlarge.

Pages from the Scrappy Green Journal.

Background inked and written over

in pen. White gel pen on 

magazine illustration.

Bits of ephemera collaged on also.

Fun stitching provided by Elizabeth,

creating spaces to write...

Also in the Scrappy Green Journal:

Count your shoes...

the one with the most, wins!

"Fashion fades, only style

remains the same."  ~Coco Chanel

Draw something today...

as the top page says, don't think about

what the thing that you are drawing is.

Just look at the shapes and spaces

in relationship to each other.

Draw from real life.

Practice. A lot.

It gets easier.

And more fun!

Fifties Fashion Tribute

copyright A. Janet Burggraf Bishop

Drawings by my mother, 

when she was in high school.

Pen and ink on paper,

with crayons or colored pencils.

Another post of my mom's
drawings is shown at right
in Popular Posts sidebar:
"Fifties Fashion."

 

 Drawn from magazines or

dress patterns.

Click on any image to enlarge.

You can see the quality of the

lines. She used a pen nib

dipped in India ink.

Even in the fifties, it appears

that the models were extremely thin.

My mom always supported my desire

to make art.  I drew paper dolls

and 'girls' when I was growing up too.

Thanks Mom!

Graffiti Art

Graffiti artists create a 'Tag Name'
for themselves,
a sort of self-invention. Like other artists,
they want their name to be 'out there'~~
to make their name and their art
widely known and recognizable.

'Tag' to fit in a business-sized envelope. (above)

Used graffiti style lettering and images.

Craft acrylic paint, Zig pen,

and white gel pen. Inspired by
a graffiti wall with many layers of paint...

Back of tag.

Origami paper, scrapbook paper,

crayon resist & acrylic,

Zig pen & white gel pen.

The tag is to be removed

from the painted/stenciled

envelope below.

Letters stenciled directly onto

envelope painted with acrylics,

and also onto other pieces of

cardstock, then glued on.

Crayon and pen markings

added to background.

These are all part of the Scrappy Green Journal.

Elizabeth had included the yellow

Police Line tape, and I thought 

"Why not Graffiti?"

I drew the little 'cartoon kid', 

applied watercolor, then inked in.

Copyright Dianne Bishop Carey 2011