Index Cards 48 - 53

Back to the index cards from this summer - This one got misnumbered and is really #49.  I don't do coloured zentangles very often, but they're fun when I do.

I do believe that the prompt for this card was kimono - I had to look up how to draw one - I added my own little dragon flies to the fabric.

The one thing I like about doing the index card prompts, is that no two cards are ever the same.  Each prompt brings a new idea and lends itself to a different medium perhaps.  And they're small!

Create something everyday - big or small!

Old Mandalas

Here are a couple of mandalas I did during the summer in a couple of my altered books - of course the above one is from Canada Day this year.  My maple leaves in the middle aren't perfect - but none of my mandalas ever are.

Have a great day -

Create something everyday.

Index cards 41-47

I loved the bridges that we saw through the countryside in Scotland - we didn't see the actual 'Harry Potter"bridge, but a few came close.  I sketched this out using a photograph I had taken.

Great way to use up some of the sticky letters I have.

I pulled the definition of doodle out of the dictionary - so that must have been the prompt for this card.

Focus or Blur

I love doing these sorts of designs - but it can be hard to keep things straight!

A Mandala on this spacey sort of background that was done on a gelli plate.

I can't remember what this prompt was, It might have been plaid or dancing.  I found a little package of kleenex that had these highland dancers on them.  I added blue tissue paper around the outside and let it hand over the edge.

Hope you're enjoying your fall day.

Create something everyday.

Joan

Mixed Media Canvases

Yesterday I attended a workshop at the Alberta Orff Chapter as part of my professional learning for my music classes.  However, I also had the honour of being able to display and sell some of my Mixed Media canvases which I created just for this workshop….they're all music themed.

I'm excited about the idea of doing more for their boutique and for creating others to sell.

Hope your weekend has gone well,

Create something everyday.

Index Cards 35 - 40 Catchup

The rainbow for this was painted previously for one of my watercolour practice exercises…now filled with zentangles.

We had been in Edinburgh, Scotland for a day at this point, and I loved all the chimneys on the buildings.  Of course there were lots of pigeons too.

As we left Edinburgh and went traveling around Scotland we saw a number of wind turbines.  The paint that was already on the card lent itself well for a landscape.

Another card based on what we were seeing at the time - I had to sketch this "ticket" because there were no photographs allowed in the castle we were in.  I thought it was cool - a metal piece that cut out this sort of shape and was used for private meetings of the Jacobites back in 1746.  Wow!

The prompt for this card - games!

Create Something Everyday!

Index Cards 29-34 -Catchup!

Obviously the prompt for this card was Ice Cream.

Canada Day 2015!

We were traveling this day to Scotland…I stamped some of my cards ahead of time with "travel" themed stamps so I could use them.

I love making these little stacks!

That the catchup for today.

Create something everyday.

A lot of Catching up to do!…….

I know it has been MONTHS since I've posted on this blog - but I haven't stopped arting - so, I'm going to begin catching up by posting the rest of the Index Card a Day cards that I created this past July and the add some of the other projects I've created.  It's actually fun looking back at these - remember all of them are just small index card sized.

I'll not expose you to the whole lot at once - there are 62 in total…but this is a beginning.

Remember -

Create something everyday!