ICAD week 8 wrap up

The overall theme I used this week was doodling.  I have never been much of a doodler. It takes too long for me to doodle a whole page. I would rather just sketch and get on with the painting. I even tried zentangles for a little while (about 2 weeks) but they were too slow for me. I really admire people who do them so beautifully.

Prompt disco.  I had to google mirror ball to see what they looked like for the sketch. This was a fun challenge. I used pen and markers for colour.

Prompt pastels.  I doodled the flowers and coloured them with Pan pastels.  The background was coloured with a conte pastel and blended to make it smooth. 

 Prompt clouds.  I sketched some clouds and filled in the patterns, then used a little bit of markers for colour.   Some tips I have learned for drawing clouds are:  

- keep the bottom of the cloud flatish

- cloud shapes are taller on one side and trail away to nothing on the other end

- if you are adding colour they are usually grey on the bottom and white on top

- have a look at clouds in the distance and take note of their shape

Prompt Found poetry. I had to look up found poetry to find out what it was. I picked a page from a Dean Koontz book because he uses the most descriptive phrases and words. I had to scan the page and reduce it to get it to fit onto the card. I then picked out my poem and used acrylic paint to cover the words that I didn't want to be seen. I doodled in some butterflies to go with the poem. 

Prompt crossword.  I tried to only use words that related to ICAD but I had too many black spaces to fill so I added some random words as well. This one took much longer than I wanted. 

Prompt Jar.  A whimsical style that I have used a few times since starting this challenge.  I find it amusing that I have never used this style before. 

Prompt stapled collage. I found the sketch of the desk in a magazine and used it with a wallpaper photo. I doodled some of the flowers from the wallpaper across the card.  The words come from another magazine. 

I am going to miss this challenge when it finishes next week. I will not stop creating art though.