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Monday, May 30, 2011

Robie Benve

Artist: Robie Benve

Medium: Acrylic
Size: 5 x 7
Support: canvas panel
http://positivelyrobie.blogspot.com

Ann Hyde

Name: Ann Hyde
Blog: http://studiohyde.blogspot.com
Medium: Rotring Art Pen with brown ink

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Jenni Twidle

Artist: Jenni Twidle

Medium: Black pen on white (!) card

Size: 10"x7"

Artist's blogs :

Sherry Bevins

Artist: Sherry Bevins
Medium: Graphite on smooth Bristol board
Size: 5" x 5.5"
Artist Blog: www.artistsherry.blogspot.com

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Angela Sullivan - "Finders Keepers"

Title: "Finders Keepers"

Artist: Angela Sullivan

Medium: Acrylic on panel board
Size: 7"x5"

Blog: www.angelasacrylics.blogspot.com

Monday, May 23, 2011

Sylvia Young - Squirrel

Artist: Sylvia Young
Size: 13" x 8"
Medium: Pen and wash
Blog: sylsarttrials.blogspot.com

Friday, May 20, 2011

Ann Hyde

Artist Name: Ann Hyde
Painting: Watercolour
Size: 8" x 7"
Blog: http://studiohyde.blogspot.com/

Millie Nguyen

Artist: Millie Nguyen
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 9" X 12" Arches 140lb HP paper
Artist Website: http://millienguyen6.blogspot.com/

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Challenge 20 - Unexpected Fortune

Thank you so much for such an overwhelming participation in the last challenge. It is such a pleasure to view how artists can make a subject truly come alive in so many different ways.

All of us are specially indebted to those who took the time to provide feedback and comments. This nice and friendly atmosphere where we encourage and help each other is really the most wonderful thing about painting together. Let your heart speak out when you see a painting and don't hesitate to put in a few words of encouragement or advice!

About the composition

Sometimes, all you would like to capture in your painting is one special moment in time - a captivating glimpse of light, a fleeting vision of heart melting beauty that words can not describe - all carefully guarded in that special short moment.

What completely stole my heart in this photo was the ineffable happiness on the squirrel's face caused by her unexpectedly discovered delicious treasure - a small piece of something edible.

Let's try to capture that expression in this challenge, that amazing happiness which is a strong reminder of "How little is needed to be thoroughly happy".

Please send a photo of your painting the latest by June 4th. The next painting reference will be posted on June 5th.

Rodica Voicu - "Black Bird"

Artist: Rodica Voicu
Size: 6"x6"
Medium: Oil on hardboard
Artist Blog: http://www.rodicavoicu.blogspot.com/

Ann Hyde

Artist Name: Ann Hyde
Size: 8" x 7"
Medium: Watercolour
Artist Blog : http://studiohyde.blogspot.com/

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Petra Lange

Artist: Petra Lange
Medium: Watercolor on paper.
Size 11.8 x 15.7 inches.
Artist Blog: http://ichsehewaswiedunichtsiehst.blogspot.com/
Artist Homepage: http://www.petralange.de/

Monday, May 9, 2011

Angela Sullivan - "Watching From A Distance"

Title: "Watching From A Distance"

Artist: Angela Sullivan

Blog: www.angelasacrylics.blogspot.com

Size: 7"x5"
Medium: Acrylic on canvas panel

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Tess Turner

Artist: Tess Turner
Size: 12" x 16"
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Artist blog: http://tesscyp.blogspot.com/

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Jenni Twidle

Artist: Jenni Twidle

Size: 5"x7"

Medium: Wolff's Carbon Pencils on smooth paper

Artist's blogs :

Monday, May 2, 2011

K S Stitt - Blackbird

Artist: K S Stitt
Size: 8" X10"
Medium & Support: Oil On Canvas
Artist Blog: http://ksstitt.blogspot.com

Renate Arends - "Bird On Sigar Reed"

Artist: Renate Arends

Title: "Bird On Sigar Reed"

Medium: Watercolour on paper

Size: 12,5" x 16,6"

Sylvia Young

Artist: Sylvia Young
Medium: Pastel
Size: 11"x9"
Artist Website: sylsarttrials.blogspot.com

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Nancie Johnson - Black Bird

Artist: Nancie Johnson
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Sheet
Size: 9" x 12"
Blog: http://nancies-art.blogspot.com

Millie Nguyen - black bird

Artist: Millie Nguyen
Size: 5" X 7"
Medium: Acrylics on 5" X 7" canvas
Artist Website: http://millienguyen6.blogspot.com/

Horst Hittenberger

Artist: Horst Hittenberger
Website: http://horsthittenberger.blogspot.com/
Size: 14" by 10"
Medium: Oil on canvas paper

Friday, April 29, 2011

Robie Benve - Red-Winged Black Bird In The Forest

Artist: Robie Benve
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Panel
Size: 5"x 7"
My Blog: http://positivelyrobie.blogspot.com

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Jean Nelson - Redwing Blackbird

Artist: Jean Nelson
Size: 6"x6"
Medium: Acrylic on linen
Artist website: trailwind216.blogspot.com

Dianne Lanning - Blackbird

Artist: Dianne Lanning
Size: 4X6 inch
Medium: Watercolor
Artist Blog & website:
http://DianneLanning.com/
http://dianne-voicepainter.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Dave Froude - Red-winged Blackbird

Artist: Dave Froude
Medium:Acrylic
Size: 9”X12”
Support: canvas panel
Artist blog: http://daybe.blogspot.com

Monday, April 25, 2011

Challenge 19 - Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoenicius)

About the composition

It is time to move for a while to alive moving subjects ... birds, animals and eventually maybe "humans" as well.

I do not know much about this bird besides the fact that it is a male easily identified by jet black body plumage with prominent and solid red/orange and yellow epaulettes. It has a noticeably aggressive behavior and scares all sparrows around.

The artistic challenge here is to portray the impression of the black bird by introducing additional colors not only shades of gray. Play with color but make it read as black.

A tip.... this is a high resolution photograph...so if you click on it a couple of times you should see a very magnified image with clear eyes, light falling on the feathers etc. You can also right click and save it to your computer and then zoom it to see details.

Please send a photo of your painting the latest by May 14th. The next painting reference will be posted on Sunday, May 15th.