This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “lonely”. In 1939, Judy Garland won a Juvenile Academy Award (the category no longer exists). She went on to receive two Academy Award nominations. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee. She had a 40-year career in movies and television. The American Film Institute placed her among the …
This week’s Illustration Friday‘s challenge word is “carry”. Hawkeye Pierce, Chief of Surgery at the 4077 M*A*S*H, offers his view on gun control. “I’ll carry your books, I’ll carry a torch, I’ll carry a tune, I’ll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to Old Virginia, I’ll even hari-kari if …
This week’s Illustration Friday word is “lost.” Let me tell you about Pudge. In the summer of 1982, just after Mrs. Pincus and I met, we went on a day trip to Hershey Park. Just barely into our 20s, the appeal of an amusement park still held excitement for us. In between turns on the roller coasters, …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “suspend”. Suspended high above the city, Spiderman realized he should have topped off his web shooters before he left home.
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “refresh”. There’s nothing more refreshing than lemonade. Even if you drink it.
The current Illustration Friday challenge word is “space”. Blast off for adventure with Rex Afterburner, Defender of Spaaaaaaaaaaaace!
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “secret”. “Bachelor number one is a successful photographer who got his start when his father found him in the darkroom at the age of 13, fully developed. Between takes you might find him skydiving or motorcycling.” Host Jim Lange’s introduction of Rodney Alcala on The Dating Game, …
The new Illustration Friday challenge word is “shiny”. It was summer in Philadelphia in the early 1980s. I was scooping ice cream on South Street to help pay my tuition for art school. Bubblegum pop radio station WIFI had just shaken up their format, re-emerging as “I92 – Rock of the 80s”. As disco was …
The Illustration Friday challenge word this week is “hurry”. Wendell realized he had to hurry if he didn’t want to get ripped apart by zombies miss the bus.
This week’s Illustration Friday suggestion for inspiration is the word “faded”. “Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.” Gertrude Stein, 1931 In 1907, Gertrude Stein met Alice B. Toklas at the apartment of Gertrude’s brother Michael. Soon after, Gertrude and Alice became companions and lovers until Gertrude’s death in 1946. Gertrude wrote Q.E.D. …
