hamacas

I have to say I have a thing for hamacas (hammocks), if I see one I will get on one and stay there hours, specially in the beach. When I saw the Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves I automatic though of them so here are some photos of good times in Cozumel.

Tengo que decir que me encantan las hamacas, si las veo voy y me trepo en ellas, puedo permanecer horas en ellas especialmente en la playa.  Cuando vi el reto de la semana en fotografía: curvas automáticamente pensé en, aquí están algunas fotos Cozumel donde me divertí mucho.

red trees full of wisdom

Lovely scenery

thin Red maple leaves falling 

kissing earth softly.

paisaje precioso

hojas finas de arce rojas caen

besando la tierra suavemente.

 

By now you know we take a time out to draw and posted on every Thursday (you can try it too), I had started one with mountains, waterfall and trees with a lot of detail, but water fell over it and it mess up.  Yes, but instead of getting frustrated I started this one, I was going to do a lion with a lot of detail I do not know why but then I went to my reader and saw a post Haiku  by The great Zambini’s  she talked about Haikus and embracing the art of Japanese Poetry, her way. She said to try a Haiku, so I did and my drawing choice change but then it mess up, it was a sign to really think about my subject.

For me the Orient has been part of my life (someday I will explain), Haikus and Asian paintings have thought me three things…to  simplify, to observe-be still , and to use all your senses. It was hard specially trying to imitate simple brush strokes and this is my first haiku so simple so hard I kept counting syllables lol and had to use red ink too.

My friends:

Lisa: Timeout for Art: Concentration

Debbie: Timeout for Art: Happy Trails

Mary and John: Mary’s Time Out For Art : Frigates and Shells, Mixed Media

Mary: Thursday Drawing, Gentle Compassion #3

 

Fleeting

this was a special moment in Europe and though it would be perfect for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting

wild & untamed (Salvaje e indomable)

*Every Thursday a couple of friends draw something and we post under Time out for Art, you can join in the fun.  Here are some of my friends…

Lisa: Timeout for Art: Drawing Comes First!

Penny: 
http://thewhyaboutthis.com/2013/06/06/a-bee-on-a-dandelion-time-out-for-art/

Mari: Thursday Drawing, Gentle Compassion #2 Update

Debbie: Timeout for Art: Death Supports New Life

John’s Time Out For Art – Kitten

 

+books =Peace (+libros=Paz)

Meet my new hero Raul Lemesoff, an Argentine artist, has taken a 1979 Ford Falcon Tank that used to belong to the Argentine armed forces and turned into a “Weapon of Mass Instruction”. Armed with 900 or so books Lemesoff travels the streets of Buenos Aires Argentina and beyond (Peru, Bolivia and Holand)  offering free books. He sees his ‘Weapon of Mass Instruction’ as a “contribution to peace through literature” .

Mi nuevo héroe Raúl Lemesoff, un artista argentino, con un Tanque 1979 Ford Falcon que perteneció a las Fuerzas Armadas de Argentina y lo convirtió en un “Arma de Instrucción Masiva”. Armado con más de 900  libros Lemesoff recorre las calles de Buenos Aires Argentina y más allá (Perú, Bolivia y Holanda) y ofrecen libros gratuitos. Él ve su “Arma de Instrucción masiva” como una “contribución por la paz mediante la literatura.

Arma De Instruccion Masiva website                          Raul Lemesoff on Flickr

Neon Boneyard Museum Las Vegas

One of the things I always wanted to  do in  Las Vegas  was to go to the Neon Boneyard Museum, it was so much fun  looking at the signs it’s like your are traveling through time, more than 100 neon signs going back to the 1930′s (neon made its Sin City début in 1928) rest in the Boneyard.  Here is a photo for the  Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says.

More photos of Vegas and some  signs at the boneyard here and at Vermont Street here.

un-discouraged by its surroundings, it rises

Did this with my left hand, had to practice all week to shade,  every Thursday’s a couple of friends post a drawing you should try it too, you do not have to use your left hand.

My friends Drawings: they all have a story…

Lisa

Pennny 

Living It Up in Ecuador

Rewired and Retired in Nicaragua