So, I thought I would pop in and share a little of what I have been doing lately.
In my last post I shared some of my favorite cards from the first 30 days of the Index Card a Day challenge over at Daisy Yellow.
I am proud to say that I completed the 61 day challenge. I did not skip a day and I ended on time. Now, I won't say that every card I created was a work of art. Some of them are pretty bad lol But I created a card EVERY day and that is the challenge. I also stayed on prompt for every card. Yep, I am very proud of myself....and feeling a bit lost without the daily challenge.
So here are some of my favorites from July.
The prompts from left to right:
Top Row: Queen of Hearts, Chess, Face, Flag
Middle Row: Definition, Parachute
Bottom Row: Bridge or Gin Rummy, Raindrops, Weather
I found myself drawing more in those 2 months then I had in years....and loving it! I also had strange and unexpected side effect. I became hooked on Chibis. Yes, those cute little childlike Japanese anime characters.
Someone in the group posted a card one day stating she had bought her daughter a learn to draw chibis book and decided to try it herself. Her little people were adorable and made me want to try it too.
I ordered a couple books from Amazon (How To Draw Manga Chibis & Cute Critters by Samantha Whitten and Jeannie Lee and Manga For the Beginner, Chibis by Christopher Hart)
I am having so much fun! My kitten from the Raindrops card was my first attempt at an animal chibi. I love how he turned out.
I am finding that I am better at drawing the faces than I am at bodies and clothing....but I am loving the learning process so I draw at bit a few days a week. I think I am getting better....not sure how hubby feels since I keep bugging him with 'how does this look?' haha
So, here she is, my very first chibi. Her face is cute and done fairly well. Her body and clothes...well there are issues lol I drew her on July 17.
Red Riding Hood. Again, I really like the face but the hands, legs and feet are too teeny/scrawny. Drawn on July 19.
Now we jump ahead a couple weeks. I was stuck in bed with severe back spasms so I had hubby bring me my sketch pad, pencils and markers. I decided to concentrate on faces and hair for the day. I wanted to create expressive faces and cute hair. July 31
Moving forward to today, August 7. I have been wanting, since day 1, to create the cast of the Wizard of Oz. I may have jumped the gun but I am having a good time and learning as I go.
Here is the pen drawing.
I have started adding color. I am using Copic markers. Now if you have read my blog over the past few years then you are probably shocked. I swore I would never jump on the Copic bandwagon! Who in their right mind spends $6+ on a single marker? Well, obviously, now I do. I found that for the first time in my life I could not get the look I wanted with pencils (and I am really good with pencils - if I do say so myself lol)
So each payday I head to the local craft store and pick up a couple. Not a huge hit to my budget and I slowly increase my stash. Tomorrow I need to pick up a couple for this piece as all I currently have are flesh and hair colors. Dorothy said she does NOT want a peach or brown colored dress!
But fear not, I have not totally abandoned my Explore lol
My nephew's birthday is next week so I created this fun box card for him from the Summer Box Cards set at SVGCuts.com
I used my Minc to create the gold foil stars. I love how the Minc can give any project a little extra 'pop'.
Well that's all for now.
Stay cool in this summer heat and if you are on the west coast of the USA, try to stay smoke free. The fires are really bad this year and the air quality is becoming very hazardous.
Until next time. Happy Crafting!
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