Sunday Go To Meeting Time

Friday Face OFF -- Chameleon

For this week's Friday Face OFF link party

of art featuring faces, hosted by Nicole of

DVArtist, Art, Food, Gardening blog . . .

Here's a whimsical chameleon which I did

in a recent watercolour pencils class.

Canadian readers may recognize this image --

it's from a past advertising campaign

by one of our national telecom

companies called TELUS.

Cute as the dickens, isn't it?

[Art & photo of art © Debra She Who Seeks, 2023]

Thank Gawd I Had the Fish 'n Chips

The Cerberus Heatwave

That's what Italians are calling their current

scorching summer heatwave in excess of 40ºC.

It's a fitting reference to classical Roman/Greek mythology.

Cerberus is the three-headed dog who guards

the gates of Hell (well, technically, the gates of Hades).

Cerberus doesn't guard the gates against people

trying to get in, of course, but against people trying to get out.

There is no escape from Hell/Hades,

and similarly none from the heatwave!

So while Cerberus is having his 15 minutes of fame

in the 21st century, here's a meme tribute

to everyone's favourite big slavering hellhound!

No one is entirely sure what the name"Cerberus" means.

According to Wikipedia, possible interpretations

include "flesh-devouring" and "evil of the pit."

What is NOT correct, alas, is the following

internet meme saying it means "Spot."

Too bad. I liked that particular bit of whimsy!

Friday Face OFF -- Movie Star

For this week's Friday Face OFF link party

of art featuring faces, hosted by Nicole of

DVArtist, Art, Food, Gardening blog . . .

Here's a movie star!

Recognize him?

No one in the art class did except for me.

Probably because the subject photo

dates from at least 35 years ago.

Today he's a geezer like the rest of us

and looks completely different.

It's the actor Aidan Quinn.

Although rarely the leading man, he has had

notable supporting roles in popular movies

such as The Mission (1986), Benny & Joon (1993),

Legends of the Fall (1994), Practical Magic (1998), and

most recently on TV as Captain Gregson

in the series Elementary (2012–2019).

As you can see from the subject photo,

we used a grid to guide us in

the correct placement of his features.

This is advisable when you need a portrait

to recognizably match the subject.

Ordinarily, I don't like drawing with a grid

and prefer the challenge of drawing freehand,

but a grid certainly does make things

easier in more difficult circumstances.

So -- do you remember Aidan Quinn

and were you/are you a fan?

[Art & photo of art © Debra She Who Seeks, 2023]

Back in MY Day . . .

Remember THESE stories?

Of course, now it's OUR turn

to let whippersnappers know

how tough WE had it!

Such stories appear to be a UNIVERSAL need,

no matter the species or lack thereof!

Oh well, today's youngsters

will be old one day too and then

it will be THEIR turn to bitch

about how rough THEY had it!

Gators 'n Crocs

I can never tell them apart!

And speaking of Steve Irwin,

his place in the pantheon

is secure!

Don't you just

miss them ALL?