It's Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving...oh no...I have a blog to write!
So I sit at my computer without a plan, opened up photos and started looking for something interesting to blog about. I'm tired and really want to plant myself in front of the TV and get lost in the new (and last) season of Longmire on Netflix...but I made a commitment to myself two years ago... be regular about blogging, and I haven't missed a Saturday blog post since then.
So...as I was scrolling through photos the color red would jump off the screen at me. I started to take note and thought about all the things I've done this year (which are really note able when you see them scrolling by in order of date). There it was right in front of my face...my year in red...and what better time of year to be thankful for it all than the day after Thanksgiving.
A quick visual scroll of this year, in shades of red...
Christmas rose from the garden in our kitchen window
Christmas Eve with our sweet and wonderful family
The very special quilt Lucinda made for my birthday,
all with fabric we picked out while vacationing together in Hawaii
Holiday meals
Introduction to collage, with many art pieces to follow
Lattes with my BFF
First time to play with digital art
A commitment to create a piece of art everyday
70 Day art challenge on playing cards...so much fun!
Doing a large abstract for a client
Floating down the Waimea River in Kauai
Viewing art with Taylor and Lu at
the Del Mar Fair
Start of a nice get away road trip with my sweetheart
Creating little art pieces while camping in Grand Canyon
Drinking martinis while getting my BFF ready to move to Ecuador
New (old) red cowboy boots from a vintage market place
Laying the family 50 year old Hispaniola parrot Kuka to rest outside my kitchen window
Give it a go...pick a color and start scrolling through your photos.
I think you may be amazed with all the things you've accomplished and can be thankful for.
A holiday Sale in my Etsy Shop
....sometimes she saw RED.... ( I have a pin that says that!! From the Whitney Museum gift shop from a million years ago! Love seeing all of your reds! Could be a fun painting challenge— by color! A piece of work based on a selected color each week—for us colorists? I have other work to do, and THEN add to that making a daily deadline kind of stresses me out— so maybe 1x a week? ������
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DeleteI like this idea...sounds like a cool paint challenge to put out there. If it’s a quick daily exercise it would be fun to get you warmed up and exploring color...hummm🤔 I like it...👩🏻🎨 & 👩🎨 can do it!
Deleteenjoyed your year with you!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bonnie, it was a fun unexpected way to recap it...using only one color! Have a happy Sunday. 🌠🌠🌠
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