I can hardly believe it’s nearly time for ICAD again. Where has the year gone? This year marks the 3rd year that I will have participated in ICAD in full and it is the second year that I will be providing Mixed Media Prompts for ICAD. Maybe I’m getting a bit ahead of myself. If you are not familiar with what ICAD is let me back track a bit and explain what ICAD is:

ICAD stands for Index Card A Day. It is a daily prompt art challenge done yearly. It is 61 days long (June-July). Tammy Garcia over at Daisy Yellow Art started ICAD. She started it 11 years ago and it has bloomed into the phenomenon we love today. So, to participate in ICAD all you need to do is create daily art on index cards (in one of the three standard size’s (3″ x 5″, 4″ x 6″ or 5″ x 7″) or you can do the fun alteration and work on rolodex cards instead. Tammy has put out wonderful lists of prompts and last year (2020) I decided I needed a Mixed Media Prompt option. Then choose to share the prompts out for anyone who wanted to follow along. It was so much fun to see everyone’s different interpretation of the prompts. You can see everyone’s posts over on Instagram as we all used the #mixedmediaicad, #mixedmediaicad2020 or #mmicad2020

Last year I videotaped some of my daily sessions. You can see the video playlist over on my YouTube channel or you can visit me on Instagram @nina_fickett and under the hashtag #ninasicad are all my ICAD’s.

I’m back and ready to post Mixed Media ICAD 2021 prompts for this year’s ICAD. This year I will be using the Joggles 3″ x 5″ Watercolor Index Cards for my daily submissions. I choose these because they are wonderfully robust and can handle all the watery liquid things I throw at them. I will start posting the prompts 1 week in advanced. I post the prompts to my Instagram account as well as over on my YouTube Channel.

If you are interested in the 2020 Mixed Media ICAD prompts, I have created a free prompt download. Just click the button below.

I always look forward to the Mixed Media ICAD Challenge. I have found that it really jump starts my creativity juices. It also offers me the opportunity to play with new combinations. It’s a seriously investigative opportunity and I hope you join along and reap all the creative benefits.