100 Days of I Spy Dice Designs: Goals and Set Up

#The100DayProject kicks off today! This will be my 4th time participating in this global, online art project and my 6th 100 day project involving dice!

The start/end time tends to shift from year to year with this year's project running February 22nd through June 1st. As I checked my calendar, I quickly realized that I have 3 big trips scheduled that will have me out of my studio for 22 of the 100 days. As two of these trips involves flying, I will be unable to bring my sewing machine which was required for my original project idea. I was initially disappointed but knew I could always revisit this idea later in the year.

With a bit of a mindshift change, instead of looking at these trips as a barrier to participation, I came up with a game plan that would be portable, stretch my creativity, and celebrate the design inspiration awaiting me on these 3 trips!

Introducing 100 Days of I Spy Dice Designs...

My goals for participation include:

• I Spy the design elements in my surroundings and photograph for design inspiration

• I Spy and use various sources of fodder to create 2-page spread as inspired by my selected photo (with a placeholder for the inspiration photo)

• I Spy for quotes/text to practice my lettering skills within each spread

I will be posting to Instagram and Facebook daily with my inspiration photo, spread, and quote, followed by a blog post to celebrate each board book finish (approximately every 10 days)

Here are some of the supplies I spied and gathered from around my studio and more may be added to the mix as my project progresses:

• 10 small board books (each page measures ~3.5" x 4")

• My smartphone's camera

• Assorted mixed media supplies: paper/fodder, paint/markers/pens, stamps, glue, scissors, glue/gesso/matte medium, block printing, brushes, fabric, etc

And then I'll head to my local copy/printer store to print out the inspiration photos to add to my book every 10 days or so to complete each book.

Day 1/100: Shape + Artist's Choice

When life hands you lemons...use them for shape inspiration!

After my photography walk about, I started sorting through my mail and was delighted by all the yellow fodder to be discovered along with a few pops of blue and green.

For my hand lettered text, I chose "Easy, Peasy, Lemon, Squeezy" which I think may have jinxed me as there were lots of oops and redos required on both the lettering and the layout. I suspect this will get easier as I get familiarized with this small format and find my groove.

I started with page 2 and love how it finally came together...