sallspaw
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| 10/02/2009 10:11 AM |
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Photo: Cozy Kid, submitted by user Antillean
Challenge: Create artwork based on the photo. Use any
medium and any style. Stick to the photo exactly or just use it as a
starting point - feel free to change colors, composition, add or
subtract elements or take a complete departure.
Target posting date: October 11, 2009
To submit a photo for a future challenge, just attach it an an
e-mail to me: artistsnetwork@fwmedia.com. Please include your user name
when submitting your photo. Thank you!
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Margy
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| 10/02/2009 11:12 AM |
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| Hello everyone. I have been lurking for a while and enjoying your art. I really wanted to do the Oregon photo but didn't get it done before I left for the Appalachian Trail and now its too late. I'm going to give this one a try. It will be a real challenge since I haven't done people in a long long time. |
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hollyga
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| 10/02/2009 6:36 PM |
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Margy - Welcome to the challenges, and please remember, there are really no deadlines on these challenges - just "suggested" dates. I don't think I have finished a single one "on time" yet but everyone is kind about it. I am 63 years old, as well, and still work full time, so I have limited painting time. Until I got my "art space" (such as it is) set up again, I had not painted at all in over 15 years - I have learned more from this forum and these challenges that I have in any of the so-called "workshops" I participated in over years long past. When I look at pieces I completed in my other artist's life time and compare them to the efforts I have made this summer with these challenges, there is a VAST difference - maybe it's my "advanced chronological enhancement" taking over!  I am still working on the Oregon Coast and I have several other unfinished challenges that I will complete as well and I will post them when I do. Just dive in with any of them. The more we have participating the more fun we all have and the more we learn! Look forward to seeing your posts!
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Holland (hollyga)
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Margy
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| 10/03/2009 12:35 PM |
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Holland - Thanks for the welcome and the advice. I love the 'advanced chronological enhancement'. May I use it? I have made a good start on the Cozy Kid and am focusing on the face at the moment. Its one thing to do a face, it seems to be a whole other ball park to do a child's face. I had done a sketch for the Oregon photo. If I can find that, I may do the piece and submit. What do you paint on? I grabbed a small canvas board but that would get a bit expensive to do regularly, unless I just keep painting over.  My watercolor paper is too textured for that tiny face. |
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Kassie
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| 10/03/2009 1:40 PM |
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Margy, I mostly use 8 x 10 canvas board. I buy it in groups of 3 when it goes on sale. Don't know where you're from but AC Moore in the Philadelphia area frequently has good buys. Sometimes I paint larger. Look forward to seeing your paintings. I hesitate on this one because of all that fur. I'm going to see how others handle it.
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Nancie
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| 10/03/2009 4:57 PM |
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Hi Margy & welcome. What I now use are canvas sheets (9 x 12 my prefered size, but comes in other sizes). They come in pads of 10. I like the Fredrix brand but have used others. It's very economical for these challenges and they don't take up a lot of space. You can find them at AC Moore or Michaels. Also online at Jerrys or Dicks, etc. Just make sure it's suited for the media you are using. (fredrix states it's acrylic primed for use with any media). If you like anything well enough to frame & hang, the sheets can be matted and framed similar to watercolor.
As far as this challenge. I am not a very good people painter and I'm not sure I'm up for this challenge. I may attempt this later. - Nan |
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hollyga
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| 10/03/2009 5:05 PM |
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Margy - I have a supply of a lot of old stuff including some very large stretched canvases but I'm not using them for the challenges - I'm not really confident enough to start using them again yet. I have used canvas paper, canvas board and gessoed board. I started the "Orange Sky" on gessoed board but the surface was too slick to suit me. I am trying it again with "Oregon Coast" but I re-gessoed the board a couple of times then sanded lightly - that has made a surface I like much better. Canvas paper is inexpensive and has a good surface for acrylics or oils but from my experience here on the challenges, it doesn't seem to photograph well. (Dick Blick usually has some pretty decent prices on all of those. I live in a really small town and the closest art supply store of any consequence is more than 30 miles away so shipping charges vs. gas prices and the travel time involved usually equals out for me.) AND - you are welcome to use "advanced chronological enhancement" - at least I can be an ACE at something!!
