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Creative Prompt #200: Sunset

We have reached 200! Amazing. Thanks for reading and playing along.

Sunrise, sunset – from Fiddler on the Roof

magazine – your guide to living in the west

The Sunset – Neighborhood in San Francisco

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal. Elbert Hubbard

Inner Sunset, San Francisco

Sunset Hills to be named to the National Register of Historic Places (article)

St. Anne of the Sunset, Catholic Church in San Francisco (love the name and the church is beautiful)

Sunset Marquis, a boutique hotel in West Hollywood.

Sunset Boulevard (street)

sunrise/sunset calculator – NOAA

sunset provision

Sunset Boulevard (movie)

sunsetting

1988 movie directed by Blake Edwards;with Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway. Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder

Sunset grill

Walt Whitman: Song at Sunset

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” quote / Rabindranath Tagore

Definition: Sunset or sundown is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the western half of the horizon, i.e. at an azimuth greater than 180 degrees, as a result of Earth’s rotation.

The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment when the trailing edge of the Sun’s disk disappears below the horizon. The ray path of light from the setting Sun is highly distorted near the horizon because of atmospheric refraction, making the sunset appear to occur when the Sun’s disk is already about one diameter below the horizon. Sunset is distinct from dusk, which is the time at which the sky becomes completely dark, which occurs when the Sun is approximately eighteen degrees below the horizon. The period between sunset and dusk is called twilight.

Locations north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle experience no sunset or sunrise at least one day of the year, when the polar day or the polar night persist continuously for 24 hours.

Sunset creates unique atmospheric conditions such as the often intense orange and red colors of the Sun and the surrounding sky. (Wikipedia)

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.

We are also talking about this on Twitter. Use the hashtag #CPP

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.

Creative Prompt #199: Touch

TV Series with Kiefer Sutherland

iPod Touch

touch football

touch and go for awhile

touchdown

touch tone

social media mobile app

touch up her make up

Midas touch

touch screen

Adobe Photoshop Touch

one of the senses

touch of class

Please Touch Museum

touch therapy

get back in touch

Jin Shin Jyutsu (pronounced “jin shin jitsu”)

itouch

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Definition: (Merriam Webster) ransitive verb

1
: to bring a bodily part into contact with especially so as to perceive through the tactile sense : handle or feel gently usually with the intent to understand or appreciate <loved to touch the soft silk>
2
: to strike or push lightly especially with the hand or foot or an implement
3
: to lay hands upon (one afflicted with scrofula) with intent to heal
4
archaic

a : to play on (a stringed instrument)

b : to perform (a melody) by playing or singing

5
a : to take into the hands or mouth <never touches alcohol>

b : to put hands upon in any way or degree <don’t touch anything before the police come>; especially : to commit violence upon <swears he never touched the child>

6
: to deal with : become involved with <a sticky situation and I wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot pole>
7
: to induce to give or lend <touched him for ten dollars>
8
: to cause to be briefly in contact or conjunction with something <touched her spurs to the horse> <touched his hand to his hat>
9
a (1) : to meet without overlapping or penetrating : adjoin (2) : to get to : reach <the speedometer needle touched 80>

b : to be tangent to

c : to rival in quality or value <nothing can touch that cloth for durability>

10
: to speak or tell of especially in passing <barely touched the incident in the speech>
11
a : to relate to : concern

b : to have an influence on : affect

12
a : to leave a mark or impression on <few reagents will touch gold>; also : tinge

b : to harm slightly by or as if by contact : taint, blemish <fruit touched by frost>

c : to give a delicate tint, line, or expression to <a smile touched her lips>

d : to get a hit off or score a run against <touched him for three runs>

13
: to draw or delineate with light strokes
14
a : to hurt the feelings of : wound

b : to move to sympathetic feeling

intransitive verb
1
a : to feel something with a body part (as the hand or foot)

b : to lay hand or finger on a person to cure disease (as scrofula)

2
: to be in contact
3
: to come close : verge <your actions touch on treason>
4
: to have a bearing : relate —used with on or upon
5
a : to make a brief or incidental stop on shore during a trip by water <touched at several ports>

b : to treat a topic in a brief or casual manner —used with on or upon <touched upon many points>

— touch·able adjective
— touch·er noun
— touch base

: to come in contact or communication <coming in from the cold to touch base with civilization — Carla Hunt>

Sketching #186

CPP Response #186: Frosting
CPP Response #186: Frosting

I don’t always have an idea of what I am going to draw when I think of a word. I wasn’t sure what I would create with this one.

