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Day 21

Courage is fire, bullying is smoke. 

--Benjamin Disraeli

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Day 20 

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” 
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

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Day 19

It takes a long time to become young.

--Pablo Picasso

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Day 18

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. 

--Pablo Piscasso

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Day 17

“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

--Douglas Adams 

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Day 16

“If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.”

--Coco Chanel 

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Day 15

"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." — Victor Hugo

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Day 14

“I think the only way to properly face doom is to be on time.” 
― Jennifer duBois, A Partial History of Lost Causes

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Day 13

In thirteen years, every aspect of the universe can change - ask a thirteen-year-old. 

--P. J. O'Rourke

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Day 12

Peace begins with a smile.

--Mother Teresa

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Day 11

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future. 

--Bernard Meltzer

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Day 10

 “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ― C.S. Lewis

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Day 9

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
― Francis of Assisi

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Day 8

“There is an alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmuted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.”
― Pearl S. Buck

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Day 7

“If You Are Working On Something That You Really Care About, You Don’t Have To Be Pushed. The Vision Pulls You.” – Steve Jobs

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Day 6

“The Pessimist Sees Difficulty In Every Opportunity. The Optimist Sees Opportunity In Every Difficulty.” – Winston Churchill

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Day 5

“Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.” – Gautama Buddha

I wanted to draw a lotus flower from the water's edge.  I think this is pretty whimsical flower today.  I hope you enjoy the quote included with today's card. Going forward I am going to add quotes to my post each day. 

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Day 4

Here are five fun flower buds.  I love how these flower buds turned out. The frame is a very doodle inspired.  I think the whole card is playful and whimsical.  

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Day 3

Pretty fun flowers to enjoy a nice quite Sunday!

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Day 2

This weeks images are going to be flowers.  The inspiration for these cards is both real flowers and Victorian drawings.  In order to break up some of the negative space in the background, I am adding some different types of shapes.  Pencil smudging for my shadowing gives the image some depth.

I had a lot of fun creating this card!

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Day 1

Index Card A Day starts today!  This is going to be my third year participating in the challenge.  This year I am keeping it simple.  I am just going to do a drawing with pencil and ink.  I will add some shadowing by smudging the pencil.  My focus is on the drawing and composition.  

Each card will be numbered and there will be a frame of some type surrounding the main image.  The images are going to be kept loose, so I am not going to use any rulers for perfect straight lines.  

I plan on creating a mini-album to house all of this year's cards.  The challenge is for all of June and July: 61 days.  I decided to make a cover page for my first day.  

Supplies List:

Index Card

Mechanical Pencil with #2 Graphite

Pigma Micron Pens in 005, 03 and 05

Smudging Tool - Large

Join and have fun creating for two full months!