Wednesday, 30 December 2020
Tuesday, 29 December 2020
The Year 2020 - Curious Things Stamp Sheet
Sunday, 27 December 2020
A Weird Collage for a Weird year.
“Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet.
And since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this poor innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity as a whale before it then had to come to terms with not being a whale any more.
This is a complete record of its thoughts from the moment it began its life till the moment it ended it.
Ah … ! What’s happening? it thought.
Er, excuse me, who am I?
Hello?
Why am I here? What’s my purpose in life?
What do I mean by who am I?..
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/characters/nm0047155
Saturday, 26 December 2020
Thursday, 24 December 2020
Theme for next 2 weeks: The Year 2020
A very different Festive Season (to say the least) from the usual but wishing everyone and their families,
A Very Merry Christmas & A Happy Healthy New Year! #StaySafe
Here's a little seasonal ditty from The Fabs to end. Ron :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB7LX8mRRHM
Wednesday, 23 December 2020
Christmas: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!
Happy Christmas One & All!
Tuesday, 22 December 2020
CHRISTMAS: Christmas Cards for Children
I've had this cute (empty) box for years. Time to collage it for this theme!
HAPPY HEALTHY HOLIDAYS to ALL!!
Monday, 21 December 2020
Sunday, 20 December 2020
Thursday, 17 December 2020
Christmas - Black Sheep
Baa baa black sheep have you any crackers?
Only those down in the anderson shelter
We have been saving up all our metal pots and pans
To make pile them up in the furnace smelter
One for the master and one for the dame
And one for the rag and bone man
Down Oil Drum Lane.
Theme: Christmas
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Sunday, 13 December 2020
Saturday, 12 December 2020
Green and Red - Daily Doodle
A page from the current sketchbook that I have been trying to add to every day. Mostly drawings but sometimes the occasional collage.
Thursday, 10 December 2020
Theme: Red & Green
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Monday, 7 December 2020
ALTERNATE FILM POSTER: "UNDERWATER!"
1955 film.
(That's a plesiosaur, they were about 50 feet long and lived in the sea.)
Sunday, 6 December 2020
Saturday, 5 December 2020
Alternate Film Poster - The Cake Cut
Rather distracted by Sky Arts documentaries, films and the snooker championships to do much collaging but one is in progress. This one in the meantime is from a few years back - a chopped up version of "The Black Cat" , a creaky B picture starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.
Friday, 4 December 2020
ALTERNATE MOVIE POSTER: "The Iron Petticoat"
Captain Vinka Kovelenko (Katharine Hepburn), of the Russian Air Force, angered at being passed over for military awards, flies a MIG to an American base in Germany. Flier Chuck Lockwood (Bob Hope) is assigned to convert her to democracy but she tries, simultaneously, to show him the advantages of communism. They go to London where she succumbs to the fleshpots of capitalism and soon abandons her uniform for frilly feminine things, drinks champagne and vodka, and ends up falling in love. Alerted to the situation, the Russian Embassy arranges to have her kidnapped and take her back to Moscow.
That is Kovelenko from the movie! The Bob Hope I found was holding an academy award, but I switched it out to a bottle of vodka.
Thursday, 3 December 2020
Theme: Alternate Movie Poster
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Monday, 30 November 2020
Friday, 27 November 2020
Thursday, 26 November 2020
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
THEME: Art in the Desert OR anywhere remote where you would never expect to stumble upon a work of art!
Inspired by the 3-sided, 10-12 foot tall, steel monolith recently discovered in Red Rock County, S.E. Utah Desert.
If you haven't heard, read the story here:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/24/monolith-utah-theories-what-is-it-mystery
BY THE WAY...this is the last theme I am picking for awhile and Ron has graciously accepted my invitation to carry the torch!
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
SONG TITLE: "Be Careful, It's My Heart" by Irving Berlin
I like to combine works of art. In this collage:
"The House with Cracked Walls" 1892-94 by Paul Cezanne,
"Madonna of the Sun" circa 1910 by Arthur B. Davies
and the top-hatted gent is from "Camille Monet on a Garden Bench" 1873 by Claude Monet.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK7rz535Rc0
Song Title: It's Getting Light Outside
A favourite track of mine by Clearlake. Title maybe sums up our hopes for the coming months.
Friday, 20 November 2020
Thursday, 19 November 2020
SONG TITLE: "I've Just Seen a Face"
The central figure "the face" is an actual oversize photo-booth photograph that I cut out of the square format it was in, curtains behind her. I've looked at her face for a long time (she was sitting on my worktable, smiling at me in that Mona Lisa kinda way). The gent is from a DOVER book of Victorian portraits. He seems a smitten dandy sort.
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
THEME: ILLUSTRATE a SONG TITLE via COLLAGE!
There are over 97 million songs in existence (and counting). Have FUN finding ONE and let's see what it means to YOU! (Or you could find TWO...)
Sunday, 15 November 2020
Bigger and Better were not in Tommy's vocabulary...
...but BIGGEST and BEST were!
By the way, that is Tom Collins, a champion figure skater and former skater in Holiday on Ice. Collins organized an exhibition tour of the United States with world champion skaters in 1969. It was the forerunner of Champions on Ice, which became known to people in the sport as "Tommy's Tour."