This week’s challenge word on Illustration Friday is “fast”. It all happened so fast. In September 1949, Howard Unruh walked methodically through his Camden, New Jersey neighborhood, and murdered thirteen people in just under twenty minutes. Unruh is considered the first single-episode mass murderer in U.S. history. Unruh was a decorated hero in World War II. …
This week’s inspiration on the Inspire Me Thursday website is an unusual one. The challenge is to create one’s own take on the painting “Mademoiselle Caroline Rivière” by French Neoclassical artist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. So, I forced the most painterly strokes I could from my Prismacolor markers and did the closest thing I’ve done to …
The current Monday Artday challenge word is “werewolf”. Albert’s lycanthropy curse was from a bloodline of a mixed marriage. His thirst for blood was equal to his thirst for a double half-caf skinny latte.
This week’s word on Illustration Friday is “frozen”. Ted Williams was one of the greatest players in the history of professional baseball. Despite his career being interrupted twice for military service, he was a two-time MVP and a seventeen time All-Star. He was the last player with a single season batting average above .400. Nicknamed …
The inspirational word this week on Inspire Me Thursday is “wings”. Dexter was a bit overzealous at the annual Hot Wings Eating Contest.
This week’s challenge at Monday Artday is “jack o’lantern”. “Mr. O’Lantern. Mr. Jack O’Lantern. Doctor Holiday will see you now.”
The word of inspiration on Inspire Me Thursday is “juice”. “We can drop a power line on it. There should be enough juice in that line to burn the thing to a crisp.” Lt. Dave to Steve Andrews in 1958’s The Blob.
Illustration Friday‘s challenge word this week is “flying”. “I went to the park and saw this kid flying a kite. The kid was really excited. I don’t know why, that’s what they’re supposed to do. Now if he had had a chair on the other end of that string, I would have been impressed. …
The current challenge on the Monday Artday illustration website is “vampire”. With the popularity of young, cool vampires as presented in Twilight, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries, veterans like Count Dracula are forced to take on other employment to make ends meet.
Nine-year-old Inger Stensland moved to the the United States from Sweden after her parents divorced. At 18, she worked in New York City’s Garment District and took drama classes with Lee Strasberg of the Actors Studio. Inger married her agent, Anthony Soglio, who changed her last name to the more American “Stevens.” Their marriage, however, …
