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June 29, 2018 at 11:57 am #458197
Howdy:wave:
Welcome to the July Monthly Challenge! We welcome all mediums and skill levels in this challenge, so please feel free to join us. If you’re new, jump right in – the more the merrier. If you’re returning, welcome back! Glad to have you!
Please offer encouraging feedback on one another’s artworks, but don’t give any harsh critique unless it’s requested by the artist. The photos this month are mine with some from morguefile free photos (no attribution required). I hope you find some inspiration in them. Draw or paint them as they are, or crop them, edit them, mix them up, or create your own compositions. I’m really looking forward to seeing what everyone will do for the Challenge this month! Happy creating!
Donkey profile (morguefile)
Cactus (morguefile)
Antique china cow creamers
New Mexico sky
Elk pair, Lincoln county forest
Black & white bull rodeo scene (morguefile)
Callas in our mountain home foyer w/ Mexican blanket
Adobe ladder (morguefile)
Appaloosa (morguefile)
Macro sunflower
New Mexico liquor store in RuidosoOne more :confused:
Kay
Moderator: Watermedia, Mixed Media, Abstract/Contemporary
June 29, 2018 at 11:59 am #648972
Old barn (morguefile)That’s all folks!
Kay
Moderator: Watermedia, Mixed Media, Abstract/Contemporary
June 29, 2018 at 6:25 pm #649039Have many photos of the Australian version of these. Never tried to paint one … yet!
Jennie
"Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
@jenniferpaints http://jrcs.com.au/artistJune 29, 2018 at 6:28 pm #648999Oooh! Eye candy! Thanks a million for hosting for us this month, Kay! I see so many I want to try my hand at. Beautiful – the horses, the cattle, the adobe, the barn…where to begin? Wonderful selection! I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone does this month.
Jenna
My website: https://www.thecozyred.com/
June 29, 2018 at 10:30 pm #648973Thanks! Me, too! Probably tomorrow will start on the rodeo bull scene.
Kay
Moderator: Watermedia, Mixed Media, Abstract/Contemporary
June 30, 2018 at 1:29 pm #649034Outstanding selection, Kay. Thanks! I couldn’t wait – I was just up in Ruidoso a few months ago. Thinking of moving back…
Remembering Ruidoso
Desert Donkey
June 30, 2018 at 5:46 pm #649019Wonderful photos, Kay. Thanks.
June 30, 2018 at 6:07 pm #649020Nice work Skylar – love that donkey!
June 30, 2018 at 8:07 pm #649000Beautiful work on both of these, Skylar! That adobe is beautiful, and the donkey looks thirsty! Love them both. You do such wonderful work.
Jenna
My website: https://www.thecozyred.com/
June 30, 2018 at 8:54 pm #648974Wow Skylar! The donkey looks really fabulous in his arid desert landscape and the adobe ladder and pot are glowing in the light that only New Mexico has. If you do move back we’ll have to get a plein air painting event going if you like that; lots of places there to choose.
Here is the rodeo bull, not easy to do from a b&w image but hope it reads okay. Size 11×15 Lanacquarelle hot press paper/Daniel Smith watercolors.
Kay
Moderator: Watermedia, Mixed Media, Abstract/Contemporary
June 30, 2018 at 10:14 pm #649040I was like, :), yes I’ll try this … until I saw the pics.
Might try one of the horses, because I am brave!
Jennie
"Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
@jenniferpaints http://jrcs.com.au/artistJune 30, 2018 at 11:21 pm #649036Interesting photos to choose from. Might just try a few of them. Thanks
July 1, 2018 at 12:38 am #648984Super photos…. Thanks, Kay.
Skylar, the donkey is so much alive. The ladder is something I love about NM. Thanks for doing that one!
Kay, your rodeo scene is perfect!
The plein air event I mentioned at the campfire is in Questa/Red River if you are available. Wild Rivers Plein Air Paint Out
https://www.wildriverspleinair.com/2018-nuts-and-boltsSkylar are you near there?
Anyway, hope to paint something for here.
My blog https://jocastilloartblog.blogspot.com/
My website https://jocastilloart.comJuly 1, 2018 at 2:13 am #649027I always enjoy your work Skylar: particularly Ruidoso.
Kay that is an excellent watercolour. Clever use of the blues against orange/ browns – the comps bring out the sunny atmosphere. The subtle tones on the bulls hide is a triumph.
I am anti- Rodeo but very pro your painting.
As long as there is light, I will paint it.
July 1, 2018 at 7:34 am #649028This is my shot at the New Mexico Sky (image c/o KreativeK). A wonderful image for going crazy with wet-on-wet.Thanks Kay.
I am working on a different type of paper to my usual (Not and rough) and it presents a performance closer to hot pressed – it’s rather fun, and was a father’s day present. Who doesn’t like paper as a gift! I took a few liberties with the foreground and horizon.
Watercolour
10 x 14 in
Daler Rowney The Langton Grain Fin 140 lb
DR and W&N pigmentsAs long as there is light, I will paint it.
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