Considering ballpoint again for index card art and ICAD this summer — instead of Copic markers. I’ll still be working in color!
A look at my involvement in ICAD through the years, from stuffed things to ballpoint to Copic marker and portraits.
Creativity Matters Podcast Spark 5 – a “spark” show during November 2017 for NaPodPoMo, a daily podcast challenge. November theme is gratitude.
Is it Done? No matter what kind of art you make, you have to decide at what point things are done. Shifting to WIP mentality has really brought this question to the forefront. Plus, a look at work created in August and how they are and are not fitting. The Goldilocks allusion really fits!
A recap of the 2017 Index-Card-a-Day Challenge and my series of 61 ballpoint portraits on index card.
Thoughts on “daily” and how the concept varies for each of us and affects how we view beginnings, endings, and transitions to something new. Plus, #WIP.
Reflections on the 2017 Index-Card-a-Day (ICAD) Challenge Week 8 and a series of self-portraits in ballpoint ink.
A look back at an old episode of the CMP, thoughts on visual show notes, my current series of ballpoint women, and a book on pen and ink with a focus on process.
Episode 247: a virtual, creative coffee date. Sit with me as I finish shading one of my drawings in the car. What will you work on while you listen?
Episode 246: Quotidian moments. Succulents in the morning light, ballpoint series, drawing family members, searching for creative community, and Page by Paige, a fantastic graphic novel about a young, coming-of-age, artist.
Reflections on week 6 of the 2017 Index-Card-a-Day Challenge and working in ballpoint ink. Week 6 marks a new comfort level and affinity for blue ink!
Episode 245 of the Creativity Matters Podcast: rebounding after a creative trip home, in-flight drawing, portraits, index cards, rainbow hair, and more!
Reflecting on Week 4 of 2017 Index-Card-a-Day Challenge (ICAD). More Sktchy-app portrait drawings in ballpoint. The good, the bad, and the jarring.
Thoughts on the Index-Card-a-Day (ICAD) challenge as week two concludes. Looking back and taking stock, fourteen days into the sixty-one day challenge.
Reflections on doing the daily Index-Card-a-Day Challenge, after one week of ballpoint ink drawings on index cards.
Reflections on being away, on ballpoint, on real-time recording of thoughts, and more. Part 1.
In Episode 242, want and need, packing to travel, 10 tips for working with ballpoint ink, the Obsessive Consumption book, and more.
Episode 240: Considering Copic markers and then switching to ballpoint, plus an illustrated journal and sketchbook about wandering (or not).
In this episode of the CMP, my noisy house, a Holiday Inn pen, a book of lists, and thoughts on the sweet spot.