Fortunately, I think this response came out pretty well, I think. I like the way the unfrosted portion of the cake came out.

Look at the original prompt and create a response of your own.

Creative Prompt #198: Wash

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Brain wash

Wash Tubbs comic strip

wash the dog

body wash (product)

wash day

baby wash

wash tub

fruit wash

car wash

washer

Definition: (Merriam Webster) transitive verb

1

a : to cleanse by or as if by the action of liquid (as water)

b : to remove (as dirt) by rubbing or drenching with liquid
2
: to cleanse (fur) by licking or by rubbing with a paw moistened with saliva
3

a : to flush or moisten (a bodily part or injury) with a liquid

b (1) : to wet thoroughly : drench (2) : to overspread with light : suffuse
c : to pass a liquid (as water) over or through especially so as to carry off material from the surface or interior
4
: to flow along or dash or overflow against <waves washing the shore>
5
: to move, carry, or deposit by or as if by the force of water in motion <houses washed away by the flood>
6

a : to subject (as crushed ore) to the action of water to separate valuable material

b : to separate (particles) from a substance (as ore) by agitation with or in water
c (1) : to pass through a bath to carry off impurities or soluble components (2) : to pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid to purify it especially by removing soluble components
7

a : to cover or daub lightly with or as if with an application of a thin liquid (as whitewash or varnish)

b : to depict or paint by a broad sweep of thin color with a brush
8
: to cause to swirl <washing coffee around in his cup>
9
: launder 3 <how the mob washes its money through corrupt bankers — Vincent Teresa>
intransitive verb
1
: to wash oneself or a part of one’s body
2
: to become worn away by the action of water
3
: to clean something by rubbing or dipping in water
4

a : to become carried along on water : drift <cakes of ice washing along>

b : to pour, sweep, or flow in a stream or current <waves of pioneers washing westward — Green Peyton>
5
: to serve as a cleansing agent <this soap washes thoroughly>
6

a : to undergo laundering <this dress doesn’t wash well>

b (1) : to undergo testing successfully : work 4 <an interesting theory, but it just won’t wash> (2) : to gain acceptance : inspire belief <the story didn’t wash with me>

— wash one’s hands of

: to disclaim interest in, responsibility for, or further connection with

 

Sketching #183

CPP Response #183: Drink
CPP Response #183: Drink

I went out with a work vendor a few weeks ago. It was a nice outing; a relationship building kind of event. We sat the bar and I faced the wall of bottles, which are endlessly fascinating to me. The arrangement of them is a kind of art form all its own. I have taken some liberties with the colors of the liquor. If you prefer, you can imagine it to be sodas.

Take a look at the original post. Try one of your own.

Creative Prompt #197: West

“East of the Sun and West of the Moon” Source: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, Østenfor sol og vestenfor måne, Norske Folkeeventyr (Christiania [Oslo], 1842-1852), translated by George Webb Dasent (1859). Translation revised by D. L. Ashliman. © 2001.

Taliesin West – Frank Lloyd Wright

Great Western Bank (now part of Chase)

Nato Camp: During the Cold War “the West” was often used to refer to the NATO camp as opposed to the Warsaw Pact and non-aligned nations. The expression survives, with an increasingly ambiguous meaning. (your history lesson for the day from Wikipedia)

Best Western

Southwest Airlines

Kanye West

Farragut West

Mae West

Go West, young man! – Horace Greeley

West is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. (Wikipedia)

West End (London)

West Africa

West Germany

The West Wing

West Valley College

West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of east and is perpendicular to north and south. (Wikipedia)

Nathanael West (author)

West Nile virus

Upper West Side

Nine West

Western Addition (San Francisco neighborhood)

In Chinese Buddhism, the West represents movement toward the Buddha or enlightenment (see Journey to the West). The ancient Aztecs believed that the West was the realm of the great goddess of water, mist, and maize. In Ancient Egypt, the West was considered to be the portal to the netherworld, and is the cardinal direction regarded in connection with death, though not always with a negative connotation. Ancient Egyptians also believed that the Goddess Amunet was a personification of the West.[1] The Celts believed that beyond the western sea off the edges of all maps lay the Otherworld, or Afterlife.(Wikipedia)

