Pink Bird Studio

Final Catch-up post - 2 more weeks in review

Phew!  I am going to try to keep up better in the future.  This catching up has been a lot of work!

Let’s start off with the last two weeks of the Index Card A Day Challenge (aka ICAD):

18 is probably one of my favourites.  I love the background, but mostly I like the woman looking out over the building - kind of like we are all doing at the moment as we start to venture out a bit more, which is why I thought the capture “inching forward” went well with the card.

And here’s another COVID-type card.  Don’t you think a fashionable space helmet would be a great idea right about now?

This one has a subtitle: sometimes Mr. Peanut forgets how recognizable he is.  I crack myself up.  

Yes, I did cut out images from stamps...

The birds in the next two cards almost hit the recycling bin.  You see they were originally from pairs of birds, and so their tales were obscured by their mates.  As I went to toss them in the paper recycling I stopped and thought - what if I just replaced their tails!?

And finally, we reach today’s card, 28.  We’re almost 1/2 way through ICAD already!

Now it’s time to catch up on the 100 day project, which will wrap up in a couple of weeks.

Other things I’ve been doing:

A bunch of tiny (2” or under) collages for an online challenge:

Some random postcards:

And last but not least, a journal page.

Thank you so much for joining me today while I got caught up.  Hopefully as of next week we’ll go back to weekly posts that will be a bit less daunting!

Stay safe.  

Catching up - x Weeks in Review

Well, I didn’t realize I was this far behind!  The last “week in review post I made was on May 3, and here it is June 7.  I don’t want to make one giant post, so I think I’ll try to do a couple of weeks at a time until I’m caught up.  I’m participating in the 100 day project, and now the Index Card a Day Challenge has started, so I’m making at least two pieces a day.  Add painting and journalling and you can imagine that catching up is going to be a big job.  So let’s get started:

Here are a couple of weeks of the 100-day project, starting where we left off:

Now I’ll fill in some of the other activities from the same period.

Lots of mixed media / collage happening here.  Some are postcards, one was  birthday card and some are just for fun.

A little abstract of Venice for a local art contest.

And some art journalling.  I’m working on a new journal that includes a lot of interactive pages.  This is the opening page, that invites you to “come in”...

And when you open the “doors”, you find this lovely.

Last, but not least, an altered index card as an ICAD warm-up.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope you are staying safe as the world adjusts to our “new normal”.  Take care! 

Week in Review

This week I continued on with the 100 day project - hard to believe we’ve reached day 27 already.

I finished the watercolour paper journal:

I think this next one is my favourite page in the whole book.

The last page includes a pocket.  Why I don’t know.  To carry reference photos, brushes, pencils?  In my case no surprise I’ve added a big bingo card!

Here is the page with the empty pocket:

The bingo card:

All tucked in:

I also made a zine!  I haven’t seen or heard of zines in ages - remember when they were big?  One of my online friends made one and I thought it would be fun to make one too.  I used the one-page format, and I started with a gelli printed sheet.  The only problem was when I went to copy it, I realized the piece of paper I used was too big, so some of it got cut off.  However, because it is quite abstract and has a pretty unified colour scheme it still worked.

Here it is folded up before being decorated:

Here it is when decorated unfolded:

The back and front covers, respectively:

 

And the inside pages:

If you are interested in making one of these they’re really easy, quick and fun.  Look up “one page zine” and you’ll find the instructions.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  Please stay safe.  See you next week.

Week in Review

This week was busy.

First off, I completed (and sold) a new painting.  The fourth in my Moderna series.  24” x 30” on canvas (and framed). 

I also found out one of my paintings was accepted into a show in Vancouver - this one’s on paper and only 5” x 7”.  The show will go live online soon, and then it will be the first in-person show whenever the gallery re-opens.

Next, here are the latest in the 100 day project.

I’m having a lot of fun with these - this week we’ve got to #20, or 20% finished the project which wraps up about half way through June.  I have confirmed with Tammy Garcia of Daisy Yellow that ICAD is happening again in 2020 so we’ll see how this overlap works out!

I did some more work in the sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project:

 

And my longish watercolour paper journal (which of course I am using acrylics on).

Last but not least I’ve started a one-page zine (made from a single sheet of paper).  I haven’t made one of these for ages but I saw someone making them on Instagram and thought I should get in on the fun.  

 

I’m starting out with a gelli printed page.

 

Thanks so much for joining me today.  Stay safe and well, and if you can, stay home.

See you next week.

Week in Review

This week I’m doing things in a different order - I’m publishing my week in review  before my Sunday Postcard Art piece, because I haven’t made one yet.  

I’ll start with this week’s pieces for the 100 day project.

 

I’m really enjoying this series.  

Next are some journal pages:

In this page you can see the window I added using a recycled window envelope.

And this page is the flip side (as you can see I wasn’t quite finished with this side when I took the first picture).

