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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…    

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My Index Card Process… Part 2

Using these 5 paints, I added more and more layers to the 3 cards I selected. The 4 Fresco Finish paints are chalk acrylic paints in the following colors:  Inky Pool, Pumpkin Soup, Dusty Teal, and Candy Floss. They have a very matte finish…as opposed to the glossy finish of other acrylic paints. The much loved paint on the right …

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My Index Card Process… Part 1

I confess…I don’t do videos…not yet.  Hopefully, that will change soon. What I hope to do here is to reveal to you in photos what my process is for creating the index cards that began with 2018 ICAD. Normally, the first thing I do is gesso the index cards. Thinking I would start with 3 cards…I gessoed the card and …

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Show Us Your Media

I am excited to be participating in Dina Wakley’s new monthly challenge.  For this month, the prompt is “Show Me WHY You Create”. I create because I LOVE it: and it fulfills a DREAM: Now that I am retired, I find creative fulfillment by making art…art of all kinds. This is actually a part of a larger watercolor Mixed Media …