Brigitte - "Roses"

ROSES
Artist: Brigitte L
Size: 24x30cm
Medium: paper 300gr

Monique-mohepi - "La vie en roses"

• "La vie en roses"
• watercolor on Canson Montval, 300g
• 28 x 22 cm
• http://mohepi-aquarelles.blogspot.fr/

Sylvia Young

Orange roses, watercolour
sylsarttrials.blogspot.com

Antonio Romero Santana

Artist:      Antonio Romero Santana
Size:     27 x 20 cm.   
Medium & Support:     Acrílico sobre papel
Artist Blog:  http://romerosantana.blogspot.com.es/

Shirley Bond

Artist Shirley Bond

Acrylic paint on canvas (1) and acrylic paint on mat board (2)

Size: 12"x9"                                

Size 14"x 11"

Artist Notes:

I did not set out to do 2 paintings but the first painting, I was not happy with the color of the rose or the background effect.It looked altogethr too heavy. I could not get the light to shine through the petals so I tried another technique for painting 2

 I used a different color combination for the rose  and did lots of thin washes similar to using water color to get a lighter effect on the petals. I also decided to make it a design rather than a  direct copy, I think I prefer that one.

Valérie M.

• Artist: Valérie M.
• Size: 24x32cm
• Medium & Support: watercolor on Montval paper 300g
• Artist Flickr Galery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/94308632@N06/

Challenge 46 - Beautiful Orange Rose - Bathing on the Sun

I  am very happy that winter is finally over. In Canada also, not just in the rest of the world. I have to thank all of you for making my days much warmer and brighter with each new posted challenge. I am sure all of us enjoyed each new painting enormously. I want to thank each of the participants  for sharing their beautiful paintings; each painting is so uniquely lovely and inspirational.  Thank You!

About the composition

I believe we, as artists, are very sensitive and reactive to each and every influence. When the influence brings strong emotions and inspiration, such as the story behind this challenge, it is even better.

A friend of mine told me a story about an amazing woman, who -  in spite of a very challenging work environment in a rapidly downsizing company and her own health issues -  did incredible things to help each and every member of her team to find the next job. She used to say "I will not go to sleep until I put all my children to bed." The story has a very happy ending - all members of her team found very good new jobs and life moves on.

Truly  touched by this heartwarming  story, I thought that we have so much kindness and beauty among us, all around us. And, I was inspired to  find for this challenge something truly beautiful, something which reminds all of us of the beauty with which our world is blessed. I spent hours searching  for a subject for this challenge, trying to find something unique, inspiring and glorious. And here it is -  an amazing golden yellow-orange rose, full of life and inspiration. I invite all of us to celebrate and welcome this wonderful new season by painting and drawing  together in this challenge.

Please send your paintings by June 29, 2014. The next challenge will be posted on June 30, 2014.

Lavanya Mkrishnan

Artist: Lavanya Mkrishnan

Medium :Pastel

 Size: 11 x 14"

Support: Pastel Paper

Artist blog: http://lavanyamugundh.blogspot.com/

Antonio Romero Santana

Artist:      Antonio Romero Santana

Size:     27 x 20 cm.   

Medium & Support:     Acrílico sobre papel

Artist Blog:  http://romerosantana.blogspot.com.es/

Angelique de Vries

Artist:  Angelique de Vries

Size:  20x27 cm
Medium and Support: Colored Pencil on white Bristol Board

Artist Website:  http://members.quicknet.nl/mart.rap

Shirley Bond

 

 

 Artist: Shirley Bond

 

Artist Comments:

 Painting 1  - "Just the Pot" 11"x14"

Medium: Acrylic on board

I tried the pot on it's own first as it's a while since I used acrylics and after using water color ,I really had to work at the painting to get the depth of the color and feeling of clay.

 

Painting 2 - "Pot and Table Leg" 12"X9"

Medium: Acrylic on board

The 2nd painting was another attempt but I wasn't happy with the final composition. I find the back shadows distract from the main objects.

Sylvia Young

Sylivia Young
sylsarttrials.blogspot.com

Brigitte L - "POT DE TERRE"

 POT DE TERRE
Artist: Brigitte L (France)
Size: 17x27cm
Medium  support: watercoor paper Lana 300gr

Mohepi

• "Pot de terre et pied de bois"
  
• watercolor on Canson Fontenay, 300g
• 32 x 28 cm
• http://mohepi-aquarelles.blogspot.fr/

Midori Yoshino

• Artist:Midori Yoshino
• Size: 28cm x 43cm
• Medium & Support: watercolour
• Artist Blog: midoriy.blogspot.com

Valérie M.

• Artist: Valérie M.
• Title :  Le pot d'argile et le pied de bois
• Size: 24x32cm
• Medium & Support: Soft pastel on Canson Miteinte
• Artist Gallery:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/94308632@N06/

Blaga Ketzkarova

Artist:           Blaga Ketzkarova

Size:               22 x 28 cm

Medium & Support:                 watercolor

Artist Blog:  blagaswatercolors.blogspot.com

Mico Soleil

-  watercolor
-  by Mico
-  blog :  http://mi.blog2b.net/

Challenge 45 - Approximately 1820 Clay Water Pot

Many of us simply adore flowers. Thanks to all of you at PADT, in the last challenge, we all enjoyed a spectacular display of personal interpretations of one of the most praised flowers on earth – Orchid. Not any Orchid, but one of a kind which proudly takes high place in many most prestigious garden and flower shows.

