Reflecting on life, fountain pens, coloring, and digital creative journeys.
Today’s prompt for the Xmas Magic challenge is “cracker”. This one honestly stumped me for a bit. My first thought was firecracker but that didn’t quite make sense that the children who put the list together would call them crackers instead of firecrackers or fireworks given that even in the UK where they live, fireworks … Continue reading Cracker
Today’s prompt for the Xmas Magic challenge is Cold. I moved to Florida because I don’t like the cold, yet this week it has found me. It makes explaining the choice of picture for this project a bit easier however. I’m going to show the finished picture first then talk about why I chose it. … Continue reading Cold
Today’s prompt for the Xmas Magic challenge was present. Now this is one of those tricky English words that has multiple meanings but given that the list was based on words children gave when asked what they thought of when they thought about Christmas and New Years, I’m going to go with the gift definition. … Continue reading Present
Today’s prompt for the Xmas Magic challenge was Snowman. Can’t build a real one here in Florida, we don’t get snow. I can however recreate the fun of doing so and that was the goal of today’s creative exercise. I have had in my arts and crafts cabinet for sometime now the majority of a … Continue reading Snowman
Today’s Xmas Magic prompt was “Wonderful.” Normally a prompt like this would leave me scratching my head or forcing some bad poetry, however in this particular case, I got an idea. As soon as I saw the word “Wonderful” the phrase “It’s the most wonderful time of the year” came to mind and I knew … Continue reading Wonderful
I am no stranger to snow. I am also no fan of snow. I moved to Florida in part to escape snow. That said snow is pretty when it’s falling and you can watch it out your window from the warmth of your home. Or when it is freshly fallen and undisturbed. I think I … Continue reading Snow
Today’s prompt for the Xmas Magic challenge is Santa. Growing up Jewish, Santa wasn’t really a thing but the motif has always been present. The first thing I thought of when I saw this prompt was the traditional Santa face. I thought I could glass etch that on to something maybe an ornament and that … Continue reading Santa
Today is the first day of Nina Jane Art’s Xmas Magic Art Challenge. The prompt today was happy. I chose the picture below because being authentic, being myself makes me happy. I hope through my content to inspire others to do the same, feel the same. I discuss this more in my latest YouTube video … Continue reading Happy
Starting tomorrow I will be participating in an art challenge hosted by my favorite Art streamer on Twitch @NinaJaneArt. The challenge consists of 12 different prompts, words that the children of one of her friends and fellow streamers came up with when asked about Christmas and New Years. While Nina will be putting all of … Continue reading Nina Jane Art Xmas Magic Challenge