Western hemsiphere

American West

In American literature (e.g. in The Great Gatsby) moving West has sometimes symbolized gaining freedom, perhaps as an association with the settling of the Old West (see also Manifest Destiny).(Wikipedia)

West Elm

West Portal, San Francisco (Wikipedia, again)

West Seattle

To go west using a compass for navigation, one needs to set a bearing or azimuth of 270°. (Wikipedia)

Western Union

West is the direction opposite that of the Earth‘s rotation on its axis, and is therefore the general direction towards which the Sun sets. (Wikipedia)

West Point

Moving continuously west is following a circle of latitude, which, except in the case of the equator, is not a great circle. (Wikipedia)

West Virginia

The word west is derived from the name of one of the four dwarves in Norse mythology, Norðri, Suðri, Austri and Vestri, who each represented one of the directions of the world. (Wikipedia)

Cornel West

Western Europe

The West (PBS program)

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.

We are also talking about this on Twitter. Use the hashtag #CPP

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.

And now for the homage to the law…

West Publishing

John West

West Group

Fenwick & West

Westlaw

Thomson West

 

Creative Prompt #196: Spill

spill blood

spill your guts

Don’t cry over spilt milk

Definition: Verb; spill (third-person singular simple present spills, present participle spilling, simple past and past participle spilled or spilt)

  1. (transitive) To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to pour.
    I spilled some sticky juice onto the kitchen floor.
  2. (intransitive) To spread out or fall out, as above.
    Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.
  3. (transitive) To drop something that was intended to be caught. ?[quotations ?]
  4. (obsolete) To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste. ?[quotations ?]
  5. (obsolete) To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted. ?[quotations ?]

  6. Noun

    spill (plural spills)

    1. (countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.
    2. A fall or stumble.
      The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.
    3. A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire. ?[quotations ?] (Wiktionary)

Took a spill

Spill the beans

Oil spill

spill containment

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The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.

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take a spill

“The tears that you spill, the sorrowful, are sweeter than the laughter of snobs and the guffaws of scoffers.” Kahlil Gibran

bad spill

fall or crash

n Australian politics, a leadership spill is a declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. A spill may involve all leadership positions (leader and deputy leader in both houses), or just the leader.

A leadership spill occurs when a member or members of the parliamentary party feel that the leader is taking the party in an undesirable direction or is simply not delivering on their promises to those who elected them, and does not have the numbers to back his or her position. A spill can be initiated by the leader themselves, usually to ensure a fresh mandate to quell dissenting voices in the party.

A leadership election may result in a new leader, or may confirm the status quo. If the party in question is in government, the election of a new leader will result in a new Prime Minister, Premier or Chief Minister; if the party is the opposition, the election of a new leader will result in a new Opposition Leader. (Wikipedia)

“He who distributes the milk of human kindness cannot help but spill a little on himself” James Matthew Barrie

Gulf Oil Spill

“A red sun rises. Blood has been spilled this night.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

Creative Prompt #195: Capture

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“The whole world is strewn with snares, traps, gins and pitfalls for the capture of men by women” George Bernard Shaw

screen capture (have you tried the Snipping Tool in Windows 7, BTW? Awesome!)

Capture the Flag

“He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them. Sun Tzu”

Definition: 1: an act or instance of capturing: as a : an act of catching, winning, or gaining control by force, stratagem, or guile b : a move in a board game (as chess or checkers) that gains an opponent’s piece c : the absorption by an atom, nucleus, or particle of a subatomic particle that often results in subsequent emission of radiation or in fission d : the act of recording in a permanent file <data capture> 2 : one that has been taken (as a prize ship)

YouTube Capture (app)

“Three times in my life I have been captured: by the orphanage, by school, and by the Army. But I’m mistaken. The fact is I was captured only once, when I was born, only that capture is also setting free, which is what this is actually all about. William Saroyan

forceful holding

common law that determines ownership of captured natural resources including groundwater, oil, gas and game animals (Wikipedia)

apprehend

capture someone’s attention

capture a moment

Commonly referred to as carbon capture and storage, or geosequestration.