Kathy - all that fur makes me want to hang back from this one, too - - and the pile of unfinished challenges lurking around my painting space. I am interested to see how others handle the fur thing, too. I may try it later when I feel a little more brave. |
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Holland (hollyga)
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Margy
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| 10/04/2009 10:39 AM |
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I have had no experience with canvas paper but will hunt it down and give it a try. The canvas boards I have are very rough. I suppose I could do the gesso and sanding thing but where is the fun in that. The fur has not concerned me but I'm having a dickens of a time with the cute little face. By the time I get done it may be in base relief. Ho ho. I live in Orland Park, Illinois which is about 30 miles south of Chicago. There is a Michaels handy and a privately owned art supply store not far from here called the Easel Wiesel. I also order from Cheap Joes on occasion. I was just down in Tennessee and was hoping to get to Cheap Joes outlet store in North Carolina but it was further from my base than I anticipate and the windy roads were tensing me up... being a flatlander as I am.
This photo is definately a challenge which makes it a wonderful opportunity for growth. For the fur I took a stiff brush, dipped it into dry paint, jammed it down on the pallette a few times to splay the bristles and then brushed the direction of the fur. So far its the part I like the best.
Thank you all for your great advice and for making me feel welcome. |
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Kassie
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| 10/05/2009 1:06 PM |
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| Margy, I like your idea for the fur. — Kathy |
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Priti
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| 10/05/2009 8:46 PM |
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| What a cute kid!! and comes with a tough assignment. Welcome Margy, if it is any help i am way behind also, i plan to try all the assignments when i have more time. |
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Priti
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Priti
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| 10/06/2009 9:09 AM |
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I finished this one this morning. 8" x 8" approx. watercolor and pencil on paper. Not a very good likeness, but i was eager to finish and post.
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Priti
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Priti
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| 10/06/2009 9:11 AM |
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| I think my drawing was better, i should have stopped then.... |
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Priti
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Margy
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| 10/06/2009 12:44 PM |
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| Thanks for the welcome Priti. My drawing was better than my painting is turn out too. But I really like your painting. I think you captured her expression very well. I was considering eliminating a lot of the peripheral stuff but did not. Now I have to decide whether to make it more finished or leave it all loose. I have a tendency to over think things. I should probably just submit and stop dithering. I'm no longer enjoying it. |
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Margy
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| 10/06/2009 1:18 PM |
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| I may revisit this but here she is. |
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hollyga
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| 10/06/2009 5:27 PM |
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Priti - always love your color splashes. This little tyke looks cold no matter how cozy she may be in that furry parka!
Margy - You did a great job. I couldn't wait to see your fur after you described your process - love it! She's so bundled up that she reminds me of the cartoon kids - you know, the ones who fall over and can't get up! The folds in the skirt of her coat are great and I love the icy feeling of her surroundings. |
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Holland (hollyga)
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lavanya
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| 10/09/2009 9:03 AM |
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Priti-Nice painting.I like your paintings(colors of the pond**).
Margy-Wow.....nice work. |
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lavanya
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| 10/09/2009 1:17 PM |
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Here is my versions.
First i did with color pencil(not finished).i missed the angle...
then i did with watercolor. |
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lavanya
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| 10/09/2009 1:18 PM |
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water color |
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salsted
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| 10/10/2009 9:39 AM |
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| Impressive paintings...........I miss not being a part of this group. I broke my right elbow. I am attempting to finish the last one The Barn" using my left hand. Susan |
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hollyga
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| 10/10/2009 12:46 PM |
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Lavanya - I like both of yours, but I especially like the chubby little rosey cheeks on the watercolor one. You handled the fur well on both of them. The fur is what I am worried most about being able to accomplish. - - - -
I know, Susan - you tripped over your easel, landed on your elbow while trying to salvage your wet canvas from hitting the floor. The end result was a broken elbow but, fortunately, you were able to save the wet canvas! Right?  Seriously, so sorry about the elbow - what a disaster! Hope it mends well and quickly. I'm not sure I would have the courage to try to paint left-handed. I will be watching "Brown Barn" for your rendition. I wasn't going to try this challenge but I've been playing around with some oil pastels and I think I am going to make a try at it after all. If I make any recognizable progress, I will post tomorrow. |
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Holland (hollyga)
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