December FREE Check List Artist's Birthdays

Demember FREE Check List             Artist’s Birthdays
1. Maya Lin   October 5
2. Eric Carle   June 25
3. Frederic Remington   October 4
4. Grandma Moses   September 7
5. Vincent Van Gogh   March 30
6. Fancisco de Goya   March 30
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Wayne Thiebaud   November 15
9. Janet Fish   May 18
10. Claude Monet   November 14
11. Rembrandt   July 15
12. Michelangelo   March 6
13. Jim Dine   June 16
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Dale Chihuly   September 20
16. Mary Cassatt   May 23
17. Akiane Kramarik   July 9
18. Henri Matisse   December 31
19. Rosa Boneur   March 16
20. Grant Wood   February 13
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Salvador Dali   May 11
23. Piet Mondrian   March 7
24. Albrect Durer   May 21
25. Beatrix Potter   July 28
26. Benjamin West   October 10
27. Leonardo da Vinci   April 15
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Paul Cezanne   January 19
30. Winslow Homer   February 24
31. Louise Nevelson   September 23

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I am so very Thankful for each of you as you follow along, reading this blog as we travel together embracing a Creative Life.

Enjoy your friends and family today, I will be back tomorrow with some tasty ideas for your Thanksgiving Day leftovers.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Gobble Gobble

November FREE Check List Art Careers

November FREE Check List                        Art Careers

1. Graphic Designer
2. Architect
3. Typographer
4. Set/Stage Designer
5. Toy Developer
6. Art Therapist
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Floral Designer
9. Interior Decorator
10. Special Effects Designer
11. Animator
12. Museum Curator
13. Potter
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Sculptor
16. Product Designer
17. Painter
18. Landscape Architect
19. Photographer
20. Illustrator
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Printmaker
23. Game Designer
24. Advertising Director
25. Fashion Design
26. Cake Decorator
27. Media Communications
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Jeweler
30. Art Dealer / Art Conservation

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October FREE Check List Famous Art Works

October FREE Check List                Famous Art Works
1. Broadway Boogie Woogie   Piet Mondrian
2. Mask of Agamemnon   Ancient Greek
3. Pieta   Michelangelo  
4. The Last Supper   Leonardo da Vinci
5. Monticello    Thomas Jefferson
6. Night Hawks   Edward Hopper
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Impression Sunrise   Claude Monet
9. Starry Night   Vincent Van Gogh
10. The Thinker   Auguste Rodin
11. Falling Water   Frank Lloyd Wright
12. Mona Lisa   Leonardo da Vinci
13. David   Michelangelo
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. American Gothic   Grant Wood
16. Balloon Dog   Jeff Koons
17. The Little Dancer of 14   Edgar Degas
18. The Sower   Vincent Van Gogh
19. LOVE   Robert Indiana
20. The School of Athens   Raphael
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. The Kiss   Gustave Klimt
23. The Sistine Chapel Ceiling   Michelangelo
24. Café Terrace at Night   Vincent Van Gogh
25. Stonehenge   Neolithic Artists
26. Campbell’s Soup Cans   Andy Warhol
27. The Baptistery Doors   Lorenzo Ghiberti
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. The Artist’s Mother   James Abbott McNeill Whistler
30. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of LaGrande Jatte   G. Seurat
31. Prince of Peace   Akiane Kramarik

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September FREE Check List American Artists

SEPTEMBER:                 AMERICAN ARTISTS

1. Winslow Homer
2. Mary Cassatt
3. Edward Hopper
4. Dale Chihuly
5. Wayne Thiebaud
6. Harriet Powers
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Georgia O’Keeffe
9. Norman Rockwell
10. Ansel Adams
11. Mark Rothko
12. Louise Nevelson
13. Maya Lin
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Jasper Johns
16. Romare Bearden
17. Frank Lloyd Wright
18. Janet Fish
19. Frederic Remington
20. Eric Carle
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. George Bellows
23. Grant Wood
24. Alexander Calder
25. Jackson Pollock
26. Helen Frankenthaler
27. Andy Warhol
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Thomas Cole
30. Andrew Wyeth

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August FREE Check List Art Vocabulary

August FREE Check List               Art Vocabulary


1. Color
2. Balance
3. Charcoal
4. Kiln
5. Fiber arts
6. Collage
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Line
9. Perspective
10. Acrylic Paint
11. Ceramic
12. Assemblage
13. Photography
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Vantage point
16.  Hue
17. Pencil, pen, brush
18. Glass blowing
19. Printmaking
20. Graphic Design
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Sculpture
23. Harmony
24. Focal plane
25. Architecture
26. Portraiture
27. Installation piece
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Horizontal
30. Oil pastel
31. Easel

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July FREE Check List Art Trivia

