Daily Creativity: Tree BulbThis tree I drew freehand, it’s a mix of pencils and colored pencils. I liked the idea of the tree growing out of a bulb, like a tulip. I don’t really know what else to say about this piece. Sorry.
Daily Creativity: Pi Day 2017Happy Pi Day! I always like to celebrate by making a graphic illustrating Pi some how. This year I have created a graphic with Pi not quite to a million in the shape of the symbol overlaid a blue circle. I created this in illustrator.
Daily Creativity: Holi FestivalThe Holi Festival always fills me with happiness. I wrote a bit more about it last year, and really love it more than just because it’s pretty and full of bright colors. Though bright colors are always fun. Holi is about love, and moving beyond the imaginary boundaries that might lie between people. I think this year especially we can all look to India and be reminded that we should love, we should love all people and let them into our hearts. It’s hard to do for some, but the most miserable among us need love the most. I think Jesus would be on board with that, I think there is something about love being needed when people are lashing out at others. It’s the hardest thing to wrap your head around, to give love to those who are giving hate. I’m still working on that.
Pastels and ink on blue colored pastel cardstock.
Daily Creativity: Cass Elliot – Big Mama CassCass Elliot was an amazing talent, and she was also fantastically out there as a fat icon. Just a quick google search will show you how she had some amazing outfits and photoshoots, one that stuck with me is a nude she did in a bed of daisies. Flower Power, right? Sadly she didn’t get ti live in a world that wasn’t fat phobic and she wasn’t able to stand the pressure. A mix of crash dieting and drugs contributed to her passing, and I wish I could hug her and tell her how important she is to fat people to see and look up to. I am so please to add this to my Love Your Body collection.
One thing I learned is she didn’t like being called Mama Cass, but wanted her full name used. So in that respect I have titled this Cass Elliot.
I painted this with watercolors and was very light on the paint. I left the pencil marks because I wanted to use them to convey the daisies. Painting tons of tiny daisies I think was the hardest part of this piece, I hope it looks ok.
Daily Creativity: Tai No Henko Ni – 95 degree pivotTai No Henko Ni is the second of the basic movements in Yoshinkan Aikido. In english we call it 95 degree pivot, it is used when uke is pushing on you and you need to get out of the way to let uke follow that energy. I know this looks a lot like Tai No Henko Ichi, but that makes sense because most of these movements we start in a classic kamae stance, and end in an altered stance, but still kamae because everything is on the center line. The difference here is the figure is lower to the ground, knees bent more, and hands at a different position. Yes, you may have to be an aikinerd to see the difference, yes I am that aikinerd. The photo I used this time was not someone I knew personally, but someone from the hombu dojo.
Ink on Paper.