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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.

Creative Prompt #193: Fresco

Louise Ottilie Fresco (born 11 February 1952 in Meppel) is a Dutch scientist, director and writer.

al fresco

Buon fresco technique consists of painting in pigment mixed with water on a thin layer of wet, fresh (hence the name) lime mortar or plaster, for which the Italian word for plaster, intonaco, is used. (Wikipedia)

Fresco Chocolate is an artisan bean-to-bar chocolate maker producing award winning single origine chocolate.

Definition: Fresco (plural frescos or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the pigment and, with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall. The word fresco (Italian: affresco) is derived from the Italian adjective fresco meaning “fresh”. Fresco may thus be contrasted with secco mural painting techniques, on plasters of lime, earth, or gypsum, or applied to supplement painting in fresco. The fresco technique has been employed since antiquity and is closely associated with Italian Renaissance painting.[1][2]

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.

Fresco Stainless Steel Coffee Percolator

Fresco Towels are produced by a family of artisans with many years of experience in the field of textile production.

A mobile kitchen serving Southern Oregon

Jacque Fresco (born March 13, 1916), is an American self-educated structural designer, architectural designer, concept artist, educator, and futurist.

 

Creative Prompt #192: Flourish

flour·ish

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Verb
(of a person, animal, or other living organism) Grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, esp. as the result of a particularly…
Noun
A bold or extravagant gesture or action, made esp. to attract the attention of others.

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.

Flourish (2006 movie)

In positive psychology, flourishing is “to live within an optimal range of human functioning, one that connotes goodness, generativity, growth, and resilience.”[1] Flourishing is the opposite of both pathology and languishing, which are described as living a life that feels both hollow and empty.

Flourishing is a positive psychology concept which is a measure of overall life well-being and is viewed as important to the idea of happiness.[1][2] Many components and concepts contribute to the overall concept of flourishing and the benefits of a life that can be characterized as flourishing. It exists as an umbrella concept because it includes and incorporates many other concepts in the positive psychology field such as cultivating strengths, subjective well-being, positive work spaces, etc. (Wikipedia)

an extra touch

Flourish Magazine – resources for a happy, healthy, beautiful life

to blossom or grow

what do you need to flourish

Flourish and Blotts

this will help you flourish

start flourishing

 

 

Creative Prompt #191: Flashing

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.

overwriting a ROM module in a device (Wikipedia)

flashing body parts

light going on and off

flashing fashion

a construction detail used to seal and protects joints in a building from water penetration.

flashing a sign

 

flashing phones

flashing light on a lighthouse

overwriting a BIOS module in a an image (Wikipedia)

Exhibiting parts of the naked body in public in a way that may be considered inappropriate for the time and place

a technique in cinematography that desaturates the color so that one sees more in shadowed areas (Wikipedia)

causing evaporation by lowering a fluid’s pressure below its vapour pressure (Wikipedia)

excess material attached to a moulded product which must usually be removed (Wikipedia)

briefly switching on main-beam headlights in a prompt action to warn oncoming drivers of dangers ahead (Wikipedia)

Definition: Flashing refers to thin continuous pieces of sheet metal or other impervious material installed to prevent the passage of water into a structure from an angle or joint. Flashing generally operates on the principle that, for water to penetrate a joint, it must work itself upward against the force of gravity or in the case of wind-driven rain, it would have to follow a tortuous path during which the driving force will be dissipated. Exterior building materials can be configured with a non-continuous profile to defeat water surface tension.

Creative Prompt #190: Wet

I am thinking about the beach, water and Hawaii a lot lately. Not sure why, because although I live close to the beach, the water is about 45 degrees on a good day and the air temperature is between 40-50 degrees, none of which is conducive to swimming in the ocean.

