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ICAD 2021 – Day 50 – grateful

We are closing in on the completion of ICAD 2021.  I have had several requests for a process video for this year’s themed cards – Extreme Mixed Media.  So here you go…    

31 Products Challenge

It’s never too late… Brigit Koopsen’s #31productschallenge actually began on October 1, 2018.  The plan is to use a different product each day for a period of 31 days.  That may sound like a lot.  But, Brigit came up with a list of 91 products. Here is her list.  I don’t think I have all these products.  However, I have …

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the index cards continue…

The 2018 Index-Card-A-Day (ICAD) challenge completed on July 31. Having several unused cards, I decided to carry on a little longer. When working on the index cards, I often have several cards in various stages.  Here are the three cards I had in progress on August 6, 2018.  You will notice the similarities:  Liquitex Raw Sienna Spray Paint, orange acrylic …

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Planner 2017 Week #1

I created a 2017 planner from a Moleskine 2017 Weekly Notebook using Lorraine Bell’s Plan Journal Play Workshop (http://lorrainebell.ning.com/workshops/plan-journal-play)..  My intention is to document my life during the year.  So far what I have learned is that there is little to document… I am living a somewhat boring life – not much to record. Unless my life takes an exciting …

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2016 ICAD Challenge

This is my second attempt at The Index Card A Day (ICAD) Challenge organized by Tammy Garcia of daisyyellowart.com.  The challenge is 61 days of creating a piece of art on an index card…from June 1 through July 31.  It doesn’t have to be a masterpiece.  It just has to be submitting to the process of daily creating something.  Some …

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Fog on the Water

I have spent the past few days scanning paintings and uploading them to the Store.  Tonight, I sent some time relaxing… sitting in my rocker… my feet up… with sketchbook practice.  I know the only way I will ever improve my art is by practice…practice…practice… I have watched videos and read posts where people I consider to be accomplished artists speak …

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I am the Vine, You are the branches…

1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. 3 “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 “Abide in Me, …