July  FREE Check List                              Art Trivia


1. Mary Cassatt rewarded children with candy for sitting still.
2. Vincent Van Gogh sold only 1 painting during his life.
3. Leonardo da Vinci wrote many notes in mirrored image.
4. Paleolithic artists painted with mud and ashes.
5. Grandma Moses began her art career at 78 years old.
6. Andy Warhol had 25 cats and most of them were named Sam.
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Claude Monet’s painting named the Impressionist art movement.
9. Scribbles and Doodles are forms of Art.
10. Art sometimes is displayed incorrectly in museums.
11. Artists are normal people with an excess of ideas.
12. Is it art? Did a person create it? Were you inspired? Yes, it is art.
13.  Not all artists are famous.
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Vincent Van Gogh worked as an artist for only 10 years.
16. Leonardo da Vinci never went to school.
17. Art works are frequently stolen some even multiple times.
18. Rumors state Picasso’s works are stolen most often.
19. Red, Yellow or Blue combined can create the world of color.
20. Art is what you ‘think’ it is, different for each individual.
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Artists are curious by nature always asking questions.
23. Artists have created works for political and military revolutions.
24. Fame is not a requirement to be an artist.
25. Look in the mirror~ You are an artist too!
26. Artists leave room for the viewers imagination in their art.
27. You do not have to understand the artist to enjoy the art work.
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. American Gothic by Grant Wood is a painting of his dentist!
30. Michelangelo did not like signing his name on his artworks.
31. American Artist Grandma Moses lived to 101 years old!

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June FREE Check List Collection of Art Galleries or Museums

JUNE CHECK LIST      ART GALLERIES OR MUSEUMS
1. Portland Art Museum Portland, Oregon
2. The Van Gogh Museum, Netherlands
3. Whitney Museum of Art, New York City, New York
4. The National Gallery of Art, USA, Washington, DC.
5. The National Gallery, London, England
6. The Louvre, Paris, France
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
9. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
10. The Prado, Madrid, Spain
11. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
12. American Folk Art Museum, New York City, New York
13. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. The Tate Modern, London, England
16. Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery, DC
17. The Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
18.Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
19. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
20. Lascaux International Center of Art, Montignac, France
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
23. The Museum of Modern Art, USA, New York City, New York
24. Rijkmusuem, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
25. RISD Museum, Rhode Island
26. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
27. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York City, New York
30. The Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy

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MAY FREE CHECK LIST : ART MOVEMENTS

MAY  FREE CHECK LIST                               ART MOVEMENTS

1. Post Modern
2. Rococo
3. Impressionism
4. Paleolithic and Neolithic Art
5. Pop Art
6. Realism
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Art Nouveau
9. Ancient Greek
10. Cubism
11. Early Christian
12. Contemporary Art
13. Gothic Art
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Early Renaissance
16. German Expressionism
17.The Baroque
18. Photo Realism
19. Neoclassical
20. Post-Impressionism
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Regional
23. Modern
24. Ancient Rome
25. Fauvism
26. Romanesque
27. Abstract Expressionism
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Mesopotamian Art
30. The High Renaissance
31. Naturalism

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April FREE Check List Famous Artists

APRIL CHECK LIST                              FAMOUS ARTISTS

1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Henri Matisse
3. J.M.W. Turner
4. Caravaggio
5. Paul Cezanne
6. Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun
7. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
8. Michelangelo
9. Claude Monet
10. Artemisia Gentileschi
11. Diego Velazquez
12. Marc Chagall
13. Peter Paul Rubens
14. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
15. Vermeer
16. Paul Gauguin
17. Thomas Gainsborough
18. Berthe Morisot
19. Albrecht Durer
20. Hokusai
21. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
22. Edgar Degas
23. Sir Christopher Wren
24. Pablo Picasso
25. Gian Lorenzo Bernini
26. Cave artists of Lascaux
27. Georges Seurat
28. Free day! Rest. Relax. Create as you desire!
29. Rembrandt
30. Vincent van Gogh

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Friday Night Feasts~ Gluten Free Tuna Salad

Basketball Regional Semifinals are the topic of most every conversation around town. I am curious, is your team still in the hunt?

To go along with all of the wonderful game foods this weekend at our house there will be at least 1 healthy choice...Gluten Free Tuna Salad. It's never too early to start working on a healthy diet. Now don't start feeling sorry for my friends and family, there will be a well stocked kitchen overflowing with delicious Gluten Free game food...Brownies, pizza, wings, meatballs, chips, cheese, dips, salsa and possibly a veggie tray.


Tuna Salad
How many different ways do you serve Tuna Salad? By the scoop on a bed of lettuce, stuffed in the cavity of Avocado or Tomato, on toasted bread as a sandwich, in a croissant, on crackers, as a dip for vegetables, baked?

