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.