Hotel Carpet I knew there was a reason to rescue my upholstery samples from the purge pile during a recent reorganization and cleaning of my art studio. Ta da! This sample felt like the perfect hotel carpet for this challenge. What seemed like a quick 5-minute project was anything but. I underestimated my ability to quick sketch perspective drawing as well as my scissors ability to cut thick upholstery fabric. By then, the timer had advanced so far beyond the time limit that I just gave in and played around with this one.  #tuac5minchallenge

Censored I saw the word NO on this random page, started censoring mass text, and then halted my Sharpie when I read the quote at the bottom from _War of the Worlds_. If our world is indeed being watched by intelligences greater than our own, they must be scratching their heads witnessing this new world in which we are now living. (Assuming that they have heads.) 👽👽 I’ve always been a fan of Laurie Halse Anderson; love this quote. #tuac5minchallenge

Pinecone Pretty literal and quick today. Haven’t played with watercolors for a while, so that was fun. Message is vital, yet the timber industry here in Oregon values profit over planet. Clearcuts leave horrific scars on the landscape; a once diverse natural forest is stripped of all wildlife, bird life, and undergrowth to be replaced with a monocrop, a commodity to be sold and resold in rotations forever. Watersheds destroyed forever. #tuac5minchallenge