Artist's Play Room #7

It's time for a new APR Challenge, I can't believe we're onto week seven! Please be patient for a few more minutes while I wrap up last week's challenge.

The theme we worked with last week was "Rainbow". What a fun theme this turned out to be! I'm not surprised though that I'm so thrilled as I covet color, I can't get enough of it! In fact, when I go to do a more morose piece, much of the time it comes out happy and colorful. The more color, the better. Here's my "rainbow" piece and all the wonderful submissions from last week...

Title: "Over The Garden Fence"

This was a real departure for me. I've never done anything at all like this. First, it's NOT from a photograph. I made it up!! I know, wholly cow. I didn't know I COULD. I knew I wanted flowers growing up a fence so I figured out the dimensions of a fence moving slightly off  to the right then sketched in my very favorite flower, the Echinacea (cone flower). The cone flower is also a real butterfly magnet, when you google butterflies, 99 times of a 100 if the butterfly is on a flower, it's a pink cone flower! But I digress. I knew I wanted the background to be deliberately naive and the sunset to just be lines of color. I'm thrilled how my first original piece came out. I've always either worked from reality or a photograph. I'm really happy now. :o)

Victoria created a
painting with many
layers of paint &
colorful feathers 
on her dress.

Cindy has done a wonderfully
colorful painting. So sweet!
I think how the color is
flowing off the paint brush
is wonderful.

Terri made a wonderful
impressionist piece.
I love the riotous 
color she used.

Lou Anne did a mosaic
raindow. She doesn't think 
it's good art, I disagree, 
I love it.

Leslie did a great
job on a commissioned
piece.I especially love
the perspective she's 
achieved. Wow.

I love how expressive 
this piece is with
minimal lines.
So great Darla!

Tracy @ Domestic Gourdess
has made some fabulous
earrings in bright
colors. I love these.
Peace, Baby!

Ayala painted a dower
face with happy colors
in the background, love
the juxtaposition!

Andrea does beautiful
mandalas, this one is a
rainbow of color!

Debbie broke out of the
mould and made a
rainbow catcher!
Lovely idea.

Minnemie has done a great
painting of a Zebra, so
wonderfully expressive, wow.

Gloria has done a
beautiful oil painting
I absolutely love it!

And one last beauty, again by
Gloria, she says when she
doesn't know what to paint
she paints fruit.

There's something just wonderful about painting fruit, I love the curve of the flesh. I've done several fruit paintings so I guess I felt that I should do other things but my friend Diane has changed all that silly thinking. I changed my perspective about repetitive work when she said "I'm a serial painter, I paint in series." That freed me, changed me and allowed me to paint whatever I wanted. If that's more pears, so be it! You can read more about Diane by going here.

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This week's theme is totally opposite of last week's. As I've shown above, we did color last week, this week let's explore darkness and light. In your artwork I want you to show me how you'd interpret these two words. If you only want to illuminate one of them (pun intended) then pick one and go for it. Here are some examples of how to interpret Darkness & Light...

Marney has played strongly with 
shadow and highlights 
(light & dark)

Shelly has used black & white 
and  color to illuminate the idea of
darkness and light.

This example by Tummy Mountain 
is literal, a light in the darkness.

Stephanie gives a perfect example 
of how to successfully use a light
background and dark subject.

Robert shows here how just black
and white and the placement of one's
subject truly makes stunning art.

Julia added shadow under each brush 
stroke by loading her paint brusha 
specific way, wow. (Click to enlarge)

I hope these examples help you find your way to a beautiful and amazing piece of art. As always, feel free to do any kind of art, from collage to watercolor, from crochet to altered books and journaling. Just remeber, you don't have to be great, just create!

Talk to you all soon,
I'm going to make a cup of hazelnut coffee, anyone want a cup while I'm up?
Line forms to the left, taking orders...
;o)
I'm out!
Best,

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