April Challenge

[emkay]

Whoops - we nearly fell over. :blush:

Any one fancy tackling the Dictionary?

I suggest opening up a page, picking out a word and being inspired by it.

[Bob Abrahams]

Whoops - we nearly fell over. :blush:
Any one fancy tackling the Dictionary? I suggest opening up a page, picking out a word and being inspired by it.

OK Michelle, challenge accepted. :biggrin:
Mine will be a small oil painting

I suggest we post the finished imaged here

[Helm]

Good Call!

[inkgal8290]

ok

[V-Mak]

So I did - and guess what word I pulled for the first one - FOUNTAIN !!! Ha - now that doesn't need much inspiration !!!!

[ingridr]

OK. You are on. Let me see...... barnacle....what can I do with that? I'll get back to you.

[emkay]

Barnacle! LOL. That should be interesting.

[Lauren]

I can see a boat painting coming along...

I'm not up for this challenge though, I'm already flat knackered painting as it is.

[Helm]

I got Deposition...

[ingridr]

OK, it's been raining today and my husband is watching the football. I remembered I had some shells I collected last holidays and luckily there were some barnacles in amongst them.
So I thought watercolour would be suitable for barnacles. I started with white oil pastel to draw with, added watercolour and finished off with pen and ink. Now I only ever dabble with watercolour, but here is my effort.:blush:

[Jewels]

Wow, Ingridr, how did you finish it so quickly, its lovely, the first word I looked at in dictionary was fable, I will have a go if I get time,

[ingridr]

Thanks Jewels. I find if I work quickly, I keep it loose.

[emkay]

That's really lovely Ingrid - like little islands!

[brid]

:blink:Oh dear I'm going to have to change my word!!!

.....hmmmm.......then again:devil2:

bwah ha ha!!!

[emkay]

Oh dear - we get a lot of spam about that - do you need any reference material?

[brid]

ha crack me up! I've got tears in my eyes still from crying with laughter. I'm not going there!!!

[inkgal8290]

i picked a word randomly from my dictionary and came up with the word mystery .....so today i painted this.....i was happy with my departure from realism and the directions this picture opens up for me. art luv to all

[V-Mak]

Inkgal - that is fab - did you draw that just now for the chalange ???? Amazing !!!

[V-Mak]

Ingridr - your picture is gorgeous too - looks like the rest of us a bit behind now !!! Oh well - still three weeks to do something about it !!!

[inkgal8290]

V-Mak.....yes i did it today.....its late afternoon here....thanks for your kind words

[V-Mak]

OMG Inkgal - wish I could work half as fast as you - at my rate - I'm looking at 2020 for a solo show !!!

[inkgal8290]

i do work fast....but its like a 10 hour day....i have allot of failures also ...some times because i work too fast....nothing wrong with working slow.....i wish i could slow down.

[emkay]

That is fantastic Inkgal!

[Jayde]

This is an interesting challenge. Ingrid and Inkgal are quick off the mark! Nice work girls. Ingrid I must admit yours reminds me a bit of an internal organ. Inkgal yours is really interesting - I think it is self revealing to a certain extent.

Well I just opened the dictionary and the first word I got was farinose. What the!!! Think I'll try again!

[ingridr]

Inkgal, that is very intense - and mysterious.

Thanks Jayde,... internal organ?!? LOL

[sweetmango]

Well I closed my eyes, opened the dictionary, spun my finger around and pointed to .... embellish. Lets see what I can do with that!
Ingridr, your piece is lovely! So delicate and the colours are beautiful!
Inkgal, what a whizz you are! I have always enjoyed your paintings and I think this one is certainly Mysterious, a wonderful piece!!

[Helm]

Holy Moly Inkgal! How big is that? it's fab!

Ingridr yours came out well, the highlights look really awesome!

[inkgal8290]

thanks ingridr

[Judy]

Green tinged humanoid with donkey type ears ! .... Xmarks the spot.... eyes peering out from the depths... I'd say you covered 'mysterious' very well !

