Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
When I'm in the making groove I make dozens of cards a week. Yes, I said dozens. Since I only write five posts a week I have photos of dozens of cards that have yet to make it to the blog. Today's cards are from the teacher cards I made a few weeks ago.
The layout for both cards is the same, with the exception of the card above having a few green heart embellishments. These cards pull together several brands. I used the Teacher from Waffle Flower, Kindness Matters from Neat and Tangled and one of the past Stamptember sets from Simon Says Stamps.
To add variation I colored the puppies in different colors, but the green combo is the same on both cards. I had only intended for the difference to be the color of the puppy and the color of the card bases, that this until I dropped a green marker on one panel. How better to hide a mark than with a green heart, but one heart looked very out of balance. I gravitate toward odd numbers when using embellishments, so I opted for five hearts.
These cards are the closest I ever get to one-layer cards. My creative style is to create panels and then adhere them to a card base. There are a few reasons why I do this. If I'm Copic coloring it will hide and bleed through on the back. It's easier to work with a single panel than a folded card. If I absolutely have to give up on a design and toss it I'm only tossing a quarter sheet of paper.
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