I have just received some good news. I have been chosen as a finalist in the competition to Paint The Great Degas. All of the great painters of our time were invited to participate and were eliminated one by one. As you can see from the first two photos, the competition was fierce but in the end only the best of the best remained.. It is truly an honor to enter this great contest of my peers. I will practice sketching a Degas every day until the great day in order to win the grand prize which is . . .
First there's me . . . then there’s Sam the painting porpoise. Next that sly fox Malevich the painting pig . . . I don’t really know who that next guy is - I thing he is a ringer. Then there’s the most feared competitor of them all. He’s known as ‘the baby’. As I said before, the competition is fierce. It will be my pleasure to keep you informed of all events until the day comes for me to Paint The Great Degas.

The Players

The Players

Degas Paintings That Would Like To Be Considered In Paint The Great Degas

Monday, August 24, 2009

Episode 2 - CJ comes down from 'the hammer' to end procrastination

Catherine: Myra why do you keep procrastinating?
Myra: I don’t know what ‘procrastinating’ means but I’ve been sitting around for hours just doing nothing.(slap!) Hey! What is it with you people and the slapping?
Catherine: Where is today's practice sketch?
Myra: Today I painted a ballerina bodice.
Catherine: That’s okay for a start. I’m taking you to Tim Hortons for coffee and some ‘timbits’ because I think you need some motivation. Myra, it’s like I tell my dog - 'If you have fleas - don’t just sit there scratchin’ - you have to take it to the next level.'  Myra you need what I call the ‘wow’ factor.
Here’s an exercise I do with my dog every day - when I say ‘bow’ you say ‘wow’.
C: bow!
M: wow!
C: bow!
M: wow!
C: when I say ‘woof’ you say ‘roof’.
C: woof!
M: roof!
C: woof!
M: roof!
Catherine: that’s right Myra . . . reach for the stars . . .cause that’s how we do it in 'the hammer'!
 
Photo #1 'Ballerina Bodice' by Myra/
Photo #2 Tim Horton's by Catherine/ Please click here to see Catherine's great works of art:  http://www.cajeffrey.blogspot.com/

1 comment:

Dreama Tolle Perry said...

Just a tip on the competition. You can distract that pig with a bite of coal (seriously, pigs love coal and it takes them a bit to work through it) As for the baby, you're bigger than him--you can take him. If anyone asks me I will lie like heck and say I saw nothing...!As for the dolphin--send him a telegram telling him they are wanting to put him in a pilot for a new "Flipper" series. That only leaves the last one.....I am still working on that. Winning by emliminating the competition is not easy, but so worthwhile....