I wanted to try to keep up the momentum of the ICAD challenge, but also to change things up a bit. So I decided to work on some index card dividers using acrylics, and trying to work in a non-representational way playing with colour and mark making. I certainly haven't done one a day, but have worked on 2 or 3 at a time, once or twice a week, often going back over them with more layers (painting over things I don't like). I have maybe a dozen done. It has been great to get the paints out and play even if I'm not thrilled with the results!
Once there's paint on the palette I hate to waste it, so I'll base coat some journal pages, or get a little canvas out and start painting...
These little 4x4 inch canvas boards are both of begonia plants I have in pots in the garden - could be an excuse to go shopping for some new plants if I'll get some paintings out of them!!!
This one (actually painted in September not August) is of an agave baby, I've potted up a few that were sprouting from two big ones we have in the front yard. So gardening and painting are going hand in hand which makes me happy!!
And a bonus, 2 haiku after a long, long drought of no poetry.
High tide is splashing
the sea wall, seagulls perch on
the tips of mangroves.
My yoga mat spread
on the verandah, geese cross
the sky honking.
Best wishes, and thanks for dropping by my blog, have a great September.
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