Saturday, January 28, 2012

Nelvia McGrath - "Garden Delights"


Artist: Nelvia McGrath
Title: Garden Delights
Media: Acrylic
Size: 9"x12"
Support: Paper

Sherry Thurner


Medium: acrylic
Size: 6x6 inches
Support: watercolor paper
Artist blog: http://sherry-latebloomer.blogspot.com/

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Jean Nelson


Jean Nelson
5"x7" acrylic on canvas panel
trailwind216.blogspot.com

Pat Koscienski - "Tomatoes on the Vine"

Pat Koscienski
"Tomatoes on the Vine"
8" x 10"
Acrylic on canvas
Palette knife
www.patkoscienski.blogspot.com

Mohepi


Monday, January 23, 2012

Millie Nguyen - "Tomatoes, Big and Small"

Artist- Millie Nguyen
Title - Tomatoes, Big and Small

Acrylics on 12" X 12" canvas


http://millienguyen6.blogspot.com/

Frances Paxton


Sunday, January 22, 2012

Jenni Twidle


Artist: Jenni Twidle

Medium: Pitt pastel pencils on anthracite Pastelmat

Size: 8" x 12"

Website:

http://craftymusings.blogspot.com/

http://jeanettesjottings.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Joke Klootwijk


Artist: Joke Klootwijk
Size: 20 x 30 cm
Soft pastel on blue pastel paper

Artist Website: www.softpastel.nl

Capucine - "Simply Delicious"

Artist: Capucine (France)
Medium: watercolor paper 224g
Size: 13 x 9 inches
Artist Blog: http://capucine-o.over-blog.com/

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Angela Sullivan - "Listen To Me"



Title: Listen To Me
Medium: Oil on 5x7 canvas panel
Artist: Angela Sullivan

Monday, January 16, 2012

Jules van der Horst - "Don't Like Tomatoes"




Title - "Don't Like Tomatoes"
Artist: Jules van der Horst

Medium: acrylic on acrylicpaper

Size: 50x70 cm


Sunday, January 15, 2012

Nancie Johnson - "On The Vine"


Title: "On the Vine"
Artist: Nancie Johnson
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 9" x 12"


Nidhi Krishna


  • Artist: Nidhi Krishna

  • Artist Blog: http://treasureart.blogspot.com/
  • Saturday, January 14, 2012

    Mico Soleil

    Artist: Mico Soleil
    Medium: Oil painting on canvas
    Size: 20x20 cm
    Blog address is http://mi.blog2b.net/

    Horst Hittenberger

    Artist: Horst Hittenberger
    Size: 11 by 14
    Medium and Support: oil on canvas
    Artist Blog: http://horsthittenberger.blogspot.com/

    William Cook


    Artist Name: William Cook
    Medium: Oil
    Size: 5x6



    Debbie Later

    Artist: Debbie Later
    Medium and Size: Oil on a 9x12 Canvas board
    Artist Blog: http://debbielatersart.blogspot.com/

    Friday, January 13, 2012

    Tonya Ludlow


    Artist: Tonya Ludlow
    Size: 9 x 12
    medium: Acrylic on masonite

    Thursday, January 12, 2012

    Jeneen Nance


    Title - "What If Cezanne Painted The Bowl Of Tomatoes"




    Title - "Blue Bowl With Tomatoes Finished"

    Artist: Jeneen Nance
    Size: 11x14
    Medium and Support: acrylic on canvas
    Artist Blog: jeneenhnanceart.blogspot.com

    Wednesday, January 11, 2012

    Renate Arends - "Tomatoes"


    Title : Tomatoes

    Artist : Renate Arends (Netherlands)

    Medium & support : Watercolor and canvas

    Size : 30 x 40 cm

    Blog : http://renatearends.blogspot.com

    Tuesday, January 10, 2012

    Sylvia Young - "Time For Lunch"






    Artist: Sylvia Young

    Title: "Time For Lunch"

    Medium & Size: Oils - 16 x 12 ins

    Artist Website: sylsarttrials.blogspot.com




    Monday, January 9, 2012

    Cheri Homaee - "Tomatoes"


    Sunday, January 8, 2012

    Helen Eaton



    Saturday, January 7, 2012

    Alexander Clausen


    Artist: Alexander Clausen
    Medium: Pastell pencils & Paper (black)
    Size: 8.5 X 12 inches


    Tuesday, January 3, 2012

    Karla Uphoff - "Bowl of Tomatoes"

    Artist: Karla Uphoff
    Title - Bowl of Tomatoes
    Size: 8 x 10
    Medium & Support: Oil on Hardboard

    Sunday, January 1, 2012

    Challenge 26 - Simply Delicious


    Wishing everyone a very very Happy New Year! I hope the holidays proved to be refreshing times for you and you had a chance to be with your near and dear ones. I wish and pray that the coming year brings good health, peace and happiness to everyone.

