Creative Tuesdays - Fish

Welcome to Creative Tuesdays! Michael's current theme is 'Fish'. My piece is done in my art journal (8 1/2" x 11") in watercolour crayon and pencil.

The Fish

I was visiting my mom the other day and she was looking at this fish tank next to her and commented 'is the fish dead?'  My mom has some memory loss/dementia and that was her perception.  On closer inspection I think they were just sleeping, do you agree?

Paint Party Friday - Fish

I did a simple fish for Paint Party Friday today in watercolour pencil on a blue (2"w x 3"h) post-it note.

Neighbourhood Peony

The weather has been wonderful, I have been going on a lot of walks and admiring the neighbourhood flowers.

I just read this book called 'Where There's an Inheritance', stories from inside the world of two wills lawyers.  I borrowed it from the library and wondered why it was in the Adult Humour section.  It does have some funny stories along with some serious ones.  A funny one was when this 75 year old man married a beautiful 31 year old.  His friends asked him how he got the beautiful young woman to marry him.  He said he lied about his age.  When questioned further as to whether he might have said he was 65 instead of 75, he admitted that he told her he was 95.

This book makes me realize that possessions should not be put ahead of health and family relations.  We cannot take material goods with us.  These lawyers Barry Fish and Les Kotzer have written 4 books based on their actual experiences/cases.  At first I thought I would read all 4, but now I think I need to take a break.  Some of the cases are hard to stomach, with tough life lessons.  The book ends with this quote from an unknown source "After all, life is really simple; we ourselves create the circumstances that complicate it".

Sunday Sketches - Fish

This is a piece done in my art journal inspired by a photo I saw in a newspaper magazine. It's done with watercolour pencils (5"w x 7"h).

 Linking to Sunday Sketches.

Paint Party Friday - Fish

I'm featuring some clown fish for Paint Party Friday.  Acrylic (6" x 6") on card stock.  I was inspired by a photo I saw on Adam's blog Neko Random with a single fish turning. I thought 'what an interesting angle'. Adam posts a lot of interesting facts on his blog. Like the other day he posted on Woodrow Wilson's wife Edith and the fact that she was a direct descendant of Pocahontas and John Smith! I didn't even realize Pocahontas and John Smith were real, lol.  Thanks Adam!