Monthly Challenge - Alice in Wonderland

[after-dark]

Emkay came up with this wonderful idea to select a classic book each month to base artwork on if we choose. So please share some of your fantastic work based on the monthly book and we can enjoy and comment on each others work.

We'll make sure we start a new thread in this section each month with a new selected book.

Go for it!!!!!

This one is the Dec challenge - just starting early:)

ALICE IN WONDERLAND..

[emkay]

Whoot!

[louella]

sounds like fun.. im up for it :)

[chardonnay]

Brilliant idea! I'm in.

[Shell]

Fantastic I love Alice in Wonderland! Will give it a go ..

[after-dark]

Cool! They can be quick sketches - whatever you like:)

[Petra Sohns]

Oh wow , that is going to be a lot of Fun
we paint anything we like out of Alice in Wonderland?

[after-dark]

we paint anything we like out of Alice in Wonderland?

anything:)

[after-dark]

okay - I'll go first then! haha This is literally a 2 sec job I just whipped up now...

[Jayde]

A great idea! Should be fun.

[emkay]

okay - I'll go first then! haha This is literally a 2 sec job I just whipped up now...
Oh you show-off!
I love it. :w00t:

[Shell]

2 sec job is very impressive!
Here is a quick mad hatter sketch which I drew on photoshop -- trying out the tablet and mouse pen I have not as easy as I thought!
anyway here it is ..

[Shell]

Decided this mad hatter needed more contrast so here he is again ..

[after-dark]

nice one- love the black/white contrast:)

[emkay]

That's so great Shell!

[Shell]

thanks Daniel and Michelle -- need some practise at this wacom tool love the mad characters in Alice in Wonderland great choice of topic look forward to seeing some more of your work too

[Petra Sohns]

Emkay came up with this wonderful idea to select a classic book each month to base artwork on if we choose. So please share some of your fantastic work based on the monthly book and we can enjoy and comment on each others work.

We'll make sure we start a new thread in this section each month with a new selected book.

Go for it!!!!!

This one is the Dec challenge - just starting early:)

ALICE IN WONDERLAND..

Okayyyyyy La rabit in Wonderland
lets see if i can upload the image
a sketch to stress relieve after work

[emkay]

Cute - love the hearrt. :)

[Jayde]

Very cute Shell. I've only recently heard of Wacom tablets. Would be interesting to see on in action.

Petra your rabbit is sweet. I think the little heart says more about you than the rabbit!

[after-dark]

I very nice! Love the Tick Tock writing too:)

[Petra Sohns]

okay - I'll go first then! haha This is literally a 2 sec job I just whipped up now...

yeahhhhhhh this is sweet

[Petra Sohns]

cool , smilessssssssssss

[Petra Sohns]

hahahaha sighs

[Petra Sohns]

lol ,yes i did not know i have shortend it at first , to be honest

[Petra Sohns]

thank you

[Jayde]

This is my attempt at some of the gang. Unfortunately I am hopeless at cartooning and illustrating. As they say, all illustrators are artists but not all artists are illustrators!

[emkay]

very cute Jayde!

[Bee]

Oh I am excited. I haven't been on the site for ages and I actually have a series of sketches of Alice in Wonderland sitting on my desk. Spooky but it is the next painting I am planning on painting.:w00t:

Now I just need to paint it, I am so not good with deadlines.

[after-dark]

Oh show us some of the sketches bee!

Looking forward to the painting!

Jayde - great little sketch:) thanks!

[Shell]

Yes Bee show us what you got so far!

[Bee]

Oh god NO!!! LOL sorry but they are a series of very fast sketches to work out her costume. Not for others eyes at this stage.

[Petra Sohns]

This is my attempt at some of the gang. Unfortunately I am hopeless at cartooning and illustrating. As they say, all illustrators are artists but not all artists are illustrators!

i love it makes me smile and all fuzzzzzy buzzzi
back into the alice in Wonderland story

[Bee]

Ok, my sketches are VERY rough at this stage, but decided to show you anyhow.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a264/beescrappy/DSCF1845.jpg

The central image is a little illustration I am doing for my xmas cards, which I am still painting. The image on the right is the original sketch for the xmas painting and the sketch on the left is just a really quick idea of what I would like Alice's costume to look like.

