Settled in the Maritimes of Canada, surrounded by the forest and Acadian Mountain Chain, I live a simple life of gratitude. This blog is a journal of my art, food, furkids, garden, home, my life and my thoughts. Thanks for reading!
Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Alien Worlds. I hope you're getting into the spirit of Halloween! I know I am! I couldn't NOT draw Marvin The Martian for my Looney Tunes piece this week! When I think of this character - voiced by the amazing late Mel Blanc - all I can hear is "I'm getting very very angry...."
And once again, I was very stumped by this week's theme, yes Christine...yet again!!! I started drawing Sigourney Weaver from Alien...that didn't work, then I tried drawing the actual Alien monster from the same movie and that was a disaster...so I went cutesy lol...here is my ink and graphite drawing of E.T.. Tell me you didn't cry at the end of that movie!!!
Here are some links to my latest uploads on YouTube:
You can either click on the images, or on these links if you'd like to watch the videos:
Homemade Open-Faced "Egg-McMuffins" with Chips, Tortilla Chips and Salsa
I still have lettuce growing in the garden!!
Pizza Poutine - the fries soaked up the pizza sauce and it was a soggy mess, but we still ate it! ☺
Lollipop Charlie - look at that tongue!
Lollipop Jack!
A work of art!
Monthly shopping happened two days ago. It kind of turned into a 2-month shopping trip! I have enough food to feed us until December, all I have to do is drive 30 minutes to the nearest gas station to get some milk every other week. I have to experiment with freezing milk too, that way I wouldn't have to leave the house for the next few months!!!
Folks, this is the time of year to stock up on fresh harvest veggies because they are SO CHEAP, or at least cheaper than any other time of year. I'll be spending the rest of the week canning and freezing. I really feel like I'm taking care of my family this year by stocking the pantry and freezer with such nice goodies!
Photo by Miriam Bauman/David M. Gascoigne
This week's highlighted artist/blogger is my friend David, from Travels With Birds blog. David and his wife Miriam take absolutely gorgeous photos of nature at its best. David is an expert when it comes to birds, and reading his blog has taught me so much about Ornithology. David started a series in September about his travels in Atlantic Canada - where I now call home! His blog is filled with many beautiful photos and stories of his travels - please click on the link above to visit, you won't regret it!! 😊😊
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Firstly, thank you so much for all of the love you showed me last week, it meant a lot. I left thank you's on your blogs, but to those who don't have blogs, CynthiaInOlympia, Celie and Tewshooz - I really appreciated your comments, thank you for your love and support. It's getting easier, but I really miss Marlene so much. ♥♥♥ I'll be by to visit your art date posts for the last two weeks; and everyone's blogs this weekend. 💗
"The Son Of Rabbit"
So.....welcome to Thursday's Art Date ☺, today our theme is Fine Arts: Surrealism. Bugs Bunny posed as René Magritte this week for a version of his self-portrait titled The Son of Man.
By the way - for those who don't know, if you click on the links at the end of the post where I list upcoming art dates, you'll be brought to pages where I explain the theme and show image examples - might inspire you! You can also click on the links on my right side bar as well.
Here's my self-portrait for the theme of Surrealism. This was mixed media: ink, graphite, Sharpies and watercolour paint.
I decided to keep busy busier this week and created some art for the last two weeks I missed. This is my Pop Art Looney Tunes drawing, you can always click on the photo to enlarge it. I drew the cans but used Photoshop to finish the cans with fonts I found online, the "Campbells Soup Font" for the word Acme, and the "Acme" font for the description of the contents of the cans. Lots of fun.
And my self-portrait for Pop Art. Debra said I was the tomato queen so that gave me the idea to be a Tomato Superheroine! I drew the image of myself, but used Photoshop for the yellow dotted Pop Art background and font. It's actually called "Wonder Woman" font!
Speaking of tomatoes, this is about 120 of the 140 pounds of tomatoes: pizza sauce, salsa, spaghetti sauce and plain canned tomatoes. We are set for the winter. The other 20 pounds are in the freezer.
I also had the chance to can some carrots, beets, mushrooms, sweet potatoes and butternut squash. I also froze a few packs of celery and a whole cabbage. If the prices are still good next time I go shopping, I'm loading up again. I want to shop from my pantry this winter as much as possible!
