Pink Bird Studio

Week in Review

This week it’s been about art journals.

The last page...

The next two pages are in a new book.  I found an outdated coupon book in my purse that I couldn’t resist repurposing.

 

I also made an oversized postcard:

And began some experimental Gelli prints...

Thanks so much for visiting today!  See you next week.

 

Week in Review

Now that the Index Card a Day (ICAD) challenge is over, I’ve returned to my regular mix of creations - mostly art journalling and mail art, with a touch of painting.

Let’s start with the latest art journal pages:

I’ve been on holidays this week and picked up some new stencils that I’ve used on this page.  Check out the giant British postage stamp!  

This one is more free from with mark making and doodling instead of stencils.

And last but not least this one is really all about mark making and doodling.  Such fun.

I made a series of simple collages that I will mount on square greeting cards.  I love the chess-themed postage stamps on these.

And this one, which features a chair stamp and my hand-carved house stamp.

I made some mail art:

This was just made of stuff that was on my work table.

I don’t usually name these little postcard-sized collages, but I did these next two.  This one I’m calling “Neighbourhood Watch”.  

And this one I’m calling “Drop me a Line”.

This one I liked so much I decided to try to make a larger painting - this one is about 5” square on recycled box:

And this is the 12” square version on a cradle board.

I also finished another 12” square canvas - much simpler and less colourful!  Well I say simpler, but I mean it looks simpler.  There is actually quite a bit of effort in colour gradation and texture.

Thank you so much for joining me today - see you next week.

 

Week in Review

This week saw the wrap up of ICAD, as well as some art journalling and other miscellany.  

For this one, I joke that this is what happens when you play dystopian dramas like the Handmaid’s Tale in the studio.  

This one practically made itself - I see a landscape (purely accidental).

And the last card of the year...

Here they all are - 61 + a couple of warm-up cards.  Now they’ve been safely taped into a book with black pages that also houses 2017 and 2018.  Will need a new book next year.

I made a few abstracts on recycled boxes next - the colour is really off in the second one - they are both closer to the first but more grey, less blue.  

And this one is also on a recycled box.  

And a journal page.  

Thanks so much for joining me this week - see you next time!

Week in Review

This week, I carried on with the Index Card a Day project.  We are up to day 58, so only three days left!

Also did a bit of journaling.

I completed a few paintings that have been in the works for quite awhile.

The first two are each mixed media (mostly acrylic, with a bit of graphite and Neocolour IIs)  on canvas and measure 12” square.

And this one, which measures 10” x 12”.  I started with several layers of collage, which I then sanded with my rotary sander.  I drew these lanterns over top with orange acrylic marker and then painted in the background with Payne’s Grey acrylic.  

And I altered a bingo card, just because.

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Week in Review

Here are this week’s index card for the Index Card a Day (ICAD0 challenge:

I also finished a couple of journal pages:

The sweet little birds I’ve featured this week come from an old bird book circa 1940s.  What a treasure!  Thanks so much for joining me this week - see you next time.

Week in Review

This week was again focused on ICAD, as well as The Sketchbook Project.  One of these days I’ll get back to all the paintings I have started.  :)

For ICAD, this week brings us to card / day 44/61.  Just 2.5 weeks left - time flies!  I’m using words and phrases cut from a novel in large print that I picked up second hand.  I just saw someone using text from a romance novel - hilarious!  I might have to pick one of these up just for that reason - definitely not on my reading list, but I know they are very popular.  

Then there are the Sketchbook Project pages:  Most of these started out with a gelli print.  That really helped speed things up, and spoiler alert, I’m actually done my book.  6 months early.  A record for me.

The  background on this is a photocopy of some fancy paper that I made for my image transfer class and didn’t end up using.  

Probably my least favourite page in the book, but I don’t hate it.

These two pages show the only insert I added into the book.  Back.

And front (as you can see here it was a bingo card).

 

And the final page.

Thanks so much for joining me this week!  See you next weekend.

Week in Review

This was another busy week and it was pretty much all about ICAD, although I did get to finish a couple of new spreads for the Sketchbook Project.

Monday was Canada Day and I was off to Toronto for 2 nights. My flight was bright and early as you can see from the bits of boarding pass I included.  I doodled those circles on the plane when I was not snoozing.  

I’ve been doing most of my ICADs on a landscape orientation this year.  I was excited when I cut my “tall” house in two and was able to create a new house shape!

Bits and pieces.

Using up gelli prints and such.

Sometimes I like to do something absurd.  :)

I captioned this one “When it came to cake, her eyes were always bigger than her stomach” - a problem I definitely have!

And last but not least (for this week) - just a fun collage.  This is # 37 / 61.

As mentioned, my sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project continues to come along.  I haven’t had much time to paint lately on actual paintings, so it’s great to have these fun little things to play around with that can get completed on a daily basis.

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Week in Review

I was travelling for much of this week, so didn’t get very much done, but I did take my index cards with me.  I’m heading off again in a different direction at the beginning of this week.  I’m midway through a big re-structuring of my studio.  So it’s chaos and disorder (even more so than usual) around here!

I will start with the ICADs

I carried on with the “geometric” theme for the first couple of days - the bird on the left just showed up, so I decided to try to make one on purpose on the right.  

A few little geometric doodles here.

Now I’m back to just doing my own thing, which is what I usually do anyway.

And now we are done month one with card 30.

And here is the obligatory “month one” shot.  There are 34 cards - I’ve included my 4 warmup cards.

I also managed to do a couple of spreads in my sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project.  

Thanks so much for joining me today - see you next week!

Week in Review

For this week’s ICADs I carried on with the weekly theme of mark making.  

Then I switched to the next weekly theme - inspired by pattern and geometric shapes.

I also managed to create a few journal pages.  This is in one of my journals already started.

I also decided to sign up again for the Sketchbook Project this year.  Again I am challenged by the poor paper quality and the fact that no acrylic / gesso is allowed.  Last year I created each page on a hot press watercolour postcard which I then attached with double-stick tape.  This year I will start with a base collage on the page and build up from there, adding marks and other collage elements.  

Due date:  February 1, 2020 - lots of time, right?  :)

Here is the first page (inside front cover):

And the next two spreads:

Thanks so much for joining me today.  See you next week!

Weeks in review - AKA the Catchup Post

It’s been a very busy few weeks since I posted.  I have not had much art time, but I have managed to keep up with the index card a day (ICAD) challenge.

 

Here are the cards I’m using this year - such fun colours and from the dollar store so great price too!

I actually did some warm-up cards in no particular theme before the challenge started:

After that it was June 1, and I actually decided to try out Tammy’s daily prompts for the first week.

Day 1 - prompt “Mailbox”

Day 2 - “peppermint”

 

Day 3 - Magenta

Day 4 - “Reflection”  

Day 5 - “Tourist Map” (of my home town - reassembled)

Day 6 - “Leaf”

And Day 7 - “Stencil” 

Well that was enough daily prompts for me.  Next I decided to play along with the weekly themes (because these next two weeks I love the themes).

Week 2 was “collage” - hello!  My favourite thing!

And now we’re two days into week 3 - which is mark making - my other favourite thing!

I also participated in Hannah’s DIY International Postcard Swap.  I had enough postcards already made to send out.

And finally I had a bit of time yesterday to finish an art journal spread started weeks ago.  

Thanks so much for joining me today - sorry this post has been quite lengthy.  I should be back next Sunday with my usual week in review with more ICADs and hopefully a finished painting.