It did remind us that the winter is almost over and the time of the blooms and gorgeous display of sunshine and glorious spring and summer flowers is just about to start.

Many PADT visitors told me that each painting in this challenge warmed their hearts during the long winter cold and brought joy and happiness making them look forward to the upcoming spring, joy and sunshine – Thank you for that!

About the composition

Last week I vised Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto (Canada), the museum of world culture and natural history. Needless to say how much I enjoyed walking for many hours among artifacts  which are hundreds and thousands of years old, and are so full of character, reminding one of  an  old world long gone by.

The artifacts I am always particularly drawn towards are old pots and hand carved wood furniture. They have so much personality in them, silently telling the amazing stories of the people who used them and cared about them. Whenever I am visiting a new place or a museum, I am constantly hunting for the next one-of-a-kind I have never seen before trying to decrypt the hidden message it carries through the centuries.

This time, in the Toronto Museum, I was very pleasantly surprised to find a number of completely furnished rooms with emphasis on the early French and British cultural legacy. The whole appearance, floor, walls, windows, fireplaces and decorations were as it was at that time, many years ago. It was so beautiful and so heartwarming. I just imagined myself sitting on that old hand carved wooden chair, playing the piano with hand painted Last Supper on its wood cover and listening to the sounds of  a log burning  in the fireplace mixed with the sounds of melting snow and the coming spring.

In one of the English middle class decorated rooms (dating to approximately 1820), I found this full of character, handmade clay pot probably used for hand washing or watering plants. The pot still retains a portion of its initial glazing. In the room full of bookshelves, piano, paintings and antique chairs and tables, it was placed next to a heavily carved wooden table with shadows of the cross wired windows falling on them. The silent call to include it as our next PADT challenge was irresistible.

The whole room was enclosed in a heavy glass walls so it did take many shots before I managed to eliminate the reflections and get a sufficiently clear picture. Just imagine living at that time, two centuries ago, and try to infuse its charm in this small portion of the middle class English household.

Please send your paintings by May 18, 2014. The next challenge will be posted on May 19, 2014.

Angelique de Vries

Artist:   Angelique de Vries
Size:  ca. 20x30 cm
Medium & Support:  Colored pencil
Artist website:   http://members.quicknet.nl/mart.rap

Marilyn Peavler

Artist: Marilyn Peavler

Size of work: 7"x 10"

Blog: marilynpeavler.blogspot.com

Technique: craft grade acrylics in watercolor sketchbook

Angela Sullivan - "Caged"

 Title: Caged

Medium: Oil

Artist: Angela Sullivan

Size: 5x7 oil on canvas

Blog: www.angelasacrylics.blogspot.com

Website: www.asullivanart.com

SAY Pierre ( France )

Name : SAY Pierre ( France )
Size : 38 x 46 cm.( 15" x 18" )
Huile sur papier

Shirley Bond

Artist Shirley Bond

watercolor on watercolor paper

Process: I am still finding watercolor to be a real challenge after painting with acrylic and oil mostly before. The flower was more difficult to perfect than I thought it would be.I found the background too overwhelming for the subject so did two paintings.

Lena Adams

• Artist:Lena Adams
• Size: 45x37cm (approx)
• Medium & Support: Pen, marker & watersoluble wax pastels on A2 drawing paper.
• Artist Blog: http://humaninparts.wordpress.com/ (To Draw is Human)
  
• Painting Technique: I wanted to try a graphic technique for this reference photo, but am not sure it worked. I had fun, especially with the insects for the Orchid to enjoy, but if I did it again I would have used stronger colors for more contrast and interest.

Carla Raffaelli

Carla Raffaelli

watercolor on paper Arches 300 gr

31 X41 cm

Debbie Later

Watercolor pencils
5x7
Debbielatersart.blogspot.com

Lavanya Mkrishnan

Medium :Pastel

 Size: 11 x 14"

Support: Pastel Paper

Artist blog: http://lavanyamugundh.blogspot.com/

Antonio Romero Santana

Artist:      Antonio Romero Santana
Size:     27 x 20 cm.   
Medium & Support:     Acrílico sobre papel
Artist Blog:  http://romerosantana.blogspot.com.es/

Sylvia Young

Sylvia Young
sylsarttrials.blogspot.com

"L' orchidée du jardin botanique" by Valérie M.

• Artist: Valérie M.
• Size: 24x30cm
• Medium & Support: watercolor on Bamboo paper 260G
• Artist Flickr Galery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/94308632@N06/

Mari Jose Molina

Artist Name: Mari Jose Molina 

Size:23x16

medium: Watercolor

Blog : http://marijoepintora.blogspot.com

France

Artist: France

size : 24 x 30 cm

médium, support:  pastel on canson paper

Artist blog: misstoutoufrance.skyblog.fr

painting process:  The paper is strange, hard and the pastel doesn't penetre . Well, I rubbed only the flower for more softness and that makes its effect!!!

Brigitte L

Artiste : Brigitte L
Taille : 24x30
Medium et support : aquarelle sur papier 300gr
Peinture Technique :Figuratif

Mercedes Ares (Argentina)

 

Acuarela 24 x 32 Canson Montval

Mercedes Ares  (Argentina)

http://petalosalagua.blogspot.com