persnickety:::01.18.12

persnickety \per-SNIK-i-tee\, adjective:

1. Overparticular, fussy.
2. Snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob
3. Requiring painstaking care


At first, persnickety recalled a scene from "the Sweetest Thing," which was a favorite movie among Highschool Girl Friends back in the day....not feeling inclined to illustrate a movie scene, I began to contemplate the different definitions and at once thought of the whole "on a pedestal" notion. But I couldn't have nothing on the pedestal–so back to pondering the multiple definitions I went. It was there, upon really absorbing 'requiring painstaking care' that I conceived the idea of the bonsai tree.

Now, for some people, taking care of a cute little bonsai is no big thing. For a registered Serial Cactus Killer like myself, it's a completely different story.

... the only time I have a green thumb is when it's painted.

alate:::01.17.12

alate \EY-leyt\, adjective, noun:

1. having wings; winged
2. having membranous expansions like wings.


He's a little frankenstein-ish, being assembled with  dragonfly, monarch butterfly, and feathered wings...

perspicacious:::01.16.12

perspicacious \ pur-spi-KEY-shuhs\, adjective:

1. Having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning.

I instantly thought of the glaring eagle's eye, containing that knowing glare, encompassing the very definition of Today's word. 

outrance:::01.15.12

outrance \oo-TRAHNS\, noun:

1. of utmost extremity.


...apparently I view extreme as a tangible commodity, illustrated here as a dark and corrupted injectable fluid. When you consider my utmost fear of shots and needles, the confluence of the two extremes is not so strange.

desinence:::01.14.12

desinence \DES-uh-nuhns\, noun:

1. a termination or ending, as the final line of a verse.


...the end.
It had to be in color.

viscid:::01.13.12

viscid \VIS-id\, adjective:

1. having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive.


Once again, I find myself in the Plantae Kingdom. The first image that my mind conjured with today's Word was of a venus fly trap, but in my mind it was oozing with a noxious nectar, forming sticky webs as the trap expanded, and pushing air into gooey bubbles as it collapsed.

bonny:::01.12.12

bonny \BON-ee\, adjective:

1. pleasing to the eye.
2. British Dialect. A. (Of people) Healthy, sweet, and lively. B. (Of place) Placid; tranquil. C. Pleasing; agreeable; good.


I've had polka-dotted roses on my mind for a good few months, and today's Word encouraged me to finally put the illustration to paper; it was the pleasing to the eye definition, juxtaposed with the imagery of healthy and sweet that reassured the concept for me.

I can't wait to use this in a painting....we'll see what happens.