Dreaming of Fairies

It's hot and humid around here.

That means I go into hibernation!

-I did get out this week for a lecture at the MFAH on the Houghton House exhibit.

I'm not usually a decorative arts person, but the curator threw in so much history that she made it interesting to me.

-I've been able to keep up with the Index Card a Day Challenge and
will post this week's cards on Saturday.

-It is the little things that bring a smile to the face during hibernation!

A rose blooming in the garden.

I'm going to grab a glass of ice tea, a book, a cat (or three) and dream of fairies! 

Wishing YOU well and much joy.

Thank you to Kim.

The Watercolors Came to Play!

We just completed week four in the Index Card a Day challenge.

Be sure to check out Tammy at Daisy Yellow for more ICAD information.

You can start any time!

ICAD # 22: School

This is the school in the Enchanted Forest.

The teacher is a cat like looking woman.

ABCs are important, but she also teaches about frogs, lady bugs and monkeys.

Every break comes with cake and ice cream.

Neocolor background, the school is from an excess sheet,

 collage, stamping, markers.

ICAD # 23 for June 23, 2014: Hearts. 

This card could be for the repeating patterns or magenta or both.

 Background of torn book pages. 

The hearts are a stencil where I used modeling paste. 

Let everything dry and then rubbed with Golden Fluid Acrylic Quinacridone Magenta. 

Let that dry and rub with Golden Fluid Acrylic Iridescent Gold.

ICAD # 24 for June 24, 2014: Umbrella.

 A quick little watercolor for the prompt "umbrella".

ICAD # 25 for June 25, 2014.

Torn book pages, stamping, collage, various paper scraps,

fluid acrylics.

ICAD # 26 for June 26, 2014

For the Love of Purple!

I enjoyed the little watercolor I did for Tammy's umbrella prompt so much

that I got out the water colors to see if I remembered how to do color drop flowers.

YeeHaw! What fun!

Watercolor, rubber stamping and a "real" stamp.

ICAD # 27 for June 27, 2014

A Study in Red

Ledger paper on a 4x6 index card.

Watercolor, rubber stamping

The hearts were cut from another index card that had been painted with

various shades of red.

ICAD # 28 for June 28, 2014

A Study In Orange

4x6 index card, watercolor, rubber stamp, butterfly.

Four Weeks down in the Index Card a Day Challenge

and the watercolors came to play.

Perhaps they will stay!

Wishing YOU well and much joy!

Sunday

"Light must come from inside.

You cannot ask the darkness to leave.

You must turn on the light."

~Sogyal Rinpoche



Wishing YOU well and much joy.

Twenty-one and counting!

Twenty-one cards are complete and only 40 more to go!

Here is week three of Index Card A Day:

ICAD # 15: Fortune
Mostly collage with some neocolor.

ICAD # 16: Listen

Torn book page, modeling paste, neocolor, printed photograph.

ICAD # 17: Cats Pajamas
Neocolor, washi tape, stickers.

ICAD #18: Bloom
I always put a blank sheet of some type of paper below whatever project I'm working on.
The background for this one is one of those "excess" sheets.
Modeling paste, brush markers, stamped word.

ICAD # 19: Play
Another "excess" sheet, security envelope, markers, micron pen.

ICAD # 20: At The Window

Mostly collage with some brush markers.

ICAD # 21: Purple Tree

This one has a story.

There is nothing unusual about purple trees if you live in a little cottage in an

enchanted forest! 

Neocolor background, "excess" for house, brush markers, collage elements, stamping.

Thus end week three!

Be sure to check out Tammy at Daisy Yellow for more ICAD information.

Wishing YOU well and much joy.

Art Is

"Art is the essence of life.

Our words and our actions should be filled with art.

The substance of art is complete awareness."

~Thich Nhat Hanh