This week’s challenge word on the Illustration Friday website is “perspective”. Giorgio de Chirico was a pre-surrealistic painter and an early influence on Salvador Dalí. His works from the early twentieth century were jumbled assemblages of shapes and arches and empty buildings and mannequins in skewed perspective and random placement. As his career progressed, he adopted …
This week’s challenge word on the Illustration Friday website is “propagate“. In reference to the ever-propagating Duggar family, I’m reminded of a quote (often, but incorrectly) attributed to Groucho Marx “I love my cigar, but at least I take it out once in a while.”
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge is “adrift”. Calvin was adrift for days before he realized he was in a giant pot of soup.
This week Illustration Friday challenge word is “muddy”. Twenty-eight and a half inches of snow fell on Philadelphia today and it got me thinking about warmer times. On the first Saturday of June 2008, my family and I attended The Appel Farm Arts and Music Festival, an annual outdoor all-day concert. This particular show was …
The weekly challenge on the Illustration Friday website is “focused”. Andy Warhol fooled everyone. The iconic pioneer in pop art and experimental film was fully focused on one thing, and one thing only — making money. He took everyday objects Campbell’s soup, flowers, knives, Coca-Cola, Brillo scouring pads and forced the public to view …
This week’s challenge word on the Illustration Friday website is “clumsy”. This is the second illustration I’ve done for this topic. HERE is the first. There is an unwritten rule among laboratory workers and those who carry out experiments. NO EATING IN THE LAB! Alexander Graham Bell’s famous words weren’t “Watson, come here! I need …
This week’s challenge word on the Illustration Friday website is “clumsy”. Tennessee Williams was one of the greatest American playwrights. He wrote The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Rose Tattoo and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, to name just a few. Williams used eyedrops on a daily basis and had a ritual …
This week’s challenge on Illustration Friday is “wilderness”. After several days, Boffo decided that the wilderness was no place for a clown.
The current challenge on the Illustration Friday is “confined”. Colleen Stan’s seven year nightmare began when she was hitching a ride to a friend’s birthday party in May 1977. Twenty-year old Colleen accepted a ride from a couple with a baby. While they drove, the man, Cameron Hooker, made idle conversation with Colleen as she …
The first Illustration Friday challenge of 2010 is “renewal”. “Lover’s quarrels are the renewal of love.” Terence, Roman playwright (185159 BC)
