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October 31, 2021 at 4:05 pm #1444121
WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER 2021 DIFFERENT STROKES CHALLENGE
If you would like to host a Different Strokes, please see the Schedule thread here
Please read the guidelines below carefully.GUIDELINES:
On the first of each month a theme/subject, reference photo (or photos) will be posted in a thread entitled “Different Strokes”.
All entries must be for this challenge and in acrylics – any type of acrylic.
Join in the discussion about the project – it’s friendly and fun to learn how others are coping/struggling/thriving!!! But no visual images!
Help can be gained from asking but also from looking for resource materials elsewhere – the RIL e.g.A ‘reveal’ date for all is 21st of the month – that gives us 3 weeks to make the work, plus an extra week for latecomers.
Interpret the ideas any way you wish – be inventive, realistic, influenced by another style or ‘…ism’ – it’s up to you!
PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD WORK TO THE THREAD BEFORE THE 21ST OF THE MONTH.** Much more exciting and fun to see what ‘masterpieces’ appear!
If work is uploaded early it will be moved to a safe place until 21st.At the end of the month the thread /discussion will be closed and a new challenge will begin.
**Please note, the single ‘reveal’ date is chosen so that we do not influence each other with our individual interpretations ……
that’s the whole point of it being called ‘Different Strokes’!
By all means, ask questions in the thread or initiate discussion about the challenge – just don’t post images!!!The challenge this month is ……………. thankfulness in a limited palette.
There is much to complain and be discouraged about, but there is also a lot to be thankful for. You can choose to portray the concept of “thankfulness” or choose something that you are thankful for as the subject.
Thankfulness especially shines in the midst of difficulties, so, let’s incorporate the difficulty of a limited palette of 4 colors or less (plus white :)). (For those interested or confused, here’s a couple of articles on limited palettes by James Gurney: limited palettes, limited palette tests. If you’d like to dive deeper, you might also enjoy his gamut mapping articles.)
So, here, close to the end of our Wet Canvas time together, let’s take a moment to focus on what we’re thankful for … and just let the paintbrushes fly and the imagination roam!
November 1, 2021 at 3:52 am #1444182Thank you Ozean – I’m thankful we have this DS to keep us going another month or two! Yes!
As we have found, last month and before, there is joy in painting together!
Cheers, Maureen
Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .November 1, 2021 at 7:16 am #1444208Hmmmmm, as hubby says “I can smell the wood burning” – I am thinking… lol Sounds interesting Ozeanbay.
Regards,
Cindy
C/C always welcome
"Painting is my meditation"November 1, 2021 at 8:04 am #1444216lol Cindy, I thought the smoke comes from the gears grinding.
This is a nice idea Ozean. I do watch James Gurney sometimes, he does nice work.
C&C always welcome. Michelle
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Every painting is a new adventure.November 1, 2021 at 9:41 am #1444233Maureen- I’m also thankful for these DS challenges! I’m so glad you created it and am looking forward to this month painting together.
Cindy– I’m glad you are interested… and you taught me a new phrase! I’ve never heard “I can smell the wood burning” to mean “I’m thinking” before. I like it!
Michelle– I’m also more familiar with gears grinding. Lol. Glad you like the idea of the challenge! I used to pour over James Gurney’s Dinotopia books, but now I’m really learning to appreciate his work.
November 1, 2021 at 2:22 pm #1444277Lol, never heard Cindy’s expression before … we’d say “ see the cogs turning!” ….. or wheels turning … … which is closer to the gears grinding!!?
Cheers, Maureen
Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .November 3, 2021 at 8:38 am #1444557Sounds great! I love a limited palette challenge!
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Find me on FacebookNovember 3, 2021 at 2:36 pm #1444596Yay! I’m glad you’re joining us, Virginia. If you have any tips on limited palettes, I’m happy to learn!
November 6, 2021 at 7:23 am #1444984I love a zorn palette, it’s a yellow ochre, ivory black, vermilion (or cad light) and titanium white but I like to add a blue to it, ultramarine or cobalt. I think I might try something different first though.
There was an illustrator, Mead Schaeffer, a friend of Normal Rockwell who because of the way images were printed in magazines often only used one color with black and white.
Look at this one with just red, it’s so dramatic. This is called the Count of
Monte Crisco, it’s from a 1928 cover.And this was one with orange, black and white. The temperature change in paintings from cool to warm with one color is so obvious with such a limited palette too.
Amazing.
There are so many things I’m thankful for, I’m finding it harder to chose the subject than the palette!
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Find me on FacebookNovember 6, 2021 at 8:43 am #1444996If I can clear out my studio a bit I might be able to join in this month. I have been out of town so much the past few months and my painting space has been inundated with “stuff”.
Lots to be thankful for, so just need to think.
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November 6, 2021 at 9:11 am #1445005The wheels were turning and I figured out how I can use one of my references that I’ve been wanting to paint. Just to figure the palette part. And to get myself started.
C&C always welcome. Michelle
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Every painting is a new adventure.November 6, 2021 at 10:24 am #1445028Great idea for a challenge!
November 6, 2021 at 1:43 pm #1445063Virginia–It is hard to choose a subject! So much to be thankful for. I’ve heard about the Zorn palette, but I haven’t tried it yet. I need to soon. Thank you for introducing me to Mead Schaeffer! You’re right…”amazing” is the right word to describe his paintings. Wow. Is it a trick of the eye then that gives the yellow tint in the Count of Monte Cristo in the background and on his shirt? The orange painting really amazes me in how the skin tones can read as natural.
Colin–Glad you can join us–even with the infiltration of the “stuff”. Yes, lots to be thankful for.
Michelle–Great! You’re further along than I am. I have a subject, but I think I need a reference to make it work.
Mary–Glad you like the idea!
With the wonderful examples of a limited palette that Virginia shared, I was reminded of a fairly recently created acrylic portrait that I had once seen. I think it had the perspective of looking down on the head of an older, bald man. It won an award and I thought was only made using dioxazine purple. I thought I had seen it on Will Kemp’s website, but I can’t find it now. What I remember being amazed at was that the portrait didn’t read purple at all though! It read as skin tones. Anyone know the painting? I can’t find it now.
November 7, 2021 at 8:27 am #1445172It is nice when a challenge goes with one of my own “want to paint” references.
I looked at the Zorn palette, and they said he did add cobalt blue sometimes. Then you basically have a palette of primaries and black and white. I might try something like that with what I have, which would be a bit of a challenge for me because I often use colours like burnt umber, dioxazine purple, and Hooker’s green.
It’s interesting that he used yellow ochre. Were there other yellows at the time? A brighter yellow would give you a bigger range of colours.
C&C always welcome. Michelle
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Every painting is a new adventure.November 8, 2021 at 3:26 pm #1445400Michelle— That’s a great question! I haven’t read much about Zorn, but most of what I’ve read just describes “what” colors he used, not “why” he used them.
I have a reference, subject, and a palette chosen… I’m thinking I might try burnt umber, ultramarine blue, and white. Or maybe black and white… or … ok, maybe I still have to figure my palette out.
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