Marbled Silhouttes: Wordless Wednesday & School Kid Art
~Cheryl Gee was particularly intrigued by this school kid art mural inspired by Jan Pienkowski. Students defined setting then selected a setting for their art piece. The students marbled paper by...
View ArticleFar Beyond Zebra: Index Card Art
"So you see! There's no end to the things you might know, depending how far beyond Zebra you go." ~Dr. Seuss My drawing over my painted background on an index card!"A-maze-ing Zebra"My cut paper...
View ArticleIconically Angelic: Index Card Art & Wordless Wednesday
My cut paper collage on an index card: "Iconically Angelic" ~Cheryl Gee returned to her favored art medium for "Iconically Angelic": cut paper collage created from images in a couple of...
View ArticleThread: Index Card Art
~Cheryl Gee has been a needleworker since childhood. She had a creative grandma who taught her how to embroider and cross-stitch on cloth. These days Cheryl stitches on paper with a needle,...
View ArticleLilly Elephants: Index Card Art
A tribute to my 2014-15 plannerby Lilly Pulitzer"Tusk In Sun"~a cut paper collage on an index card~ ~Cheryl Gee plans her pursuit of creativity in a Lilly Pulitzer planner. Lately she's added the...
View ArticleWord for the New Year: Make
"Either I will find a way or I will make one."~Philip Sidney{above: my painted paper background of acrylic paints and letters cut from my Zentangle drawings with colored pencilson an index card} It's...
View ArticleHappy New Year: Happy New Art Journal
My "Mini Doodles Mandala"forPrompt60@ Daisy Yellow{My perfectly imperfect mini doodles mandalain an art journal with an ultra fine marker}My mandala gallery:My "Ivy Circle"Zendala My "Color Wheel"...
View ArticleBook Design in Green: Prompt60
"Book Design With Green Textures"My collage of magazine cut out photographs representing textures in the color greenarranged to represent text on a book page.~for Daisy Yellow's Prompt60 Art...
View ArticleBlur/Sharp: Prompt60
Is it blurry/sharp or sharp/blurry?DaisyYellow's Prompt60specified "Blurry Sharp" so we'll go with that.My"Blurry Sharp" cut paper collage on an index card. My blur/sharp mixed media arton index...
View ArticleFashion Earned Its Stripes: Prompt60 & Magazine Pattern
s "Fashion Earned Its Stripes"My 8" x 11" cut paper collage representing the pattern of stripes from glossy magazinesfor Daisy Yellow'sPrompt60. What a delightful week I spent strolling through Elle...
View ArticleDroplets: Prompt60 & Dots
"Droplets"~My collage with hand cut magazine paper dots over a painted background on an index cardfor Daisy Yellow'sPrompt60~~Cheryl Gee would drop everything for a chance to play with paper and paint...
View ArticleMixed Greens: Color Stripe
My "Mixed Greens" ~color stripes designed with colored pencils and a French Curve drafting toolon an index cardfor Daisy Yellow'sPrompt60.
View ArticleConfessions of the Creatively Blocked
currently reading and finding inspiring Has this ever happened to you?You get into the details of your work, your life, your responsibilities and you completely lose the time, the spark, the desire to...
View ArticlePink and Purple Chevron: Index Card a Day 2015
"My parents told meI'd point to a bed of flowers and say"Pink. Pretty.'before I knew any other words." ~Joni MitchellCanadian folksinger, songwriter, painter My collage "Pink and Purple Chevron" on an...
View ArticleCarnival/Circus!: Mixed Media Art on Index Cards
My "Nickelrama" collage Last summer I was biking at the park one day when I found several of these tokens on the ground. The tokens were in a crumpled, damp heap on the ground by the parking lot....
View ArticleGood Mood Mail: Index Card Art
Layers of paper piled on an index card in a pleasing arrangement shown above:an art show brochure, paint sample card, paint wipe up paper, calendar paper slivers,a garment tag and a postage stamp.The...
View Article30 Day Creative Challenge: Photo a Day
Hi There, Creative One!Welcome to my 30 Day Challenge: Photo Edition.I'm excited. You?30 days to more productivity and creativity, you ask? You bet, say I. Want to come along?Our first "30 Day...
View Article30 Day Photo Challenge: Day #1 Smoke Alarm Kid Art
I wish my smoke alarms had pom-pom noses, smiley facesand Honorable Mention ribbons! {student entries in a school Fire Prevention Poster contest} ~Cheryl Gee is a school librarian and mixed media...
View Article30 Day Photo Challenge: Day #2 Not Scary Scarecrow School Door Decor
~Cheryl Gee knows a sign of Fall. Fall is when brown, orange and yellow poster paper and a Saturday afternoon turn themselves into a not scary scarecrow smiling face door decoration. Credits:...
View Article30 Day Photo Challenge: Day #4 Sign of Fall: School Club Election Posters
~Cheryl Gee challenged herself to take 30 days of photos. This photo of the Student Council election poster by Megan made her laugh because it's so layered with graphic goodness. Megan, you're only...
View Article30 Day Sign of Fall Photo Challenge: Day #6 Pumpkin Book Art
~Cheryl Gee made a paper pumpkin out of two old paperback books. It's a sure sign of Fall when the pumpkins come out to decorate!
View ArticleFall for Autumn Photo Challenge: You've Been Booed!
Thanks to Trey, Whitney, Meghan and Richelle!
View ArticleRenew & Word of the Year Awesomeness
RenewWord of the Year 2016"Reflect. Revise. Rethink. Renew." MakeWord of the Year 2015"A maker space begins.It's more fabulous than I could have imagined." MantraWord of the Year 2014"Words have...
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