Artarazzi Challenge #9 Vintage Beauty

Supposed to be doing some "serious work" tonight, but it was so much more fun to goof off with this great image from the Artazzi challenge! You can do anything with it, as long as it's digital. Pop over & have a go this week if you have the time.

What a fun opportunity to play with some of the public domain stuff I have tucked in the nooks & crannies of my computer. The man is from artfreebies.blogspot.com. The silhouette - publicdomainpictures.net. The telegram has been in my free use folder so long I don't remember where it came from.

The Telegram

Do you find you get a phrase stuck in your head while creating, like you're forming a back story for the characters? Found the gent 1st & he said to me "I remember... she was very beautiful - but her sister ... ooh la la!"

In case the telegram text is hard to read: Reference yesterdays cable lost government money had to cash checque on Parrs at Anglo Egyptian for the amount - Coles

SNEAK PEEK - Red's Dream

Playing with a piece for the MWO challenge - Dream. Pop on over, say hi to Gail, snag the image & play! You've still got til Midnight tomorrow to enter....C'mon....you can do it!

Here's a sneak peek of the piece I sent in. It's just the center but I think I may like the crop better than my full piece....harumph...I suspect I will have to tweak it more in the future ....

Even if you don't get around to interpreting Gail's lovely image, check back with her on Sunday. She'll be posting all the submissions to her blog then. And if you pop back here this weekend I'll have the full piece up eventually.

Happy Creating!

Pyrrha

Child of Pandora, Pyrrha was also the niece (& daughter in law) of Prometheus. When Zeus decided at the end of the Bronze Age to flood the world, Pyrrha & her husband Deucallion built an ark, survived & repopulated the world by tossing rocks over their shoulders. The rocks became the next generation.

I recently discovered the Artarazzi challenges & made this for Challenge #8 (Alter Waterhouse's Boreas & use orange)

The fire in image is courtesy of PDPhoto.org

Art on The Darkside Challenge - SHADOWS

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
-Freidrich Nietzche

My submission to the current Art On The Darkside challenge.
Life size charcoal & pastel drawing

Sloooowing Down in my "old Age"

Been tagged 3 times lately. In the interest of time I'm going combine them together. 1st a thanks to Jude Mcconkey , Candace , and- blast -I've forgotten the 3rd. Will have to troll back thru comments & add later - sorry. Pop over & say hi to them when you get a chance, k?

Next here are the basic rules:
1. Link to the person or persons who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write 6-8 random things about yourself (different versions floating around)
4. Tag 6-8 people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

So I'm going to split the difference & list 7 bits o trivia:

1.Went thru 1/2 box of tissues watching Wuthering Heights last week
2. I've met some of the most fascinating people while hitchhiking.
3. I haven't been able to stay on a bike since I was 6 (& training wheels came off)
4. I'm afraid of alligators
5. I love to bake (especially bread)
6. I was staying in a convent in Rome when I found out I was pregnant with lil dude
7. Once had a group of local ghost hunters come through the house

Decided to randomly tag some followers for my victims *cough cough* I mean choices. Hope I don't scare you off - Don't feel that you have to play. Should you choose to, I look forward to your random thoughts..... Anyone else, please click on their blog links below to see what wonders can be found :D

1. Linda Hardy
2.K-Plus Krafts
3.Polestar
4.Marie-Monique
5.Travelling Painter
6.Dawn
7.Jordanka Yaretz

OoPs! MiSsEd ThAt RaNdOm THoUgHt TuEsDaY aGaIn

Dang. I'm extra slow this week. I was saving this for Tuesday but the week's getting away from me: A little time-waster that is worth checking out, especially if you remember the 80s: www.dustfilms.com/literalvideos

Been stocking some valentine supplies in the ColorTheSky shop today - the cool thing is they've been flying off the "shelf" almost as soon as I list them! Wish I had more time - I have many many more things to upload. C'est la vie

Little guy is home this week with an asthma-type cough. All day at the docs yesterday yielded a new med which seems to be helping (yay!). However not much gets done besides Nurse-Mommy stuff.

Have to run. Hope you're having a creative day!

Monday's Muse - Challenges

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead. - Bette Davis

Today I am Time Challenged ... what's new, eh?

I started this morning thinking about all the great blog challenges out there. Poetry, art, and many others...

Been enjoying a few art challenges lately. A picture or word can really get the juices flowing .... Mostly in my mind unfortunately (the time thing again). Here are a few of my current favorites:

Mind Wide Open
Illustration Friday
Art On The Dark Side
What are some of your favorite challenges? Anything on the web that shakes your muse awake lately? I challenge you to take some advice from Bette D: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

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9:30 pm Took up my own challenge of Time. Put the little guy to bed & gave myself 45 minutes to create...anything! The only caveat was that when the timer went off I had to stop. Ended up with this ATC . Feels good to tickle some paper, but it was hard to stop! She feels a bit unfinished & I've reawakened the fingers. However there is a patient husband & a paused movie waiting in the wings.... so to play by my own rules, she's done.now she needs a name....any suggestions?