I thought a creative prompt would be a good way to get thoughts of warm sand, warm salty water, etc off my mind, but many of the water type prompts have already been used: pour, drink and ocean. I guess I think about water a lot.

video game by Artificial Mind and Movement

In the Wet by Nevil Shute

Wet Seal clothing

not dry

wet paint

Definition: wet  (wt) adj. wet·ter, wet·test

1. Covered or soaked with a liquid, such as water.
2. Not yet dry or firm: wet paint.
3. Stored or preserved in liquid.
4. Used or prepared with water or other liquids.

5.

a. Rainy, humid, or foggy: wet weather.
b. Characterized by frequent or heavy precipitation: a wet climate.
6. Informal Allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages: a wet county.
7. Characterized by the use or presence of water or liquid reagents: wet chemistry.

n.

1. Something that wets; moisture.
2. Rainy or snowy weather: go out into the wet.
3. Informal One who supports the legality of the production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
v. wet or wet·ted, wet·ting, wets

v.tr.

1. To make wet; dampen: wet a sponge.
2. To make (a bed or one’s clothes) wet by urinating.

v.intr.

1. To become wet.
2. To urinate.

all wet

wet behind the ears

wet my whistle

Take 5 minutes to do any kind of artistic response: poem, doodle, quilt, pastel, pencil. ANYTHING counts. 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.

 

Sketching #179

CPP Response #179: Wheel
CPP Response #179: Wheel

I really wanted to draw and really nice looking wheel quilt as a response to this post, but I just didn’t have it in me.

This response is appropriate, though, since this is what I wish I were doing right now. Instead I went back to work this morning and am now driving the Young Man to an appointment and generally resuming my crazy life. Unless they have already put me in some kind of asylum for people being driven insane by lawyers.

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

Creative Prompt #189: Old

Since it is the first week of the year, I feel like I should use ‘New’ as the prompt, but I already used it. You can see ‘new,’ which may inspire your response to ‘old’ in a previous post dated 12/3/2010. It is prompt #96.

Old Man River

vintage

antique

the good old days

2 year old, 3 year old 4 year old, etc

Definition: Adjective, 1. Having lived for a long time; no longer young; 2. Made or built long ago: “the old quarter of the town”. (from Google definitions)

Definition/ Etymology #2: From Old English ald, eald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form from Proto-Indo-European *altós, corresponding to Latin altus. Cognate with Dutch oud, Low German old, German alt, West Frisian âld, Scots auld. (Click on the link at this beginning of this part; lots of great ways to think about ‘old’.)

Old Testament

Old Sacramento

Old Town

Old Glory
Old World

older model

Can’t teach an old dog new tricks

Old Spice

Old Town San Diego

the old ways

Old Yeller (movie)

Old Kingdom of Egypt

Gorm the Old (Danish)

Old Man Winter

Old Order Amish

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.

Sketching #177

CPP Response #177: Roll
CPP Response #177: Roll

I really couldn’t get my mind off of bread rolls, bread in a basket, sourdough rolls, etc. This is not helpful when a person eats a gluten free diet, so I tried to think of something else that would work and came up with “roll of the dice.”

The track on the game board looks a bit snake-y, but I think you can get the idea.

Check out the original prompt and create your own drawing.

Creative Prompt #188: Aid

help

International aid

government aid

Definition #1: to provide with what is useful or necessary in achieving an end.

financial aid

assist

Association for Individual Development

KitchenAid mixer

Rite Aid

California Student Aid Commission

World Teacher Aid

aid worker

Aid for Trade

Truth AID

World Bank Aid Effectiveness: Aid effectiveness is the impact that aid has in reducing poverty and inequality, increasing growth, building capacity, and accelerating achievement of the Millennium Development Goals set by the international community. Indicators here cover aid received as well as progress in reducing poverty and improving education, health, and other measures of human welfare.

Take 5 minutes to do any kind of artistic response: poem, doodle, quilt, pastel, pencil. ANYTHING counts. 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.

