Creative Prompt #125: Dark

I am going to try to do a series of Halloween related words to change up the way I inspire your creativity. Enjoy.

dark room

dark energy

Dark Nights of the Soul by Thomas Moore

“It was a dark and stormy night…”

Definition: devoid or partially devoid of light : not receiving, reflecting, transmitting, or radiating light

dark glasses

dark planet

Dark Knight

dark matter

International Dark Sky Association

The Dark Tower by Stephen King (no, I haven’t read this series; his books are too creepy for me)

darkness engulfed the City

Dark Hunter

Dark Void

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Creative Prompt #124: Anger

Yes, it has been an angry and busy week for me, thus the inspiration for today’s word (better late than never right?).

Controlling anger before it controls you

12 Angry Men

Anger management

Definition: Anger is an automatic response to ill treatment. It is the way a person indicates he or she will not tolerate certain types of behaviour. It is a feedback mechanism in which an unpleasant stimulus is met with an unpleasant response. (great definition, don’t you think?)

The Anger of Achilles, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo depicts the Greek hero attacking Agamemnon. (painting)

Take charge of anger

Anger and aggression

Manage anger and overcome aggression

channel your anger

anger disorder (who knew?)

Quote: A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life. Christopher Morley

Quote: Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them. James Fallows

Quote: “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned,” spoken by Zara in Act III, Scene VIII.[1] (This is usually paraphrased as “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”) William Congreve (I always thought the quote was”Hell hath no fury like a woman’s anger” You get the idea, just go with it)

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Creative Prompt #123: Butterfly

May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun
And find your shoulder to light on,
To bring you luck, happiness and riches
Today, tomorrow and beyond.
~Irish Blessing
(quotegarden.com)

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A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths.  (Wikipedia)

Madame Butterfly

Butterfly Restaurant, Pier 33 San Francisco

Butterfly table tennis and ping pong accessories

butterfly garden

the butterfly effect

Monarch

butterfly wings

 

Creative Prompt #122: Dress

A garment

special occasion dresses

formal dress

dress a salad

wedding dress

get dressed

dress your hair

put on a dress

wear a dress

dress-up box

dress code

dress uniform

dress rehersal

Dress quote: Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal and another quote “Sometimes I wish I could go back to the days when I was six and my biggest problem was what kind of dress to put on Barbie or whether or not I had enough Legos to build a fort”

cocktail dress

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apply dressings

party dress

Definitions: [verb] a : to make or set straight b : to arrange (as troops) in a straight line and at proper intervals ; 2: to prepare for use or service; specifically : to prepare for cooking or for the table <dress a salad>; 3: to add decorative details or accessories to : embellish ; 4 a : to put clothes on <dress a child> b : to provide with clothing <feed and dress a growing family>; 5 archaic : dress down ; 6 a : to apply dressings or medicaments to <dress a wound> b (1) : to arrange (as the hair) by combing, brushing, or curling (2) : to groom and curry (an animal) c : to kill and prepare for market or for consumption —often used with out d : cultivate, tend; especially : to apply manure or fertilizer to <dress a field> e : to put through a finishing process; especially : to trim and smooth the surface of (as lumber or stone); [intransitive verb] 1a : to put on clothing b : to put on or wear formal, elaborate, or fancy clothes <dress for dinner>; 2 of a food animal : to weigh after being dressed —often used with out; 3: to align oneself with the next soldier in a line to make the line straight ; — dress ship : to ornament a ship for a celebration by hoisting national ensigns at the mastheads and running a line of signal flags and pennants from bow to stern

Definitions [noun]: 1: apparel, clothing; 2: an outer garment (as for a woman or girl) usually consisting of a one-piece bodice and skirt; 3: covering, adornment, or appearance appropriate or peculiar to a particular time; 4: a particular form of presentation : guise

Definition [adjective]: 1: suitable for a formal occasion <dress clothes> <dress shoes>; 2: requiring or permitting formal dress <a dress affair>; 3: relating to or used for a dress <dress material>

prom dress

bridesmaid dress

gown

dress-up dolls

dress meat

 

Creative Prompt #121: Aquarium

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My mind is on fish and the sea today. A friend was in Kauai and all I could think about was sand between my toes and laying on a lounge chair listening to the waves. A Creative prompt on the them is the closest I’ll get in the foreseeable future.

Definition: 1 : a container (as a glass tank) or an artificial pond in which living aquatic animals or plants are kept; 2: an establishment where aquatic organisms are kept and exhibited; e.g. not their natural environment

Seattle Aquarium

Georgia Aquarium

California Academy of Sciences

New York Aquarium

National Aquarium

Aquarium of the Pacific

Monterey Bay Aquarium

salt water aquarium

aquarium supplies

aquarium plants

fish tank

screen saver

Images of aquaria

filter

pump

Creative Prompt #120: Willow

Willow (1988 movie)

Definition: Willows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species[2] of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are known as willow, but some narrow-leaved shrub species are called osier, and some broader-leaved species are referred to as sallow (from Old English sealh, related to the Latin word salix, willow). Some willows (particularly arctic and alpine species) are low-growing or creeping shrubs; for example the Dwarf Willow (Salix herbacea) rarely exceeds 6 cm (2 in) in height, though spreading widely across the ground.