And the last page in this journal...

I didn’t do anything with the Sketchbook Project this week.

I did complete quite a few small paintings though.

These three are all on paper.

And this one is a 12” square on cradle board.

A also made a few random mixed media pieces, most on recycled box panels.

I’ve signed up for I Hanna’s DIY postcard swap  which I’ve participated in quite a few times over the years.  Always a fun event, and nice to see it continuing in these crazy times.  Some of these cards may be in my outgoing swap cards.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope you’ll come back later to see my piece for Sunday Postcard Art’s theme of Theatre.  

Stay safe, and if you can, please stay home.

Week in Review

It seems like I made a lot of art this week, given a couple extra days off.  Let’s see shall we?

I decided to participate in The 100 Day Project  this year.  Apparently it’s in its 7th year.  I was on the fence until I thought about some lovely flat watercolour cards I have had for years and never used.  I believed the box had 100 cards in it, and even though I knew where they were.  When both those things turned out to be true, I decided it was meant to be.

Although the box has been opened, it’s still quite full.  I am not sure I’ve used any of them, but if I get to the high 90s and run out I can cut some nice paper to size and carry on.  Here they are:

The project started on April 7, so today I’m on day 6.  Here is Day 1.

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 4:

 

Day 5:

Day 6:

Day 4 is my favourite this week!

I did one more spread for the Sketchbook Project - starting in on the second half already and not due until August (hopefully they are re-opened by August at the Brooklyn Art Library).  I’m continuing on my COVID theme.  Do you remember when phones had cords?!

i also did a complete ‘mini journal’ that a friend sent me last week!  It’s not that small dimension-wise, but it only has a few spreads.

Front cover:

And the rest of the individual pages:

I’ve grouped them in pairs as they appear in the book as spreads.

My friend designed these with a simple binding of washi tape and old papers, so I let those dictate the colour scheme for each spread.

And as you can see although the colours are fairly neutral, I can never quite resist a pop of colour.

Close to the end, more colour is creeping in.  :)

 

And the back cover.  Wasn’t that a fun little project?!

I also made some mixed media pieces on recycled materials.

And did another spread in one of my journals I’ve been working on for awhile.

 

That’s it for this week.  I’ve also been working on a large painting and a small painting that have both been on the go for quite some time.  Maybe with another 2 days off they’ll be done by next weekend!  We shall see.

Thanks so much for joining me this week.  I hope you are keeping safe and staying home if you’re able.  Take good care.

Week in Review

This week flew by, and here’s what I did art-wise.

More art journal pages in the watercolour paper journal:

A few mixed media postcards made on recycled material:

And a couple more journal pages in a different journal.  No Sketchbook Project this week.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  Please stay safe and stay home as much as you are able.  Take care!

Week in Review

This week, I’ve been adjusting (like many others) to working from home full time.  I’m very grateful to have a job where I can easily do that.  The only real extra time I have is my commute time, which can run anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour each way (average is about 40 minutes one-way).  I’m trying to use that time to enjoy a bit of extra sleep in the morning, and a little more art time in the evenings.  

I’ve been working on a large painting, but it is not nearly ready to share.  So I will show my journaling for the week.

I did one more spread for the Sketchbook Project.  I continue to explore the current situation in this book.  As you can see from the staples, I’ve already reached the centre page of this book.

I’ve been working in another journal that I had been working in several months ago and set aside (aka buried under other studio “stuff”).

And last, but not least, I’ve added three new spreads in the watercolour paper journal (which is great for painting with acrylics as well, which is my preference).  

 That’s it for this week.  Thanks so much for joining me today. Please keep well, stay home if you can, and keep your distance if you can’t.  

Two Weeks in Review

I didn’t realize I never posted my week in review last week until about Friday.  Hope everyone is staying state and healthy in these extraordinary times.  So here’s what I’ve been doing art-wise for the past two weeks.

First of all, I’m excited to be starting another sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project at Brooklyn Art Library.  It’s been turning into a bit of a commentary on our current global situation.  I would like to start by saying that I’m ok in every way.  Working from home, not feeling isolated, and keeping in touch with friends and family remotely.  So even though some of these pages seem a bit dark, they are not reflecting on my personal situation, but what I’ve been seeing going on.  I am very fortunate, and certainly don’t want anyone worrying about me.

I’ve also been continuing to work on my colourful abstract journal.  

That’s it for the week, thank you so much for dropping by!  Stay home, stay safe and stay healthy.  See you next week.

Week in Review

This week, I had a couple extra days off at the beginning of the week.  It seemed like I did a lot more art paperwork than art work.  Applying for shows and galleries, and also some “finishing” work, varnishing and framing paintings.  

I finished the journal I have been showing recently:

And I started a new one...

And a mixed media postcard - this little guy was in my junk mail!

Thanks so much for joining me today!  Have a great week, and Happy International Women’s Day.