I thought I would show the xmas illo as it gives an idea of the style I am picturing painting Alice in. So once I have finished my xmas card illo, I will start to seriously work on a decent sketch for Alice and determine what scene she will be in form the book and paint her. Hopefully I will have a finished sketch in the next couple of days to paint.

[after-dark]

very funky! Love the black and white stripes. you know Tim Burton is making an Alic in Wonderland movie - this is what I imagine his Alice will look like...

[Petra Sohns]

Nice work indeed
i like it

[after-dark]

Oh, we're forgetting Charles Blackman's efforts..
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/blackman/lost.html

[Bee]

very funky! Love the black and white stripes. you know Tim Burton is making an Alic in Wonderland movie - this is what I imagine his Alice will look like...

Really? Oh I love Tim Burton, he is one of my favourite artists. I can't wait to see what he does with Alice.

[Bee]

I finished my little illustration for christmas and she kind of reminds me of the Queen of Hearts, so I thought I would share.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a264/beescrappy/DSCF1848.jpgUnfortunitely the photo washes her out a bit, she looks much better in real life. I just can't be bothered with photoshop this afternoon.:tongue_smilie:

[Lauren]

Does this count? haha A photo of Ethan's school concert "Alice in wonderland"

hehe

[Shell]

Bee

Love your illustration very funky -- I have this book
http://www.amazon.com/Alice-Wonderland-Stephanie-Lovett-Stoffel/dp/0765191334 which has artwork and illustration for Alice in Wonderland which you'd like I think you'd be able to get it out of library

I love the Blackman work on Alice its 'my cup of tea'! as we say in England

Lauren
School concert looks a hoot! Cant wait to see my boys performing (they already do a good job of it out of school!) at this type of thing

Shell

[Shell]

Wow just came across this interesting work by Artist Kelly Gardner who uses books as medium to create these beautiful paper & book dresses:- this is the Alice dress made out of pages of Alice in Wonderland
thought Emkay would like this!
http://www.ragandbone.com/blogger/2007/10/kelly-gardner.html

Sorry know this might be off track but had to share it!

[emkay]

:w00t: Thanks Shell, I loved it.

[Petra Sohns]

Does this count? haha A photo of Ethan's school concert "Alice in wonderland"

hehe

haha did you take the photo?

[after-dark]

anymore pics guys? Any little scribble will do:thumbup1:

[Jayde]

I might have another go at it soon Daniel, but I'm currently working on a large canvas as well as planning my Christmas swap, so don't hold your breath!

[after-dark]

haha - fair enough:)

[emkay]

Can we hold this open for another month? I'm still nowhere near getting to it, and I so want to do it!

[after-dark]

Can we hold this open for another month? I'm still nowhere near getting to it, and I so want to do it!

We'll still give a new book in Jan - though this thread will still remain for more Alice pics during Jan:)

[after-dark]

okay, since it's close to christmas we'll leave the alice theme for first half of Jan too:)

[Shell]

Here's are a few I did quickly this week off to NY then London tomorrow for christmas so will be back in new year hope to get PC access whilst I'm away so will keep an eye on you all!
Cheers
Shell

[emkay]

They are WICKED Shell!

[after-dark]

wow Shell! amazing stuff!

[Jayde]

Great work Shell!!

[Mrs Willow]

What a good idea this is!:chat_cheerleader2:
Congratulations to you all...your images are great!
I am pleased you have extended to January 08 ...maybe I will get a chance to participate after Christmas.
Best wishes and Merry Christmas to you all.
Sandy

[Jayde]

This is another quick one of Alice falling down the rabbit hole. No more though as I have to put my head down and work on my entry for a drawing competition next month. Here's hoping I can make the final cut!!

[after-dark]

I wow - wonderful! Thanks for sharing and good luck making the final cut:)

[winnierose]

Hope I squeeze in, in time. This is my first go with water colour pencils. The queen of hearts always scared me when she yelled " Orf wiv her head" !!!

