….thanks to Sandy for hosting this week’s Friendly Friday Photo Challenge
What brings joy into your life?
The answer for me is simple; my two granddaughters.
Friendly Friday Photo Challenge – Simple Joys
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Category Archives: About Me
30 Day Creativity Challenge – Day 28
….photography is one of my passions
This week I signed up for an iPhone photography class. I’ve just started but already I’ve learned some very valuable tips. Some are as easy as how to hold the phone and how to position the phone on a low surface to get some interesting angles.
Thanks to Rainee for introducing me to the 30 Day Creativity Challenge
Days 24, 25 and 26 of the Creativity Challenge
…thanks to Rainee for introducing me to the 30 Day Creativity Challenge
I’m continuing to do a page a day in my sketchbook using words and drawing of things around me. The thing I’m not very good at is posting my work on a daily basis.
One of the places where I’m getting my inspiration for these drawings is from children’s picture books. On day 26 I went to visit my granddaughter in Hamilton and I brought my sketchbook along. One of things I let her do is draw in my book.
We were going through one of her favourite books where she can make faces using the stickers from the back of the book. The faces are taken from all kinds of objects like fruit, vegetables, leaves, acorns, dishes, toys, etc.. One of the faces I enjoyed from the book was the leaf so I drew one in my sketchbook. Winnie chose a geometric pattern that she tried to replicate on the next page to mine.
We enjoyed making dialogue balloons and making up things that the object might say. I went from a leaf to acorns and the page started to come together. Winnie enjoyed the process so much that she wanted me to redraw some of the shapes on a clean page so that she could add her own details using a pencil and blending stick. The blending stick was new to her and she loved the effects of smudging her lines to create shadows (her words). Here are results of our time together.
Lens Artists Photo Challenge – #82 – Capital
…thanks to Viveka for hosting this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge
cap·i·tal1
/ˈkapədl/
noun
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1.the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.Similar:first citymost important cityseat of governmentcentre of administrationmetropolis
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2.wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing.“rates of return on invested capital were high”Similar:money, finance(s), wealth, resources
adjective
(of an offense or charge) liable to the death penalty.
“murder was a capital crime”
2.
(of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.
Similar:
upper-case, block
A variety of photos depicting upper case letters, capital cities….Toronto (capital of Ontario), Rome (capital of Italy), Dublin (capital of Ireland) and play money.
Adding Music to my Creativity Experience – Day 23
…thanks to Rainee for introducing me to the 30 Day Creativity Challenge
Last week I started piano lessons. I have a beautiful baby grand piano sitting in my living room that no one has played in almost 20 years. Last year I had it tuned but I finally found a piano teacher who comes to my house for 40 minutes on Thursday mornings.
Gerry is also teaching my neighbour across the street and that is how I got to meet him. Little did I know last week that I would be starting my first lesson the same day. I am a complete newbie and he’s started me on scales and reading simple music. Luckily I know how to read the treble clef notes and I know where middle C is. I’ve been a good girl and have practised every day. I even went out and purchased some beginner piano books from our local thrift store.
Anyway I need to warm up before he gets here this morning. Wish me luck.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Harvest Scenes
…thanks to Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge
By the Fire Light – Day 27
…thanks to Becky B for hosting January Squares
Day 20 of the 30 Day Creativity Challenge
….thanks to Rainee for introducing me to the 30 Day Creativity Challenge
I’m a bit behind this week posting all my creativity actiivities. Sometimes to get creative you host other people like we did on Sunday and other times you get creative or are inspired by creativity at work. This week I was inspired by the creativity of my granddaughter’s pizza making skills and the pizza making skills by 14 children at Montgomery’s Inn who were attending an all day workshop where one of the activities involved making and personalizing their own pizzas.
I very much enjoyed helping our granddaughter with making her pizza and walking around on Tuesday and giving guidance to the boys and girls at Montgomery’s Inn.
January Squares – Light Fixtures for Jan. 24, 2020
….again another late post…thanks to Becky B for hosting January Squares
The theatre at the Distillery District had some very interesting light fixtures. Here’s one over the bar.
30 Day Creativity Challenge – Day 19
…thanks to Rainee for hosting the 30 Day Creativity Challenge\
I’ve been making art with my granddaughter again and making pizza with her. I’ve always loved her free style but she does have a vision and you don’t want to tamper with that. That was clearly evident when she decided to make her pizza in the shape of a ‘stop sign’. The adults kept wanting her to add cheese to her creation but she refused and when they didn’t listen she had a melt down. Oma and Papa to the rescue. Lots of dough left over so we started again. Here are our efforts from last Sunday.
Mama Cormier 