Creative Tuesday - Starry Night

Hello friends at Creative Tuesday!

I am as fond as anyone of a starry night, but for the life of me today I could not get inspired! So I offer two possibly not so inspired offerings for CT Starry Night theme.

The theme reminded me of the van Gogh tribute 'Vincent' by Don McLean - a song probably worth listening to at least once. 

The first one is a photo of my backyard right after the sun has gone down, with some contrasting filters added as well as some stars. Not the most inspired of representations as I said but, at least the photo is worth looking at!

The second piece is done with pastels. The idea was a moon, some stars and a city scape of some sort. It came out looking sort of angry to me I wonder why?

Hope all are having a great Tuesday!

Creative Tuesdays - Healthy

Just in time for today's Creative Tuesdays theme (health), I spoke to a friend who works at the Living Foods Institute in Atlanta. I had volunteered there before and in general have been very receptive to the ideas & outcomes of living a raw/living foods lifestyle. Though I have engaged in it on/off over the years, I have found myself deficient in time/habits/resources to make a go of it. Whenever I do, though, I feel rejuvenated!

The one thing I have taken away and do fairly consistently is juicing, especially green juices. At times when I have felt tremendously bloated, stressed, or unwell, I will juice fast for a day or two.

I am contemplating, if not a juice fast then at least incorporating more green juices into my life after I finish my long standing intensive Epic Painting Project!

So here is a picture, then, of green juice in the making. More recipes can be seen here.

Creative Tuesdays - Pastel Landscape

when I first saw this creative assignment for Creative Tuesday, I wanted to test the hypothesis that everything looks cute & cuddly when done in pastels. So I sought to draw spiders, grasshoppers and other non cuddly things to see if it held true.

However, since I'm not much of an entomologist, all my efforts were coming up subpar to say the least.

So I walked up the hill above where I live & drew this quick sketch, using oil pastels - and IN pastels - and humbly submit this to today's Creative Tuesdays. And yes - there he is, the one failed spider, in the lower right hand corner.

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