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Come join us! You can use the following photos to create a piece of art and then share it with us in this thread or simply come in and have a chat, comment on the artworks, show us what you’re up to or share your own snapshots.
The guidelines for the Challenge are simple.
All works must be within the size guidelines of the Miniature forum.
You can use any medium with the exception of photography. Digital art is welcome.
All schools of painting from abstract to realism are welcome.
You may crop, edit, combine or alter the images in any way you’d like.
Please tell us the medium, size and support when you share your images.Artists of all levels of expertise are encouraged and welcome.
Thank you to all the members who contribute to the Reference Image Library (RIL)[/URL].
Be creative and enjoy!
If you would like to host a month, please pm Virginia (vmrs).
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I kept coming across photos that are all great references but maybe dont’ have the best lighting or there may need to be adjustments in tones or chroma or such.
I think it’s a useful skill to be able to look at something and change the lighting, the spacing, the clarity or the colors even.
So the challenge this month is take a photo and change it up and make it better. Have fun.
If you have any photos you’d like to add any, please do.
dianthus by PatrickHedges
dianthus by PatrickHedges
Lots of potential in this one.
azaleas wisteria tree by Queen Bee
leafy sea horse by mclcd
Another of the leafy sea horse alone by mclcd
Path with trees and plants by Mr.Sunflower
Old school house by oldrockchick
and Mr. Bill by lisilk
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Find me on FacebookI have to add this pelican. We had a levee breach and the Mississippi River is doing her thing in the downtown area. There’s people all over, rescuing people, moving animals, filling sandbags and the reporters are all over too of course. The pelicans have taken over downtown, they are everywhere. Every shot you see, there’s at least a dozen pelicans being nosy in the background. Once I noticed them, I couldn’t stop noticing them and even though it’s all very serious, they’re making me laugh. We have the white pelicans here, they’re a good bit bigger than the brown ones.
White pelican reflection by Ex-fisherman
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Here’s a crop of the peli sketched w/ Micron 01 pen then watercolor added, about 5.5×7.5 done today.Kay
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I haven’t managed to do anything yet. We had a big yard sale. Funny how much it takes to sell your old stuff. It was fun though as we saw and talked to a lot of people. We actually made a good bit of money to boot which was really nice.
The big hit of the day though was my bird feeder, we had a warm burst of air form the south and it sent all the migrating birds this way. At my feeder were orioles and grosbeaks and white throated sparrows. There were every kind of woodpecker and the gold and purple finches. It was amazing.
My favorite the catbird was back, they’re mimics and last year it kept mimicking my self phone ringer. I had to change my ringer because it was driving me nuts.
Feel free to use the following photos as references if you want
The rose breasted grosbeak
The Baltimore oriole
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Find me on FacebookVirginia – thanks for sharing those bird photos with us. Our country’s old type of telephone had a certain ring tone to it. My late mom phoned me once on my cellphone when a nearby bokmakierie(bird) let out this typical old phone ring tone. Mom thought it was another telephone she hadn’t been told of:lol:
My version of the pelican, 4.5×7 in wc
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