[sweetmango]

Alright, my word was embellish; beautify, adorn, heighten with fictitious additions.
Hmm, well at the moment I have 2 WIP that are very full-on and demanding so I hope you don't mind but I took the opportunity to do something much more whimsical and simplistic. I literally embellished this picture with various objects I had around the house. It has mosaic tiles, green sheeps wool, easter egg foil from my Nana, (it has to be 20 years old!), twigs and shiny letters. It was quite hard to photograph and you really can't see the detail properly, there is a dog beside a dog house, a cat near the tree on the left and it has the words, dream, hope, imagine, grow scattered around it in stuck on letters. It also has mosaic tile all around the outside of it.
It was very cathartic and quite relaxing for a change!
But oh so simple compared to Inkgal and Ingridr:laugh:

[emkay]

That's gorgeous Sweetmango!

[Helm]

wow sweetmango, fantastic and imaginative thing you did, I really like it!

[Jewels]

Fabulous,Sweetmango, wonderful colours...

[emkay]

well 3rd time lucky.

My first pick was some tropical disease that caused gastroenteritis (and I didn't think anyone would need to see that).

Second pick was some kind of medieval italian luminary - what the!

Third pick was Ounce. That I could do without offending anyone. :blushing:

20 minutes in oil while juggling eager 3 year old.

[sweetmango]

Thanks emkay, jewels and helm for your comments, what can I say?.... I like to paint, I like to glue!!:laugh:

Emkay, yours looks great, I really dig the colours, the darkness against the shiny gold/brass colouring. I can't believe you did it in 20 mins with a 3 year old in tow!! I'd still be setting up at 15 mins, with all three of mine tucked up in bed!!!!

[emkay]

Thanks Sweetmango. I'm not usually into that sort of style, but it was hard to be creative with Zara swinging around and demanding I watch her dance.

Oh I miss the daytime sleeps.......

[sweetmango]

Oh... I sooooo hear you!!! Mine all stopped daytime sleeps before they turned 1!!! But on the bright side they all go to bed nice and early leaving me plenty of time to do my thing in the evening!! Always a bright side!

[Helm]

nice one emkay - I really like how you got the bronze lookin good!

[V-Mak]

Ah - Motherts - we are magicians !!!!
Well done to both Michelle and SweetM - both works are great !!! ///...feeling guilty about not starting mine yet...so...maybe tomorrow if I can find a few hours of peice...

[Bob Abrahams]

Oh... I sooooo hear you!!! Mine all stopped daytime sleeps before they turned 1!!! But on the bright side they all go to bed nice and early leaving me plenty of time to do my thing in the evening!! Always a bright side!

I still have my day time sleeps and I am 77:closedeyes:

[Jewels]

I havent started mine yet either, too busy at the moment, not enough hours in the day for me, hopefully I can get one done next week

[sweetmango]

I still have my day time sleeps and I am 77:closedeyes:

:thumbup1: Good on you Bob, if I could have daytime sleeps I would! All of my kids just reached a point where they decided they just didn't need that day sleep and they certainly weren't grumpy or anything like that for not having it plus they seemed to sleep so much better at night.
But I really do wish I could siesta like you, it is good for the body, mind and soul!!! Have an extra 10 mins snooze for me will you?:sleep:

[V-Mak]

YEAY !!! 2 hours last nigh and two hours this morning and I almost have my April Challange done!!!
Maybe only need another couple of hours when its dry to polish of fine line and detail !!!
Oh yeah - fountain was my word!!!!

[ingridr]

WOW! Vesna. Nice!

[sweetmango]

Great fountain, love the concept!! Beautiful colours, good on you Vesna!

[V-Mak]

Thanks so much Ingridr and SweetM - I intend to use this work as part of my series of Goddess works !!!

[Helm]

nice work Vesna - nice frame you got there too!

[V-Mak]

Thanks Jade-yeah I've been scaning around for specials and sales on frames, and now I have a few bargen frames sitting around...no pictures though!!! Working on it !!!

[emkay]

Great stuff V-Mak!

ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO!!

If you were thinking of jumping in, you'd better be quick. April's nearly up.....

[Helm]

AARRGGGHHH!

Can I choose another word? :( Everytime I think of my word I conjure up WAY BIG images that I wouldn't be able to paint in a year let alone a week lol

[emkay]

Hahaha - go for it!