Partial ICAD Catch-up

 I've been working on doing my ICAD pieces for this sort of lost month of July. 

They are being done one by one, but more than one per day so that I can catch up by the end of July when the ICAD event ends. 

So, here's half of my July ICAD pieces.

A lot of these are using text from the brochure that I got at the Los Angeles Public Library

Grommets is one of my all-time favorite words so I was happy to find it in print to use!

We have a brand-new Pride Flag hanging up on our house.

I really like how this one turned out. This is from the label for the index cards that I'm using this year for ICAD.

That's one big batch. Still catching up on the rest for July, but getting pretty close.

ICAD Time

 

Time for ICAD (Index Card A Day) once again. I haven't made a "rule" for myself this year beyond this one: At least one word has to be included.

Thinking of the beginning of Pride this year.

I so often end up in a landscape

I was thinking of Agnes Martin paintings that I enjoyed seeing at SFMOMA.

Thinking about the book I read recently about mushrooms and fungi.

Then I fell into doing even more collage.

And continued

I particularly like this one.

And then back to mostly watercolor pencils and crayons.

Looking forward to doing 90 more of these.

ICAD Weekly Update

 

Back for another weekly update on my ICAD work. One index card a day. This first one inspired by the cappuccino stamp, a forever stamp to be precise. And my feelings on the subject of cappuccino is yes, Cappuccino Forever where ever I happen to be.

I like how the magazine paper background to the word blends in so well.

My Favorite Child of the week, far and away, no contest.

Although I do like this one, especially the sky.

Cool stuff from the hotel we just stayed at in San Francisco.

All the ways to collect

It's been hard to keep up, but I'm pushing through and doing them anyways.

Another Week of ICAD

 

flexi

True Instinct

Ultimate Commuter

COURAGEOUS

WOMEN

AllStrength

FASCINATION

Eleven ICADs

 

Here are the first eleven ICAds for this year. This first one might be my favorite. It's made with collaged pieces of watercolored Swedish tracing paper.
 

I am again using a word or phrase on each card. I'm choosing it first before beginning work of the card.

This is one of two cards made using marks that went off the edges of other cards. It's always interesting to see how intentional they can end up looking.

I used a lot of the different sized pens on the black part of this card.

Sometimes when I'm looking in the magazine I'm cutting my words out from I'll find an image I want to use on the card.

This is the other card that was an underneath card.

Trying to find some ways to make texture happen.

All gray or black.

ICAD Ho!

 It's not too late to join in, Index Card A Day (or ICAD) is happening again this year. It goes for 61 days, from June 1st to July 31st. I'm participating once again this year which will be my 7th year doing this project. 

Here is what my table looks like as I get ready to begin work on the first card of this year's effort. Note the new stack of blank index cards.

All my usual supplies are ready to go. The boxes of pens and pencils all fit in the plastic box.

And even more importantly, I've located my file card holder. One year I couldn't find it for a bit and almost didn't do the project which was very silly of course.

I let the cards dry first before I file them in here, ten cards per section. Blank unused cards go in the back. And if the cards have been watercolored, then I usually flatten them overnight underneath heavy stuff. In my experience, the fairly lightweight cheapie index cards stand up to the water and the working, but they don't dry flat without help.

I'm looking forward to doing this year's project.