Friday, June 15, 2012

This ICAD Post Is For The Birds...

Literally.
(The theme over at The Butterfly Effect this week is "Birds".)

ICAD #12:  June 12th, 2012
The Butterfly Effect (Birds)
"Modigliani's Nest"

I was flipping through one of my art books earlier this week and came across this painting by Modigliani.  He is definitely most famous for his long necked girls, but there is something about this early painting that intrigues me... I have always thought that her hair looks like a bird's nest, so for this Modigliani-inspired index card I couldn't resist actually turning it into one.


ICAD #13:  June 13th, 2012
The Summer of Color (Week 2)
"Mint Chocolate Chip"

And, since I was already on a roll creating strange haired women, I thought it was the perfect time to create my index card for week 2 of "The Summer of Color".  (In case you missed it, you can see the strange haired woman I created for week 1 here.)


ICAD #14:  June 14th, 2012
The Butterfly Effect (Birds)
"Songbird"

I enjoyed using the "mint chocolate chip" colors so much, I continued to use that color scheme for this bird card.


ICAD #15:  June 15th, 2012
The Butterfly Effect (Birds)
"Anniversary Birds"

Today's card is a just quick doodle...
It's my 11 year wedding anniversary, and I plan on celebrating!  
Wheee!


Don't forget to check in on the super-fun challenges that are going on right now:




Have a great weekend!

47 comments:

  1. Happy anniversary!
    That bird´s colouring is amazing, wonderful blending.

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  2. Happy anniversary! I LOVE ALL of these- couldn't pick a favorite if I tried!

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  3. Happy anniversary! Great post! You can do my hair anytime you want. I'd love one of the dos. ;o}

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  4. Oh, Kristen...I love what you've done for today!

    First, I never knew Modigliani ever did anything BUT long-necked people :)
    Second, love the mint chocolate chip color scheme.
    Third, thanks for passing along the info for the challenges. I'm always looking for something to spark ideas for me.

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  5. Happy Anniversary, loving all these brill paintings. Happy PPF, Annette x

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  6. You're on a roll! :) Fantastic paintings and icards. And happy anniversary! :)

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  7. Happy 11th anniversary. Modigliani is one of my all time favourites but I have never seen this picture. I love what you've done in turning her hair into a bird's nest. Perfect. Love all the others as well.

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  8. Happy Anniversary. Your work is such fun and beautiful. Always a joy to visit.

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  9. Happy anniversary! I really love the technique and colors in your "mint chocolate chip" crazy hair woman! So fun!

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  10. Lovely pieces, really like a lot of your women with strange hair, wonderful and imaginative!

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  11. wonderful inspired work and Happy Anniversary!

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  12. what cool surrealism, having a nest for a head! love this...oh and happy anniversary :D

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  13. Great images... love the hair, in both cases. Mint choc is cool.

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  14. What super great pieces! I LOVE all the blue birds. :) Happy PPF

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  15. The Birds are all so prettyprettypretty! Happy Anniversary!

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  16. Fantastic! I love your ladies and their hair!

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  17. Your song bird is so beautiful!! Just love it. All your work is amazing!

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  18. Beautiful birds! You've shown so many different techniques with this post, and such fine results! LOVE your Modigliani-inspired index card. Wow!

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  19. Happy Anniversary!!!! Love all of the paintings :0)

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  20. there you go multitasking again! love your new strange haired woman. I have a new chicken joke on my blog just for you.

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  21. Love all of the paintings - and happy anniversary!

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  22. All are so wonderful, Kristin!
    My favortie is your songbird painting. :)
    ♥♥♥
    Happy PPF!!
    Mary
    Mixed-Media Map Art

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  23. happy anniversary and love the mint choc chip pieces... they are surprisingly great colours together... not my usual palette but I am enjoying them enormously... that bird is really special, though Phantom voted for the hair... yours in the only blog she reads you know... so obviously she has forgiven you for driving over your book!!!

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  24. Those birdies are so cute! Happy PPF!

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  25. Wonderful work Kristin, love the birds nest hair, too, great ideas! Valerie

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  26. It's always lovely to come by here and see what your creativity has cooked up Kristin! A birds nest for hair, wonderful. Happy PPF! I painted again this week, yay!

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  27. I am enamoured with the green pussy willow hair woman; and the love birds, but all is great. Happy newlywed anniversary! and HPPF too!

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  28. Fun ladies! I like yours better than the one by Modigliani. His looks so angry!

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  29. Hi Kristin! I've been looking though your work and seeing the variety of the different ways you paint. My favorites are the ladies with strange hair! Definitely so arresting! Patsy from
    HeARTworks

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  30. Beautiful! I especially loved Mint Chocolate Chip! Gorgeous!! Happy PPF!

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  31. Happy anniversary! Love all your paintings, the bird nest lady just made me smile, what a wonderful idea :). Also adore your little songbird! The mint chocolate chip colours look delicious!

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  32. We women are all about the hair, right? Love your take on it. Some really fun icads and I enjoyed catching up with your recent posts.

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  33. lovely! I love the blue bird on the sheet music the most. i'm a sucker for sheet music. happy anniversary to you and your hubby!

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  34. Happy Anniversary!
    Each of these pieces are wonderful. I love the top one, the birds nest is so perfect for that hair.
    the last one is entirely charming. You are so creative!

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  35. Love the birds. The first lady reminds me of my Great Aunt Birdie, she always wore hats and she had birds in them, that was the early 1900s . . . yes, way before 'my' time. Blessings, Janet PPF

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  36. Wow, what great paintings - love the hair on the top two - especially the birds, and the blue bird is just stunning - lovely, lovely work (and Happy Anniversary)!

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  37. I like your mint chocolate chip girl. I love the colors that you picked.

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  38. oh look at you linking up all in one. smart! I love that first bird like crazy!

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  39. These are all so wonderful...i love a good bird...xxx

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  40. I just love what you have created here.. Your Art makes me smile.

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  41. I love your cards and I'm totally jealous of your talent. :) I especially love "Songbird".

    P.S. Wtg for knowing those song lyrics. And here I thought you'd need to be Canadian to figure it out. :)

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  42. Wonderful art. I'm loving your birds, the mint chocolate chip one is lovely and your card is just adorable.

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  43. Wow, they're all just beautiful! And your anniversary ICAD is so sweet - I hope your anniversary itself was equally sweet!

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  44. fantastic index cards! I like them all:)

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  45. Belated happy anniversary!! Your bird cards are gorgeous and that FSH joke is one of my favourites!

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