Creative Sprint Day 22

Start something, then have someone else complete it.

I ended up doing today's project twice.  After breakfast I did the project with my 2 year old son Kai.  It was a little predictable and I felt bored and unsatisfied with it, but he wasn't interested in coloring or drawing today so I moved on.

I thought and thought and after lunch I came up with this for my sister who is visiting to complete:

 Here are my creations in detail:

scales by char

suburbia by char

up down by char

is it bacterial or viral? by char

stars by char

Here is the completed piece:

Here is how Christine completed the project

Christine's creations in detail:

diamonds by Christine

chrysanthemum by Christine

snail by Christine

tribal? by Christine

squiggles by Christine

Woo hoo, done before nap time is over!
xoxo
Char

Creative Sprint Day 21

Ask a friend you haven't talked with in a while, for a suggestion of what to do today. Explaining what you are up to is part of the experience! Bonus: get them involved in the actual thing you create.

I was really optimistic starting out with this challenge, but as time ticked by and I didn't receive replies from the creative friends who I reached out to, I realized there was probably a reason why we haven't talked to each other in a long time!  They're all busy and obviously not on my schedule ;)!   ....thankfully as I was image searching "crickets", my friend Mara came through and we had a nice conversation and she was thrilled to be a part of the #CreativeSprint assignment for today!

Mara:  If it isn't already on your list, I'd say to illustrate a song lyric in some way. I remember us talking so much about music back in the day and your little Wilco drawing you had made.

Char:  OOOOH thats a great idea The first thing that comes to mind is Summerteeth. Do you want to pick a line for me to illustrate?

Mara:  Yesssss. You want from the album or the song summer teeth?

Char:  Something from the album.

Mara:  Ok, "She's a Jar" is still my very favorite.

Char: Lots of good imagery in that one, surreal imagery.

Mara:  "when I forget how to talk, I sing"

Char:  Do you have any artistic direction you want to give me?

Mara: Only to stay true to the ethereal surrealistic feel of the song, it definitely doesn't need to be literal

And an assignment is born.

At first I started a hand lettering project... but I wasn't concentrating and I forgot a word!

I may have said something other than "dick"

Here is the proof:

10:07 pm Gah!

It made me feel better to vandalize my own work, but OH, it was going to be glorious with "SING" all colorful and with floral embellishments.   So I took about a 20 minute breather, ate a pastry from the Korean bakery that I picked up today, and came up with this!  I'm so thrilled and I hope Mara is too, because she's the new owner of it, and on the other side of the new one is the old one so she gets the whole process!

viola!

Lessons learned: Accidents happen.  Keep cool, eat something yummy,  and keep on keepin' on.

Oh yeah, Week 2 Higlights!  My day 16 and 18 have made the post!

xoxo

Char

Creative Sprint Day 20

Create a pie chart or Venn diagram, topic and materials are your choice.


I decided on my topic of "Reasons for Washing My Hair" while I was in the shower this morning and thinking "I better wash my hair because my sister is coming today and it's probably been a while".

Textured hair can get away with less frequent washing because it doesn't get weighed down by a little hair grease.  I can put shea butter in my hair for 5 days in a row and still have crazy flyaways.  I know because I've tried it.   My crazy textured hair even earned me the nickname "wild girl" at a very young age, we all know I have a sweet disposition so it wasn't my personality, and I've always been appreciative that my dad chose "wild girl" over "feral child".

The Reasons:

1. I have somewhere to go (where I have to interact with people like a dr's appointment, urban sketching, toddler art group or a play date) and it's probably been awhile since I last washed it.  I would never wash my hair just because I have to go run errands.


2. It's dirty and I know it.  Whether my son has put peanut butter & jelly hands, boogers, spit, dirt/sand, or vomit in my hair or it's finally visibly greasy, that calls for a washing.


3.  I can't remember the last time I washed it so I probably should wash it.


4.  I would like to wear it curly and I actually have product and time to put said product in my hair.


5. To avoid someone, most likely my son, and my husband is home so I have more than 5 minutes to do an extra thorough wash, conditioning, and rinse job.


6. To fix poor styling after a cut.  Cheap haircuts from poorly skilled stylists often lead to poor styling out of ignorance of how to deal with hair like mine.  Normally washing it and restyling (in my case air dry with something heavy in it) will tame the beast.  Considering the last haircut I had was May 2012, this is a very rare occurrence.

Peace love and hairgrease
xoxo
Char

Creative Sprint Day 19

Walk aimlessly for 5 minutes, then stop and make something using whatever materials are available where you've ended up. Leave it there for someone else to discover (but be sure to document it first!) .


After walking aimlessly this afternoon, we ended up in the back yard.  It's that time of the year when the jacaranda blooms start falling.  We have a very old gigantic jacaranda tree in our back yard, and in a few weeks my entire back yard will be purple with blooms.

A shot from last year, it's green only where I've mowed!

I spent a few minutes collecting blossoms with Kai and decided to leave a message for the gopher who is wreaking havoc in my backyard and coincidentally arrived the day my husband left for the ship.  It's just a warning to the gopher that our resident Spackler will be home soon so he better take a hike.  I appreciate him aerating the lawn, but prefer to keep my ankles intact.

xoxo
Char

Creative Sprint Day 18

Create something for a child that you know.

I saw a toilet paper roll race car craft while searching for some toddler arts and crafts to do with Kai a while back, and it seemed a little involved for a 2 year old so I decided to make one for Kai for today's Creative Sprint project.


The first step was making the tires.  My construction paper was too flimsy so I mounted the black paper onto some super stiff watercolor paper.  At first I was going to paint the tires onto the watercolor paper, but luckily I came to my senses before I warped all the tires and had to cut them all over again!

Tires

 Oh yeah, attached with brads.  At this point I decided the race car was going to be a rally car because it has 4 wheel drive.

This baby is a rally car so the brads allow for 4 wheel drive

Next step was to space the tires evenly.

With rudimentary geometry, I found the ideal placement for the tires

 Then I cut out and popped up the windshield and the seat back.

Windshield and seatback installed

 Kai's favorite color is orange so I used some of his tempera paint for this custom paint job.

A beautiful paintjob my husband would be proud.

...and here is the finished rally car!

I hope to update the post with his reaction!

xoxo

Char