still writing

 The novel I just mentioned I am writing ( I am up to 65 pages!) is set during the time the Phlox  bloom...

well in googling "Phlox" i learned these flowers that we have everywhere in June are not even really phlox. they are Dame's Rocket, or sweet rocket, an invasive species, unlike phlox which is native to North America.. They have 4 petals. not 5 like true Phlox. And their leaves are jagged and staggered around the stem unlike Phlox which are smooth and even around the stem. 

I have called them phlox my whole life.

I have probably never even seen real wild phlox.

I feel lied to.

 

So, I decided to use that in the novel. In it, plants already had personalities, so now my phlox have become, not down right liars, but sneaky and mischievous. They just stand there, waving  a little in the shady areas, laughing at our little lives as we run to and fro...

ICAD

more from my index card a day sketchbook... just about 5 minutes a day, each day, no grand plan, no scheme, just a few minutes on an index card...

daisy yellow index card a day

I was not going to join any challenges anymore.... I wanted to just do what I planned to do and not get sidetracked with any new creative ideas since I have too many already ...

but I had already purchased a little notebook of index cards to use as an art journal when i can't carry a big one and i also bought a stack of BRIGHT highlighter pens, hoping that the paper and pens would be less intimidating when i didn't have time for real art supplies.... like when i am sitting in the Mcdonald's drive thru or waiting for my husband somewhere....

And over at Daisy Yellow, they are starting an Index Card a day challenge... so I decided I was doing it anyway, might as well join them. There are so many inspiring little bits of art there... but i don't plan on making messy colorful, wonderful cards with acrylics and paints like I have seen there.... just a little bit of sketching and such...

It starts today but I am posting my last 2 weeks of index cards, and will try to post them weekly or so... if I do manage to create one a day as planned.....

hello all at ICAD, Artists Play room,  artjournal everyday and creative everyday !!!