"Here's a straw, suck it up, get over it and move on " is the quote for this week. I still wanted to portray something warm so I could enter into the challenge set by Erika at Art Journal Journey but my thoughts on the picture I wanted could not be a beach scene as it was set indoors. Then I thought of a way around it. Picture this:
On holiday the two youngsters had both decided to enter a talent show. Bertie was reciting his funny bit of verse whilst his sister was doing her usual singing and a bit of tap dancing. Poor Bertie had got part way through his verse when he forgot his lines. He was so embarrassed. And to make matters worse his sister, Beyonce, had come in second in the competition. He was in floods of tears! Beyonce, in true older sister style, had turned to him and said "Here's a straw, suck it up, get over it and move on" - just as mother appeared to come and console him.
I should think they both ended in tears when mother heard what had been said. Poor Bertie was already hot under the collar with embarrassment and I am sure after a good ticking off for being so rude to her brother and the sarcasm she showed in handing him a piece of straw, Beyonce also felt a bit of heat around her face.
For the page this week I did a stage scene. It is just a simple stage set on the beach - the curtains were the heavy pink velvet I seem to recall from the back of my mind somewhere as being the type of thing these resorts had in their day, the stage floor had been newly varnished and the backcloth was simply the sunny beach. (So I could enter it as 'something hot' for the challenge). I do hope Erika and the moderators will accept this as my entry for this week. Why don't you think of something nice and hot (or cold if you read the prompts from Erika) and join in with the others.
