ICAD 40/61; no prompt. Chalkboard paint over newspaper scrap and junk mail, with my daughter’s doodling.
Took some strips of newspaper, added a bit torn from a mailing from a fireworks store, and brushed paint over it all. Added some doodles my daughter created, clipped from another index card.
ICAD 39/61; no prompt. Chalkboard paint, various pens, Sunday newspaper clippings.
I brushed paint over a card I used to test some pens and played with some random Sunday scraps.
ICAD 38/61; no prompt. Chalkboard paint, shimmer marker, metallic Sharpie.
Took a sponge to some old chalkboard paint, brushed it across a bunch of cards — some plain, some with bits of newsprint and scrap paper glued on them — and liked the result. I doodled on one and liked the result. You’ll likely see a bunch of black-streaked cards over the next few days.
ICAD 37/61; no prompt. Pilot G2 pens.
Yes, even more neurographic doodling. It’s probably getting monotonous for some, but I don’t care. This doodling is becoming a self-care outlet within my daily creative practice of late. This piece stems from a borderline emotional meltdown — the raging red is a giveaway — that kind of messed up my whole day, and doodling it calmed me down. Grateful for it.
ICAD 36; no prompt. Acrylic paint background, clipped art from our local library’s newsletter, printer paper.
ICAD 35; no prompt. Newspaper clippings, junk mail, and washi tape.
The “memory lane” part is a little overpowering, the more I look at it. But it’s something.
It’s 12:20 a.m. as I post this, and people at least a block away are still setting off fireworks. That’s 12:20 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6. Their trip down memory lane hasn’t stopped.
ICAD 34b: Acrylic paint; printer paper; stencils; Sharpie.
This was part of the refrain during the psalm at Mass this morning. It’s been stuck in my head ever since.
ICAD 34; no prompt. Acrylic paint background, Pilot G2 bold pen on legal pad paper glued on index card inchies.
Large, idly created neurographic doodle glued onto two index cards, then cut into 1-inch squares and then glued haphazardly on an index card with an acrylic paint cleanup card my sister made a year ago.
ICAD 33; no prompt. Pilot G2 bold pen.
More neurographic doodling. I went with red because I was in a foul mood, and somehow red represents rage and annoyance to me.
The long holiday weekend couldn’t come at a better time for me, I think.
ICAD 32; no prompt. Old Sunday newspaper scraps and glue.
More random collage.
ICAD 31/61; no prompt. Newspaper clippings and glue.
There is something oddly soothing about a quick and dirty collage with old Sunday papers.
ICAD 30/61; no prompt. Pilot G2 bold pen, glitter pen, shimmer-type marker.
Another early posting, and another neurographic doodle; experimenting with a new marker that draws a silver line with color outline. And yes, I bought the new marker after seeing countless Instagram ads for such “Doodle Dazzle” pens.
ICAD 29/61; no prompt. Pilot G2 bold pen, glitter pens, metallic bronze Sharpie.
Posting this a day early. Colored in a blind contour drawing of the sunflowers on our kitchen table.
ICAD 28/61; no prompt. Pilot G2 bold pen; metallic paint Sharpie.
I’ve cranked out a small stockpile of neurographic doodles over the past few days; this stuff is addictive.
ICAD 27/61; no prompt. Acrylic paint-splotched background, blackout newspaper text, magazine clip.
Tiptoeing into a bit more collage using the piles of magazines and newspapers I’ve stockpiled for months.
ICAD 26/61; no prompt. Acrylic paint splotch background, magazine/newspaper scraps.
Summer is for reading.
ICAD 26/61; no prompt. Sharpie, Pilot G2 bold.
More fun with neurographic doodling. I have several cards of just neurographic blobs that I may or may not fill in or color.
ICAD 24/61; no prompt. Black and silver metallic Sharpies; cheap glitter pen.
My very first attempt at neurographic art. One of the nice things about this ICAD business is that I’m discovering all kinds of cool approaches.
I look forward to doing more with this method. And in a related development, I am also now completely strung out on Sharpie fumes.
ICAD 23/61; no prompt. Craft acrylic paints, metallic Sharpie, collage from Sunday New York Times.
ICAD 22/61; no prompt. Pilot G2 bold pen.
Up late with work. Decided to wind down with an attempt at blind contour drawing, basing it on the striking face of an artist profiled in the Sunday New York Times.
Stayed up a while to put together some collaged backgrounds for ICAD pieces and watch the early part of Sunday’s Padres game.
Got to hear tornado sirens go off from far west of here, as well as thunder loud enough to remind semi-deaf old Winslow that he dislikes thunderstorms. (He remains wedged against my ankles under the desk.) Fortunately, any funnel clouds out there managed to skirt our area.
It’s 12:30 a.m. Off to bed.
ICAD 21/61; no prompt. Acrylic paint, washi tape, printer paper.
Yeah, I know. Another David Lynch quote. Wasn’t planning to use one again for this project till I came across the doughnut washi tape, and I remembered the quote.
Not one of my favorite cards once I slapped together the elements, but what the heck.
ICAD 20/61; no prompt. Craft acrylic paint; printer paper on card stock; inchie made with repurposed cardboard, printer paper, Pilot G2 bold pen, glitter pen, and a tiny square from a doodled-on church service program.
Another David Lynch quote; I need to remind myself of this a lot lately. I’m not a massive fan of Lynch’s films (though I adored “Twin Peaks” when it first surfaced on network TV back in the day). But I appreciate him as a thinker.
ICAD 19/61; no prompt. Acrylic craft paint, metallic Sharpies, printer paper on card stock, stencil.
Turning my penchant for collecting things to quotations for my artwork. My zillions of likes on Twitter and Instagram usually mark quotes I appreciate. Time to mark them in analog form.
ICAD 18/61; no prompt. Inchies with acrylic paint, cardboard, and doodles; metallic paint pens and glitter pens.
Mosaic-type thing with a couple of cutouts from my daughter’s church doodles.
