Archive for the ‘Challenges’ Category

Two Things Challenge - People & Watch

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

I like to enter the 2 Things Challenge each week. This week is People / Watch. This is my entry for People & Watch. This little bubble (whoops person) is bubble-watching (whoops people watching) as people stroll by. Here are the entries for last week’s Litter / Bug. Anyone can join in, and I hope you give it a try!! We would love more people playing with us! Details are at this link above.

Watching People

Watching People, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Pet Monologues - Stella in Flowers

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

This image is for the Pet Monologues which is the blog which I directed you to showing that incredible video about the lion hugging the woman who rescued him. Right now there is a post about Preniptutuals and dog weddings - check it out!  This is those great photos with the bears.  There is a funny story about a bear today. Also they highlight art, poems and more that showcase animals every week. You can see their blog here. And this is the post for this particular challenge. I hope you enjoy the images there!! Here is a wonderful post about Polar Bears being designated endangered - check it out! Anyone can join in this fun here too!! They put up a few of the images and then have links to the rest of the sites … perhaps you will feel moved to participate!

Stella in Flowers I

Stella in Flowers I, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Illustration Friday - Foggy

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Illustration Friday has a challenge every week. This week is Foggy. This one is right up my alley … Here is the bubble garden in fog and mist. This is what foggy looks like! And I feel pretty foggy today because I am on overload. Illustration Friday is a great way to showcase your work and a wonderful opportunity to meet lots of wonderful people! I encourage you to check it out! Lots of fun people and paintings!

Foggy

Foggy, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Two Things Challenge - Litter & Bug

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

I like to enter the 2 Things Challenge each week. This week is Litter / Bug. This is my entry for Litter & Bug. This is humankind carreening through space, littering as we go … or is it each of us being thoughtless in a daily way as we litter the planet with our overuse of resources. Here are the entries for last week’s Work / Book. Anyone can join in, and I hope you give it a try!! We would love more people playing with us! Details are at this link above.

Litter & Bug

Litter Bug, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Pet Monologues - Alyssa

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

This image is for the Pet Monologues which is the blog which I directed you to showing that incredible video about the lion hugging the woman who rescued him. Right now there is a post about Preniptutuals and dog weddings - check it out!  This is those great photos with the bears.  There is a funny story about a bear today. Also they highlight art, poems and more that showcase animals every week. You can see their blog here. And this is the post for this particular challenge. I hope you enjoy the images there!! Here is a wonderful post about Polar Bears being designated endangered - check it out! Anyone can join in this fun here too!! They put up a few of the images and then have links to the rest of the sites … perhaps you will feel moved to participate!

Alyssa in Butterflies

Alyssa in Butterflies, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Illustration Friday - Sour

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Illustration Friday has a challenge every week. This week is Sour. Lemons certainly ARE sour - at least to most people! This is what sour looks like! And I feel pretty sour today because I am very sick … with a Crohn’s Disease flare-up .. so this is short and sweet, rather short and sour. Illustration Friday is a great way to showcase your work and a wonderful opportunity to meet lots of wonderful people! I encourage you to check it out! Lots of fun people and paintings!

Sour

Sour, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Two Things Challenge - Work & Book

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

I like to enter the 2 Things Challenge each week. This week is Work / Book. This is my entry for Work & Book.  I got inspired by some of the other entries.  First I was going to just make a bubblescape since I was WORKing on my Mac PowerBOOK.  But then someone else inspired me to use one of Susan’s pictures of my working at the computer … ok - here is your picture of me you have been asking for!!!  You can go bug Susan and tell her that you want to see another of her pictures of my working on the computer … you can urge her to still join in for this entry! Here are the entries for last week’s Round / Square. Anyone can join in, and I hope you give it a try!! We would love more people playing with us! Details are at this link above.

Work & Book

Diane at Computer, Photography © Susan Elkin

~ Diane Clancy

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Illustration Friday - Fierce

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Illustration Friday has a challenge every week. This week is Fierce. One of the fiercest emotions in the world is a mother’s sense of protection toward her little ones - especially against a threat. Here the little ones are basking and glowing in mother’s love as the mother is fiercely all geared up to protect her little ones against this menacing bubble. Perceived or real, most mothers will protect at all costs!! Illustration Friday is a great way to showcase your work and a wonderful opportunity to meet lots of wonderful people! I encourage you to check it out! Lots of fun people and paintings!

Fierce

Fierce, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Pet Monologues - Bucky

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

This image is for the Pet Monologues which is the blog which I directed you to showing that incredible video about the lion hugging the woman who rescued him. Right now there is a post about Preniptutuals and dog weddings - check it out!  This is thosegreat photos with the bears.  Also they highlight art, poems and more that showcase animals every week. You can see their blog here. And this is the post for this particular challenge. I hope you enjoy the images there!! Here is a wonderful post about Polar Bears being designated endangered - check it out! Anyone can join in this fun here too!! They put up a few of the images and then have links to the rest of the sites … perhaps you will feel moved to participate!

