I was perusing my favorite news source this morning (Facebook), and learned an astonishing fact.
FACT: Today is Neil Diamond's 70th birthday!
I found this highly serendipitous, as I have been wanting to write a Neil Diamond post forever! AND, JUST LAST NIGHT my husband suggested I dress as Neil next Halloween! (this was coupled with his brainstorm of a movie idea: The Prince and the Lauper, starring Prince and Cyndi Lauper. This is the kind of quality news item you'll see if you're friends with ME on Facebook).
What does this have to do with children's books, you ask?? PLENTY. You see, Neil Diamond is- in a tradition reaching back to the very beginnings of human creation- my muse.
Besides Neil, an obvious source of inspiration for me was the Beijing opening ceremonies. I've mentioned before that color is something that I have to work at. Working from the photos on my (as Martha Stewart might call it) "Inspiration Wall", I can borrow color schemes I like.
For Olympig, since he wears a sequined outfit in his grand finale, I thought it important to have some sequins on hand to see how they look in various lights. So I bought a pair of sequin shorts purely for the purposes of artistic study. Solely for that reason and for no other reason whatsoever.
The end result? This is the color study I came up with for the next-to-grand-finale page.
3 comments:
Hello, my friend, hello.
Just stopped by to let you know
that I think about your blog every day.
When I'm here all alone...
and you're there at home.
Hello.
Maybe it's been crazy...
It's good to love your comment like I do.
And to feel this way
When I hear you say:
Hello.
Love me some Neil Diamond. You are are looking Sweet (Caroline) in those hot pants! (Best I could do.)
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