Janice suggested I photograph all of my index cards together before binding them into a book.
Showing posts with label ICAD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ICAD. Show all posts
Friday, August 8, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
Final ICAD Projects #68 - #70
It's a wrap! 70 index cards in 61 days. Here are the final three:
Gelatos
Stamp by Magenta
Collage of scrapbook paper and drawing
Fountain Pens and watercolor
Thanks so much for a great project, Tammy! I'll be binding these into a book methinks.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
ICAD #66 & 67
July is coming to a close and I still have a few index cards left. Anyone who is counting will notice that I've done more than one a day since June 1. I do want to use them all up so I better get crackin'!
Gelatos
Stamped Mandala
Stamps by Kelly Panacci
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Monday, July 28, 2014
ICAD Project "Rocks My World"
In the words of Tammy at Daisy Yellow, the originator of the ICAD Project, this project really has "rocked my world". Loyal followers of my blog will know that I have about a dozen journals on the go at any one time. I always seem to need another type or size of paper and so I start a new one.
Some of these journals are handmade with stitched bindings, some made with my Bind-It-All, and some are purchased. I've tried journaling in old books and I have one journal with black paper. I have small ones to take travelling and larger ones for home use. I have several that are 5 1/2" x 8" as I often drift back to that size. I have journals with watercolor paper, mixed media paper, lined paper, graph paper, scrapbook paper and acrylic painted paper. You get the idea LOL.
This plethora of journals bothers me. I'd love to have a neat, clean journalling practice that chronicals my life. Once in awhile I do actually finish a journal, but with so many on the go, it takes awhile!
Over the last year, I have toyed with the idea of journaling on loose paper, and then binding as I gather a stack. I thought that this approach would address my various paper requirements as well as get them bound in chronological order. It was size that threw this plan off-track. I couldn't decide what size to use and so I cut up some paper in four sizes. None of them got used and I continued working in the journals I had on the go. And of course, I started a few more.
Enter Index Card a Day, courtesy of Tammy at Daisy Yellow. I had a near-new package of 5" x 8" index cards I was dying to use up (yay!). They're a little bigger than Tammy recommends but I didn't think she'd mind.
Many times as I did my daily index card, I'd get frustrated by the paper quality. They curled and wrinkled when I got them wet. But there were so many advantages that I kept at it. I wasn't afraid of ruining a "good" journal and I didn't worry that my cards had to be "finished". This was incredibly freeing. I found myself doing all the experiments I had always read an art journal should contain. I even got out my sewing machine! And I loved writing about the media I used on the back for later reference. How nice that I didn't have to squeeze it on the front somewhere!
One thing that didn't frustrate me was size. I found that being restricted by the size of the index card gave me one less thing to think about. Some restrictions, I learned, are a good thing. Too many decisions and I get paralyzed.
Over the two months of the project, I found that my index cards could be grouped into two distinct types: experiments with all the media I read about, and drawing, mostly from real life. So I think that the project has resolved my journalling dilemna. For experiments and multi-media artwork I will work on loose pages of 5 1/2" x 8", and I'll pick the appropriate paper for the project. If I decide to use some of them to cut into cards, ATC's or bookmarks I can do that, and maybe even frame them if I want them on my wall! I'll probably use my Bind-It-All to bind the rest up into a journal when I have a stack of them.
For drawing, I will work in a stitched journal, likely on watercolor paper so that I can add watercolor. (The stitching will allow me to do a more seamless double spread.) This book will be in chronilogical order, of course.
Just one BIG question remains: Do I have to use up all of those journals I have on the go?
Some of these journals are handmade with stitched bindings, some made with my Bind-It-All, and some are purchased. I've tried journaling in old books and I have one journal with black paper. I have small ones to take travelling and larger ones for home use. I have several that are 5 1/2" x 8" as I often drift back to that size. I have journals with watercolor paper, mixed media paper, lined paper, graph paper, scrapbook paper and acrylic painted paper. You get the idea LOL.
