The challenge on Monday Artday this week is an unusual one. It’s “children’s book“, with the actual challenge being “illustrate a page out of a childrens book you plan to make! If you do not plan to, just make an imaginary one!” I chose “Zombie Jack and Jill”, a story I may write in the …
The challenge word on Monday Artday this week is “grandpa“. Louis Marshall Jones was born on October 20, 1913 in Niagara, Kentucky. He spent his teenage years in Akron, Ohio where he began singing country music tunes on a local radio show. By 1935 his pursuit of a musical career took him to WBZ radio …
This week’s challenge word on Monday Artday is “Christmas“. The actual challenge is to illustrate what Christmas means to me. Christmas. O Christmas. When I think of Christmas, I think of three things: A day off from work. Chinese food. Going to the movies. Not everyone celebrates the same way.
The Monday Artday challenge this week is “illustrate a recipe“. These barnyard residents just found out the three main ingredients in turducken.
The challenge word on Monday Artday this week is “cowboy“. William Frederick Cody was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was one of the most colorful figures of the Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. Cody got his nickname, “Buffalo Bill”, for supplying Kansas Pacific Railroad …
The extended challenge on Monday Artday is “draw your favorite Monday Artday contributing artist“. I drew me. (created entirely in Photoshop….again.)
The weekly challenge word on Monday Artday is “hygiene” Mysophobia is a term used to describe a pathological fear of contact with dirt to avoid contamination and germs. Someone who has such a fear is often referred to as a “mysophobe”. The term was introduced by William A. Hammond in 1879, when describing a case …
The challenge on Monday Artday this week is “boo“. It’s the “phantom”, from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley protecting Scout and her brother Jem (played by Boo from Monsters Inc. and Boo Berry).
The US government has always been full of colorful characters. J. Edgar Hoover was no exception. Hoover was the founder of the present form of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was its director for an unprecedented 48 years. Hoover’s leadership spanned eight presidential administrations, encompassed Prohibition, the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean …
The challenge over at Monday Artday this week is “retro“. I love old television shows. Mostly, I love shows from the late 1950s through the 1970s. Shows like Leave It To Beaver, The Andy Griffith Show, The Munsters and many others. These were true situation comedies. Totally unreal, far-fetched and implausible. These shows usually depicted …
