Inspire App

It's not even a year yet and I'm still being blown away by my iPhone. I can't believe what this phone can do. Totally shock, I recently downloaded an App called 'Inspire (Free)' this App is like not other App I seen before. The main feature of this App is Wet Oil Paint, personally I can't use oil paint unless outside. This Inspire App allows amazing blending effects like your really painting with oils. You get three kinds of brushes in different sizes to use on your work of art. This Inspire App isn't a picture editing app that adds an oil painting effect to your pictures. Inspire App has the best color blending capability I have ever seen. This App is great for a beginner, expert or even in between person, I really do think anyone who downloads this Inspire App will enjoy the simplicity and the power this app has to inspire you.

 

My first try, I did a Ladybug on a leaf. I was totally amazed what this app could do, next I did something different and I thought it would be harder to do. I wasn't sure if I could, I thought this App could have limits but, I was so wrong. This next picture is of a friends dog, I'm not naming any names. But I love this picture of their dog, I thought I would surprise them with this picture I Painted on my iPhone. I really do think this person will love the picture, I just hope they don't get mad at me.  





The first picture is the original and I did the next picture on the Inspire App on my iPhone. The last picture I edited and brighten to bring out the colors in the Inspire App. I love them both and I just couldn't choose what one so, I post them both. Now, I just hope the person who owns the dog isn't mad at me for posting their picture. I just had to show case this great app I downloaded and the work I did on it.

A Very Short Update

I'm sorry...I have been on here to give you updates. I'm writing this post on my iPhone, my computer is in the shop and it could be gone for 4 to 6 weeks. Damn man. I have been thinking I should get myself one of them small laptops, they don't cost too much. Anyone out there give me advice on what I should buy? I don't want to buy anything that is too much money. If I could have what I want I really would go with an Apple Laptop but, I don't have the money for one of them. So now, I don't have a place to back up my iPhone, I did however download the DropBox App...now at least i have somewhere I can put some photo's for save keeping. I also have Evernote but, I use that one mostly for Art Ideas. I think that's all from me now, I may wait a while before I post pictures...don't have a preview option in this app...so I don't know if I should. I may try it and see how one picture looks. Ok. I'm gone now, see you all later.

Am I Boring???

Friday, March. 2. 2012 

Dear Zoe,

We had a beautiful sunny morning today, the wind was cold but the sun was great. I got all my laundry done now, I'm cooking supper or dinner...whatever you call it. I was out yesterday got my rent...went shopping too. I pick up my hoodie I had made...Wonder Woman Hoodie. I'm so happy I lose enough weight to fit in a hoodie...53 pounds now. And I got one of my drawings printed on a piece of canvas...Bonnie (my Mom's Newfoundland Pony). I took picture's so I can show you. I also got a new sketchbook (I can't have too many of them), paint, some paint brushes, 2 platte knifes, some distilled turpentine for oil paint...and before I forget My Man give me a beautiful paint brush set in a zip up bag (for Valentine's). It was a freezing when I walked downtown yesterday morning but I got everything I wanted. Now I really think I have enough art supplies for me to get started on the painting I need to do. I still need to do a drawing or two of Dad's painting. I really don't know how I feel about that painting yet...I hope I can do a couple of drawings and Dad can pick one he likes best...Hope I like it too.

Front of Hoodie

Back of Hoodie

 My Drawing printed on Canvas (Bonnie)

I'm guessing has soon as I write this out trouble will be forecast...the last couple of days has been beautiful weather...sunny but cold. The sun was shining again today and it really sounded like spring was in the air cause all the birds were singing so loudly. Now, that I said that I'm guessing some baweather like snow will be forecast now forsure.

I have been thinking about my blog, I really don't think anyone reads it and if they do they don't comment. Is there anyone out there???? Would love to know if anyone really reads or looks at my blog. Just asimply "yes, I do" would be fine or even better let me know what else I should do to make my blog more interesting. I got to be boring or something. I only have three followers and in one of them.

The Art Supplies

The Paint Brush Set

Decorating- My Own Nutcracker

I'm so Sorry that I'm only getting this post on my Blog now. I really wanted to post it before Christmas but, I didn't have the time. Decorating- My Own Nutcracker...a wonderful idea. My sister gave me two last year. I never did anything with them, I just wasn't sure what to do. I was down at the dollar store and saw this guy, an idea hit me...I would make this guy in the a Newfoundlander. He would be the perfect one to turn into my Newfie Nutcracker.

My NEWFIE NUTCRACKER.

Do you know if your body is apple-shaped or pear-shaped?

I have been doing some research on whether I was an Apple or Pear. I'm a Woman who weighs 278 pounds and I'm 5 ft 4in tall. My body mass index is 47.8. Over 30 is considered obese...between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight...between 18.5 and 24.9 is considered a healthy BMI. I want to get down to that healthy/normal area. This is the Website I use to find out this info http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
And you ask: How Can Overweight and Obesity be Reduced? This is what I'm doing about it:

Overweight and obesity have their related noncommunicable diseases and are largely preventable. People have choices by making the healthier choice of foods and regular physical activity. These are choices  that can help prevent obesity.

