Make something inside a bottle of any size. I found a box of these little bottles with medicine droppers at a garage sale last spring. Although I didn't know why, I really wanted to buy them. Later I thought about making essential oils in them and even planted some lavender to use. This one has crushed rosemary in it as an experiment in how to make essential oils. I have great plans for many scents - so watch out for Christmas presents....
Today's creating assignment is to use things from the medicine cabinet or a first aid box. I couldn't come up with anything beyond "an arrangement" photo. Sometimes they just don't materialize - there's always tomorrow!
Use fish as your inspiration today. Well, you know how I love those fancy goldfish, so that's where this watercolor took me. As a composition it kind of falls apart in the center so could use a little better center of interest next time, but I do like the colors and the transparency. As I have said many times, this year is 365 days of learning.
This rather strange watercolor sort of unfolded. I started out making a fantasy landscape, just experimenting with colors and dividing up the space. I think that the heat is beginning to effect my work! I like the altered photo version (inverted colors) best, as it seems to pull the colors together better. That tells me I wasn't very judicious in my color palette when painting. Everything is a learning experience!
Today's task was to make something out of toothpicks. I chose a hedgehog. Actually he looks more like a porcupine, as hedgehogs are cuter. Project done!
The assignment was to make something out of food - that is edible, but does not look like food. I made a plate of Jiggly Jello and cut it into shapes. I placed the shapes on a piece of glass and used the light table to create the stained glass illusion. It really did turn out like stained glass and I like the way the transparency makes different color tones. It tasted pretty good too!
Create a Rorschach test-style inkblot print. Bonus: have your friends interpret it. So have at it, friends - What do you see? At first glance for me, there is a gaunt face at the bottom, perhaps wearing some sort of miter hat. But then again, there is a figure at the top - maybe a dancer with ethereal wings....no wait, now there is an African mask with beard... Hmm, sounding a bit schizophrenic??