Cary Meiners day 30

I have been postponing this post because I really hate the idea of this being over. I will miss the daily challenge, the sense of accomplishment, and the delightful folks I have come to know. What a on derail bunch. 

Again, Kelly, thank you. This has been an incredible journey. 2015 started off with a bang thanks to you. Thanks to you, I have discovered an outlet for creativity that I knew nothing of. I will enjoy it the rest of my life.

Cary Meiners

Big Al

Cary Meiners day 26

Not nearly as bad as I thought. Nice exercise.

Cary Meiners day 25

More left handed bumbling. It is almost like my right hand doesn't listen to me. Numerous times my right hand reached over to take the card from my left hand... Without me even knowing what was happening. I did not cheat.... But I really really wanted to.

Cary Meiners day 24

I hit a wall when I tried to move to the other side of the tree. I did finally sort it out, but it took considerable concentration to make it happen. I felt so bewildered that it seemed funny. I simply couldn't get it done until I turned my tree upside down. That may be cheating.

Cary Meiners day 23

Shoes, old shoes. This pair is from China, obviously.

Cary Meiners day 22

Safety pin of pain

Cary Meiners day 21

This value thing sucks. And shading too. I spent a loooong time and only got two stinking tulips done... Poorly.

Cary Meiners day 20

Another hibiscus... 

Cary Meiners day 19

Flowers!

And if we are lucky, a video!!!

Cary Meiners day 18

This shading thing is really hard. I can tell something isn't right but can't see what is wrong. I wonder how long it takes to develop your eye to see it.

Cary Meiners day 17

I like this one.

Cary Meiners day 16

This was supposed to be a delicate lace handkerchief. It looks like a big rope on top of something. Delicate anything seems to escape me.

Cary Meiners day 15

A marinated chicken breast was hard to convey... You get the idea.

Cary Meiners Day 14

What is frightening? I have two big fears: I worry about the safety of my 4 adventure loving children and I worry about the well being of my two aging parents. These two fears have become daily companions. Sometimes they seem overwhelming. One of my best coping mechanisms is denial. With denial at my side, I will draw a picture of another big fear- an empty box of chocolates. I wouldn't have told you it was an empty box of chocolates if I could have labeled my drawing "empty box of chocolates" but since I couldn't I decided I should just go ahead and tell you it is an empty box of chocolates. Good thing we still have more drawings and more time to improve.

Cary Meiners day 13

5 minute shark sketch. A pleasure to dump this one back in the jar.

Cary Meiners day 12

My keys. Never leave without them.

Cary Meiners day 11

For today, a hairy carrot

Cary Meiners day 10

After much deliberation, I decided to listen to what I tell my students "don't post it unless you want to share it with your grandmother".

With this in mind, I had to leave the gapefruit behind. I picked a new fruit, or a portion of a new fruit, a banana peel for today's whimsical feel. (Ha, that rhymes)

I am having fun. Thank you all.

...especially you, Kelly.

Cary Meiners day 9

This is my version of a grapefruit. I'm telling you because I think you probably need a hint. Anyway, it was fun. 

Cary Meiners day 8

I hosted book club tonight and did not give sgraffito a good effort. Tomorrow I will create my first master piece.

Cary Meiners day 7

My mprovised tool is made from a hair comb. I knew this would easily make the dream cottage. It helped but there is still lots to do.

Cary Meiners day 6

It just didn't work today. I was tired and did them just so I wouldn't be behind... And that is exactly how they looked. I didn't realize how important the right frame of mind was to a drawing.

Cary Meiners

First day back to work. All I could think about was sketching but was al,oat too tired to get it done.

Cary Meiners day 4

This was a fun assignment. Pressure was off.

Cary Meiners day 3

I am stuck in the black hole known as Denver International Airport. Fortunately, my sweet daughter gave me a jar of powder for Christmas. I am able to entertain myself and stay on schedule.  (Salt packet and equal seven as my tools!) If I hadn't read the blurb by Kelly about using what you have I probably wouldn't have had this fun.

This was done by pulling powder away instead of adding. It is very different. I think I like it.

Luckily, I was able to find a remote spot to play.

Cary Meiners day 2

I encountered a new problem with this tree: how do you deal with overlapping branches? This leads me to wonder about other pieces. When doing one of these paintings do you start with the foreground, fuse, and work your way back? Or just the opposite? Lots to ponder.

I do hope it will be noticed that I have 3, count them -3, overlapping branches. One at 4'oclock, one at 8'oclock, one at 9'oclock. Please don't miss any of these. They caused me considerable grief.

Also, does anybody else have trouble breathing when you are doing this?