You can:

• limit energy intake from total fats;
• increase consumption of fruit and vegetables, as well as legumes, whole grains and nuts;
• limit the intake of sugars;
• engage in regular physical activity;
• achieve energy balance and a healthy weight.

It can only have its full effect when people have access to a healthy lifestyle.

OK, now whether I'm an Apple or Pear Body Shape???
Just measure your waist circumference and your hip circumference, then calculate your waist to hip ratio. If you are .80 or above you are an apple. Below .80 you are a pear.
Pear Body Shape have hips wider than their shoulders because their bodies store fat there and on the thighs. Pear shaped bodies carry their extra weight below the waistline, and do not seem to have as high a risk of developing health problems like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, ... than people with an Apple Body Shape.
Apple-Shaped women who gain weight around their middle are more likely to develop disorders like heart disease, diabetes, or breast cancer. They're also more likely to have anxiety, depression, menstrual irregularities and fertility problems. Pear-Women who add pounds around their hips, butt and thighs - are more susceptible to problems like osteoporosis, varicose veins, cellulite, and eating disorders. They're also more prone to lower self-esteem due to a poor body image and likely to have a rough transition through menopause.

Apple Tips:

1. Eat Fiber-Filled Foods. They slow digestion of sugars, lower insulin and cholesterol levels and lower risk of heart disease and diabetes.
2. Do Aerobic Exercise. Thirty minutes daily is the easiest way to lose l fat.
3. Test Blood Sugar & Blood Fats. If these tests are abnormal or even borderline, apples should be concerned and look into ways to remedy a possible problem.

An apple-shaped woman has large amounts of deep fat stored in the waist/abdomen called visceral fat, which is a glandular powerhouse. This fat is inside your abdomen surrounding your organs. It contributes to inflammation and an increase in blood sugar. It produces chemicals and hormones that make a woman more vulnerable for heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

Pear Tips:

1. Eat low-fat foods. Pear-zone fat cells are FAT magnets and will continue to store fat the more you consume, making your problem areas even worse, which can lead to poor body image or even eating disorders
2. Do resistance training. This type of exercise is great for pears to strengthen their bones
3. Get bone density scan test,particularly as you approach menopause to know your risks for osteoporosis.

Pear-shaped women are biggest on their lower body where they store the majority of their fat. They tend to have a lower self esteem and are prone to get more eating disorders. Their fat is called subcutaneous fat. Subcutaneous/pear-zone fat is a passive storage department. It stores fat as energy for release only in childbearing/breastfeeding. It acts as fat magnet. Any fat we eat that we don't immediately need for energy is stored immediately "on the hips."

Pear shaped people usually lose fat in the upper body, so their overall shape doesn't change much when we lose weight. So, Girls do everything to improve  your health, and remember feel great about your bodies now. So, your body shape can forecast health destiny. 

Show of Hands

Dear Zoe,

Ok, Show of Hands. Who's tired of Snow? I am. Out today shovelling snow. I'm so sick of it. I feel so fat dressing in winter clothes with all the layers....sweater, fleecy coat, and a huge hoodie...all to stay warm oh, I did forget about wearing two pairs of pants. On my quest to lose weight so far I have lost 50 pounds. For the past month plus a little more I have lose nothing...I keep on losing and gaining the same 3 to 4 pounds over and over again. So, this morning I do what I always do...I pull the scale away from the wall and stand on it. I was ready for my disappointment...but...when I look down I see I have finally lose 2 pounds. What????? I don't believe it. Now my total is 52 pounds. I hope I keep myself on this path and continue to lose weight.

Finally...Finished

Time past so slowly, and now I'm finally finished. I have been working on this Clydesdale horse drawing for a year or what seems like a year. I was so afraid that I would renege the drawing after all it's done with a ball point pen. So, I just took my time and worked on the drawing a litte bit at a time. Now, I'm thinking I should have done it on a big piece of paper, instead I have it lock away in a sketchbook. I just may have to do another drawing on bigger paper or a watercolor or maybe a painting.

The Clydesdale - Poem of Dedication

Thudding hoof and flowing hair,
Style and action sweet and fair,
Bone and sinew well defined,
Movement close bith fore and hind,
Noble eye and handsome head,
Bold, inetelligent, well-bred,
Lovely neck and shoulder laid,
See how shaply he is made,
Muscle strong and frame well knit,
Strength personified and fit,
Thus the Clydesdale - see him go,
To the field, the stud, the show,
Proper back and ribs well sprung,
Sound of limb, and sound of lung,
Powerful loin, and quarter wide,
Grace and majesty allied,
Basic power - living force -
Equine king - the Clydesdale horse.

                                                  
                                                Detail of Clydesdale Drawing

The Horse

When in this wide world can man find nobility without pride,
friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity?
Here where grace is laced with muscle and strength by gentlenless confined.

He serves without servility; he has fought without enmity.
There is nothing so powerful, nothing less violent;
there us nothing so quick, nothing more patient.

England's past has been borne on his back.
all our history is in his industry.
We are his heirs;
He is our inheritance.

~Ronald Duncan~