Basic blend or mixture can easily increase or decrease volume as needed.

3 large cans of Chunky Tuna in water, drained removing as much water as possible
1 small sweet Onion, minced
½ cup minced Celery
1 small jar of diced Pimento Peppers, drained removing as much liquid as possible
¼ cup Pickle Relish, drain slightly
1 teaspoon Black Pepper
Mayonnaise

In large bowl break apart Tuna chunks before adding Onion, Celery, Pimento, Pickle Relish, and Black Pepper. Blend these ingredients well. Slowly add Mayonnaise until lightly coated, you do not want the mixture to be dominated by the Mayonnaise to the point the colors change or appear milky. Place in tightly covered container and store in the refrigerator.


Variation:
* Use Dill Pickle Relish
* Add 1 teaspoon Hot Sauce
* Add 1 teaspoon Dill
* Omit Pickle Relish
* Add 1 tablespoon fresh Lemon juice
* Add 1 tablespoon Lemon Zest
* Top with crushed Cashews


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Friday Night Feasts~ Gluten Free Chocolate and Popcorn

Who can think about eating a real meal at the start of tournament season? All I have is visions of junk food! Corn is a vegetable and chocolate is plant based so the way I see it is this is a perfectly healthy junk food! hahahahaaaa Seriously though, this is delicious! Slightly salty, crunchy, sweet and chocolate! If you are expecting a large crowd you will want to prepare an extra batch or two.

Chocolate and Popcorn
2 – 3 servings of Popped Plain Popcorn, more if serving in large group
3 cups of melted Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Place prepared Plain Popped Popcorn, [no salt or butter] in a large bowl. Slowly drizzle melted Chocolate Chips over Popcorn toss and allow to cool until chocolate sets.

Variation:
*Also add melted White Chocolate Chips and drizzle over Popcorn
*Add melted Dark Chocolate Chips and drizzle over Popcorn
*Add mini Chocolate Chips once chocolate has cooled and set

Enjoy the games!


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17 Syllables An Alphabetical Collection of Haiku is Available for Purchase!

Hot off the press! My latest book,  17 Syllables  An Alphabetical Collection of Haiku .Why Haiku? A simple rhythmic collection of words quickly captivates your attention. Perfect for reading pleasure, ideal for inspiration for Doodles or other creative pursuits. Haiku adds a mysterious element. How can three lines and only 17 syllables pack such a punch? Haiku eliminates distractors and streamlines the reader’s focus which allows for the audience's imagination to complete the message. Words, their sounds, the memories they evoke, the rhythm, their meanings all communicate on an individual and corporate level. 17 Syllables is more than a simple collection of Haiku,182 original Haiku, 182 prompts to launch your creative flow, 182 thematic pages waiting for your Doodles, 182 Haiku filled with images from A – Z. [Yes, you can write, Doodle and draw within the pages of 17 Syllables, space has been provided for just that purpose!]

You can grab a copy of 17 Syllables  An Alphabetical Collection of Haiku at Amazon.

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2019 NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship AKA My Quilters Challenge

My 2019 Quilters Challenge has begun! Hope you have your supplies ready! And are well rested there will be several challenges throughout the Championship.

First Challenge.
Choose your teams and fill out your bracket! Always hard for me...do I fill it out with teams I know will win or do I fill it out with teams I want to win or do I fill it out by the colors of the teams! Keep reading, you will understand more about the team colors.

Challenge 1:
Using only the colors of your teams selected in the 2019 NCAA Men's Championship Bracket create your creative project. {Quilt, table runner, mug rugs, beach totes, painting, flower garden, spring wardrobe, cookies...}

Here is a link to the 2019 bracket, once you select your teams, research and use their team colors as your palette.
https://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/images/2019/03/17/ncaa-bids-2019-bracket-march-madness.pdf

For Challenge 1 I will be creating a basic 9 Patch Quilt top / picnic blanket and using a low contrast neutral sashing between the blocks.

Happy Spring! So thankful Winter has gone and the flowers and bird song has returned to my corner of the world.

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Oh Happy Day~ It Is the First Day of Spring!

SPRING!
I hope that the weather is delightful in your corner of the world today.
CELEBRATE!

Song of Solomon 2:11 - 12
See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.

What have you been anticipating with the arrival of Spring?
I have had Spring Fever since January, I am excited with the arrival of Spring and my return to the Garden, creating Art En Plein Air.


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Selection Sunday~ Let the Games Begin!

March Madness begins today, Selection Sunday and St Patrick's Day. Looks like a full day of exciting adventures awaits!

