Then I started thinking about how many years I have been doing projects to re-purpose foam.  I remember my dad built us a foam cutting machine when we were kids and we made all sorts of decorations for Christmas and Birthdays.  I also used it in college on an impromptu sign I made for our Psychology club, which won us first place for booth decor, ahem, ahem, I don't want to brag but we even beat the Architecture club and their complex wooden structure.     

I have created a category called FOAM HOME for all sorts of ideas for reusing this thing we keep calling Styrofoam and is known in Spanish as corcho blanco or unicel --  which are great search words just in case you want to expand your images, projects, and ideas.

This project was fast because I used whatever I found at the discounted-oops-paint-shelf. Nothing helps speed things up like having a limited color assortment to choose from.

This project involved a desire to get rid of something cumbersome from 
a large parcel I received.  Something I don't like: Styrofoam.

I try to stay away from foam knowing that it is not biodegradable and won't even be collected by most recycling facilities, so instead of throwing it away, this is what I did with a large piece of packaging foam, a can of black paint, and a can of yellow paint that I got for 50 cents each.


Rubber Ducky

Easy drawing subject:  a circle for the body, a circle for the head, and a circle for a giant eye.

I think the ragged edges and porous-looking surface of the foam add character.