The challenge this week on sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “rock legends“. Two of the greatest and most prolific drummers in the history of rock and roll are also two of the biggest unsung heroes. Hal Blaine and Jim Gordon played with some of the most famous performers in popular music and played on some of the most …
Call me a glutton for punishment. I participated in another portrait swap. This time, my subject was Patrick, keeper of the fifty-two fridays blog. This was quick, easy, fun and it produced great results (on both sides, if I say so myself!) Four days from start to finish. Patrick’s got a cool, if somewhat angry, …
The challenge this week on Monday Artday is “cancer“. Hippocrates was born around the year 460 BC on the Greek island of Kos. He became a famous physician and is regarded as “the father of medicine.” Hippocrates described several kinds of cancers. He called benign tumors oncos, (Greek for swelling), and malignant tumors carcinos, (Greek …
Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who is faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race. The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, …
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This week’s challenge on illustrationfriday.com is “juggle” I believe this defies explanation. Even from me.
The challenge this week at sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “saturday morning cartoons” Saturday morning cartoons currently suck. Childrens programming in general sucks. The hey-day of Saturday morning cartoons was the 1960s through the 1970s. They were the times of cartoon geniuses like Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, Jay Ward, Hal Seeger and W. Watts Biggers. They were …
The second of two challenges this week on Monday Artday is “cartoon self-portrait” I have been drawing me for years. This is just another in a long line of self portraits. I only wish I had that much hair.
One of two challenges this week at Monday Artday is “farm” What’s your name? (we Peter and Paul) What’s your age? (we 23) Where do you live? (we live on the farm) What do you do? (we plant weed) One of my favorite 80s bands was Fun Boy Three. Born out of the Specials, Fun …
The weekly challenge word on illustrationfriday.com is “wedding” At a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony, the bride and groom stand under a chupah, two cups of wine are poured and kiddush is recited over the first cup, the rings are exchanged, the ketubah is read, the seven blessings (Sheva Brachot) are recited over the second cup …
…absinthe. Absinthe is a distilled, highly alcoholic beverage anise-flavored spirit derived from herbs including the flowers and leaves of the medicinal plant Artemisia absinthium, also called grand wormwood or Absinth wormwood. Absinthe is typically green (either naturally or with added color) or clear and is often referred to as la Fée Verte (‘The Green Fairy’). …