[Shell]

love your queen of hearts she has real attitude love the eyes/ nose and mouth!

[after-dark]

hey, nice one wendi:)

[inkgal8290]

i painted this picture about a year ago....it was about alice but alice kinda got lost.....so i called it drs problem child. 1947

http://inkgal8290.deviantart.com/art/Drs-problem-child-56026881

[after-dark]

wow - that's so cool:) A treat for the eyes!

[Petra Sohns]

Hope I squeeze in, in time. This is my first go with water colour pencils. The queen of hearts always scared me when she yelled " Orf wiv her head" !!!

She is fantastic:w00t:

[winnierose]

thanks daniel and petra. Edgar is proving a tad harder !!!! Inkgal youre amazing.Attention to detail.

[crumpet]

It's been a while since I've visited here, and so I didn't take part in this monthly challenge, but thought I'd post some pics. Alice has been a theme for me for quite a while. :)

It all started with this one — a lino cut reduction print folded up into a fortune teller:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/364288936_2fef4826f8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/364288936/)

That led to a series of screenprints depicting Alice as she grew too big for the page:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2318/2042192464_582c5a46d8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/2042192464/)

And a set of knitted teacups titled We're all mad here (collect your thoughts):

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/364282098_5c660dbd59.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/364282098/)

Then last year for the summer challenge, I decided to have an art show with an Alice theme. Some of you may have seen these back then.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/393280636_7ddb20f992.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/393280636/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/422421586_794243561b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/422421586/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/2196884154_61a448aa5b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/2196884154/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/419887140_e32f60973c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/419887140/)

And my personal favourite:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2163/2196883784_4ebdef28c9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/2196883784/)

Sorry for the onslaught of pics, but I've got a lot to choose from!

[winnierose]

wow crumpet, well done. Love the cups.......how cute are they? And the exhbiition, wow, all good, and that funky wall also.

[ingridr]

I've just come back from holidays so I haven't kept up with the challenge, but I have enjoyed looking at everyone's contributions now that I'm back. They're all great. I'll look forward to the next challenge. Cheers, Ingrid

[Bob Abrahams]

[quote=crumpet;32172]It's been a while since I've visited here, and so I didn't take part in this monthly challenge, but thought I'd post some pics. Alice has been a theme for me for quite a while. :)

Crumpet
I think your "Alice" paintings are very creative out of the square, off the all thinking - unique. I think you are one of the most exciting artists on our forum

Where are you planning to take your creative concepts this year?

[inkgal8290]

interesting what an idea can generate onto the canvas.....great work

[emkay]

Inkgal - I love that painting! Awesome how you make so much detail fit. Love it.

It's been lovely to watch these pics come it.

Jayde and Winnierose. Love yours too!

I'm KICKING myself I still havn't been able to contrbute anything. Just too busy to think at the moment, let alone paint. I'm going a teeny bit crazy.....

[inkgal8290]

thanks

[crumpet]

I think your "Alice" paintings are very creative out of the square, off the all thinking - unique. I think you are one of the most exciting artists on our forum

Where are you planning to take your creative concepts this year?

Thanks. :)

My work at the moment definitely follows on from the Alice stuff, but indirectly. I've been looking at the concepts of truth and perception — pretty much, you know, the meaning of life — through science, philosophy and myth.

I'm still on holidays from uni at the moment, but in a month I'll be starting the final year of my undergrad. I've made a point to really try and relax these holidays, and while I've been reading and collecting things here and there, and am about to start some preparations for work I'll be doing during the semester, I've pretty much just been knitting, reading and doing my day job for now. :)

[emkay]

Your alice stuff is awesome crumpet. I remember seeing your cups at Linden last year and wishing I could have them. They are superb. :thumbup1:

[Petra Sohns]

It's been a while since I've visited here, and so I didn't take part in this monthly challenge, but thought I'd post some pics. Alice has been a theme for me for quite a while. :)

It all started with this one — a lino cut reduction print folded up into a fortune teller:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/364288936_2fef4826f8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/364288936/)

