Daily Creativity: Butterfly Woman

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Nuchtchas

Daily Creativity: Butterfly Woman

My niece Kat dictated this piece, she told me what to draw “Like a mermaid, but with wings,” so a Butterfly Woman, and the colors of the piece. I drew this on Friday (Good Friday) as she drew her own picture (she drew Rory as a Flower). It was nice being able to share that time and experience with my niece. I could tell it inspired her too because when she came back today she had a new picture, it was a whole seascape with mermaids and fish and plants and sea anemone. Her composition went from simple and rushed to well thought out. We spent quite a bit of today coloring that in together.

I went more Butterfly than woman, because I thought that was more fun. I drew this with colored pencils.

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Daily Creativity: Holi – Krishna & Radha

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Nuchtchas

Daily Creativity: Holi – Krishna & Radha

In honor of the Holi Festival I made a piece inspired by Krishna and Radha. This is for Thursday (Holy Thursday) but as I was at my in-laws I was unable to scan and upload this piece. While it was Holy Thursday I chose instead to be inspired by the Holi festival instead. Thanks to the google doodle I got to learn a little more about the festival. (Every time there is a google doodle I click on it to learn more about what is being celebrated, even if I know a lot about the topic, I always learn something new.) I learned about Krishnah and Radha, now there were two tellings of the story, but both focused on the difference in skin color and the use of color to make the lovers skin match. This spoke to me in a strong way, not because I think people need to match, but because diversity is something that was important during the creation of these myths. How these stories can show that all skin colors are beautiful and love in love. I always thought the festival looked like fun and the colors always drew my attention, but knowing the love story behind it just makes it all that more special. I encourage you to read up on it yourself, you won’t regret it.

Originally I wanted to do this using pastels, but because I was at my in-laws I didn’t pack them. Too messy for travel. I think I may revisit this with pastels in the future though. I drew this using ink for the outline and then colored pencils. My mother in law said it looked like stained glass to her.

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Daily Creativity: 4 pack with a fat tummy – Love Your Body

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Nuchtchas

Daily Creativity: 4 pack with a fat tummy – Love Your Body

I got a 4 pack with a fat tummy, it’s something I have noticed recently as my muscles are getting defined from aikido. I never quite realized you could have a 4 pack with fat on top, I knew the muscles were there, but never expected to see them. This drawing is how I see it when I look down or look in the mirror. The shading makes my middle look smaller than it is, but I tried to show where the rolls lay and what I’m seeing. As I journey through self love I find myself loving and being marveled by various aspects of my body. Things like my very deep belly button used to embarrass me, and now I draw it as dark and deep as I can because it’s fascinating.

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Daily Creativity: The Cheshire Cat

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Nuchtchas

Daily Creativity: The Cheshire Cat

The Cheshire Cat has a lot of great quotes, this one speaks to me today. “I’m not crazy, my reality is just different than yours.” Ok so I may be crazy too, but the quote still works. I have always felt different, but different in a way that I am completely OK with.

I drew only pieces of the cat, mostly because he’s always disappearing and appearing to Alice in strange ways. He’s a fun character and one that makes Alice think and question all of the rules she’s been told.

Purple Ink on paper

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Daily Creativity: CHOCOLATE!!!!!

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Nuchtchas

Daily Creativity: CHOCOLATE!!!!!

Mmmm chocolate…. This will count as yesterday’s daily creativity, I made it on Friday but I couldn’t share it until I shared it with the birthday boy. I made these for my friend Chooch’s birthday, and when I drove to Niagara Falls on Saturday, I left it home. Oops, so I brought it when I met up with him on Sunday. I asked his wife Viv what his favorite cakes were, and she said Chocolate, nothing else. No nuts, no other flavors, just pure unadulterated chocolatey goodness. So that was my mission. I first made a nice fudgey cupcake, I do this by making devil’s food cake and using pumpkin to really get that fudgey texture and taste. Then I made a ganache using ghirardelli’s dark and semisweet, mixing them to come up with a great flavor that isn’t too sweet or too rich. Once that cooled I whipped it so I could pipe it out as roses, my favorite way to frost cupcakes. The roses always look really pretty and they give maximum frosting coverage without a risk of toppling over. Plus the frosting is distributed evenly. Yes, I think about this way too much. The only thing I may have added if I had the time/supplies is a bit of gold leaf for color. Still I say these tasted even better than they looked.

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