Tammy Garcia is the Fairy Godartist behind ICAD and she comes up with lashings of juicy prompts tp be followed or not as the muse strikes you. She also posts a list of weekly themes with the same direction. So the rules are: No Rules. Have fun and play along. The group is kind, generous and encouraging and in all it is heaps of fun.
To begin we have a list of warm-ups to get the juices flowing. This year there are 10 prompts. Here are my warmups.
Week 1 Theme: Drawing, Doodling, Pens, Markers, Ink.
1 Chevron
2 Carnival
3 Draw a Map
4 Mailbox
5 Owl
6 Taxi
7 Draw a Periodic Table
Week 2 Theme: Painting, Gouache, Watercolour, Acrylics, Watercolour Pencil.
8 Grapefruit and Cherry
9 Carrot and Lemon
10 Eggplant and Ginger
11 Lime and Mango
12 Parsnip and Kiwi
13 Blueberry and Plum
14 Salt and Pepper
Week 3 Theme: Collage, Paper, Found Text, Magazine Clippings, Old Books, Lists.
15 Route 66
16 Greeting Card
17 Wabi Sabi
18 Tree House
19 Snow Globe
20 Colour Wheel
21 1970s
Week 4 Theme: Wallpaper, Thread, Quilts, Abstract and Geometric patterns. Neocolor, markers and ink.
22 Psychedelic
23 Romantic
24 Geometric
25 Botanic or Organic
26 Exotic
27 Academic
28 Dramatic
Week 5 Theme: Mark making tools, Stamps, stickers and Tape.
29 Iced Cream
30 Telephone
31 Trivia
32 The Weather
33 Mad Man or I Love Lucy
34 Flag Independence Day
35 Portrait
Week 6 Theme: Use different colour pallette each day, any medium.
36 Backgammon
37 Chess or Checkers
38 Mah Jong
39 Bingo/ Monopoly
40 Yahtzee
41 Bridge or Rummy
42 Scrabble
Week 7 Theme: Words, Typography, Found Text, Definitions, Poetry, Calligraphy.
43 Definition
44 Focus or Blur
45 Saturday Night Live
Album Cover
47 Fashion
48 Disco
49 Black and White
There are now only 12 days left of this years ICAD. It has been heaps of fun and I will share the remaining cards when they are done.
