8 x 24″ Acrylic and ink on paper
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Connected beams
One atop another
Building their way up
To the sky
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4.75 x 4.75″ Pastel and ink on paper
Before leaving Seattle yesterday, we were lucky enough to visit the Chihuly Garden and Glass with our friend and his dad. We had seen some work by Chihuly (an incredibly skilled glass blower) earlier this year, but seeing it out in the garden was really a completely different experience. The colors were vibrant and worked harmoniously with the natural surroundings. I highly recommend you visit if you happen to be in Seattle.
After the gardens, we headed to the airport where I pulled out my pastels and pen, and got to work on day 85’s piece. I used simple shapes and lines to create the abstracted interpretation of the colorful work I had seen. Thanks, Jesse, for taking us!
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
I happily dug into my stash of Sierra Nevada paper coasters, again, to create day 71’s work. To begin the piece, I taped the coasters together, similar to day 48. I’m a fan of this process for a few reasons:
1. When you lay the finished squares together, you see a larger work
2. Each individual square is its own little work of art
3. I really, for some odd reason, like the leftover marks from where I pull the tape off.
This coaster making go-round, I opted for a bright pink and orange color palette. Using my trusty ink pen I drew some foliage, and added a smidge of green to complete the piece. I really dig the work and think beer pints are going to feel right at home on these bold little guys.
On a somewhat separate note, I found out that coating the coasters with varnish is a great way to make them last. So I am making a bunch of new sets, which I’ll have to share when I get finished. I’m also starting to make prints of the originals. The slideshow has an example of one of the prints on a ceramic coaster tile – although it’s a wee bit hard to see w/the glass on top of it…
Original piece available for sale at https://www.etsy.com/listing/103992812/pinks-and-oranges-mixed-media-originalsCoasters using prints of this design also available https://www.etsy.com/listing/103999594/pinks-and-oranges-printed-coasters
Goal: To create one piece of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Yesterday I pulled out an old, October 1954 issue of Field and Stream. As I flipped through the magazine, I came upon page 67. The red/orange illustrations that went along with the article were fantastic and I really wanted to incorporate them for day 58.
I started the piece by crossing out part of the text in the article – keeping at least one word per line. The result is abstracted images to accompany a relatively non-sensical article. Below is the “new” article.
When you cover the spot by making the center of your search your bird, often it takes only a smoldering fire. So shred all matches and build. For it takes a long, long time.
Water also leaves its normal tang. One probably doesn’t improve but feels better.
High in the upland, charges just as powerful deliver the plate. When you swing and let drive without being kicked under your hat.
Like life, too good a trip spots the happy days. –A store of pleasant memories.
Here’s a stringer by Albert Zanelli: Cut the toothbrush to a point. Stout around the middle – the other end a plastic pocket – will accommodate fish.
This piece available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/listing/103020430/field-stream-page-67-mixed-media or by emailing micah@azzlsoft.com
Each square 4.75 x 4.75″ Ink and watercolor on paper. I like the idea of displaying these on the wall w/tacks so they can be easily rearranged and spaced as you like.
I had a lot of energy yesterday. Some of it was anxious – I think due to some lingering projects that just don’t seem to be going away – but a lot of it was a result of an eagerness to figure things out and to create. I have a notion all of the energy kind of balled up, conglomerating and morphing into day 47’s project. I’ve got to say, I’m pretty happy about it.
Starting in on the piece, I didn’t have a vision as to what the finished work would look like, but I did have an approach in mind. Similar to the exploration in some of my other projects, I thought about how pieces and details come together to create a whole. This time, though, instead of keeping the whole intact, I broke up the whole into 12 separate, yet connected pieces. I really dig the result.
This piece available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/listing/102256139/conglomeration-mixed-media-abstract or by emailing micah@azzlsoft.comGoal: To create one work of art each day for 365 consecutive days
Carrot: 5 x 4″, Desert 5 x 4.25″ Pastel on paper
As I looked at day 47’s pieces, I couldn’t help but create a little tale for each. Enjoy!
Carrot & The Farmer
The farmer knew he had a good crop, but this behemoth was quite a surprise. Bending at the waist he carefully observed the deep orange gem. He was curious of the taste. Would it prove to be sweet and delicious, something he could share with friends as a tasty side dish or decadent cake? The thought put a smile on his face as he hurried home for the tools to unearth the lovely root.
Defiant Flower
Not a cloud in the sky. In fact, the sun had beat down on the cracked earth for weeks now. No animal dared make an appearance, even if it had had access to sunscreen. And yet, there, with towering crags of rocks as its backdrop, a small flower grew; defying the sun to beat it down.
Carrot available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/listing/102196148/man-carrot-pastel-drawing
Desert available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/listing/102195617/desert-plant
Or just email me regarding either.
~8.5 x 11.5 Mixed media (print)
Goal: To create one work of art each day for 365 consecutive days
It is not very often that I get mad. I think most would even call me a laid back gal. There are exceptions to this, of course; such as with folks who are repeatedly rude, my interactions with computers that refuse to cooperate, and, it turns out, my dealings with a health insurance company who is raising my rates…again.
Text in this black & white print is the insurance letter I received informing me of my increase in rates.
Yesterday, after frustrating conversations with United Health and lengthy searches on the internet, I was mad. Lucky for me, the incident proved good fodder for day 44’s project. I quickly began to carve out an elephant with stick legs. The skinny structures seem useless other than as a means to prop the poor thing up. I have a myriad of ideas as to what I was trying to express while creating this piece, but I am more entertained by the boyfriend’s thoughts: “It looks like the elephant’s legs got run over by a lawnmower.” Sadly, he couldn’t afford the health insurance to fix them.
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These pieces available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/listing/101973357/stick-legged-elephant-mixed-media-print or by emailing me at micah@azzlsoft.com
6 x 6″ Ink on paper
Goal: To create one work of art each day for 365 consecutive days
I learned or reaffirmed four things yesterday:
1. If I feel groggy, have my short sleeves rolled up and am sweating, it might be time to turn on the AC.
2. Completing a smaller scale project (day 39’s piece) after spending hours on a multi-day project is a good challenge – not only for my brain but in reaching my goal.
3. Think twice before throwing any “trash” away. I nearly tossed the Ace discount card holder before realizing it would make a good stencil.
4. Many of the sound effects you hear during sporting events are designed. Check it out.
This piece available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/listing/101607292/compartmentalized-ink-drawing or by emailing me at micah@azzlsoft.com
Goal: To create one work of art each day for 365 days
Rhino: A bulky yet surprisingly quick, grumpy, vegetarian with poor eyesight who lives a relatively solitary life until the ripe old age of 35ish (or so I read, here). If he were a person, I feel like he would be the cranky neighbor on the corner that all of the kids are both a little bit intrigued by and scared of.
Observing him in today’s animal kingdom is the closest thing I can imagine to seeing a dinosaur from the past – which makes Mr. Rhino pretty amazing. Drawing him on a yellow brick road is just fun.
6 x 6″ Ink and acrylic on paper
Work available for purchase at http://www.etsy.com/shop/OriginalsByMicah or by emailing me at micah@azzlsoft.com
Goal: To create one work of art each day for 365 consecutive days
There are days when it is nice to just draw. -To enjoy the act of creating shapes, lines and color for the soul purpose of creating. Yesterday was one of those days.
Work available for purchase at http://www.etsy.com/shop/OriginalsByMicah or by emailing me at micah@azzlsoft.com
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