Paint With Me Thursday: Black & White

Howdy doodle, doodlers...it's Thursday again. 

Woo Hoo! (I know, right?)

Over at Simply Feather, the theme this week was black and white. If I'm being honest (which I am) I struggled with this one for a bit. I was like, hmm black and white, like only a black and white picture..or what? 

So I did what I normally do when I'm stumped. 

I Google. 

Yes..I said it. I Google...it almost sounds like a dirty word...like something you'd do alone, locked in the bathroom with the lights out, crouched over your laptop perilously pecking at the keys - g...o...o...g...l...e... all the while your husband is beating at the bathroom door yelling, "Hun, are you alright? What are you doing in there?"

Then you glance at the door furtively and whisper, "Go away, I'm....Googling."

*Pause to reflect on my goofiness and the fact that I just made Googling sound like a dirty word*

Okay, moving on and back to the art. Google didn't really help...so I kind of just winged it..normally winging it works...I start with something mundane, just the pen or pencil moving over the paper and then the ideas really start flowing. This is what I started with:

Just because it was raining and I was inspired...but it wasn't really working for me so I did this:

I had no idea what to do with it...so I turned to my trusty friend Photoshop and whipped this out:

What I was aiming for in the first picture...different words that are associated with the colors black and white...but it still wasn't right. I spent the earlier part of the day painting random flowers and I ruined a sheet of the paper I use..I didn't want to toss it so I reused it and did this:

 "In a world of black and white you were a brilliant shade of red."

It's seven shades of ugly, yes I know...but it felt...right. So again I turned to Photoshop and this is what I came up with:

"My life was cut and dry, black and white. I knew who I was, where I was going. Then I met you. In a world of black and white you were a brilliant shade of red."

This is a line from a story I'm writing...it was inspired by a black and white photo of the woods and smack in the center of the photo is a brilliantly red balloon. I saw it and that line, "In a world of black and white, you were a brilliant shade of red," just popped into my head. 

To credit the person who drew the people..I'm sorry dude, someone had this image on photobucket and I used it. It's not mine, I am in no way that creative so kudos to whomever drew it. You are a rock star. 

So there you have...I have thrown my scary art at you, I have thrown my lamespice sense of humor at you and probably bored you to tears with my nonsensical rambling. :) My mission here is complete. (lol)

To see more art please visit Simply Feather and check out some of the wonderful art these women (and men?) come up with each week. I am truly in awe of the talent...I think I'm going to hunt down the talent fairy and steal a sprinkle or ten of talent dust..lol.

Til next week!

*Quick note: the font used in the Black and White with the brackets is called Pea Jamie*B* and you can find it here

The font in the "World of black and white" piece is called Joe Hand 2 and you can find it here

Little Miss Sunshine

 This is my daughter, Bree...she's a total goob and a great lover of having her picture taken. Yes, she is sitting on the room of the log cabin, no I do not approve, and no I didn't pay for it. If I did I would have been pretty peeved to her tiny heinie up there. I still don't want her up there, but I figured, hey I'm out here, she should be okay.

I was supposed to be working on my garden, rather the wild bushes that were growing along the side of my house and beginning to make their way into the dryer vent all the while keeping an eye peeled for the giant creeptastic spiders that like to lurk in the dense under brush of my yard.

 From atop her rooftop perch she scouted for spiders. Not like she could see them from all the way up there, but eh, who cares...I need all the help I can get. :)

 Well, I finished and told Bree if she wanted to be on that roof she needed to put on some play clothes before she ruined her school clothes. She changed and climbed back on the roof. This is the look I got.

 Here in Florida, it's been pretty warm lately. After sitting on her roof for about twenty minutes, she decided she was hot and needed a dip in the pool. Five minutes after sitting in water cold as ice cubes, she got out to "tan" and sip some mountain dew. I love this picture.

After being outside for a bit, the hubs decided to come join us. He took my camera and snapped an impromptu photo. Cut off half my head, but I'll live....what you can see of me is hilarious..I look like a goob.

 This is my next favorite pic...she looks so pretty and sooo much older than her seven and a half years...which scares me...I don't know which I like more..color, or black and white..

 Please join me in side splitting laughter...i have NO idea why she made this face, but she did and it makes me laugh in tiny giggles whenever i look at it..

That's it...today was, if there ever could be a such thing, a pretty perfect day...anniversary was wonderful...my husband bought me flowers AND jewelry..which he never does...in all our four years of marriage the only jewelry he's bought me was my engagement ring and my wedding ring. I told him I would have liked pinking shears, (because lets face it, if you sew you NEED pinking shears..) but no, he wakes me up this morning with a gold chain with an emerald heart on it and matching earrings...it was great..and so unexpected..so happy Thursday...hope you all have a great Friday and a great weekend