I managed to get a short break from work and go on a driving holiday with friends. Such fun to get out and about. A different world than last year with masks and social distancing but that’s ok. I’ve been carrying on with my little squares. Some abstract and some collage.
I also made some bookmarks...
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This week I finished the last of my small square collages for the month of August.
So what to do for September? Well, I decided I liked the small format and that I’d like to explore abstracts this month. I’ve been doing it, but I’ve been busier than ever at work so I’m not sure this is going to be my best month!
The first couple of days went well...
Then I did this one. I didn’t much care for what I had done, so I covered it in a fairly thick coat of titan buff paint and carved some abstract shapes into the top layer of paint with the end of my paintbrush handle.
The paint was still quite thick (and wet) so I took a print from it with another paper square.
I think I like the print better than the original!
Then the week really went to heck and I made a few little 2” squares over a couple of days.
Today I finally got a little art time in but still not as much as I would like! A small square abstract...
And two little 2” discs.
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This week again I’m been very busy so I’m going to stick to my daily square collages.
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This week was very busy again outside of art, so I’m just posting my small square collages again.
The first four days were pretty usual...
But then I decided to mix up some animals... And things got a little weird.
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It’s really hot today and that means I’m cranky and tired - hahaha. So I’m just going to post my week’s worth of square collages and if I did anything else this week I’ll catch up next time.
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As I mentioned last week, Monday was a holiday and I managed to finish a couple of paintings.
This first one is called Jardin Moderne. It’s 24” square
The next one is called Rearview Mirror. It’s 30” square
I carried on with my daily square collages:
I worked on a small journal.
And I did some doodling on chipboard. I have some grey tone mixed media paper and I may do some more of these “on purpose” because I really like the black on grey. I did some more gelli prints on black and the doodles are sitting on one of my latest papers.
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Well, it’s been an exciting week. ICAD wrapped up, I had four paintings accepted for a show at the Federation Gallery in Vancouver (3 will be in the gallery and online, and 1 will be online only), and I found out that one of my collages was accepted for an upcoming book on collage. Wow!
let’s start with the end of 2020 ICAD.
That was a wrap for this year. I made my “heading” card at the end this year:
This is what they look like all in one place (61 + 9 bonus cards).
I decided to keep the momentum going - I’m going to make a square collage each day of August. Here are the first two.
Speaking of collage - I finished up the challenge of tiny collages with five final entries - each around 2” square:
I also said goodbye to my latest submission to The Sketchbook Project. My favourite contribution so far (this is number 11 for me).
Front cover:
Inside front cover:
Final spreads:
And inside back cover:
That’s a wrap. I have a couple more things that I’ve done today but I will keep them for next week. I’m a day late posting this. It’s a civic holiday here so my days are all mixed up. Thanks so much for joining me today - stay safe!
Glad to be all caught up - this should be a shorter post!
Let’s start with a completed painting. This beauty is 24” square on wrapped canvas - I can’t wait to frame it.
Now on to the latest index cards for the Index Card a Day challenge - this week, we passed the half way mark.
First up, card 29. I used one of my new hand-cut bird masks I made recently.
July 1 was Canada Day, and I actually remembered to use a Canadian stamp this year. :)
For card 32 I skipped the bingo number in favour of this beautiful postage stamp. These are my rules to break after all!
Card 33 features one of the new hand carved stamps I made this week.
Card 34 was for July 4, and I also remembered to use a US stamp that day! Also featuring another hand carved stamp.
And last one for this week - card 35.
Now I’ll catch up on the latest pieces for the 100 day project - we are getting really close to the end. The reason I don’t have seven this week is because I got ahead of myself (again) and messed up the numbers. The last day will be July 15.
This one features yet another simple hand carved stamp.
Here’s a spread for the Sketchbook Project. Apparently I’ve moved away from COVID and onto adultery - haha! This book must be mailed by August 15 which is just around the corner. I have 2 full spreads and 1 half spread left so no problem!
This one is an abstract that is the first page of the book.
I’ll sign off with one final 2” collage diptych.
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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!
It’s been quite a couple of busy weeks. I missed participating in Sunday Postcard Art two weeks ago, and then last week I posted my card to Instagram but never got around to a blog post. This week I’m making a point of participating.
The theme is At the Beach, and I decided we needed a mermaid.
Hope you’re all staying safe as the world finds its footing in the “new normal”. Thanks so much for visiting.
Take care!
