challenge twenty

Sorry to be late again, it seems to be a recurring theme around here. It's been a crazy week and I'll share more later, but for now I have to scoot.

Have fun everyone and as a reminder, challenge twenty is due Monday, April 4th.

Jen Smith, 6 x 6 Acrylic Triptyc

Eren Ozeren, 12 x 9 Watercolor

Sidmar Khilji, 5 x 8 Watercolor

Rebecca Kao Wang, 8 x 10 Oil

Debbie Later, 5 x 7 Watercolor

Nancie Johnson, 8 x 8 Acrylic

Julie Beck, 5 x 7 Acrylic

Jean Nelson, 5 x 7 Acrylic

Angela Sullivan, 5 x 7 Acrylic

Virginia Floyd

Irina Rekhviashvili, 8 x 16 Watercolor

Cheri Homaee, 9 x 12 Acrylic

Karla Uphoff

Horst Hittenberger, 11 x 14 Oil

challenge nineteen

I have to admit I've rummaged through my photo archives for this challenge. I've been sick with the crazy head flu that apparently everyone else in the nation has had and I, true to nature, am late to the party. So much so that after attempting the last challenge yesterday for a mere ten minutes, I gave up and went back to the sofa, surrounded by tissues, nasal spray and remote controls. It wasn't pretty.

So please enjoy the current challenge of these three creamers; challenge nineteen deadline is midnight, Monday March fourteenth.

Dana Aldis, 6 x 6 Oil

Jill Polsby, Watercolor

Janice Austin, 9 x 12 Watercolor

Rebecca Wang, 6 x 8 Oil

Angela Sullivan, 7 x 5 Acrylic

Anita Badami, 4 x 4 Acrylic

Horst Hittenberger, 11 x 14 Oil

Cheri Homaee, 9 x 12 Acrylic

Virginia Floyd, 8 x 8 Oil

Karla Uphoff, Oil

challenge eighteen

Hello apples. I'm so happy to see you. Painting you is like coming home. I don't have to worry about where your nose is, whether it's just a suggestion of a feature or if it's solidly there. How could I ever have gotten tired of you? So. I really wish I could've done better with the last challenge, but I'm just not there yet as an artist. I may never get there, but in the meantime, I'm happy to have apples.

The inspiration for this challenge came from another blog obsession I have, the one that belongs to Carol Marine. I'm sure you've all been there, and if you haven't, it's so completely worth the trip. She's got the chunky stroke thing down perfectly, and I'm completely envious but thankful she is such a prolific, talented painter who, like Karin and many others is generous enough to share her work and process. If you do check out Carol's blog, make sure to stay a bit and check out her larger works at her site, Blue Cloud Studios. That single white daisy in the glass of water KILLS me.

And interestingly enough, in addition to all of that, Carol has started a painting challenge as well, which is a weekly challenge and offers artists links to sell their work, which is very cool. I've been thinking lately about trying to paint with more frequency than one painting every three weeks and I think the DPW challenge is a great place to start!

The deadline for challenge eighteen is midnight Monday, February 21st.

Jen Smith, 8 x 10 Acrylic

Rebecca Wang, 10 x 12 Oil

Sidmar Khilji, 5 x 7 Watercolor

Linda Nickles, 5 x 7 Oil

Marie Sautier, Pastel

Jody Prusi, 11 x 14 Oil

Marie Emmanuelle Sautier

William Cook, 8 x 10 Oil

Yasha Sharma, 8 x 8 Acrylic

Millie Nguyen, 7 x 10 Watercolor

Linda Popple, 5 x 7

Jean Nelson, 6 x 6 Acrylic

Loretta Sampson, 4 x 6 Watercolor

Horst Hittenberger, 8 x 10 Oil

Maria Soto Robbins, 8 x 10 Oil

challenge seventeen

This challenge is my ode to Karin Jurick. I've loved her paintings and of course, coveted her talent for over the last year now. I never thought I would consider beach paintings anything but too specific to hang anywhere in a home other than one that was actually located along a coastline, but her paintings are more about the people moving within them, the movement of the human form, how we relate to each other, etc.

I'm not trying to sound like some fancy-schmancy art person. I'm just a girl who knows that someday, I would like to paint with some fraction of the talent Karin has. That being said, I thought I'd take another stab at fellow humans in motion. I'm really not trying to copy Karin or her style, I can't get there from here I don't think. I just want to practice painting something other than fruit, vegetables and flowers. Of course, the next challenge will undoubtedly include some form of at least one of them, because there's absolutely NO sun here and it's quite difficult to get a good shot of anything else.

Anyway, thanks to Karin for being such a generous artist in her sharing of her work and process and for being an inspiration for so many. Challenge seventeen submissions are due by midnight, January 31st.