Day 70:

"Work only with numbers today."

Well this was a bit tough to get going on but in the end I kinda like my cute little cartoon bird made out of 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8, 9.  It wasn't my first idea but definitely turned out best.

Cheers

Day 69:

"Make a puzzle or make something using pieces from a puzzle."

First let me just say that I am going to forget last week.  I didn't do a single project so I am going to pretend it was some sort of tear in the space time continuum.  I am officially taking a do over this week.  But stay tuned for updates on projects for day 67 and 68.

Using pieces from my 1000 piece puzzle I made ... you guessed it a tree!

I like the way it turned out.

Day 68:

"Create something with papier-mache"

Wow I haven't posted the last 4 days.  I am truly finding out that I cannot seem to do a project everyday.  I will continue to do as many as I can each week but 4 or 5 a week is probably more realistic than every day due to my crazy life.

Now onto today's project .... please stand by.  It is taking me longer than expected to get this the way I want it to look.  I hope it turns out in the end.  In the mean time I will try to post some other projects as we wait for papier-mache to dry and have more layers added.

Day 67:

"Write a ten-word science fiction story.  Bonus: Illustrate it."

For the first 11 days of this month I have been on top of my 365 Day project and was quite happy about it.  Then I came across this prompt and got stuck.  Then I procrastinated and now I am behind as I missed posting yesterday and have not done the project for today yet.  Hopefully I will get back on track over the weekend.

Now today's prompt.  I struggle with the writing ones but I am determined to try and explore new things, after all that is why I started this project.  A science fiction inspired by nature story?  Heavy sigh.

Aliens land.  Seeing human parasites on planet earth. Aliens exterminate.

Not so cheerful and no happy ending.  Sorry no illustration today either but if I get one done (thinking comic strip panel) I will post it.

Updated 17/4/12

I did a comic strip illustration for this post.  I purposely did it to look like a kid drew it.

 Cheers

Day 66:

"Go grocery shopping and pick up something new specifically to work with."

Picked up some kiwis today and used one to make a palm tree complete with coconuts.  Placed it on a blue plate and when I went to take a picture I kept getting a reflection of the overhead light.  Decided to use it as the sun.  Here is the result.

A tropical tree for a winter day.

Day 65:

"Work with only the classic tangram shapes today."

I found this a little hard.  Came up with a fish and a piece of seaweed.

Day 64:

"It's all about you.  Incorporate yourself into whatever you make today."

Posting right down to the wire today. I incorporated myself into my work today by using my nickname "Charlie", which I have had since I was in high school,  as a place to doodle different natural elements.  It was all done in black felt tip pens.

Day 63:

"Behind the mask.  Create a unique mask with whatever materials you like."

I went looking on the internet for some inspiration for this one and came across a picture I liked very similar to the one I drew.  Not a mask you can actually wear but it is a butterfly for my nature theme.

Day 62:

"Make something with your dinner before you eat it." 

A play with your food prompt.  Again as I mentioned with Day 9, I have a real passion for cooking.  I really didn't have the heart to reconstruct my dinner into something after making it so it is a simple photo of tonight's main meal.

All ingredients from nature (she says with a smile).  Dinner is udon noodles with shiitake mushrooms, ginger and green onions in a soy and white wine broth paired with a seared shrimp salad including tomatoes, grapefruit and sprouts topped with a very spicy Thai dressing of fish sauce, citrus juice, garlic, sugar and a fresh ground hot chilli.

Day 61:

"Use only things you find around the bathroom to create something.  Extra credit: Make it in the bathroom!"

I used a lipstick, shaving cream and toothpaste flicked off a toothbrush to make this winter scene on my bathroom mirror.  Only problem was trying to get a good shot in a reflective surface in a narrow space.

And a close up

Day 60:

"Make something that casts a shadow and document only the shadow."

Originally I had great plans for this one.  I wanted to make something I could put up in my sky light and photograph the shadow throughout the day.  Unfortunately this one came up during the Christmas break and things are just a little busy around here for me to do an all day project.  I also require a sunny day and they have been a bit sporadic.  Instead I had to compromise.  I used my tree I made on Day 34 (still my favourite) and  photographed it's shadow in different locations. 

Unfortunately it wasn't big enough or dense enough to get long shadows cast. I  tried a couple of times in the snow with the tree placed up higher but I just got fuzzy pictures.  I may go back to my original plan of an all day project in the summer.

Day 59:

"Mix and match.  Work with two materials that generally don't go together, like markers and bananas or, leaves and binder clips."

Well how about knitting and drinking in the bar.  Yes that was what I was doing to finish the tiny snowmen I set out to knit for every child in my 6 year olds class.  I set a tight deadline of finishing them for the last day of school giving myself only 2 days to get them all done as well as get all my regular things done, plus the great Christmas rush of course.  Oh how I like to work under pressure!  As the deadline loomed (only one day to go) I was suppose to go out with friends for drinks.  So there I sat in the bar making tiny scarves for snowmen that are 5 cm high while having beers and chatting with my friends.

The snowman pattern is from Mochimoch Land and the kids all loved them.

Day 58:

"Life size.  Make something as big as you possibly can."

Okay I cheated a little bit as I re-purposed or recycled a picture I had done earlier.  I have been pressed for time through Christmas.

I drew this large chameleon earlier in 2011. It was created for playing pin the tail on the chameleon at my 6 year olds chameleon themed birthday party. I always really liked the way he looked. I decided to add water colour to it for today's project.  This is the result.

Day 57:

"Use a disposable plastic bag to create something new today"

I used one of the few plastic bags I managed to get while Christmas shopping.  I usually try to use my re-usable bags instead but I purchased a large item that wouldn't fit into any of my bags.  I liked the way it held air so I made a mushroom.  Tried to position it so it was white on top with black underneath.  Worked out okay once I used some tape to hold it.

Day 56:

"Make something heavy seem light."

You may be wondering what the heck happened?  Where have I been?  Well Christmas happened and I promised myself a few years back that I wouldn't let it stress me out any more.  But it still gets crazy from time to time and this was one of those very busy years where I took on too much and although I cut out a lot I was still to manic too post.  I managed four projects though since the 20th of December so I didn't completely shut down.  Now it is a new day and a new year so I will just pick it all back up.

Drew a simple pen drawing of a scale with the tree being lighter than a feather.