Friday, November 24, 2017

2017  STREAMATHON UPDATE


Hey there all you artists and crafters, here is the updated list of streamers and their live links.  This still may be updated and changed as time goes on but for now this is our schedule for our 2017 Streamathon. 

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT

It is that time of year again and preparations are underway for this year's NEW YEAR'S EVE STREAMATHON

 I am part of a wonderful online art community. Some of us have even met in person either as part of an Art Retreat, because of traveling and/or vacation visits or some have discovered they live near a fellow community member.  Right about now, I bet you are thinking what is this online community I am talking about?  I will give you a brief outline...

More than 7 years ago I found Paula, aka Journal Artista, on her YouTube channel then on Ustream.tv and through her the extremely talented Dede WIllingham (Inkwell/Inkiwell) and the small group of people who at that time watched these 2 wonderful artists on Ustream.tv.    Shortly after this I also began to do live streams. Over the last 7 years, this community has grown a great deal.  Of course like all groups of friends some have gone and new people are always finding their way to this wonderful, funny, sharing group of artists. 

We have talent in all types of media from watercolour to mixed media, to portraiture to quilting, knitting, crocheting and almost any other type of media and craft you can think off.  There is something for everyone, especially friendship.  

There is a group of us who stream on a regular basis, there are some who stream occasionally and some who are the stalkers, um I mean the audience.  But all are vital to our group. 

Several years ago a number of us were discussing doing something special on New Year's Eve and we decided to go big.  Yes siree, instead of one of us streaming a special show we decided to celebrate the New Year in each time zone around the world and have many streamers and VOILA we have a NEW YEAR'S EVE STREAMATHON.  And Streamathon it is!  As close to 24 hours as we can get.  The time slots are for the most part 2 hours long and somewhere in the world during the stream citizens celebrate the beginning of the New Year.  

The content on the stream is planned by the individual streamer.  Some will deliver a stream similar to their regular stream; some a special project.  Some may even do a project that you can play along with.  If the streamer is planning an art along,  I will either post a supply list and/or pattern here on the blog. or link to the streamers blog so you can collect everything you need and play along with the streamer.  Off course you are free to do your own art or for that matter simply watch and chat.  

Below is a list of the streamers and times.  Notice this all begins on the morning of Dec 31st.  Yes, you read that right.  Remember we are celebrating the New Year all around the world in as many time zones as we can.  Thus far I am the only streamer filled in but as the next week or so passes more streamers will choose their time and I will update the list as they do.  Notice all the times are posted in Eastern Standard Time.

      
 Stream Time Slot (EST)
Streamer’s Name
Streamer’s Link
Midnight local is
EST time
COUNTRY / CITIES Celebrating New Year

Sun Dec 31          
    7:45am –
  10:45am


Dede

Inkiwell

USA

🇺🇸
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/inkwell
SUN 8:00 am
Much of Australia (and 7 more); Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Honiara
SUN 8:30 am
Small region of Australia; Adelaide
SUN 9:00 am
Queensland/Australia (and 6 more); Brisbane, Port Moresby, Hagåtña
SUN 9:30 am
Northern Territory/Australia; Darwin, Alice Springs
SUN 10:00 am
Japan, South Korea (and 4 more); Tokyo, Seoul, Dili, Ngerulmud, Yakutsk
SUN
10:15 am
Western Australia/Australia; Eucla
SUN
10:30 am
North Korea; Pyongyang, Hamhung, Chongjin, Namp’o
Sun Dec 31
  10:45am-
12:45pm

Kathy

kberg


USA

🇺🇸
   
SUN 11:00 am
China, Philippines (and 11 more); Beijing, Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
SUN
12:00 pm
Much of Indonesia (and 8 more); Jakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Phnom Penh
SUN 12:30 pm
Myanmar and Cocos Islands; Yangon, Naypyidaw, Mandalay, Bantam
Sun Dec 31
 12:45pm –
2:45pm
Coleen

Scrapchic

USA

🇺🇸
SUN 1:00 pm
Bangladesh (and 6 more);  Dhaka, Almaty, Bishkek, Thimphu, Astana
SUN 1:15 pm
Nepal; 
Kathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Dharan
SUN 1:30 pm
India and Sri Lanka;
New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru
SUN 2:00 pm
Pakistan (and 8 more);
Tashkent, Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi
SUN 2:30 pm
Afghanistan;
Kabul, Kandahar, Mazari Sharif, Hera
Sun Dec 31      
   2:45pm –
4:45pm
Queen Pam