Willows are very cross-fertile, and numerous hybrids occur, both naturally and in cultivation. A well-known ornamental example is the Weeping Willow (Salix × sepulcralis), which is a hybrid of Peking Willow (Salix babylonica) from China and White Willow (Salix alba) from Europe. (Wikipedia)

Willow Danielle Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Willow Tree by Susan Lordi

Willow, Alaska

Weeping willow

Jane Sassaman’s Willow quilt

willow switch

Willow on Pinterest

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.” – Bruce Lee, American Actor

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Creative Prompt #119: Wings

On a wing and a prayer

the appendages birds use to fly

covered in feathers

marble wings

shoes with wings

“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings” Salvador Dali

spread your wings

wing chair

Take wing

When a bell rings an angel gets his/her wings

Bat wing

wing man

chicken wings

build a new wing

seated near the wing

skull with wings imagery

Wings on Pinterest (hope you can see the search results)

Paul McCartney and Wings

Detroit Red Wings

Wings (TV series 1990-1997)

buffalo wings

 

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Creative Prompt #118: North

North by Northwest

North Beach in San Francisco

Northern California

North Dakota

North Beach Pizza

North Korea

North Coast Brewing Company

North County Times

North America

North American Bluebird Society

North shore

North Africa

north wind

Oliver North

The Old North Church

North Caucasus

The North Face

North Pole

North movie

North Hollywood

North Carolina

direction

point on a compass

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

North American Auto Show

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Thanks for your participation!

Creative Prompt #117: Numbers

TV Show
iWork Numbers
the things you count with
vast amounts
Numbers Music
by the numbers
Can everyone give me their numbers?
credit card numbers
Powerball numbers
Numbers Night Club, San Diego
Numbers and strings (programming in Java)
Library of Congress Poetry 180 Project: Numbers
Port numbers
ISBN Numbers
algebraic number
LCCN numbers
Library of Congress call numbers
running the numbers
Dewey Decimal numbers
prime numbers
Nielsen ratings numbers
Bank routing numbers
Account numbers
800 numbers
whole numbers

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Sketching #114

CPP Response #114
CPP Response #114

This is not part of my regular series of responses. I just had a desire to try my hand at responding in watercolors this time. I didn’t follow the color of the original photo, exactly. I used colors that were similar and made me happy, well, at least for the bottles and the tree. I drew the picture in a modified kind of not looking at the photo kind of way. I tried to look at the picture and not my paper, but I did glance at the paper now and again just to orient my pen. I didn’t draw enough lines for the tree and had to add them later. The tree needed more definition than the paint gave it.

The supplies I used were a set of Crayola water colors and a medium Pitt pen.

 

Creative Prompt #116: Breakfast

Watch this video from Danny Gregory and be inspired to do something wonderful for your response.

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Creative Prompt #115: Flight

Glad to have you playing along!

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Take flight

In flight

Kelly Rae Roberts blog

cheap flight deals

book flights

Microsoft Flight

flights of inspiration

track departing flights

Wright Brothers

Charles Lindbergh

transatlantic flight

dynamics of flight

The Art of Flight

Flight 93

Angel’s Flight

take flight

Flight of the Conchords

human flight

bird in flight

flight patterns

maiden flight

flight attendants

space flight

Definition: –noun 1. the act, manner, or power of flying. 2. the distance covered or the course taken by a flying object: a 500-mile flight; the flight of the ball. 3. a trip by an airplane, glider, etc.

Creative Prompt #114

Philly's Magic Gardens - detailPhilly's Magic Gardens - detail
Philly's Magic Gardens - detail

Yes, I am mixing it up a bit. What are you inspired to make from this photo of a detail of Philly’s Magic Gardens? I posted more photos a few days ago.

Have you done them all? Have you done a significant number or some? Any?

 

Did you add links to your art? Contributed to the Flickr Group? Have fun and link to your responses! Ask a friend to join, too! You can do the prompts together.

Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog, and how your work relates to the other responses.

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to post your responses. Are you already a member? I created that spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses. Please join and look at all of the great artwork that people have posted. Post yours and get kudos!

Sketching #110: Beckon

Response #110
Response #110

Yes, I am back in the saddle, too. I am working on the last few prompts from before the break, but back in the saddle.

This one is different from my normal style of response. I got a bug in my ear to do it this way after looking at some Zentangles, so voila’! I responded in a Zentangly kind of style.

One very exciting element of this photo that I noticed when I was processing the picture was the quality of the pen line. Oooh la la! I really like the way the line looks. If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you will see the line. You will also be able to see the detail of my inexpert drawing, which will hopefully encourage you to just respond. The pen I used is one that I use regularly for writing. It is a Pilot G-2 07.