Monday Artday: daily chores

After a long, long hiatus, the illustration showcase website Monday Artday is back with a vengeance! The first challenge, in nearly seven months, is “daily chores”. He didn’t mind the “Fee-ing” and the “Fi-ing” and the “Foe-ing” and the “Fum-ing”, but the Beanstalk Giant couldn’t stand grinding the bones to make his bread.

Monday Artday: monarch

The Monday Artday challenge word this week is “monarch”. On June 1, 2001, King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya of Nepal were hosting a formal dinner party for Nepal’s royal family. 29 year-old Prince Dipendra arrived drunk at the party and his father, the King, ordered him to be removed from the festivities. He was taken …

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Monday Artday: villain, part 2

This week’s Monday Artday challenge word is “villain.”  Here is the second of two illustrations for this suggestion. (Here is the first.) One of the slimiest, shiftiest villains to ever grace the silver screen was the despicable Hans Guber, as portrayed by Alan Rickman, in the original “Die Hard”. Under the guise of a group of …

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Monday Artday: villain, part 1

This week’s Monday Artday challenge word is “villain”.  Here is the first of two illustrations for this suggestion. (Here is the second.) She spent her entire screen time in “The Wizard of Oz” tormenting Dorothy Gale. Whether it was in her role as Miss Almira Gulch, the wealthy but crotchety landowner who takes Dorothy’s beloved …

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Monday Artday: spy

The current Monday Artday website challenge is “spy”. Super spy Phil Moskowitz, with the help of the beautiful Suki Yaki, recovers the secret recipe for the world’s greatest egg salad, stolen by the evil Shepherd Wong. The tale of double-crossing and international intrigue unfolds in Woody Allen’s 1966 directorial debut, What’s Up, Tiger Lily?

Monday Artday: dance

The challenge word on the Monday Artday illustration blog is “dance”. Phyllis Newcombe, a 22 year-old British girl, spontaneously combusted before a roomful of people while waltzing in a dance hall on August 7, 1938. Another story about dance can be found HERE. Another story about spontaneous combustion can be found HERE.