DIFFERENT STROKES – SEPTEMBER 2024 FORUM CHALLENGE.

[Mayfly]

Ozeanbay – awesome photos!

Carl

[ColinS, Moderator, Victoria British Columbia]

Oh, my misunderstanding! Didn’t read your post carefully enough as I was so taken with the display. Ha ha. Well, they are beautiful photos.

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[LavenderFrost Moderator, Acrylics]

Wow, that display is amazing. We don’t see many butterflies here, cool to see all the colours they can be.

So here are mine, each is 3.5 inches square on mixed media paper. I plan to make a set of coasters with these.

C&C always welcome. Michelle

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[ozeanbay]

I’m glad everyone is enjoying the butterfly display I found!

Michelle – Those are gorgeous little guys! You’ve put and amazing amount of detail into them and they make such a cohesive set. How will you turn them into coasters?

Colin – No worries. I’m honored you consider my painting skills up to that level!

[maryinasia]

Michelle, gorgeous! I love the transparent thinness of the wings!

[Mayfly]

Michelle – Wow those are fantastic paintings. Such detail and so delicate.

Carl

[Virginia (vmrs) Administrator]

Carl, incredible sky! Such a beautiful scene, butterflies travel so far for such a delicate insect.

Kay, that is wild! Great colors and technique.

OzeanBay, great addition! I’d love to see it glow. The butterfly boxes are so lovely though I always feel bad for them!

Maryinasia, beautiful paintings, I really like the second one, it’s so painterly.

Cindy, that’s so realistic, it looks 3D!

Maureen, such a pretty little butterfly. Do people raise butterflies there? A lot of people here do with the monarchs and swallowtails.

Christel, what a striking looking butterfly, love the background too.

Michelle, absolutely gorgeous!

Colin, what a lovely painting. Beautiful.

Mona, don’t you dare get me started on yet another hobby.   That looks so cool!! I love it.

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[Virginia (vmrs) Administrator]

I seem to have forgotten how to paint it happens to me once or twice a year!

I started this and then totally mucked it up. I like how it looked at this stage.

Then once I messed it up, I thought I’ll clean off my palette and see if that helps being blocked. Didn’t want to waste the paint so I used a palette knife, did this in about five minutes and I kind of love it hahaha. Silly looking thing.

 

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[maryinasia]

Love both!

[ozeanbay]

Virgina – How fun! I like them both, but I really like your first one. It’s almost as though there’s a phantom butterfly visiting the flower. (And it’s encouraging to know someone else blanks sometimes on how to do things you KNOW.)

[Mayfly]

Virginia – Cool. You did well. Fun abstract feel to both.

Carl

[Charlies Mum Administrator (Maureen)]

Michelle, superb little paintings … incredible control!

Virginia .. I love the phantom look of the first too, light, ethereal movement.? … the second looks like pure fun!

What a good challenge this has been Carl, thank you …. and all the ‘Different Strokes’ in interpretation!

Cheers, Maureen

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[LavenderFrost Moderator, Acrylics]

Looks like you had a nice start there Virginia. I guess we all have those days. Your smooshy paint butterfly is fun though.

Ozean, I have coaster molds and will put them in resin. Though I remembered after I started that I have wooden blanks that I could have used lol. Sometimes it’s possible to have too much stuff and too many choices.

C&C always welcome. Michelle

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[KreativeK Moderator]

Michelle, yours will make cool one of a kind coasters love each one.

Virginia, you ended up with a very nice piece, so casual and complete

Thanks for your comments on mine

Kay

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[CMorpaint]

Ozean – That is a beautiful display.  Awesome colors nature gives us to work with.
Michelle – Those are a beautiful set of 4 and an awesome idea for coasters.  Love the lower left one with the yellow, blue, purple and aqua.
Virginia – Both are great but I really like the second – fairy butterfly.
Thanks for the kind comments on mine.

Regards,
Cindy
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