This plethora of journals bothers me. I'd love to have a neat, clean journalling practice that chronicals my life. Once in awhile I do actually finish a journal, but with so many on the go, it takes awhile!
Over the last year, I have toyed with the idea of journaling on loose paper, and then binding as I gather a stack. I thought that this approach would address my various paper requirements as well as get them bound in chronological order. It was size that threw this plan off-track. I couldn't decide what size to use and so I cut up some paper in four sizes. None of them got used and I continued working in the journals I had on the go. And of course, I started a few more.
Enter Index Card a Day, courtesy of Tammy at Daisy Yellow. I had a near-new package of 5" x 8" index cards I was dying to use up (yay!). They're a little bigger than Tammy recommends but I didn't think she'd mind.
Many times as I did my daily index card, I'd get frustrated by the paper quality. They curled and wrinkled when I got them wet. But there were so many advantages that I kept at it. I wasn't afraid of ruining a "good" journal and I didn't worry that my cards had to be "finished". This was incredibly freeing. I found myself doing all the experiments I had always read an art journal should contain. I even got out my sewing machine! And I loved writing about the media I used on the back for later reference. How nice that I didn't have to squeeze it on the front somewhere!
One thing that didn't frustrate me was size. I found that being restricted by the size of the index card gave me one less thing to think about. Some restrictions, I learned, are a good thing. Too many decisions and I get paralyzed.
Over the two months of the project, I found that my index cards could be grouped into two distinct types: experiments with all the media I read about, and drawing, mostly from real life. So I think that the project has resolved my journalling dilemna. For experiments and multi-media artwork I will work on loose pages of 5 1/2" x 8", and I'll pick the appropriate paper for the project. If I decide to use some of them to cut into cards, ATC's or bookmarks I can do that, and maybe even frame them if I want them on my wall! I'll probably use my Bind-It-All to bind the rest up into a journal when I have a stack of them.
For drawing, I will work in a stitched journal, likely on watercolor paper so that I can add watercolor. (The stitching will allow me to do a more seamless double spread.) This book will be in chronilogical order, of course.
Just one BIG question remains: Do I have to use up all of those journals I have on the go?
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Friday, July 25, 2014
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Saturday, July 12, 2014
ICAD #43 - Positive and Negative Space
Another Drawing Exercise from Dreaming from the Journal Page, by Melanie Testa
Friday, July 11, 2014
ICAD #42 - Strawberries and Cherries
Watercolor Sketch
This is a double technique challenge from Melanie Testa's book Dreaming from the Journal Page.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
ICAD #39 - #41 - Drawing
Books I'm Reading
Drawing Exercise from Melanie Testa's Book Dreaming From the Journal Page
Pineapple Tea Box Drawing with Gouache
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
ICAD #38 - Revisiting a Favorite Technique - Versamark and Pan Pastels
Pan Pastel
Hand Carved Mushroom Stamp
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
ICAD #37 - What I'm Reading
Gouache
I think that this will become a regular part of my sketchbook routine. I read a lot and so if I'm documenting my life in sketchbook, I should draw my books! This ICAD project is helping me work out my very confused thoughts on journaling.
Monday, July 7, 2014
ICAD #35 & #36 - Color Wheels
A useful ICAD exercise - color wheels made from just three primary colors, in watercolor and gouache.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Saturday, July 5, 2014
ICAD #32 - Blind Gelato Goes Walking
I enjoyed taking a black gelato for a blind walk so much that I did it again. I just love finger painting with my gelatos! I love it so much that I've gessoed two more index cards ready for more. (Gelatos move so much easier on gesso).
My sister, Dianne, thinks this is a man taking a shower. How does she do that? She sees so much I don't.....
My sister, Dianne, thinks this is a man taking a shower. How does she do that? She sees so much I don't.....
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
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