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Holy Moly!
I’m so ready for the SVU finalie !!! Obama is great and all…..but I’m growing impatient! Went walking in the park (my daily exercise) and got caught in the rain!!! It was pretty cool, I jumped in puddles and ran under trees, good times 
My traffic on my blog has been HUGE lately, whats THAT all about?! Don’t get me wrong, I like it….
Siked about this new movie too…
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Flimp 09 Win
OK here is a MUCH better pic of the final drawing…my pic sucked a million compared to this one! (Thanks again Sayed!)
Flimp: Won First Place!!
This year I won first place (adult) at MMFA’s annual Flimp Festival. I’m pretty siked! Never won first before…several honorable mentions, third place even (in shows other than Flimp), so this is a new thing! It makes my tired worn out body…almost worth it. (almost) Here is a pic of the final artwork:
I can’t figure out my phones camera modes, so it’s a little BLUE…but you get the gist. All in all it was a great event. Good friends came out and did their own works as well as I “helped” a friend with her junior high school kids with theirs. One of the friend entries (Debora, Ashley, Patrick) won 3rd place and Evelyn’s class from Capital Heights won 3rd place in the junior high division. So LOTS of wins!!!
On a funnier note, my dog has been extra nutty lately. Probably needing more attention, as I have been distracted alot these days. Thursday night he pooped in my car and then later tried to bite me when I got too close to his food bowl. SOOOOOooooo….I made him go in time out:
Then I tried to let him redeem himself, but he growled at me so he slept out on the balcony. A friend reported whining from my balcony yesterday….Prince is so spoiled and emotionally disturbed! lol
Today, while I attempted to relax after another long day, I caught him sleeping like this:
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Flimp Festival: Drawing Prep
Here is what I am planning to do for Flimp this year…I will do a rough sketch, try to follow graph lines…but we’ll see.
Cielo o Inferno
Madonnari: The Flimp festival
Street painting has been recorded throughout Europe since the 16th century. Street painters in Italy are called madonnari (pronounced: mah-doan-are-ee with madonnaro being the singular form) because they often created pictures representing the Madonna. In England they are called screevers.
Historically, madonnari were itinerant artists who lived a life of travel and freedom. Aware of the festival and holy days (holidays) in each province and town, they traveled to join in the festivities. They created images in public squares and in front of the local church using bits of broken roof tiles, charcoal, and some white chalk. Passersby would often leave a bit of bread or olive oil for the artist along with an occasional coin. The artists were often commissioned to create votos and ex-votos, and after the festivities or with the first rain, both the painting and the painter would vanish.
Street Painting Artists:
Melanie Stimmell
Tracy Lee Stum
Julian Beever
Kurt Wenner
Manfred Stader
Great Escape…
I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back. Philippians 3:12-14
I refuse to keep going around the same old mountain…. over and over like I’m on a hamster wheel. Yesterday afternoon I purchased a couple books… one of which is Joyce Meyer’s “Never Give Up!”….I am so siked about this book I couldn’t stop reading last night!! Check out this video:
I love this woman!! She is so real and genuine in her message and always relates it to real life circumstances. (did u catch the Hershey, PA name drop?!)
By Rik Lee
By Brandi Milne
I love these artists…ran into them via www.juxtapoz.com! Absolutely Amazing!! I plan on uploading a drawing similar to these of the shakespeare tree I posted earlier…SO SIKED!
It tis a dreary day…icky sticky… however, here is a video to dance to in the rain!
PEACE out YO
New Website and More!
I have been working endlessly this past week on getting all of these elements set up…website, elance, blog, etsy, etc…My eventual website will be www.apriltaradesign.com. My etsy is www.apriltara.etsy.com. My elance isn’t quite in working order due to my not having taken the multitude of examinations yet…I also plan on doing a ebay site, linking to Hai!, Sugar Frosted Goodness (if they take me), Illustration Friday (if they take me), Illustration Mundo…and whom ever else I can find!! Some of this does cost a little bit of money, but not by much…for instance etsy only charges 20 cents per item listed with a 3% cut. I am really excited about it though and really involved…pretty much all I think about!!! 
Temp website until I get my html down
Random "duck" sneeking up on me at Shakespeare
A tree at shakepeare I've been jonesin' to draw