USA

🇺🇸
SUN 3:00 pm
Azerbaijan (and 8 more);
Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat,
Port Louis
SUN 3:30 pm
Iran;
Tehran, Rasht, Esfahãn, Mashhad, Tabriz
SUN 4:00 pm
Russia (and 24 more);
Moscow, Ankara, Baghdad, Khartoum



 Stream Time Slot (EST)
Streamer’s Name
Streamer’s Link
Midnight local is
EST time
COUNTRY / CITY Celebrating New Year
Sun Dec 31
   4:45pm – 6:45pm
Debby

debbyepps

🇺🇸
SUN 5:00 pm
Greece (and 30 more);
Cairo, Athens, Bucharest, Johannesburg
SUN 6:00 pm
Germany (and 43 more);
Brussels, Madrid, Paris, Rome, Algiers,
Sun Dec 31
   6:45pm –
8:45pm
Heather

Bunny Designs

UNITED KINGDOM

 ðŸ‡¬ðŸ‡§
SUN 7:00 pm
United Kingdom (and 26 more);
London, Casablanca, Dublin, Lisbon, Accra
SUN 8:00 pm
Cabo Verde (and 2 more);
Praia, Ponta Delgada, Ittoqqortoormiit
Sun Dec 31
    8:45pm –
9:45pm
Jean

MusicScrp

The Musical Scrapper

CANADA

🇨🇦

SUN 9:00 pm
Regions of Brazil and South Georgia/Sandwich Is.; Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasilia

Sun Dec 31
    9:45pm - 11:45pm
SUN 10:00 pm
Regions of Brazil, Argentina (and 9 more); Buenos Aires, Santiago, Asuncion
SUN 10:30 pm
Newfoundland and Labrador/Canada/Greenland
St. John's, Nuuk
SUN 11:00 pm
Eastern Canada (and 29 more);
Moncton, Halifax, Caracas, La Paz, San Juan, Santo Domingo
Sun Dec 31
11:45pm
Mon Jan1
1:15am
Janet

jmerle

Monkey Island Madness

USA

🇺🇸

MON 12:00 am
Regions of USA (and 13 more)
New York, Toronto, Caracus,
MON 1:00 am
Regions of USA (and 9 more);
Mexico City, Chicago, Guatemala City
 Mon Jan1
   1:15am –
2:45am
Jennifer

Cracked Minis

USA

🇺🇸
MON 2:00 am
Regions of USA (and 2 more);
Calgary, Denver, Edmonton, Phoenix
Mon Jan 1
   2:45am –
4:45am

MON 3:00 am
Regions of USA (and 3 more);
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Victoria, Vancouver
MON 4:00 am
Alaska/USA and regions of French Polynesia;
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Unalaska
MON 4:30 am
Marquesas Islands/French Polynesia;
Taiohae

PLEASE NOTE: The links on this file do not yet work.  Once the spaces are filled I will create a file with active links to each streamer, so when the time comes you will be able to have this page open and find each streamer.  


Thanks so much for reading and we really hope that you will join us and tell your friends all about it.  You can come watch one streamer or all of us.  Everyone is welcome those who are young and those young at heart.  

Thanks
Jean

Wednesday, November 01, 2017

NoJoPro (Novemebr Journal Prompts)

I was so excited waiting for Dawn DeVries Sokol to post the NaNoJouMo prompts for 2017.  I even have my journal made and ready to go with a daily watercolour page.  I had decided to use the prompts to inspire a watercolour painting so I could practice using my new M. Graham watercolours (graciously given to me by Melody G) and I have some Daniel Smith, Sennelier and Schminke watercolours graciously shared with me by Carol TMT (The Magickal Touch on UStream and YouTube).  

I was so disappointed not to see any prompts today for NaNoJouMo and not even a word about whether there will be any forthcoming.  So I decided to do my own prompts.  I like to journal using either lyrics of a song or a quote to inspire me.  However i don't want to limit others to that so I am simply going to use one word as a prompt and then you all can take it and let it inspire you however you work best.  

Do you like watercolour, oils, acrylic, mixed media, sketching, tangling scrapbooking or other medium?  Then this set of prompts is for you.  Do whatever you like.  The goal is to just do some art everyday no matter what form it takes for you.  Please enjoy.  

If you Share your art on social media please tag it #NoJoPro2017.  Thanks and Enjoy.  


Feel free to print this jpeg and include it in your journal.  if you don't finish in November then finish when you can.