Pink Saturday - May 31

I love flowering pink trees! To find the links to other bloggers who are participating in Beverly's Pink Saturday, please click on the picture below.

Celebrating Beverly's Six Years of Hosting Pink Saturday!

It's amazing what a little pink hair does to a person!

Please click on the picture below to be taken to How Sweet The Sound where you will find links to all the other blogs that are celebrating with Beverly.

BTW, I have a new web site! I will be offering inexpensive, online classes there. Registration is now open for the first class: Help Heal Your Heart With Dollar Store Art. Please click this link if you would like to find out more about it: http://www.purplemooseheartart.com

Pink Saturday May 3, 2014

This post won't be like the ones all of you wonderful ladies post. Spring is here in Michigan, but because of the long, hard winter we had, the plants are still struggling to bloom. I guess I could show you a picture of a few pink hyacinths that have finally popped up.

For more excitement though, I thought I'd post a crazy space digital collage I created yesterday. Yep, I'm sure there is pink in outer space, too!

I sure wouldn't mind visiting a planet like this! If you prefer a more traditional display of pink, though, be sure visit our host Beverly's Pink Saturday post at How Sweet The Sound. You can find the links to all of the other blogs who are participating today. Just click on the picture below to be taken there.

 

Have a great Saturday!

Pink Saturday Feb. 8, 2014

I want to apologize to anyone who visited my blog last weekend. I was unable to visit many in return. Starting last Friday and continuing through today, we had three major health crises in the family. It has been a long, stressful week! Our son-in-law is still in the hospital, but at least his was a planned surgery. Our 3 year old grandson spent last Friday and Saturday in Emergency, and my 84 year old father spent last night and today in Emergency. I am very grateful for all who have passed on get well wishes and prayers! I am also grateful to have art as a means to escape into another world if even for a little while.

I know you will enjoy visiting the other blogs of participants of Beverly's Pink Saturday. Just click on the picture below to be taken to her blog where the other links may be found.

Pink Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014

I haven't participated in a Pink Saturday for a while. Beverly from How Sweet The Sound sends an email reminding everyone about the upcoming Saturday, and this week her email moved me to join in. I think I had an added incentive, because the weather forecast for tomorrow is another 3 to 5 inches of snow. After the winter we've been having here in Michigan, I thought a little pink might cheer us all up.

The digital elements I used are from OTBDS' kit "MPFPpaint," Brimm's "Midnight Cinderella," and Holliewood's "Rose Is A Rose."

If you would like to visit the other blogs that are participating in this week's Pink Saturday, just click on the picture below. You'll be taken to How Sweet The Sound where you will find links to all of the other posts.

For Pink Saturday August 17, 2013

Digital collage created with Photoshop CS 2.

To find the list of other bloggers who are participating in this week's Pink Saturday,

please click on the picture below.

Pink Saturday June 22, 2013

It's been a while since I've participated in Beverly's Pink Saturday, but when I saw this rose in bloom by our backyard deck, I thought it would be perfect to share. It's an English Rose named Evelyn by David Austen. I took the photo with my iPhone, and then added a couple of elements with Photoshop CS 2.

If you would like to see the posts of the other people participating in this week's Pink Saturday, just click on the picture below. It will take you to How Sweet The Sound, the blog of our hostess Beverly.

By the way, I hope you can stop by again on July 13 th. I'm participating in the Mad Tea Party blog hop. It's always a fun time!

Pink Saturday - Oct. 27 - Breast Cancer Awareness

Since my wife is a breast cancer survivor, I thought I should participate in this week's Pink Saturday blog hop. That's her in the digital collage above. It's an ordeal no one should have to go through. Fortunately, there have been so many advances in curing cancer that, if caught in time, it is beatable.

Beverly, the weekly hostess of Pink Saturday, has an informative video on her blog you may see by clicking on this link: http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/

You will also find the links there to all of the other parcipants' blogs. I know they would love for you to stop and visit. Thank you for stopping here!

Pink Saturday - July 14 th.

It's been a while since I've participated in Beverly's Pink Saturday, but I found myself creating a picture with pink in it after reading one of her emails.

I seem to be loving abstracts and lots of color lately.   :O)

Be sure to visit Beverly's blog http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/ so you can find the links to all the other blogs who are participating. You never know what pink things will show up!

Beverly's Pink Saturday - September 3, 2011

Just in case you weren't sure what pink is! If you would like to visit other blogs that have posts for Beverly's Pink Saturday this week, please visit her blog here: http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Beverly's Pink Saturday - August 27, 2011

     I have the honor of being the featured blog for Beverly's Pink Saturday today, August 27, 2011. I use to participate every Saturday in Pink Saturday, but after posting every week for a year, I took a break. I recently decided to jump back in whenever the mood strikes me. In case you've been hiding with your head in the sand, Beverly's blog, How Sweet The Sound, was featured in the Summer 2010 issue of Artful Blogging in recognition of Pink Saturday. (Oh my. I hope that didn't sound like a put-down to those of you who have never visited Beverly's blog. I just figure everyone should know about pink-loving Beverly by now.)

     As I pondered what inspirational piece of pink art I should create for this post, the thought ran through my mind that many guys might not consider it an honor to be featured anywhere or in any way by anyone who thinks of pink as being a great color. Rather than get on my soapbox and preach that pink is just a color and everyone, especially artists, have the right to enjoy and use any color they want, I decided I would find out who-in-the world started the stupid idea that boys have to like blue, and girls have to like pink. (I apologize for that long sentence! Just writing this is getting my dander up.) Pink, after all, is nothing but a tint of red. Red is one of the primary colors, and the primary colors are for anyone to use in any way they want.

      Besides, God created color for everyone to enjoy. He most definitely was not the one who said boys have to like blue, and girls have to like pink. Rather than ramble on, though, I'll show you the results of my search.

The following information was taken from Wikipedia:

"In gender

     In Western culture, the practice of assigning pink to an individual gender began in the 1920s or earlier. An article in the trade publication Earnshaw's Infants' Department in June 1918 said: "The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl." From then until the 1940s, pink was considered appropriate for boys because being related to red it was the more masculine and decided color, while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color, or related to the Virgin Mary."

     No, don't run out and get your glasses changed. You read it correctly. Pink was originally thought to better represent men.  Well that's lead to the question, why did that idea change? Why do many people today think men should not like or wear pink? (I have relatives who think this way, and hope they read this blog post. Of course, anyone who has those kind of backward views in the first place wouldn't take the time to look at my blog. Maybe I should print this and mail it to them.)

Here comes the reversal. Wikipedia continues:

"Since the 1940s, the societal norm was inverted; pink became considered appropriate for girls and blue appropriate for boys, a practice that has continued into the 21st century."

     It would take a lot more research to find out who made this new determination, but there's no sense in boring you to death. There is a lot to read about the discussion on the Internet, and if you are interested in the subject, just do a search through Yahoo or Google. Just let me say that even among pagan religions, pink was attributed to boys, and blue was attributed to girls. Go figure!

     I at least feel vindicated that, not only as an artist, but also as a man, it is perfectly proper for men to like pink! I will continue to use pink in my art, and I will continue to wear my pink dress shirt whenever the mood strikes me.  For any guys out there considering to buy a pink Polo shirt or whatever, I encourage to just jump right in. The water's fine!

By the way, if you would like to visit other blogs who are participating in Beverly's Pink Saturday today, just click on the logo below, and you will be taken to her blog where the other links are listed.