Reflecting on life, fountain pens, coloring, and digital creative journeys.
So I had every intention of doing more with the March of Robots art challenge but as I started working on it, I found myself uninspired. Robots just don’t interest me. I was also running into a constant problem for me. I had big ideas and no real way to implement them. I had ideas … Continue reading March of Robots – Update
For this NinaJaneArt challenge the prompt list below was chosen randomly by her stream viewers. While she is using it to create individual tarot cards for each of the 6 prompts as part of a larger project to create her own deck, I went a different route. I chose to create a tableau using all … Continue reading Fate or Fortune Challenge Part 1
I decided to combines days 2 & 3 because I had an idea for a drawing that put them together. The drawing is very basic and not nearly as detailed as it was in my head but this is often the case for creative endeavors with me. Big ideas that are harder to execute. If … Continue reading March of Robots Days 2 & 3: Upgrade and Refresh
The first prompt of the March of Robots art challenge is robot head 01. The reason for the 01 is that there are 4 robot head prompts during this month long challenge. Drawing is hard for me. I can't do freehand. I mean I can but I hate how it looks. I obsess over the … Continue reading March of Robots Day 1: Robot Head 01
The last prompt for the Xmas Magic challenge was star. I picked a mandala that had lots of stars in it. It is pictured below and you if you click on it it will take you to a YouTube video I made while coloring the stars. In the video I discuss why I chose to … Continue reading Star
The next to last prompt for the Xmas Magic challenge was sheep. Can you believe we are on number 11 out of 12? As I couldn’t find a sheep in any of my coloring book and I already had two writings back to back, I decided this would be another crafting project. I decided to … Continue reading Sheep
Today’s Xmas Magic challenge prompt is fire. Fire comes in many forms, especially during the holidays. There are fireplace fires for keeping warm. Fires in the oven and on the stove to cook the food. Fireworks. Some places have bonfires. There’s also tons of candle flames. Candles decorate the table and the houses. There are … Continue reading Fire
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
