Sketching #171

CPP Response #171: Perch
CPP Response #171: Perch

I cannot get this bird woman out of my mind. I have drawn her before and I am sure she will appear again. I think she represents more of an escape than wanting to fly. Here she is perched on the top of the building and ready to fly.

I was inspired by the idea of perching on the edge of a chair, but I didn’t want to draw someone perched on the edge of a chair. This idea came to me when I was looking through my sketchbook for the budgie photo and came across the response to prompt #119. I drew another woman ready to fly instead of the budgie. I think I like the feathers in this response better.

Take a look at the original prompt and draw, paint or sing something in response to it. I would love to see what you create.

Sketching #170

Sometimes I paint myself, no pun intended, into a corner when I create these prompts and this was just such a prompt. After I posted it, I asked myself what I was thinking, because how could I recreate a painting that viewers would recognize. I still had nothing when i sat down to draw, but after creating a response to prompt #169, I flashed on this response.

CPP Response #170: Painting
CPP Response #170: Painting

The painting part could be better, but I was so relieved that I just put something down on paper.

This was a good lesson for me, because I often tell you to just take 5 minutes and I often spend more time on my responses.

The original prompt has some interesting words and terms. Take some time to create your own response in the media of your choice.

Creative Prompt #178: Star

Starlight, Star bright,
the first star I see tonight
which I may, wish I might
have the wish I wish tonight

STAR magazine

STAR Testing (Standardized Testing and Reporting)

Star Tribune (Minnesota)

Star power

Falling star

wish upon a star

EnergyStar

starfall

Stars and constellations

polygon

Definition: A star is a luminous cosmic body.

Star Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics (1984-1988)

Minnesota Stars FC, an American soccer team in the NASL

Cuban Stars (West), a defunct Negro league baseball team

Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society, an air ambulance service

Star Wars

Movie star

Kansas City Star

 

Make your response simple. It doesn’t need to be a masterpiece. Take 5 minutes. Just respond and create a creative habit.

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Star Mountains, Papua New Guinea

Star Jones (born 1962), American co-host of the television show The View, lawyer, journalist and writer

“Star” (Bryan Adams song), 1996

A Star is Born (Kris Kristofferson)

Star, a novel by Danielle Steel

Sketching #169

CPP Response #169: Name
CPP Response #169: Name

I do like the things in my drawings to look odd, incomplete from your angle or out of place. I like when the viewer is looking at the scene from an odd location.

I am still trying to fill in the whole street scene like a puzzle. This is a closer view of the sign for the shop.

Take a look at the original prompt and create your own response in any media that makes you happy.

Sketching #166

In honor of my mom, whose birthday is this week, I decided to post a Creative Prompt Response.

Finally!

I know.

CPP Response #166: Growth
CPP Response #166: Growth

It took me a long time to finish Growth, because the green stalk took forever to color in.

I wanted to make the stalk look like it was growing out of the sidewalk, but I think I ended up with a kind of space alien, scary looking response rather than something fun, if odd. Oh, well. Immerhin.

I have decided to do the prompts in order even when I get behind. It is getting too hard to figure out which prompts I have and haven’t done.

You can see the original prompt and create your own response! Please do. I would love to have you join in.

 

Creative Prompt #177: Roll

Shake, rattle & roll

crusty roll

Roll on You Bears!

Definition: verb (used without object) 1. to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel. 2. to move or be moved on wheels, as a vehicle or its occupants. 3. to flow or advance in a stream or with an undulating motion, as water, waves, or smoke. 4. to extend in undulations, as land. 5. to elapse, pass, or move, as time (often followed by on, away,  or by ).

Rolling Stone (magazine)

rollcall

Rock ‘n Roll

roll the dice

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Congressional Roll Call votes

Let’s Roll!

Cinnamon roll

Easter Egg Roll

Tootsie Roll (candy)

take roll

drum roll

Rolls Royce

Rolling Stones

Make your response simple. It doesn’t need to be a masterpiece. Take 5 minutes. Just respond and create a creative habit.

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Creative Prompt #176: Pour

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Definition:?[pawr, pohr] verb (used with object) 1. to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant. 2. to emit or propel, especially continuously or rapidly: The hunter poured bullets into the moving object. 3. to produce or utter in or as in a stream or flood (often followed by out ): to pour out one’s troubles to a friend.

pour cement

when it rains it pours

pour wine

Pour Wine and Spirits Boutique

pour me a drink

pour – for, in French

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby “it.”  T. S. Eliot

Creative Prompt #175: Needle

eye of the needle

hypodermic needle

the batting needles well.

Definition

Needlefish

Space Needle, Seattle

broke a needle

needle felting

Cleopatra’s Needle, the name of three obelisks in London, Paris, and New York City

knitting needle

safe needle disposal

needlepoint

needle exchange programs

Needle gun

needle valve

needlenose pliers

Needle dam: A needle dam is a weir designed to maintain the level or flow of a river through the use of thin “needles” of wood. The needles are leaned against a solid frame and are not intended to be water-tight. Individual needles can be added or removed by hand to constrict the flow of the river, forming a sluice.

needle threader

Needle Bush (Vachellia farnesiana)

sewing needle

Crestone Needle, a mountain in Colorado, United States

Acupuncture needle

Needle Mountains, Colorado, United States

Gramophone needle

tattoo needle

Needle Rocks, Tasmania, Australia

Needles (Black Hills), a region of granite pillars in South Dakota, United States

Needles, California, United States

The Needles, three stacks of chalk off the Isle of Wight, England

The Needles, a district of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, United States

Sewing-Machine Needles, a group of three prominent rock needles near Rancho Point, Deception Island, Shetland Islands

The Needles, a series of granite spires in the Sequoia National Forest, California

upholstery needle

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Creative Prompt #174: Fire

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Forest fire

camp fire

fireplace

Campfire Girls

light a fire

1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

firepit

Definition: Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.[1] Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition. At one time, fire was considered an element but no longer.

