JUNE CHALLENGE: Splash In!

[KreativeK]

Yay! It is now mid-year and time to go outdoors to enjoy sunshine and swimming How about featuring water for our watermedia challenge: Rivers, lakes, ponds, pools Use your imagination and/or any of these RIL photos, including some of mine to get ready for summer!

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RIL image Zipper and Buddy by Lisilk

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RIL image Swim Pool by Perel

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RIL image Sister-in-Law Swimming by Perel

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RIL image Summertime Fun by kdkbrown

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RIL image Crow at Lake Quinalt by Daisygirl

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RIL image Waiting for a Party by Daisygirl

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RIL image Tampa Bay Sailboats by dottieriley1


Kiddie Pool by Kay Smith


Duck Swimming over Koi by Kay Smith


Nassau Fisherboy by Kay Smith


Lilypads and Bee by Kay Smith

Post your watermedia work here within this thread any time during the month and enjoy our start to summer! Be cool!

[cem]

Great photos Kay. Maybe I can get in on this one. Cindy

[JayJay365UK]

Lovely photos, Kay.. hoping to get my ferry piece maybe somewhere near done for this one!

I want a go in the kiddie pool!!!

[cem]

I seem to have lost my muse of late. Just can't seem to make anything work so I thought I would post this one that I did a few weeks ago and posted in Acrylics and Landscapes forums. Acrylics on 9x12 matboard. Thanks for looking. Cindy

[KreativeK]

Definitely water themed work! What an interesting painting of water slowing falling down each rocky ledge to the next. Your foreground is a great color and not the usual blue sky reflected into it. The splashes are well done in white tones. All in all, a very nice one, Cindy!

[cem]

Thanks Kay. The reference photo is from another sight. Colors used are pretty close to the photo, maybe just a little darker. My first attempt at translucent water.

[gakinme]

Cindy, good waterfall. I could relate to the water droplets altogether.

Here's a quick sketch.

Pelikan pan watercolor and Chinee brush and ink, added Bruyzneel colored pencil.

Pentalic 70 lb sketchbook 5.5 x 8 inch

[KreativeK]

Sandra, you did the duck and koi, and I'm enjoying the look in the duck's eye like he's sure watching his back! It's super watercolor plus ink!

[Vivien Maloney]

Kay - Hi there, I haven't posted here for a while, sorry. But I will try to get one of the water themed paintings done. I do have a Inktense painting coming up to post, after the Plant Parade's "reveal" day 25th.

Cem - Hi there. Beautiful waterfall painting!!! You've made a great job of the water.

Hi Sandra - Love it! It has a real Chinese Art feel to it.

[KreativeK]

I did this 15x22 watercolor last week or so and keep forgetting to post it here; if I find time will do one of the posted refs. I was trying to do a self portrait here in this imaginary scene.

[Vivien Maloney]

Kay - Beautiful painting, full of atmosphere and Oh yay, Summer in the sun! A distant memory for us in the Southern Hemisphere as it will be Mid-Winters Day here next week. But your lovely painting makes me dream of Summer at the beach and the pool.

[dgford]

Here is a watercolour of youngsters playing around the rockpools in a gorge at Beechworth, NE Victoria. It"s far too cold now for such fun --- we'll have to wait for another 3 or 4 mths !
Painted on Arches Rough 300gsm quarter sheet.

[Vivien Maloney]

A lovely bright, happy painting. Youve handled the recession and the water, really well and I love all the busy children in the foreground.
Reminds me of Summer, which is a far distant memory for us too in NZ.

[cem]

A place I would love to "splash in"! 8x10 matboard, acrylics. Swim Pool by Perel C & C welcome. Cindy

[KreativeK]

Wow, Geoff, there sure is a lot of activity going on with this one from the multilevel far background, background, middle ground, and foreground to the wonderful figures playing within its boundaries. Just a delightful work!

Cindy, I'm enjoying the feel of the cool water dripping down the rocks and can imagine the sound it makes. Excellent scene!