ICAD 2022 - Weeks 6 & 7

Once again I forgot to post the previous week so I'll combine weeks 6 & 7 in this post.

36/61 - Mysterious (Off Prompt)

Derwent Watercolors and General's Watercolor Pencils

I saw a picture of this hummingbird and had just gotten the watercolors and wanted to give them a try.

37/61 - Gelato

Certainly this isn't the edible kind but rather the medium that I used for this resembles the gelatos used in mixed media.  This product happens to be Shuttle Art Gel Crayons which have the same properties except for archival quality.  I bought them to use with the grandsons.  They are like very creamy crayons and you can blend them on the paper with water which I did in this case.  I have found that if you don't and the application is heavy, the product may flake off and it will become activated wherever it falls (such as the table or the floor - ask me how I know).

38/61 - Turquoise

I took whatever turquoise products I had in my bag and used them to make marks along with some asemic writing.

39/61 - Geometric

Falling back on my Zentangles, I used a tangle called Graticula by Lucy Farran.  I used Microns, watercolor pencils, and paint pens.

40/61 - Ink

I did some pre-PrimeDay ordering of some school supplies and I split a box of pastel highlighters with Rachel.   I figured that they're filled with ink.  I added the spirals with Stabilo markers in brighter colors so it didn't just look like a bag of jelly beans someone left in a hot car.

41/61 - Verdant

Pulled out a variety of green markers and paint pens for this one.

42/61 - Ombre

So, out of the box we go again.  Ombre is not only a variation of color, but a 17th century 3-player card game consisting of 4 suits.  Red - cups and coins.  Black - swords and clubs.

Derwent watercolors and Micron pen.

43/61 - Scrabble (Off Prompt)

I pondered this for a while and while I was I was moving things around on my workspace decided to put some of the "stuff" I found together.  I started with a card that had been painted with acrylics, cut some leaves from a Post-It pad, added a strip of washi tape, and then added the origami butterfly.

44/61 - Whimsical

On one of my Pinterest pages I collect fonts that I like and will add them to one of my art journals.  That is where I found this cute bird font.  I drew the letters in Micron and then added the color with the pastel highlighters.

45/61 - Travel

Most of our travel takes place within the State of New Jersey - The Garden State.

Shuttle Art gel crayons, paint pens, Crafter's Square white marker.

46/61 - Orange

What is orange and spineless?...............Jellyfish.  Done with paint pens and watercolor pencils using the tangle Zenjellies by Jenna Black.

47/61 - Spin or Spinner

Falling back on Zentangling again with the tangle Tripoli using Microns and watercolor pencils.

48/61 - Chevron

I thought that I could use this washi tape to make chevrons by cutting it into small pieces and turning one upside down and placing them next to each other........not so.  The only way to get the angle was to place them horizontal and vertical to each other which gave me this disjointed chevron pattern that I hope doesn't give you a headache.

49/61 - Wallpaper, or in my case off prompt in recycled envelope paper.

I was attempting to get the bokeh effect with the background in watercolor pencil but I may have overdone it.  The flowers are all created from pieces of two envelopes that I had saved.  What took the longest here was cutting out the flower petals.  Adding them to the card was fairly quick as I have retained my tweezer skills from when I used to assemble computer chips as a part-time job back in my college days.  Fortunately these did not require the same precision required then.

A close-up of the flowers....

Twelve more days to go which will be busy days for me as I have a bunch of appointments in the next two weeks and we'll be getting ready for a family visit here with both the kids and their little ones.  So, I may take a little longer to finish this challenge, but I still intend to get it done.