just a time from now

In order to complete this task, I will need to read about five books per month which, frankly, is daunting but I managed last year so...maybe. And it is a task I did NOT complete for October. Not even close!!
38_A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
Task 17_Project_100 MOVIES_DONE!!
In order to complete this task, I will need to watch about 10 movies per month, a task I completed for October &, frankly, for 2017. This task is done!
91_Sixth Sense_1999_Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, Toni Collette
92_Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies_2008_Art Documentary_Martin Scorsese, Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel
93_Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens_2008_Biography
94_The Last Picture Show_1971_Timothy Bottoms, Cybil Shepard, Jeff Bridges
95_The Cool School_2008_Documentary about the LA Art Scene in the 1950s & 60s
96_Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things_2015_Ryan Nicodemus, Joshua Fields Millburn
97_Exit Through the Gift Shop_22010_Banksy, Mr Brainwash, Shepard Fairey
98_Cave of Forgotten Dreams_2010_Historical Documentary of Cave Chauvet
99_Saving Banksy_2014_Documentary
100_American Masters: Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film_2006

Dribs & Drabs
13_A Dance with Dragons by George R R Martin_Finished the last book of the Ice & Fire series, published in 2011 which concerns me. Martin left most everyone in very bad places and I am looking forward to how he will complete their stories which will necessarily differ from the Game of Thrones series. I loved reading this. I only wished it were done :(
18_Complete SKETCH JOURNAL_I've been trying to fill a sketch journal for like THREE years and finally have. From here on out I want to complete one drawing journal per year. The more you do the more you learn & improve. All the sketches below were done with an HB pencil & in 30 minutes.

These two pages represent my daily activity, one of petals and one of random stuff, a dried Thanksgiving goard, a Christmas stuffed reindeer from the 1950's, a wooden toy car David bought me 30 years ago, and a ceramic pencil holder Aaron made in elementary school. Each sketch was done in 30 minutes not each page!


Left is quick sketched ideas for one of drawing styles for the kid's book I'm hoping to do. Right is a landscape that was not done in 30 minutes. More like four hours :)

These are back to the 30 minutes deal, a lemur pup's face, a Margay cub's eye reflecting forest-y bits, and a joey's ear, it's placement being upside down. When 30 minutes is up, it's up as can be seen especially by the lemur.
52_Watch 25 Art-related Documentaries_As can be seen from my Watch 100 Movies list above, I decided in October to wrap Task #52 up. I will do this again for next year's mission as I learned so much & was so very inspired.
79_Create list of Family Holiday & Seasonal Traditions_This list,which includes everything from when to decorate for the next holiday to what fruits & veggies are truly in season, will only continue to grow and was so fun to compile..
81_FreeRice_ 100,000/ 100,000_A long-running yearly task of donating 100,000 grains of rice while also happily improving my vocabulary if not my spelling.
98_Take 6 Online Courses_1 Journalism with Dan Rather; 1 How to Publish a kid's book, and 4 art-related courses, this year all through udemy.
99_Work up design for backyard_Design is done, I handed David a rudimentary pencil sketch and he turned it into an actual plan, and so now all that remains is actually start the project. First up, moving a tree from one side of the yard to the other.

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Task 16_Project_50 BOOKS
In order to complete this task, I will need to read about five books per month which, frankly, is daunting but I managed last year so...maybe. And it is a task I did NOT complete for August
34_A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
35_Bookclub recommendation_Mrs Houdini by Victoria Kelly
36_ART_5_Creating Texture in Colored Pencil by Gary Greene

Task 17_Project_100 MOVIES (To include completed series)
In order to complete this task, I will need to watch about 10 movies per month, a task I completed for August
71_John Wick: Chapter 2_2017_Keanu Reeves, Ruby Rose, John Leguizamo
72_Bride of Frankenstein_1935_Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive
73_Edge of Tomorrow_2014_Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton
74_Dunkirk_2017_Harry Styles, Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh
75_National Gallery_2014_Behind-the-scenes documentary at the National Gallery in London
76_Logan_2017_Hugh Jackman, Boyd Holbrook, Patrick Stewart, Stephen Merchant
77_John Reacher_2012_Tom Cruise, Werner Herzog, Lee Child, Rosamund Pike
78_Spider-Man: Homecoming_2017_Zendaya, Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei
79_Brillo Box (3 Cents off)_2016_Art Documentary
80_The Royal Tenenbaums_2001_Gene Hackman, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Danny Glover, Ben Stiller, Alec Baldwin

Dribs & Drabs
11_ I readthe third book in the Ice & Fire series, A Storm of Swowrds
53 to 54_Read 5 art-related books
1_The Complete Colored Pencil Book by Bernard Poulin
     I book I had long had but never bothered to read but from which, now that I really want to explore colored pencils, I learned a lot.
2_Eyewitness Art: Color by Alison Cole
    A book I had bought for Aaron back in the day which touches on all the fundementals of color
3_A Girl Reading by Katie Ward
     The only book I bought for this task, it tells the stories, through historical-fiction, of several through-the-ages paintings and more recently social media, of women reading.
4_Painting With Water-Soluble Colored Pencils by Gary Greene
5_Creating Texture in Colored Pencil by Gary Greene
     Nos 4 & 5 were books that had belong to my dad and that I now have also read :)

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Task 17_Project_100 MOVIES (To include completed series)
In order to complete this task, I will need to watch about 10 movies per month, a task I completed for July
61_The Accountant_2016_Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J. K. Simmons
62_Whatever Happened to Baby Jane_1962_Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Maidie Norman
63_Spirited Away_2001_Animation_Director: Hayao Miyazaki_Haku, Chihiro Ogino, Yubaba
64_The Great Courses_History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective_Professor Gregory S Aldrete_48 Lectures
65_Birth of a Nation_2016_Nate Parker, Gabrielle Union, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King
66_The Thin Man_1934_Myrna Loy, William Powell, Skippy as Asta, Maureen O'Sullivan
67_Eames: The Architect and the Painter_2011_Art Documentary
68_Life_2017_Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Hiroyuki Sanada
69_Shadow of the Thin Man_1941_Myrna Loy, William Powell, Donna Reed, Barry Nelson
70_Appropriately, watched this for the Fourth of July_Yankee Doodle Dandy_1942_James Cagney, Walter Huston

  
  Task 17_Project_100 MOVIES (To include completed series)
In order to complete this task, I will need to watch about 10 movies per month, a task I completed for June

9_A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
         I have embarked on this series at last. Book one down, I am on to book two
15_The Great Courses_History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective_Professor Gregory S Aldrete_48 Lectures
          Excellent course!!
These next three relate to a book I have wanted to do for YEARS. I've come to realize that, since this little picture book relates to Lauren's childhood, doing it will be theraputic, a transition from my little girl, Lauren and my adult son, Aaron. Once done, we have another picture book in mind, a joint project, that deals with that transition.
32_Describe CHILD's (Outside) Style
33_Describe INSIDE Style
34_Describe ADVENTURE Style
This deals with myart scheduling because, after watching a couple of documentaries about artists, that in the main they work on many things at once. I never have but now I do, two different kinds of drawings and the above-mentioned book
55_Establish 3-minimum-simultaneous routine

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