This week’s word(s) at sugarfrostedgoodness.com is “old west“. The heyday of the American “Old West” was roughly the time between the years 1865 to 1890. These times bring to mind romantic stories of cowboys and gunfights, of John Wayne and Roy Rogers, of saloon dancers and wagon trains. But this is a Hollywood version of …
This week’s word at Monday Artday was a difficult one…. “envision“. I really thought about this one for a long time. Envision is a pretty abstract word. It brings forth thoughts of visionaries like Thomas Edison or Walt Disney. It envokes thinkers like DaVinci and Plato. Great men. Men with ideas and concepts far beyond …
This week’s word over at illustrationfriday.com is “moon” Paper Moon is a classic, if not underrated, American movie, It was directed by Peter Bogdonovich, fresh off the acclaim of The Last Picture Show. The film starred the hottest actor of the time, Ryan O’Neal as con-man/bible salesman Moses Pray and his then 9-year old daughter, Tatum as wayward Addie …
This is my secret….. Actually, it’s Steve’s secret.
This week’s challenge word(s) at Monday Artday is “my secret“. What is that? What is that mysterious figure holding in his hands? That’s my secret… open to your comments.
Illustrationfriday.com poses the challenge word of “poem” this week. When I was very young, I had a huge book of poetry. It contained famous poems like Paul Revere’s Ride and Hiawatha and Casey at the Bat. It also had many poems by Ogden Nash, a great American poet. Nash wrote humorous poems filled with puns. …
This week’s challenge on Sugar Frosted Goodness is “dead presidents“. Although my favorite dead president is William Henry Harrison, depicting Abraham Lincoln’s assassination was, visually, much more exciting. It was a giant, ill-conceived conspiracy that eventually ended with John Wilkes Booth being tracked down and shot by Union soldiers…and Lincoln appearing on the five-dollar bill. …
The current challenge word on Monday Artday is “treasure”. Alfonso Bedoya, a Mexican actor, starred in 77 movies in his career. His most famous role was “Gold Hat” the leader of the Mexican banditos in pursuit of Fred C. Dobbs in “The Treasure of Sierra Madre”. In this role, he uttered one of the most …
This week’s word on illustrationfriday.com is “discovery”. I guess I’m going to take on every fairy tale ever written, one at a time. I already did “Little Red Riding Hood“. Discovery plays a big part in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.
The challenge this week at Monday Artday is (not surprisingly) …… “hell” Just like last week’s word, “heaven“, hell is a strange concept. I suppose it is the place you go after you die to spend eternity, if you were a real jerk when you were alive. Again, that sounds like a load of philosophical …