 

Definition #2: In international relations, aid (also known as international aid, overseas aid, or foreign aid) is – from the perspective of governments – a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another, given at least partly with the objective of benefiting the recipient country.[1]

It may have other functions as well: it may be given as a signal of diplomatic approval, or to strengthen a military ally, to reward a government for behaviour desired by the donor, to extend the donor’s cultural influence, to provide infrastructure needed by the donor for resource extraction from the recipient country, or to gain other kinds of commercial access.[2] Humanitarianism and altruism are, nevertheless, significant motivations for the giving of aid.[3]

Aid may be given by gangs, private organizations, or governments. Standards delimiting exactly the kinds of transfers that count as aid vary. For example, aid figures may or may not include transfers for military use: to cite one instance, the United States included military assistance in its aid figure until 1957 but no longer does.<Fund (DLF) to provide concessional credits to developing countries world-wide (i.e. not, as in the past, just those in areas of potential conflict with Moscow) to promote their long-term growth.</ref> ref>Lancaster, p 67: “In 1957 the administration (with congressional support) separated economic from military assistance and created a Development Loan

The most widely measure of aid, “Official Development Assistance” (ODA) is such a figure. It is compiled by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The United Nations, the World Bank, and many scholars use the DAC’s ODA figure as their main aid figure because it is easily available and reasonably consistently calculated over time and between countries.[5] The DAC consists of 22 of the wealthiest Western industrialised countries plus the EU; it is a forum in which they coordinate their aid policies.

MQG Pincushion Swap Update

125 pincushions
125 pincushions

You might remember that I made a pincushion for a Modern Quilt Guild swap (and sent me into an orgy of pincushion making), which was organized by the Kansas Modern Quilt Guild. You can see the pincushions that were sent in to swap on Flickr. Not all of them are up there yet, so go back and look later.

The photo, left, was posted to the BAMQG Ning site (members only) by Adrianne. I tried to find the original source, but couldn’t, so I may swap it out, if I find it later. My pincushion is in the upper left hand corner a tiny bit in from the exact left.

I love the creativity, but I have to say that I am pretty pleased with the way my pincushion turned out. It looks like a pincushion and is cute, but not cutesy, if you know what I mean.

I haven’t received a pincushion yet, but others in the guild have so I am waiting with bated breath.

Creative Prompt #187: Princess

Take 5 minutes to do any kind of artistic response: poem, doodle, quilt, pastel, pencil. ANYTHING counts. 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.

Princess Diana

Pretty, pretty princess

Disney princess

Definition: Princess is the feminine form of prince (from Latin princeps, meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince or for the daughters of a king or sovereign prince.

For many centuries, the title “princess” was not regularly used for a monarch’s daughter, who might simply be called “Lady” or a non-English equivalent. Old English had no female equivalent of “prince”, “earl”, or any royal or noble title aside from queen. Royal women, or women of the nobility, were simply addressed or referred to as “Lady” or “The Lady Firstname” for a particularly highborn woman.

As women slowly gained more autonomy and respect in European history, the title of princess became simply the female counterpart of prince; it does not necessarily imply being merely married to a prince.[citation needed] A princess may be a hereditary, sovereign, head of state in her own right.

The traditional meaning still applies in Europe in the sense that an untitled or at least non-royal woman who marries a prince will almost always become a princess with the possibility of eventually becoming Queen Consort, in nations where that title exists; but a man who marries a princess will almost never become a prince, unless his wife is expected to inherit the higher title of Queen regnant. If that is the case, then on her inheritance of that sovereign title, he will often become a prince (or remain one if he was already a prince).

In many of Europe’s royal families, a king would grant his heirs actual or theoretical principalities to train them for future kingship or to give them social class. This practice has led over time to many people thinking that “prince” and “princess” are titles reserved for the immediate family of a king or queen. In fact, most princesses in history were not immediate members of a royal family but rather women who married into it.

Princess Cruises

Princes (2006 movie)

Princess Kate

Princess Project

The Princess and the Pea

Princess Animal – SF Rock & Roll Craft Bar