For week six of Inktober 52, the prompt is “swamp.” And here is a picture of a lovely swamp in Reinstein Woods. It’s full of gorgeous lily pads and makes me think of Claude Monet and his peaceful impressionistic paintings of lily pads. So… is my picture this week of a swamp filled with lily […]
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Today is the lunar new year, which is celebrated in much of eastern Asia. It occurs on the day of the second new moon following the winter solstice. The first new moon occurred on December 30th. The celebration, which begins today, will last for fifteen days and will end with the lantern ceremony. This new
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on feeling invisible It’s easy to feel invisible in a world that doesn’t always celebrate our differences as human beings. A world that wants everyone to fit a mold that we don’t fit. A world that sees our differences as weaknesses, not as our unique individuality. I remember, when I was in high school, wondering
This painting is all about color mixing. I have a set of three different colored chalk paints, which can be painted in a transparent style or as more of an opague style. The paints that I have are red, yellow, and blue, and I can mix them to get the colors that I need. I
It snowed and was very cold most of the day. Not as cold as yesterday, but still a good day to stay inside. And paint. Now, if there were only something to paint. So, I started drawing random lines and thought that was fun. And slowly, little by little, I added color to the spaces
After I completed the Inktober project in October for the first time, I realized that I really liked drawing with ink. Okay, technically, I’m drawing with a pencil and am inking it in afterwards. But still, that’s considered acceptable, according to the people who run Inktober. Early in October, I had started getting the Inktober
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Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to share a favorite quotation. The first quotation I have chosen is “Everyone deserves a chance to fly,” from the song “Defying Gravity,” in the musical “Wicked.” Last month, I went with some friends to the movie theater to see “Wicked,” starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
Last October, I made my third effort to do Inktober. Until then, I never finished the month. But this past year, I did finished it for the first time, probably because I paired the drawings with stories about Bearnacle Bear when he was still known as Baby Bear. After Inktober was finished, I realized that
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Today, for my photography challenge, the prompt is “black and white.” For the Ultimate Blogging Challenge, it’s “four.” So, I am combining the two to create this mystery story, which I am making up on the spur of the moment, based on photographs that I took between yesterday and today of four different places. The
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The prompt for day two is “something good,” and, since Christmas continues for twelve days, it became that something good. But then… …It became bittersweet. Unfortunately, among people I know, death came to visit not once but five times during the week between Christmas and new year’s eve. It made the whole season hard to
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