I have had a terrible week, so I am grateful that the others in Gwen's little Index-Card-A-Day-Challenge group have been sending some great looking cards my way.
This week's theme was a bit fussier, as it included more than just materials parameters.
The theme was: Inspired by wallpaper, fabric, thread & quilts. Abstract & geometric patterns. Colored pencils, neocolor wax crayons (must find out what those are), markers, ink.
Feel the squeeze?
I found it constricting, but it was still late in the week before I overcame my 'Law-Abiding-Larry' self and threw out a parameter or two in order to bring some joy back into the process; sad to say, my cards reflect both the misery and the return to ease.
Also, I'm not fast, but I'm slow, and I finally realized it makes a lot more sense to present the cards by day, rather than by artist, so you can see the prompt and the wildly different interpretations of it in one place.
So, without further ado, here are the cards for week number four.
Day 22 - "Psychedelic"
Annski
Ellen
Naomi
Laura Leigh
Ree
Day 23 - "Romantic"
Annski
Ellen
Naomi
Laura Leigh
Ree
Day 24 - "Geometric"
Annski
Ellen
Naomi
Laura Leigh
Ree
Day 25 - "Botanic/Organic"
Annski
Ellen
Naomi
Laura Leigh
Ree
Day 26 - "Exotic"
Annski
Ellen
Naomi
Laura Leigh
Facade (Laura Leigh's prompt-inspired original poem)
I'm always walking in a straight line
Always pretendin' that I am fine,
Ignoring the warning and sign,
It's a facade.
Layer on layer I make my mask,
Pull it up tightly before you ask,
Make it the goal of my every task,
It's a facade.
Always confining, your motives divining,
In fear I'm reclining.
Always confining, your motives divining,
In fear I'm reclining.
Contriving and striving I live my lies,
Hoping outsiders won't hear my cries,
I've got it together like that's my prize,
It's a facade.
Under the rug I have swept my fears,
Hardening my heart to avoid the tears,
Gets harder and harder throughout the years,
It's a facade.
Ree
Day 27 - "Academic"
Annski
Ellen
Naomi
Laura Leigh
Ree
Day 28 - "Dramatic"
Annski
Ellen
Naomi
Laura Leigh
Ree
Now, in the interest of "leaving 'em laughing", I am going to include a link to a Three Stooges clip which will explain Annski's "Academic" card.
If you haven't seen this particular piece of ridiculousness before now, I am just so happy that I can help put it into your brain to plague the rest of your day.
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Bye