    I am so excited to see that everyone has been passionately viewing and commenting on the paintings in the last PADT challenge. Speaking on behalf of all of us, I would like to once again thank you for this overwhelming contribution and response.

    Before we move on to the new challenge, let’s reinforce one invaluable lesson we all learned from the last challenge. Please scroll quickly through all submitted paintings for the last challenge (Challenge - 25 - "Betrayed Dreams”). You will notice one very powerful and marvelous attribute all paintings share. By having a story deeply engraved in your mind prior to starting to paint, all submitted paintings communicated very strong emotions and a highly engaging story portrayed through titles, colors, values, lines, edges & additions.

    Yes - each painting’s story is unique and different from my story and every other story – but what’s common is the depth of emotions which each painting evokes. This last challenge proves more than any words could possibly do, that – yes you can paint a story and yes it makes an incredible difference. Having a story in your mind prior to starting to paint shapes all your decisions during the painting process and becomes your best friend and guardian angel through the process of painting. A successful painting is almost guaranteed.

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    About the composition

    This composition is all about lost and found edges, soft edges and carefully controlled light. If you pay a very close attention to all visible and especially those barely perceivable edges throughout the composition, you will notice that there is no single hard, sharp line describing any shape or any form. Everything melts gently from one to another area engaging the viewer’s mind as he gets subtle hints about what is not clearly visible. This is the main motivation for all our efforts in creating the soft and lost and found edges. Of course, it is up to you as an artist to decide where you want to go and in which direction you would like to push your painting towards – how you want to guide your viewers.

    A simple rule applies. If you decide to introduce a few hard edges and leave the rest soft and toned down, these hard edges will scream for attention. The effect can be emphasized by using hard edges to divide a very light area from a very dark area, very colorful (high in vibrancy) from very dull passages, strongly emphasized “visible” regions from hidden (and yet noticeable) “invisible” regions. These are some of the best artist’s tools to introduce drama on the stage. However, be cautious when playing with dramatic contrasts. Develop your personal taste for it. Look around and notice how too many works of art today suffer from a “fruit bowl effect”. The abundance of highly vibrant modern pigments is highly tempting and if over utilized, all areas in the painting would scream for attention. Although visually very cheerful, such pieces of art make the viewer confused and he/she does not know where to look. Everything calls for attention. Just remember when was the last time you attended a social gathering where someone from the crowd cut your breath away with too much of otherwise pleasant and expensive perfume irritating everyone around. Even in extremes, remember balance and taste is the crown of the nobleman.

    Real masters of “just right balance” achieved a breathtaking theatric effects by masterfully utilizing the very same simple principles described above, producing some of the most visually arresting and psychologically evocative paintings in the history of art. To name just a few - Leonardo da Vinci’s famous “sfumato”, Rembrandt’s play of light “chiaroscuro”, Vermeer’s soft blending and masterful compositions.

    To summarize what is important to learn from painting this challenge:
    - Keep almost all your edges soft with various degrees of softness.
    - Persuade the viewer to search for continuation of the line, shape or edge partially showing it and then partially hiding it in the darkness or behind some other object. Let the objects emerge from the foggy, misty and undefined background – and yet this background is full of air and space.
    - Avoid “fruit bowl effect” – having everything screaming for attention with an equal vibrancy. Slightly colored “grays” and “browns” are still very valuable balance in your painting. They allow your vibrant lights to thoroughly sing.
    - Complement the composition with any modification/ addition you might feel will improve it, as your creative urges suggest.

    I would like to encourage everyone to give it a try and wish you a lot of new development opportunities down the road. Just try it!

    For watercolor and acrylic artists - do not let your edges dry hard. This is a moderately challenging composition, not because there are too many complex objects or textures, but because creating very soft, lost and found edges is somehow against human nature. We always prefer “black or white”, “lie or truth”, “yes or no”. There are too many more strongly defined opposites to list them all. Any shades of gray, slightly undefined vague statements, half-truth or half-planned vacation trip full of unpleasant surprises make us dizzy and irritated.

    Please send a photo of your painting the latest by Feb 12. The next painting reference will be posted on Feb 13, 2012.