Cie's Sketchbook: The Silver Surfer

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This sketch was done using a standard 2H art pencil and metallic gel pens. I need to get a decent set of colored pencils.

I am endeavoring to do one 60 minute sketch per week and record my progress at 15-minute intervals. 60 minutes is a good length of time to allow me to add detail to the sketch but not get hung up on minutia. These are practice pieces.

I liked Silver Surfer as a subject because his features aren't especially intricate, and he doesn't have visible ears.

I've learned that for sketches such as this, I prefer working on a traditional paper tablet to working on a computer tablet. The computer tablet, at least for me, is better for working with photo manipulations. Some may be able to use it to make portraits or freehand sketches. I'm not that good.

You are free to use any of my artwork or photos, just as long as you credit me.

If for some reason you have extra money burning holes in your pocket, you can contribute to helping me purchase art supplies. My paypal is chartley65@gmail.com

~Cie~

They Were Flowers Once

Copyright August 18, 2018, by The Real Cie

Bit of a cheat--this tree flowered in the spring, and now the flowers have become crab apples. I'm not ambitious enough to try canning them or any such thing. Perhaps the fine crow which was scavenging trash from the median will enjoy some of them.

I'm not always awake in the early morning, but I don't sleep well. I had been taking a low dose CBD/THC edible to help with insomnia and leg cramps, but haven't been able to afford it in a while, so I just deal with the insomnia and hope for no leg cramps. I don't like the way prescription sleep medications make me feel. I find that a lot of the time the "cure" is worse than the problem itself. I would never set foot in a doctor's office if I didn't have this wreck of an endocrine system to deal with.

Honestly, I'm glad to see the first signs of fall. I'm hot all the time anyway, which makes summer complete misery for me. Sorry to all you folks who like summer. It's my turn!

~Cie~

Prompt:

Cee's Flower of the Day

Feel free to use any of my images--just credit them back to me!

Terrance Hayes Mary Karr | American Sonnets for My Past and Future Ass...

Shadow Shot Sunday: Small Dino Skull

Copyright The Real Cie

January 7, 2017

Here is a bit of fun for Shadow Shot Sunday. This picture was taken on January 7, 2017 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. You can see the round shadow behind the dinosaur skull.

Senryu: Golden

Copyright Sharon McCutcheon

He once was golden

Then came the disaster which

 Turned him back to dust

~Cie~

Prompt Used:

Three Line Tales

Notes:

This poem is for Team Netherworld's Fetch, the story which refuses to die no matter how many nay-sayers try to kill it. In context of the tale, the image is our protagonist, Gerry Clifford, photographed for the July 1977 issue of Loud Magazine.

Snowy Shadow

Copyright The Real Cie

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This is the first image I ever took with my iPhone 7, back on December 16, 2016. This is the patio area of my son's townhouse.

I dedicate this photo to my friend Nancy, who loves the snow. It's way too hot right now.

~Cie~

Shadorma: His Eyes

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Shadorma:

His Eyes

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His eyes are

Sometimes cornflower

Blue and then

Sometimes they

Are green like midday sea spray

Wherein I have drowned

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For Gerry from Pepper

and

For Gem from cie

Prompt Used:

Hourly Writing Prompts