At the moment I am enjoying the challenges of two art sites - Studio Atelier and now  - Paint and Draw Together . It is really nice to feel involved with other artists, and not out there by ones-self .

Paint and Draw Together Challenge - October

 

October challenge - painted in oils

This is the second May challenge (it's every three weeks).I don't usually like squirrels as we have some grey ones at home and they strip the wahlnut tree of all the nuts every year,so i have made this one a little bit browner.

May challenge - Red winged blackbird.Worked in pastel.May-be a little more work on the background without taking the focus off the main subjects.

April challenge - the two cherries.These i did in pastel,and felt much better about this attempt.

March challenge -the red rose. I did this as a water colour, but not very satisfied with it.There was a lot of black in the original reference ,that i found daunting, and the rose became very heavy.Oh well press on to the next challenge !

February challenge.

This was a challenge I really enjoyed , and only stopped because I ran out of paper . If I had not I would have ended up with the whole kitchen!!!

  January 2011. This challenge was the only one I attempted that was not a building , and I worked in watercolour - no pen this time .
It is a Monach Butterfly.

December challenge 2 - Pearls

 

 December - Orange/Red Rose

 

November -  Pomegranate

October - Lemons and Flower

Studio Atelier Submissions

 

October Challenge

June - majestic Irises -painted in acrylics

May challenge -a sunflower-worked in oil

April challenge - Norwegian carved birds - painted in water-colour

March challenge - Strawberry cream tea. I worked this in acrylics for a change.

  February -no special challenge-choose from a past reference .I did a pen and wash picture of a fountain,not sure where it was.

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January 2011.This challenge was certainly an exercise in perspective!I decided to attempt this one in oils , and feel reasonably happy with it.
The Courthouse Tucson U.S.A.

These are 4 paintings I did a while ago -  3 oils     1 watercolour and guoache.

Different scenes of castles and water.

Art in Provence Southern France

This first picture was done on a sepia background, i'm not sure whether it reflects the feeling of Southern France in the middle of summer . The media is pen and wash. It is a media I really like but feel there is still a lot of work to do to achieve better results. The first picture is of a church in the hill top village of Siagnon .
The second picture I selected is of another church this time on a white background, and is the village church in Monieux .

The third scene is of part of the village of Casenueve looking towards St.Saturnin les Apt. All these villages have their own character and I really enjoyed sitting and drawing them.

Portraits worked in class

Pastel Class Exercise