MERMAY
Oh my goodness, it's June already! Well, I had a fun time creating mermaids for Mermay in May! My daughter in law even baked me an amazing mermaid birthday cake to celebrate the end of Mermay!
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| Cinco de Mayo Mermaid |
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| Mother's Day Mermaid |
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| My Beautiful Mermaid Birthday Cake! |
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| Amazing Detail! The Frosting Was Painted On! |
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| My ICAD Cover Card |
ICAD
I have begun my favorite challenge, Daisy Yellow Art’s Index Card A Day Creative Challenge which runs for 61 days, from 1 June through 1 July. I create art every day and this year am writing and illustrating a mystery called “Farley’s Fairies and the Mystery of the Little Cottage.” I write a little tidbit every day and at the end of 61 days, I should have quite a story, ha ha! I hope I can put it all into a little book, complete with coloring pages when done. You too can join the ICAD Challenge by reviewing the prompts on the Daisy Yellow Art website and joining the FaceBook Group to see and post your art. Click
HERE for the web page. It's not a competition, it's a creative challenge. As written before on my blog, I've learned alot about my art during these challenges and made many wonderful life-long friends from around the world! This is my fourth year and so far, I've finished every one. It does take dedication and I've found that trying to limit my time daily helps, although I'll admit that some days I do more than planned. Although I draw my cards, many collage and create more abstract index cards. It's all good!
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| ICAD Day 1, Prompt: Mailbox |
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| ICAD Day 3, Prompt: Magenta |
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| Anatomy and Face Practice |
ANATOMY AND FACES
I located a wonderful guide on the internet to drawing the human body and so have been practicing, although I found that I prefer the wonky folk-art style humans I've been drawing. I'm also practicing faces. This little art page is the result of my first works on these subjects. Click
HERE for the original link written by Joumana Medlej. I'm also reminded of my YouTube video on drawing faces, it is simple but effective and gives good practice.Click
HERE to access this free video.
Well, that's what I'm up to, please chime in and leave me a comment about what you're up to, I'd love to know! Thanks again for tuning in and if you haven't already, enter your email in the "FOLLOW" box then confirm by clicking on a button you'll receive in the email.
Enjoy the Journey!
Barbara
i love the mermaid cake!
ReplyDeleteThank you! My new daughter in law is a brilliant and thoughtful bakestress! She completely surprised me with this as she knew I was doing mermaids. It’ll be fun to see what next year’s mermaid month brings Gail, haha!
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