The flame is the visible portion of the fire. If hot enough, the gases may become ionized to produce plasma.[2] Depending on the substances alight, and any impurities outside, the color of the flame and the fire’s intensity will be different.

Fire in its most common form can result in conflagration, which has the potential to cause physical damage through burning. Fire is an important process that affects ecological systems across the globe. The positive effects of fire include stimulating growth and maintaining various ecological systems. Fire has been used by humans for cooking, generating heat, signaling, and propulsion purposes. The negative effects of fire include water contamination, soil erosion, atmospheric pollution and hazard to human and animal life.[3] (Wikipedia)

wildfire

CAL FIRE

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

SF Fire Credit Union

Firefighters

Chicago Fire

Firefox

fireplace tools

FDNY

element

I’m on Fire – Bruce Springsteen

firetruck

arson

Kindle Fire

Fire safety

Triangle Factory Fire

National Fire Protection Association

Fire Island

The Fire Museum of Maryland

Pokemon Fire type

Current Fire Danger

 

Creative Prompt #173: Water

Waterpark

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

water up your nose

watering the plants

Make your response simple. It doesn’t need to be a masterpiece. Take 5 minutes. Just respond and create a creative habit.

water under the bridge

in hot water

swallowing water

drink of water

water rights

saving water

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water the lawn

water conservation

waterfall

water nymph

breakwater

life giving water

holy water

safe drinking water

Monet’s Waterlilies

water garden

water into wine

The Battle of Waterloo

Definition: Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state (water vapor or steam). Water also exists in a liquid crystal state near hydrophilic surfaces.[1][2]

Water covers 71% of the Earth‘s surface,[3] and is vital for all known forms of life.[4] On Earth, 96.5% of the planet’s water is found in oceans, 1.7% in groundwater, 1.7% in glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland, a small fraction in other large water bodies, and 0.001% in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of solid and liquid water particles suspended in air), and precipitation.[5][6] Only 2.5% of the Earth’s water is freshwater, and 98.8% of that water is in ice and groundwater. Less than 0.3% of all freshwater is in rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere, and an even smaller amount of the Earth’s freshwater (0.003%) is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products.[5]
(Wikipedia)

bodies of water

water skiing

boiling water

water taxi

bottled water

Waterloo, Iowa

 

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running water

drop of water

ground water

water cycle

waterslide

water sports

water dog

water pump

deluge of water

hot water heater

water fountain

My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.  Mark Twain (from BrainyQuotes.com)

By Ralph Waldo Emerson

The water understands
Civilization well;
It wets my foot, but prettily,
It chills my life, but wittily,
It is not disconcerted,
It is not broken-hearted:
Well used, it decketh joy,
Adorneth, doubleth joy:
Ill used, it will destroy,
In perfect time and measure
With a face of golden pleasure
Elegantly destroy.

Creative Prompt #172: Press

Full court press

Press don’t iron!

Simple:Press

Press the shirt

Restaurant in St. Helena

Freedom of the Press

press for change

press the point

Cafe de la Press (SF)

Definition: The press, overhead press or shoulder press is a weight training exercise in which a weight is pressed straight upwards from the shoulders until it is locked out overhead. The lift is performed standing.

World Press

Pressroom

operate a press

Pew Research Center for People and the Press

Press Democrat (newspaper)

The Press (news media)

brake press

Meet the Press

digital press

National Press Club

offset press

University of California Press

pressman

printing press

press operator

Make your response simple. It doesn’t need to be a masterpiece. Take 5 minutes. Just respond and create a creative habit.

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Creative Prompt #171: Perch

Where a bird sits

She perched on the edge of the chair

resting place or vantage point

rooftop lounge in downtown Los Angeles

variety of restaurants, design companies and cafes

perch awhile

Definition: Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which there are three species in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek perke meaning spotted, and the Latin forma meaning shape. Many species of freshwater gamefish more or less resemble perch, but belong to a different genera. In fact, the exclusively salt water dwelling red drum is often referred to as a red perch, even though by definition perch are freshwater fish. Though many fish are referred to as perch as a common name, to be considered a true perch the fish must be of the family Percidae.

  • Perch (surname), a surname (and list of people with that name)
  • The USS Perch, multiple ships with the name
  • Perch (unit), antique unit of measure of length, area or volume, depending on context, used in medieval France and the British Isles. As a unit of length, replaced by the rod
  • Perch, the main shaft connecting the front and rear axles of a coach or other vehicle
  • Perch SSSI a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England
  • Perch (equilibristic), an equilibristic balancing act
  • The Perch (Binsey), a historic pub in Binsey, Oxfordshire, England
  • The Perch, a historic house in Austin, Texas, USA, part of Granger House and The Perch
  • Perch class submarine, World War II era submarines of United States

 

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Creative Prompt #170: Painting

Definition: Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium[1] to a surface (support base). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is also used outside of art as a common trade among craftsmen and builders. Paintings may have for their support such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, clay, leaf, copper or concrete, and may incorporate multiple other materials including sand, clay, paper, gold leaf as well as objects.

faux painting

Fine Art Paintings

painting contractor

Textile painting

painting a room

painting furniture

watercolor painting

painting supplies

oil painting

Rock painting

Painting magazine

car painting

Make your response simple. It doesn’t need to be a masterpiece. Take 5 minutes. Just respond and create a creative habit.

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