WELCOME TO THE APRIL 2021 DIFFERENT STROKES CHALLENGE

[Charlies Mum Administrator (Maureen)]

But it’s works well Christel! A bright and breezy Spring day …

Here’s mine, from a photo in the RIL but sorry, I’ve misplaced the ref …. must find and credit the photographer.

Nope, won’t upload .. will try later .. grrr

 

Cheers, Maureen

Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .

[Charlies Mum Administrator (Maureen)]

Been testing the Uploader but it’s not working properly this morning so I’ll add mine as attachments.

They are landscape format so you probably need to click to see full version!

Reference from RIL, Oahu north beach by Indieman

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Cheers, Maureen

Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .

[rosta]

Christel: thats a lovely picture – lots of movement.

Maureen: very nice composition and colours. I like the way you’ve framed the person on the beach.

Ron

C & C always welcome

[rosta]

Wow! I found this challenge very challenging. Grisaille is a time-consuming method, I can’t imagine doing it in oils and having to wait for each layer to dry

I made the mistake of not having a single reference image, so I couldnt check against a single photoshopped greyscale. I chose to go for a British summer  beach scene – ie (windy).

Its painted on re-used 30×40 canvas board. The keen-eyed might spot the shipwrecked quinquereme lurking under a layer of gesso, from the tryptich that never was.

Here they are:

Ron

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[rosta]

Or not. Trying again:

Ron

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[rosta]

And the finished work…..

Ron

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[CMorpaint]

First off, Thank-you to Jim for hosting this month and for choosing Grisaille, a style I needed to learn.
Mine is 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 acrylic on canvas board.  First is my Grey scale pic

And here is the color version.

Please pardon the re-used board.  I will return after I look at everyone else’s work.

Cindy

Regards,
Cindy
C/C always welcome
"Painting is my meditation"

[maryinasia]

these are beautiful1

[Charlies Mum Administrator (Maureen)]

Wow Ron, love that windy beach scene ( shame about the buried ship!) …. both grisaille and colour works very well.

Cindy, as do both of yours! Same ref as Christel but a different finish ….

It was a good challenge Jim … sorry not to add my thanks in my earlier posts ….. so miffed about the Uploader being temperamental! Sorry!

Waiting for yours Mary!

Cheers, Maureen

Forum projects: Plant Parade projects in the Florals/Botanicals forum , WDE in the All Media Art Events , Different Strokes in Acrylics forum .

[CMorpaint]

Christel – We chose the same ref pic.  I like yours, a brighter, sunnier day.

Maureen – Beautiful job!  Really like the lady on the beach.

Ron – I agree on oils, can’t  wait that long.  Nice greyscale scene and very cheery color version.

 

Regards,
Cindy
C/C always welcome
"Painting is my meditation"

[Merriweather]

tuscanny, maureen, cindy, rosta –  all absolutely beautiful.

cheers

Merri

Painting is a complete distraction. I know of nothing which, without exhausting the body, more entirely absorbs the mind. Winston Churchill

[tuscanny Moderator oil pastels]

Maureen -Wow! beautiful!

Ron – Well done!

Cindy – great version of those chairs!

Thanks for the great comments on  my work. I should add, even though the glazing is cool technique, I’ll still use more opaque colors next time I try something like this

Christel

[Old_hobbyest]

Sorry, I’m a little late with my own challenge. I had an accident with my painting hand and wound up with 9 stitches two days ago. Makes it a little difficult to hold a brush. So part of these are painted with non-dominant hand and so are a bot shaky. Anyway here are my own challenge ptgs.

 

 

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[maryinasia]

beautiful! love the clouds. sorry to hear about the injury.

[ozeanbay]

Christel–I love the energy, especially of the water. I also like the luminescent yellow chair.

Maureen–Your value range and composition are lovely. I’m still impressed you painted it so quickly!

Ron–Awww…no triptych of the ships. I was looking forward to that. I do like this one though, especially your upturned chair.

Cindy–A bright and airy painting! I like the soft clouds in the sky.

Thank you, Jim, for the challenge! It was a good one and a growing experience. I’m very sorry to hear about your injury though. I like the way you captured the sunshine in your painting.

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