Flower-a-day: Days 19 & 20

12/28/10

19/365

I went out to lunch with my friend Debbie today at Marine View Espresso and this flower was drawn in the foam of my Peppermint Mocha.

Days 14 thru 18 F-A-D

12/23/10

14/365


Practicing some techniques for an illustration in my Sketchbook Project sketchbook. I used watercolor pencils first to make the shapes, then I painted water on with a Niji water brush to move the color around.

Days 11 thru 13 F-A-D

12-20-10

11/365

Look familiar? I got a little lazy today...

Day 10 F-A-D

12-19-10

10/365

I call this the Flower Tower of Power. Made out of punched paper.

Day 9 deserves its own post

12-18-10

9/365



This one takes a little bit of explanation. First, the flower...

Days 7 & 8 of flower-a-day

12-16-10

7/365

I used different shaped hole punches to make the petals and then glued them to the page. Then I added colored pencil accents. This was an experiment for another project I'm working on, The Sketchbook Project.

Day 6 - rolled roses

12-15-10

I made these paper roses by cutting a square of paper in a continuous spiral and then rolling the spiral up from the outside in.

Day 5 - Origami Flower

So far so good on my flower-a-day project. I spent a little more time on it yesterday and made a beautiful origami flower out of 16 sheets of handmade paper from Daniel Smith. Here are the results:

New project... Flower-a-day! Days 1 thru 4

As an effort to expand my artistic horizons and do something creative every day, I've started a new project inspired by Noah Scalin's Skull-a-day project (click for Noah's skull-a-day blog.) For an entire year, I plan to create something with or featuring a flower every day. I am imposing only three rules on myself to allow for maximum flexibility and chance for success, but I reserve the right to change the rules and/or objective at any time.  :-)

1. Create one thing every day for one year.
2. It has to be related to flowers in some way.
3. Other than that, anything goes.


With that said, here is my progress thus far...

Day 1. Petals made with gold stamp pad outlined in sparkly gel pen.