November challenges.. get busy LOL

justjean · #1 10-30-2006, 09:16 PM

You surely can find something here you would like to paint or you can always paint them all

Hope everyone will join in and let us all see some wonderful paintings

these three are from Morgue file

and these from Stock Exchange

Chiers · #2 10-31-2006, 07:36 AM

Well let me start you off for once. I put a lil color in this guys cheeks. I didn't do a sketch first just painted. I used to watch Helen Van Wyck paint on tv and do portraits with no sketch to start with. She was so good at it. Anyway....heres my effort done in Painter with mostly artist oils. First thing I've painted in any medium for a while.

justjean · #3 10-31-2006, 07:45 AM

Sherry you have started us off with a bang, Wonderful painting both strokes and colour

LadyAlba · #4 10-31-2006, 09:38 AM

WOW now this is Fantastic!! Love everything about it especially the brush strokes!
Helen Van Wyck ..... is one of the people/shows that got me started painting I just loved her work the one thing that stayed in my mind all these years was the "make it then break it then make it again also the darks darker and lights lighter" an amazing artists!

**JCoop** · #5 10-31-2006, 11:23 AM

Jean, extraordinary refs!... Hope to try one... or two.

Sherry, splendiferous portrait! Helen is one of my favorites too. She's such a natural.

BrendaSue · #6 10-31-2006, 07:38 PM

Thanks so much Jean... great pics!

Your portrait is very nicely done Sherry!!

Spent some time practicing the Painter sutton brushes once again... very quickly done, and now that it's posted, sure wish I had spent more time on that fence!

Bree

teszeract · #7 10-31-2006, 08:21 PM

I'd love to try the old man. He looks like he could be a fisherman?

LadyAlba · #8 10-31-2006, 08:30 PM

Bree I love the setting you put that cardinal in and you seem to have gotten the reins on those brushes and hey the fence looks fine!

Jump right in tesz it is open to all painters! BTW I thought of a fisherman when I looked at the ref pic too.

justjean · #9 11-01-2006, 02:36 AM

Bree I love your bright beautiful, soft, fluffy cardinal

tesz welcome to WC

, hope you do paint the sailor

Here's mine ( I love black and white

) Painter IX,

Annie*M · #10 11-01-2006, 04:12 AM

Wonderful work everyone

and terrific images to work with too...thank you Jean

SaraD · #11 11-01-2006, 04:48 AM

A quicky of "Toothy"

BrendaSue · #12 11-01-2006, 09:48 AM

Thanks so much Marge and Jean... And Jean, he is kinda fluffy, ain't he! LOL
I really, really like your black and white character study- it has... well, lots of character!

OOPS! Forgot to add: Very nice on your "toothy" Sara!

~Bree

justjean · #13 11-01-2006, 11:01 AM

Sara he's a cutie and as always great painting but perhaps his teeth need to be toned down a bit

Annie*M · #14 11-01-2006, 02:58 PM

A quickie job with the palette knife in PSP X

BrendaSue · #15 11-02-2006, 01:45 AM

You sure have a handle on that palette knife Annie! That is terrific!!!

Here is my first portrait painted in black and white... psp8.

Bree

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