fourteenth bird

Still sick. Just to make that disclaimer.


Make something inspired by and/or that goes over an eye (yours or someone else's).


Ok, so, this one stumped me for a while. But then my Dayquil kicked in, and I thought, "blooming eyes!"
Yes.


So, this is called, "Blooming Eye."

Here are the materials I decided to work with.
Are you nervous?


Decongestants. You've been warned.

I tried to smile, but the raffia was poking me in the eye. Also, it's a picture of myself. Also that.


But, I clean up pretty good for a plague-sufferer.

It's reversed because I took it in the mirror. It was hard to get a clear focus on my eye. Silly camera.

And, flipped. Just because.

And, another flipped close-up. 








Don't say I didn't warn you.


I thought about forcing Chris to wear it. But then I decided to be kind.

seventh bird

This one took forever long, and was rife with disaster, but I think I still like how it turned out.


Make a stencil, and use it in your artwork today.
--I really feel like this should have counted for two days. Technically, it's asking you to do two different things. (gripe gripe gripe)


OK. Because I am over-industrious, I decided to make a one-time-use stencil and paint a t-shirt.

Here is le plain t-shirt from I Have No Idea.

I decided to do rain drops. Two wax paper sheets worth of rain drops.

Which I then had to cut out.
And this is when I started to question myself.












The plan was to iron the wax paper onto the shirt, then spray paint it. 
I looked on a website, and it promised that this idea was trustworthy and good.

The ironing, it did not work. Apparently when not-so-trustworthy webadvice said wax paper, they really meant freezer paper (not the same thing). But I did not cut out all of those stupid raindrops for nothing.
So I glued the wax paper to the shirt.
--Except for one bit, which I left loose for EXPERIMENTATION.

These are the spray paints that I am using.

Mid-process.

The stencil is very obviously not salvageable. Also, while most of it came off, there were a few bits that needed some extra encouragement.
Also, my fingers are still paint-y.

A close-up of the rain drops. 
The wax paper that I didn't glue down smeared, so I just sprayed a light mist of paint over most of the shirt to make it look more intentional.

Outside, right after completion.

Inside, drying. Tomorrow I'll wash it to see whether  removing the glue residue affects the paint.




Overall, I think I like it. But, next time, freezer paper. 


I will post the washed, completed project asap.

third bird

2 minutes to spare.

Make something out of paper without using 

scissors, glue, pens, etc.

It's name is Fracasito, which means "little failure" in Spanish. Also, it's an origami pig. Just in case you couldn't tell. Fracasito is a muy skilled piggy. It's ears serve as the front trotters.

Sigh.

These are my other attempts.

I think I'm suffering from over ambition coupled with lack of time.




And this is how I feel about it.

first bird

Make something small that you can hold in your hand with readily available materials.
__Ok, so I decided to make dinosaur cards, but experiment with using crayons and then heating the drawing(s) to alter the texture.
First Josie and I tried microwaving the crayons, but this didn't really do anything.
Solution! Ironing the drawings (with a wax paper cover)!


Attempt1:

Apparently, the rug is meltable. I didn't feel like pulling out the ironing board. CHAGRIN!
And, yes, it is now fused to the rug. Sigh.










Attempt2: 

I didn't brush off the extra crayon bits beforehand. (I blame my extreme distress.) I actually like the T-Rex better. 
Interesting how the colors melted, though. 
I think that next time parchment paper will be better than wax paper.
Also, ironing boards will be better than rugs.