July 7 - Lollipop. Or a bunch of them in Prismacolors.
July 8 - Green. Positive and negative die cuts in green. The two branches caught behind some teabag paper and the negative one stitched to it. My first endeavor sewing paper.
July 9 - Diagram. One of the most basic diagrams that I could think of - that of a color wheel using Derwent Inktense pencils and water.
July 10 - Kaleidoscope. Overlapping circles of vibrant markers.
July 11 - The Moon. If you remember the flowers and butterflies from last week that I used the teabag paper over, the basis of this was the watercolors that had bled through the teabag and I had put it aside. The darker splotches of yellow and blue what was left on the card. I added some more light yellow around the yellow splotches to make the moon full and then wisped some more watered-down blue throughout the rest of the sky. Then I took some grey and streaked some clouds across the moon and sky. It reminded me of the sky as it looked a couple of years ago after the fireworks on the fourth when there was a full moon, though that sky wasn't as blue.
July 12 - Text. Confession time here. These last couple of cards were done kind of catch up as I spent another evening in the ER with my sciatic again. I can't even begin to explain the pain that I've been having and meds are only putting a dent into it. Out of work again this week and discussing back surgery has been very stressful. It's not just the sciatic nerve pain. There are herniated discs and spinal stenosis and time has come to make a decision to improve the quality of my life in dealing with this. There are options that run from simple to more involved and all of it is a bit, check that, a lot scarier that I would like.
In the meantime, I am grateful that we put in this kitchen island so I at least have something to lean against and hold myself up as I can't sit without hurting and I prefer not to lay down all day.
And having these little pieces of art to work on does take my mind off of things of which I am also grateful.
Oh Lorraine, I am really so sorry to read that you are back in such severe pain again. With that to cope with, I am even more in admiration of your discipline in keeping up with this and your creativity in what you have produced. I think the fish, colour-wheel and moon are all gorgeous, by my most favourite is the lollipops.
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