Go Red for Women

I want to mention 'Go Red for Women'.  This is a yearly fundraising and awareness event for any woman concerning Heart Disease.  All major cities have annual events. I have gone to the luncheon to help support women in Anchorage starting five years ago.  On my cell phone I have my cherished 'red dress' and a angel that dangle off of phone so I can locate that silly phone whenever it's hiding in my purse so support your local American Heart Association in this wonderful event!

With all that said; it is quite fitting that my first color challenge turned towards red.

As the challenge for color started off this week I thought Red would be a color I would have a hard time finding. 

WRONG!

Happens to be one of those colors that is in just about any advertising signs, in buildings, and transportation. Just in a 3 block drive down one of Anchorage's main road ways...Red was every where.  I'm just excited beyond believe! 

I'm going to have to dress up in some of my heavier winter gear...Anchorage temperatures are in the low teens...so I can walk these 3 long city blocks taking pictures of each Red items.  I swear I'll have enough pictures of red to do me for each day of the year.  Yep that many items on both sides of the streets.

All I can say is "Go Red"!

                                                         'When Dinosaurs Wore Red' is my title
                                                   one of Anchorage's Art projects
                               Metal Sculpture located W. Northern Lights Blvd just before Lois Dr

Sketchbook Challenge

In my post on Saturday I had decided to tag along on the sketchbook challenge even if I don't draw a straight line or a circle very well.

January's challenge is what we (our self) consider 'Highly Prized'. That is a broad spectrum.  

So I drew a few things that mean the most to me to start and then as the month progresses I will take each of those items and expand.  That's the plan at the moment for me. 

 

The items I highly prized are:

things I love with  my heart 

- time

-  car 

- camera 

-  art 

-and yes it even includes

my kitchen aid stand mixer for cooking

I'm going to play and explore each area not only with free hand drawing but with any and all options available to me such as using my Rubber stamps, my photographs, my oils or acrylics,