"Draw-vember"

It is a simple concept, but I just LOVE this card any way! An unusual response to the word "pattern...."

Certainly not my best effort... but I do like the way the alcohol marker looks when you use the "subtractive method...."

I was trying to use watercolor on Yupo. It is quite unpredictable and after three tries (total cost of the experiment: seventy-five cents) I gave up.

The prompt for the "365" group was "Toddler." The prompt for Jess's group was "Boundary." I did an overdrawing from an old photo of Rowan. The face doesn't look like her, but he pose DOES. This was one of those days when a prompt brought up a happy memory and a fun drawing experience.

Quick and easy, but I always like to do Prismacolor white on Legion Stonehenge black watercolor paper!

It took me a couple of tries, but I had to go for the Lord Peter Wimsey concept instead of the all-too-prevalent whimsey I see on many ATCs. Not my thing.

Back in 2022 I found one of the old Kellogg's stencils that came as prizes in cereal boxes. I made several ATCs using that old stencil. (The I lost it...)

So when I saw this prompt I decided to try making my own. It was harder than I thought it would be.

There are several ATC artist who do linocuts. After a feeble attempt to create a simple cat-face stamp, I now have even more respect for them.
And I decided to just draw my attempt....

I don't usually DO shiny. So I sort of hurried through this one.

I was not excited about "Bump." But I did like the concept of including the prompt as hidden text on the ATC. So I did it two more times....

This is probably my favorite card in this set. It is nowhere NEAR the original... but I sort of like the contrast between the imprecise strokes and textures of the ATC and the photographic realism of Hopper's painting.

Quick. Silly. Fun. 

I was not excited about this word prompt, but I had fun doing the "broad stroke" portion of the ATC.

I started out trying to copy an image of an antique mirror that I found on Etsy, but I could not really see the details clearly enough to reproduce it accurately. So I did my own thing in the end.

This is an attempt to do the "Four Persian Horses" image. It's not nearly as effective as gthe orignal, but if you try really hard you can see four cat images here...

I could NOT get an old commerical out of my head, so I just went with it: "A sprinkle a day helps keep the odor away...."

Of course I did my favorite "Doodle Cats" for this prompt. But this is the first time I have tried doing them with alcohol marker on Yupo. 

Any change I have to do a finger, thumb, or hand.... I will go with it.

This was one of those prompts will lead me to LEARN something. I looked the word up on Google, and found information about the Scaleograph. Created by xxxx in the late 1950's, this tool was used to figure out aspect ratios in the days before computers! I wonder if I used on back in the seventies when I worked on yearbook and newspaper?!?!

Here is another case when the art work is going to be meaningful only to ME. I have been enjoying Holst's Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity  for about a month now. I literally tried to capture the various segments of the music and interpret them with markings. Only makes real SENSE to me, but I loved making this card.

Quick, easy, not too great.

But some days, I just want to get the task completed.

I am rather pleased with how this turned out. Eventually I will re-draw it digitally, and use it in my series of hybrid doodle cards.

I take great pride in the fact that I do not draw my images with pencil first. I go right to ink.

But this time, I failed to get the proportions right. I made the card a few days later, for the 365 prompts, and did it better....

ON SUNDAY, November 23, I decided to just  draw the rest of the prompts and get them all posted, so that I could have the busy Thanksgiving week off.

When I think of a grid, I think of needlework charts. This is very "sketchy," but I think it works.

Remember the Fischer-Price refrigerator magnets? This is not an elegant card... but it brought back a fun memory.

I love sketching ANY part of my studio. It is NOT this neat. Artistic license!

I couldn't think of anything interesting, so I just started doodling and the lizard seemed to fit in well.

Oddly enough, when I was working on the webpage, this row of ATCs was showing on the screen and my husband came in and saw it. HE liked it. (He very seldom likes my work... that is another story....)

It's rough and sketchy, but I like the contrast be tween the loose strokes and the rigid vectors of a computer image.

I have never done a meditation circle in black. Until now. It was fun.

I was getting tired, so I decided to use one of my "Six-Minute, Six-Step Scenes" for the final ATC. This one is on Art Lab canvas, and done with a much thinner coat of paint than usual.