Bucky in Butterflies

Bucky in Butterflies, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Two Things Challenge - Round & Square Again

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

I like to enter the 2 Things Challenge each week. This week is Round / Square. This is my entry for Round & Square. It is pretty basic - but I think it does the job. It seems sort of fun … I think it came out very pretty. It actually took quite awhile to do to find patterns that would show off the square shape well. Here are the entries for last week’s Parallel / Perdincular. Anyone can join in, and I hope you give it a try!! We would love more people playing with us! Details are at this link above.

Round & Square At Night

Round & Square At Night, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Two Things Challenge - Round & Square

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

I like to enter the 2 Things Challenge each week. This week is Round / Square.  This is my entry for Round & Square. It is pretty basic - but I think it does the job.  It seems sort of fun … I think it came out very pretty. It actually took quite awhile to do to find patterns that would show off the square shape well. Here are the entries for last week’s Parallel / Perdincular. Anyone can join in, and I hope you give it a try!! We would love more people playing with us! Details are at this link above.

Round & Square

Round & Square, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Pet Monologues - Sebastian

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

This image is for the Pet Monologues which is the blog which I directed you to showing that incredible video about the lion hugging the woman who rescued him. Right now there is a post about Preniptutuals and dog weddings - check it out!  This is thosegreat photos with the bears.  Also they highlight art, poems and more that showcase animals every week. You can see their blog here. And this is the post for this particular challenge. I hope you enjoy the images there!! Here is a wonderful post about Polar Bears being designated endangered - check it out! Anyone can join in this fun here too!! They put up a few of the images and then have links to the rest of the sites … perhaps you will feel moved to participate!

Sebastian

Sebastian in Flowers, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Illustration Friday - Hoard

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Illustration Friday has a challenge every week. This week is Hoard. Not surprisingly this week’s Hoard is in green - green for envy since hoarding can trigger envy. Is this a Garden of Eden or a Garden of Envy? Are they working together or against each other? Illustration Friday is a great way to showcase your work and a wonderful opportunity to meet lots of wonderful people! I encourage you to check it out! Lots of fun people and paintings!

Hoard

Hoard, Digital © Diane Clancy

Hoard

Has such a nasty connotation.

We are all taught to share

Not hoard.

Yet, what is the difference

Between hoard and protect?

Surely there is a gigantic difference!

Hoard, share, protect - 

Three points along the continuum

Sometimes when someone is 

Protecting their bodies, art, wealth, children

Others think they hoard.

Is this bubble protecting her children

Or not sharing her wealth?

Once sometime told me she could help me

Learn to give all my art away for free

And NEVER make a penny 

(Or cover costs)

She felt to get paid for art was to hoard it.

I want to get paid for my work

How else am I to care for myself?

And many do hoard - 

Who needs a billion dollars a year?

Or 1,000 pairs of shoes? 

Hoarding can trigger 

Envy in others -

As some have way too much and

Some have WAY too little!!

That is not the way to go!!

But then others work hard and

They should get to use their rewards

While others laze away.

We also all make choices.

Or those poor souls who hoard 

Old newspapers and recycling in their homes

And can only walk through paths

Hoarding can be so painful! 

Sharing can be so great!!

When it is appreciated … or when you want to!

But also remember Chicken Little

No one wants to help 

But they want to share in the proceeds.

Balance, yet again

Balance among Hoard,

Protect and Share

We each make our own decisions and balance.

~ © Diane Clancy

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Two Things Challenge - Parallel & Perpendicular

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

I like to enter the 2 Things Challenge each week. This week is Parallel / Perpendicular.  This is my entry for Parallel & Perpendicular. It is pretty basic - but I think it does the job.  It seems sort of fun … like the kids are jumping off the diving board. Here are the entries for last week’s Fireplug / Flagpole. Anyone can join in, and I hope you give it a try!! We would love more people playing with us! Details are at this link above.

Parallel & Perpendicular

Parallel & Perpendicular, Fireplug & Flagpole, Digital © Diane Clancy

~ Diane Clancy

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Illustration Friday - Punchline

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Illustration Friday has a challenge every week. This week is Punchline. Most us have felt like the Punchline at times … surely that little fellow does … she surely does feel smaller than everyone else after she was the Punchline. Guess we all need to pay a little more attention to ourselves and others - making sure we don’t unkindly make others the Punchline and reaching out to others!! Illustration Friday is a great way to showcase your work and a wonderful opportunity to meet lots of wonderful people! I encourage you to check it out! Lots of fun people and paintings!

Punchline

Punchline, Digital © Diane Clancy

Punchline

It seemed like such good fun

Yet why does the Punchline

Feel so small?

Some people can roll

With being the Punchline

But many collapse inside …

As we tease others,

Let’s try to make sure

They are in on the joke

That it is laughing With 

Not laughing At

Otherwise, the Punchline

Can be 

Cruel.

Most of us would

Never deliberately

Be cruel ~ 

So let’s pay attention

And choose to 

Be kind … 

We can have fun

Together!!

Then the joke can be

The  Punchline

Not the

Person.

~ Diane Clancy

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