DAY 56 - Heavy Is Light

TITLE: Heavy Old TV of Yesteryear
ASSIGNMENT: Make something heavy seem light.
MATERIALS: cardboard, black pen, media player, clip of old movie
INSPIRATION: What could be heavier than an old gigantic television from the early 1950's?  Massive in size and tiny in screen.

A. Anderson

DAY 55 - Advertising Jingle

TITLE: Cherry Blossom
ASSIGNMENT: Write and advertising jingle for something in nature (a tree, a bird, a cloud) Bonus: Make a commercial to go with it!
MATERIALS: Cherry Blossom picture, Photoshop.
INSPIRATION: Tis' the season for Cherry Blossoms, so I chose them for my jingle.  I also wrote mine very contemporary and ends with a spoken addition very quickly.

A. Anderson

DAY 54 - Connect The Dots

TITLE: Gypsy Man
ASSIGNMENT: Make something only using dots.  The dots could be stippling from a pen, the circles cut from paper using a hole punch, or even small, round price stickers.
MATERIALS: Ink pen, plain paper.
INSPIRATION: I used to love using points in drawing for years, so this one wasn't a hard choice. I love the effect and control and it also makes you take your time, whether you want to or not.

A. Anderson

DAY 53 - Sense of Smell

TITLE: Smell of the Lion
ASSIGNMENT: Make something in which the sense of smell is the essential component.
MATERIALS: Sculpy, acrylic paints
INSPIRATION: Hmmm sense of smell?  Maybe a candle and a specially made candle holder which features a nose of a feline of the wild; a lion? Sure. sounds good.

A. Anderson

DAY 52 - Upside Down

TITLE: Old Woman
ASSIGNMENT: Work upside down.  Create something in such a way that you have to rotate it 180 degrees to display/see it when it is finished.
MATERIALS: Plain paper and pencil.
INSPIRATION: Saw her image on the web, wrinkles and attitude, had to draw it.  What is weird, is you have to stop and think HOW to draw things upside down.

A. Anderson


And here she is upside down, my view as I drew it.

 

DAY 51 - Not Cute But Is Now

TITLE: Skull Doll
ASSIGNMENT: Make something that would not normally be considered cute and cuddly into something that is.
MATERIALS: Plaster skull head, puppet king costume, black socks.
INSPIRATION: Ahhhh, Eddie Munster would have loved this toy!

A. Anderson

DAY 50 - Minimalist In White

TITLE: Fire In The Forest of the White.
ASSIGNMENT:  Work only with white materials today.  Try working white on white for a real challenge.
MATERIALS: White printing paper.
INSPIRATION: Trees, forest fires, white.

A. Anderson