That led to a series of screenprints depicting Alice as she grew too big for the page:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2318/2042192464_582c5a46d8.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/2042192464/)

And a set of knitted teacups titled We're all mad here (collect your thoughts):

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/364282098_5c660dbd59.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/364282098/)

Then last year for the summer challenge, I decided to have an art show with an Alice theme. Some of you may have seen these back then.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/393280636_7ddb20f992.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/393280636/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/422421586_794243561b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/422421586/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2364/2196884154_61a448aa5b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/2196884154/)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/419887140_e32f60973c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/419887140/)

And my personal favourite:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2163/2196883784_4ebdef28c9.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crumpart/2196883784/)

Sorry for the onslaught of pics, but I've got a lot to choose from!
thase are so cool indeed

[inkgal8290]

I love Tim Burtons work too

[Shell]

Petra these are amazing love them - made me smile
love the ideas for these works very original, do you have them for sale?

[crumpet]

Petra these are amazing love them - made me smile
love the ideas for these works very original, do you have them for sale?

I'm not sure if you're talking about Petra's work that was posted several pages back, or my work that she quoted on this page...?

[Petra Sohns]

Originally Posted by Shell http://www.australianartforum.com/images/kirsch/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.australianartforum.com/showthread.php?p=32563#post32563)
Petra these are amazing love them - made me smile
love the ideas for these works very original, do you have them for sale?

I'm not sure if you're talking about Petra's work that was posted several pages back, or my work that she quoted on this page...?

Shell i think there is a little mix up here,these cups belong to crumpet
not my creation
cheers
Petra

[Helm]

Wow those long Alice paintings sure would have taken some forethought - but it is a great idea!

[Shell]

Sorry my mistake! Had MAc eyes on me from all the surfing I do late at night when my boys are in bed!
Crumpet yes I love your work -- do you sell these on Etsy .. now I'm off for a look on Etsy ...
Ciao!
:)

[Adaerel]

Crumpet, I love what you have done with Alice here. My favourites are the ones where she is confined to one canvas. I would love to own one, but I havent got the money to buy art. Why did you hang the triptiches with gaps in between the canvases? I mean I dont care there is no right or wrong, just interested.

[crumpet]

The spaces between the paintings was mostly a logistics thing — the show was in a bar/café, so the space that I could hang things in wasn't too flexible. I knew that going in though, and planned each painting specifically for the space.

I do have some of my Alice stuff for sale in my store on Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=1566), but not the paintings yet, because I'm a little unsure of how to handle posting a painting in the mail...

[Adaerel]

Long limbs inspired by crumpet.

[emkay]

Nice perspective. :)

[Bob Abrahams]

I do have some of my Alice stuff for sale in my store on Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=1566), but not the paintings yet, because I'm a little unsure of how to handle posting a painting in the mail...

Crumpet
Ask TET to give you the URL for his Videos on packing paintings for the post and EBay. They are very helpful

[Adaerel]

Appologies for posting so often, just havent got much of a life at the moment. Im stuck on this wonderfull Alice topic and I have just done a drawing which I dislike, so mucked around with it on photoshop and turned it into something which works for me. Thought I would offer them up.

[Adaerel]

I think I like this one better though.

[Adaerel]

I like this Alice better too.

[emkay]

2 months later, I finally get around to posting my alice painting.

Alice goes down the rabbit hole.

Better late than never though. :blush:

[after-dark]

great one! I love that the hole is the circular canvas:)

[emkay]

thanks!

[after-dark]

no probs - now you can move onto Edgar Alan Poe:tongue_smilie:

[Jayde]

Very clever and nice work!

[emkay]

Thanks Jayde!

[Helm]

I like the child-like position of her feet pointing in - very cute!

[inkgal8290]

such a long thread....kinda got lost ...have to read it again to see where its gone

[inkgal8290]

emkay...thats so much of a good idea...love it

[inkgal8290]

Adaerel posted....................Appologies for posting so often, just havent got much of a life at the moment.................hay no worries thats what the board is for......posting