Saturday, June 20, 2026

creativity this week... watching paint dry and fabric grow

 

Every day is an opportunity to create, right?  Right now I am drawing/painting each morning and when my puppy was being funny one morning I painted him

I am using the ICAD prompts this time, but not on individual index cards, in my watercolor notebook... same size image but neatly in a spiral bound format. 

plus I don't need any pressure right now, so like Joy I am using the prompts as I like, skipping around

some pages using (on the top) "trace" and windsor newton watercolor pens with a stamp, "trace of blue"

on the bottom half, "coastline" or "serene" using inktense pan color, brush, a stamp with the watercolor pens , and scratching the end of a pencil to create phantom lines
I love it! For the next two paintings I used "lucky" and painted a 4 leaf clover with inktense color, then did a pentangle of drawings in each petal with pen
the bottom image is crossroads
as to fabric, I pulled out the basket of random scraps and put together some pieces to
 "start my engine" 
I limited these works to just what was in that accumulated scrap pile of all colors
and 
I do not know what these will become but they were fun to make. Can't ask a lot more from fabric
While listening to my audio book, my mind wandered and I thought how am I using the RSC prompt this month to use pastel color? 

I generally use light/pastel in the one color of the month to set off saturated color...

I thought, what if I focused on green, purple, pink, and yellow?

I got out my box of 2" squares, and found pastels to use for a background  
arranged them into colors
My "plan" was to applique spring flowers over this background...

so I started putting them up on the wall... it will change since I move squares each time I enter the studio, LOL

I see tulips in pink and purples, yellow pansies or little white flowers dotted over it. 
then I thought about neighborhood photos I took, and how to include them? 
I printed 4 of them onto fabric (in my home printer) 
but since I have so many little squares left, maybe they will become a second art work. I love the photos (click on an image to enlarge) 
I could see them surrounded with squares from my "watercolor" box... there are always more scraps aren't there? 
for this one, I will be adding a sort of border, then stitching them together this week, I hope... then applique some pastel flowers, some thread work, maybe a bead or two? 

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