Here is my Looney Tune drawing for the theme Sculpture. It's a rendition of Discobolus by the sculptor Myron.
And my self-portrait for "Sculpure"...me as Medusa! I've had days like that! I'm glad to say I didn't get a very accurate likeness of myself! Don't look too long though, I don't want to turn you into stone! ☺
Here are some links to my latest uploads on YouTube, I'm sorry I neglected to add some of these to last week's post:
You can click on the photos or the links below if you'd like to watch them:
Chicken Burgers topped with mayo and honey Dijon mustard.
Mushroom Burgers - I mashed up the burger so it would be more like a sloppy joe! I usually make these with green onions, but I added my garlic scapes to the mix and it was really delicious!
This week's highlighted artist and or blogger is Nancy from Little Homestead in Boise blog. Nancy's blog is TOO underrated, she is such a sweet lady. She's a homesteader, has backyard chickens and practices self-sufficiency. I envy her preserving talent! She also has a very beautiful and cozy decorating style, as seen in the above photo of her fall decorations! Please visit her blog, you will learn a lot!
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Another rough week for us here. We had to say farewell to our sweet Marlene. I took our last selfie together and I will cherish her in my heart forever. I'm an emotional gal, and this is so overwhelming. Please leave me a comment! And to those participating in the art date, please don't forget to add your link this week, it will really cheer me up to see what you've created.
I hate missing out on the art dates! I had some great ideas too, maybe I'll post them for you next week!
My latest tutorials are up on my YouTube channels, please click on the images to check them out!
PS: To those who may have downloaded/copied my No Knead Toaster Oven Bread recipe....omg, I totally made a mistake with the water measurement...I fixed it now!
That's all for now folks! Please check out the link widget below for more "Pop Art" creations! See you soon!!! 💗 💗
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Welcome to Thursday's Art Date, today our theme is Fine Arts: Expressionism. I hope that this month of September's fine art themes will challenge you! It's certainly challenging me! Bugs Bunny decided that he wanted to pose for Edvard Munch's The Scream. Notice any fine details in the background? 😊
Expressionism depicts a feeling or emotion that the artist wants to convey or is feeling as he/she creates the artwork. I am going to do self-portraits for each theme in September, thanks to my friend TB for that idea! This week, I wanted to convey a very specific emotion in charcoal pencils on black art paper. What do you feel when you look at my piece?
I recorded myself drawing this in time-lapse, click on the photo or on this link to watch the video!
Speaking of videos, I also posted a real-time tutorial of my charcoal drawing of Mr. Spock. Click on the image or on this link to watch!
My spiritual channel is slowly gaining momentum! I'm so happy! Click on the photo or on this link to watch my latest video!
I had my second Covid shot on Monday and my gosh...the side effects were worse than the first time. I had a fever for 24 hours, dizziness, felt drugged up, nauseous and had a terrible headache. I prepare my Thursday posts on Wednesday afternoons usually and as I type this, I'm still feeling off. I hope to be better soon and I also hope I never have to go through this again, but I'm so happy it's done! I had the Pfizer shot btw. All I've been able to manage is looking out the window, watching the birds for the last 3 days.
I wanted to share these photos of a very beautiful sunrise - I've never seen a sky like this since I lived on Prince Edward Island, none of these photos were altered!! I was up so early, just after 5am and I had the dogs out with me. The coyotes were howling and the sun was rising...gosh it was beautiful! I found coyote poop just past my driveway this morning...they always leave their poop in the middle of roads and trails as a territorial gesture. The droppings are usually black...that's how you can tell. The ones I've seen lately are filled with blueberries! I'll have to keep an eye out from now on when I go out early in the mornings or late at night. (I hope you don't mind that I DIDN'T post the poop photo lol!)
Due to my loss of appetite, I don't have much to show for food this week! Since my oven crapped out on me months ago, I've been really missing my baked meals - especially pizza. I'm testing out a few recipes for toaster-oven pizza and I think I'm close to finding one that is really amazing!
This week's highlighted artist/blogger is Debra from She Who Seeks blog! Debra is a lovely lady, a very funny lady and her blog is always a treat to visit. She recently made my Fake Tiramisu recipe and it was such a fun post. Please visit her blog! 💗
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September 9th: Fine Art - Minimalism September 16th: Fine Art - Pop Art September 23rd: Fine Art - Sculpture September 30th: Fine Art - Surrealism
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