Cranky!
Last September, when I started this blog, one of the first comments was from an Englishman who works as a chef. He went by the somewhat-unpronounceable ‘Kseverny’, but his given name turns out to be Richard North. According to his WordPress blog, The Arts Webshow, he is 24 years old, about the same age as my youngest daughter.
After he commented on my blog, naturally, I visited his and commented. The man is nothing if not creative, and it appears that there is not a medium he won’t use for an outlet, including his food.
For months now, we’ve been going back and forth, commenting on each others’ work. Sometimes he would disappear for awhile, sometimes it was I who was absent.
A little over a month ago I could not help noticing that we each had a piece of work with the same title, “Sinister”. My Sinister is a mosaic in Steampunk style. Richard’s Sinister is a photo.
I proposed that we each intentionally make something with a title in common, and each post the two together on our blogs. We agreed on “Cranky” as our title, so the challenge was on across the pond.
We agreed to finish our work by June 10 and post on that date. As it turns out, toward the end, my husband and I had a lovely last-minute visit with our daughter and son-in-law halfway across the country, so I was the one who missed our deadline by a day or two. Lately, Richard has been extremely busy at the restaurant, so we delayed posting our results. I suspect he will be able to post today or tomorrow, so I am forging ahead with our plan.
Below is Richard’s video. I think he appears at his crankiest in this performance, don’t you?
Here is my interpretation of “Cranky”. The figure’s mouth is practically growing fangs.
How do you picture “cranky”?
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Loved the interpretation of “Cranky”…such an array of colorful emotion. Well done. Thanks for sharing…Heartspell
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Hi Lynne! I love this pastel! I don’t view it as cranky at all! …but that is not to say you did not achieve your goal. I picture enrgy and color and the exuberance it brings with it. I pictured the teeth being so bright because the energy was seeping right into her bones. Very emotional and I like it!
Thanks for posting, kseverny!!! This has been a fun challenge.
Leslie, thanks for stopping by and being so enthusiastic. Hey, everyone, go to Leslie’s blog and look at her watercolors and pencil drawings. You will fall right into the pictures, guaranteed.
What a great collaborative project. We have done similar projects in the classroom where everyone provides an artistic interpretation of a single emotionally-charged word. The final reveal is always an amazing event both for the similarities present in each work and, of course, the uniqueness of each interpretation.
Both pieces are great!
Loved the painting… a gorgeous display of crankiness. Heartspell
Thanks for visiting and being so encouraging!
Haven’t been by for a visit in awhile…my bicycle and I had an adventure three weeks ago and my drawing/painting/writing hand has two broken bones at the wrist…that being said…
it was so fun to poke around and find your steampunk mosaic…love it.
And, like Leslie, I didn’t find so much cranky as celebratory…to my eye she looks like she’s beaming and gleaming…wonderful exuberance and the electricity around the hands is terrific.
Cheers!!
Bike wreck, huh, Iona? I’m sorry. Have you been teaching yourself to paint with the brush between your teeth? I have not been spending as much time on my computer recently, either. Travel and other duties have been calling.
Thanks for checking on my work and being encouraging!
I’m not anonymous; I’m Lynn! WordPress has changed the format of replies for comments on my own blog.
You also got a lot of positive feedback at mine.
Now i have decided to host a challenge of my own and i really want you to participate.
It’s freeflow poetry.
That may sound a bit scary but trust me.
Its the easiest and most liberating experience in the world.
So please participate
What a great challenge, especially since you two live so far apart from each other and no doubt have very different daily lives.