May CHALLENGE

[jennaboo88]

Maria, that's such an interesting technique and has a lot of visual interest and appeal. Great work with a nice sense of abstract.

Thank you so much, Kay! I appreciate the kind comments.

Hi Hal, and welcome to the forum! It's always so nice when a lurker decides to come join the fun. You did such a great job with the steer. The painting has a great mood. My only critique that the legs of the steer are drawn in at the knee/hock, while it should be pretty straight without the inward bend. Aside from that, you did a really nice job! Hope to see more of your work here. Thanks for the nice comment on my sketch.

[KreativeK]

Hal, your 'horns are wonderful! Sorry about the ref photo as I'd lightened as much as possible. You got a good enough read of him using OPs. He looks fine in his environment.

[halthepainter]

Thank you Jenna, I'll revisit the reference photo later.

Thank you Kay, I virtually washed out the photo trying for some detail. It was a fun project.

[gakinme]

Jenna, very nice curls to the petals. Very disguishable. Leave it like that. It has great contrasts.

Linda, beautiful foreground. So colorful. Is it oil?

cem, I could feel the bright sun all over. Very effective.

Maria, great attempts at the dancing couple. The horse has good shading.

Hal, your bull is a riot. It has a dreary look and the background indeed looks a bit surreal. Very nice job. I'm glad you tried this.

Just a quick one using up the Bombay ink that spilled over.

Academie Heavyweight 80 lb 8.5x11 inch

[jennaboo88]

Great work, Sandra! This is one of those pieces that has so much mystery and a lot of unanswered questions. That's a good thing, because I just keep looking at it.

Thanks for the kind comments on my drawing. I am going to leave it as is.

[tuzigoot]

Had to try the sunflowers - my first attempt at any flowers! Fun and fast. Now I wish i'd done something w the BG. Not quite so dark IRL.

[halthepainter]

Linda, lovely rich colors. Well done.

[jennaboo88]

Beautiful work, Linda. One of those less-is-more paintings. I love the textures you got in the petals. Well done!

[gakinme]

Linda, I like how intense the flower colors are. Great angle too.

[cem]

Great colors Linda!

[KreativeK]

Oh I like this one, Sandra, that has the 'wolf at the door' feel to it.

Linda, your red sunflowers are lovely and much simplified than the photo is.

[KJSieloff]

Nice!!

Kate

[cem]

Red Sunflowers....Acrylics on 9x12 mat board..........Cindy

[halthepainter]

Cindy, it's a wonderful piece. The modelling and range of values give a marvelous sense of depth.

[jennaboo88]

Cindy, what a beautiful painting! It has such nice depth and contrast. Beautiful textures as well. Great work!