Now time for a confession. I am not a huge basketball fan, that is until the tournaments begin. Years ago, I even had a 'career' keeping stats for all of the basketball teams at my school. I was raised in the heart of the SEC where Football is King and where basketball was a sport to 'fill in' the year until Baseball / Softball season and the return of Football.

So why now do I print brackets, watch the games and follow the hype during tournament season? I relocated a while back to the heart of the ACC / Basketball World. So, to be fair, during tournament season, I become a fan of Basketball. And what can I say, tournaments are a great excuse for Game Nights and Game Food celebrations. Watch for Gluten Free Snack ideas throughout the tournaments, as I will be posting recipes for tasty treats.

Also, just because the tournaments will be beginning soon in earnest it is NOT the time to neglect your creative efforts. There will be several creative challenges posted to carry you through the season.

As for St Patrick's Day~
Do you wear Green or have other traditions to celebrate the day?



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National Quilt Day!

Ready. Set. Quilt!
Truly an exciting day. A day set aside for all of your quilting pleasures. Are you a quilter or a quilt collector? Or...a fabric hoarder? I can personally answer yes to two of these questions. I collect quilts and create quilts and I also collect fabrics to create more quilts. You can insert hoarder her if you want, however, a hoarder never uses their fabric stash.

Seriously though, quilting brings much pleasure to so many. In creating quilts out of need or for gifting with every stitch love is sewn into the quilt. We all recognize the world could use more love. Which is comforting to those of us who feel there is always room for one more quilt... There is always room for love.

Were you aware that currently in the USA there are over 10,000,000 active quilters? Quilting is no longer a hobby or recreational activity for the retired! Research and demographics indicate quilting has been embraced by a much younger crowd. Long live quilting!

I hinted at a quilt pattern a few days ago. I'm going to keep it simple...who am I kidding...I am sharing one of the most versatile patterns I use. The humble 9 patch. 9 squares to create 1 block...I have yet to reach the end of the possibilities with this pattern!

Dust off your templates or create a new set, gather your scraps or raid your fabric stash, sharpen your scissors, clean your machine and prepare your work area for my 2019 Quilters Challenge. You will need the following templates: 5 inch square, 4.5 inch square, 2.5 inch square, 1.5 inch square and 2.5 X 4.5 rectangle.

I am excited, keep a close eye here for all the details concerning my 2019 Quilters Challenge.

Happy Quilting!

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Friday Night Feasts ~ Gluten Free Pulled Pork BBQ

This is going to be an adventure filled weekend! We have tons of events planned and tonight's feast is perfect for providing leftovers which can be easily transformed into tasty time saving meals. I'm going to make a large batch of Potato Salad and Fresh Coleslaw to have on hand, freeing myself from the kitchen this weekend.

Pulled Pork BBQ
3 – 6 pounds Boneless Pork Shoulder
½ cup Water
¼ cup Dark Brown Sugar
¼ cup prepared Yellow Mustard
¼ cup Worcestershire Sauce
¼ cup Apple Cider Vinegar
¼ cup fresh Lemon Juice
1 tablespoon Celery Seeds
1 teaspoon ground Cloves
2 cloves minced Garlic

Place all ingredients in slow cooker on Low Heat setting. Meat will easily shred apart when fully cooked. Great as is or on Gluten Free Buns or Rice.

Variation:
*Use your favorite brand bottled Gluten Free Barbeque Sauce
*Omit Pork and use Chicken instead 😊 for Pulled Chicken BBQ
*Omit Pork and use Beef instead 😊 😊 for Pulled Beef BBQ


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Youth Art Month

March is Youth Art Month! An exciting time for youth to have their creative efforts acknowledged and encouraged by the communities in which they live. It is great to have dedicated an entire month for this purpose however as an artist I long for the time when everyday is Art Day! 

How will you be celebrating Youth Art Month? Need ideas?
1. Take an adventure and visit as many art galleries and museums as you can visit.
2. Purchase art supplies and invite the neighborhood children over for Art Day.
3. Donate art supplies to a local school, the art teacher will thank you!

Below is a teaser from my recently published book, Hidden in Your heART to encourage you to embrace your inner artist as you celebrate Youth Art Month.

16. Psalms 1:3 Like a tree planted by the rivers of water
     Like a tree planted by the rivers you too are receiving from those around you, you are maturing, growing and becoming a creative individual. Consider your family: are there artists or creative individuals known to you within your family tree? What about your coworkers? Who inspires you to excel? Where do you gain inspiration throughout the day? Like a tree, you have deep roots which are supplying resources of creativity. You are multifaceted, consider the limbs of the tree how they provide shelter, shade, oxygen. You also bear fruit of your labors and your creative force within stands out, you are unique in your presentation of life.


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This is a Reminder

The return of Daylight Savings Time.
This is the day we lose one hour of creative adventures...
Did you remember to Spring Forward One Hour?



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