One fun art project is to depict the same subject in four different ways. It’s a really enjoyable thing to do and it helps you stretch your creativity. And so, I did exactly that. I started off with an ink drawing that I made in response to the Inktober week six prompt, which was “granny.” […]
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one celebration at a time… Fifteen days ago, a small group walked the first lap of Relay for Life. Relay for Life here on Grand Island, New York, is a celebratory event that serves as the fundraiser for the American Cancer Association. It’s a fun, though poignant, event that celebrates cancer survivors, as well as
and your opportunity to vote for the winning photo caption! And now for the caption contest. Here is the photograph and below it are the captions. Please vote, either for one or, if you can’t decide, for your two favorites!
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Last week, I went to a place called Rustic Buffalo. It’s a bunch of shops in a group of buildings in Sanborn, New York. It specializes in fun Buffalo-themed stuff, with some other things thrown in for the sheer joy of it all. A few of the things that I saw looked like they belonged
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part one The pictures here are from days one through seven of Inktober. The prompts are moustache, weave, crown, murky, deer, earring, and starfish. In the days when bears and humans spoke the same language, there was a boy who was best friends with a bear cub who was known only as Baby Bear. The
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It’s Silly Saturday, so I decided to share some silly AI images that I conjured up on my phone. Through the Facebook Messenger app, I can provide prompts, and AI will create an image for me. The goofier the prompt, the more absurd the image. So, I am sharing a few fun AI images with
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On Thursday, after I left Delaware Park, I walked by the AKG, the art gallery formerly known as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. It was closed for four years for reconstuction before being reopened as the AKG in 2023. I have not yet had an opportunity to visit, but I’m hoping that one of my future
After painting eight wooden eggs, I was starting to feel as if inspiration had fled. Nevertheless, I decided to paint three wooden eggs today, even though I had absolutely no plan in mind for them. Unfortunately, my creativity was taking a nap… I looked at the eggs and blanked out. I didn’t have a clue…
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It’s Wordless Wednesday, so the colorful art is going to do all of the talking!
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In today’s blog post, I’m going to talk about four color-related things. I made another painting with the matte pastels on canvas, and I attempted to create a color wheel within the center of the flower, but it really didn’t work well. Which is okay. The goal of daily practice is to sharpen skills, not
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