Capture the Phrase

photographs capture a moment

Groundhog Day: ‘This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.” Search Quotes

remove an opponent’s piece from a chess board

“I don’t believe what the papers are saying They’re just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that” Paul Simon (songwriter)

a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river is diverted from its own bed (Wikipedia)

“It’s beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.” (Thinkexist.com)

Sketching #182

CPP Response #182: Whisper
CPP Response #182: Whisper

A bonus post for the day!

You probably think I have my response all ready to go when I write the Creative Prompt posts.You would be wrong. An image may pop into my mind or it may not.

Whisper was hard and I was a bit scared to try two figures, but I am, mostly, pleased with the way it cam out.

I need to work on the proportions a bit. The arm is weird looking, but you get the idea.

Check out the original prompt and try one of your own!

Sketching #181

CPP Response #181: Sink
CPP Response #181: Sink

One of the things I like to do on New Year’s Day is finish a quilt, craft or fabric project so that it sets the tone for the year. I should add”write thank you notes” to that list! I received so many lovely gifts this year, including a wonderful set of Staedler markers, and I still have “write thank you notes” on my to-do list.

I bring this up because, although I have tried the pens, earlier this week was the first time I had the opportunity to sit down and use them for project.

I love them. You, who got them for me, you know who you are: I love them.

Getting a new set of markers is fabulous. It brings back all sorts of wonderful memories of being a kid. As a 10 or 11 year old, I saved up $10.00 whole dollars to buy a set of 24 Pentel medium tip markers. I remember standing in stunned silence staring at the clerk in the Art Department at May Co when she asked for $11 something because of tax. At 40 cents a week allowance, it took me a few more weeks to save up for the tax. Boy! Did I take good care of those pens!

Thanks to Jet Pens
Thanks to Jet Pens

These new Staedler pens are really great markers.

Even though they are fine point I had no trouble coloring in sections of this response. Tools are important. They have made me excited about creating responses again.

Sketching #180

CPP Response #180: Trapezoid
CPP Response #180: Trapezoid

I had this one done when I posted #179, but somehow never got it posted.

I like the skirt (a lot of that like is the color), the shoes and the hair. Yes, the shoes are a bit skinny and no real woman could walk in them, but I still like them.

Take a look at the original prompt and create one of your own.

Creative Prompt #194: Grow

grow out your hair

Book: Grow

grow exponetially

growing pains

grow a beard

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow – an essay by D. Everett in The Columbian Orator, 1797

Grow a thicker skin

Oxfam’s GROW campaign aims to build a better food system: one that sustainably feeds a growing population (estimated to reach nine billion by 2050) and empowers poor people to earn a living, feed their families, and thrive.

Miracle-GRO

Absence makes the heart grow fonder – The Pocket Magazine of Classic and Polite Literature, 1832, in a piece by a Miss Stickland

grow “a pair”

acquire

Money doesn’t grow on trees

locally grown

“Oh, Grow up!”

accumulate

grow out of an illness, allergy or condition

Grow the economy

growing like a weed

 

You are growing on me

Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country

GROW! captures the energy, passion and independence of a fresh crop of young Georgia farmers.

grow legs and walk away

 

 

Sloat Garden Center: Plant. Water. Grow.

The latest and best tweets on #grow. Read what people are saying and join the conversation.

Growth spurt

Grow Marketing

design and development studio

Grow Your Lunch

Increase in size; usually getting taller and more mature

a peer support and mutual-aid organization for recovery from, and prevention of, serious mental illness.

Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW)

Definition: intransitive verb

1

a : to spring up and develop to maturity

b : to be able to grow in some place or situation <trees that grow in the tropics>

c : to assume some relation through or as if through a process of natural growth <ferns growing from the rocks>

2

a : to increase in size by assimilation of material into the living organism or by accretion of material in a nonbiological process (as crystallization)

b : increase, expand <grows in wisdom>

3
: to develop from a parent source <the book grew out of a series of lectures>
4

a : to pass into a condition : become <grew pale>

b : to have an increasing influence <habit grows on a person>

c : to become increasingly acceptable or attractive <didn’t like it at first, but it grew on him>

transitive verb
1

a : to cause to grow <grow wheat>

b : to let grow on the body <grew a beard>

2
: to promote the development of <start a business and grow it successfully — J. L. Deckter>

Take 5 minutes to do any kind of artistic response: poem, doodle, quilt, pastel, pencil. ANYTHING counts. Don’t judge yourself or second guess yourself. There are no rules; just do it!

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.

The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to  post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.