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challenge CHATTER - 2013

holland2 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:40:23 GMT

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone and . . .

Good Morning, All!

Welcome to the new "challenge CHATTER !!" thread.

This is the place for you to post and chat about things not related to the specific Challenges - an opportunity for us all to share our joys, concerns...or just the day to day routine and let us all get acquainted. The "challenge CHATTER !!" thread will run annually rather than changing monthly as our Challenges do.

If you are responding to a comment on a previous "challenge CHATTER !!" thread, it would be less confusing if you "quote the comment" you are responding to and respond in the current "challenge CHATTER !!" thread.

Be sure, also, to check out these two Artist Daily forums: Non-Art Discussions and Outside the Studio. There are some really great threads and discussion going on in those two forums, too! Specific media, as well as specific subject matter forums are available here too. This is an exciting web site – be sure to take advantage of all of its full range of features.

Your non-challenge related paintings can always be posted in their media specific forums here on Artist Daily, and I encourage you all to follow the example of others and do that frequently! It's so much fun to see everyone’s art work!

Our little corner of Artist Daily, AMPC, is growing and sometimes it's difficult to remember who posted what when we are replying to someone or reading other's replies. With that in mind, please be sure to sign your posts with the name you wish to be addressed by. When you are responding to someone's specific post, please use their name so everyone will know who you are responding to. If you would like, it is really easy to just create a "signature line" that will automatically appear at the end of all of your posts. (Start a "conversation" with me or with Sammy ["A Gal Named Sam"], if you need instructions.)

Challenge # 31 - May 2013

A Gal Named Sam — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:09:45 GMT

Welcome to the All Media Photo Challenge - May 2013

Target Posting Date: May 1ST - May 31st

Challenge: Create artwork based on any or all of these photos and themes. Use any medium and any style. Stick to the photos exactly or just use them as a starting point. Feel free to change colors, composition, and add or subtract elements. In other words, HAVE FUN and keep painting!

BE SURE TO POST THIS MONTHS CHALLENGE WORK HERE IN THIS THREAD SO OUR CHALLENGES WON'T GET CONFUSED WITH EACH OTHER. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN THIS MONTHS CHALLENGE, PLEASE POST IN THE CHATTER THREAD.

Another posting note: When you post your painting, be sure to include the name that you wish for participants to use when replying to your post. We are gaining new participants all the time and it is sometimes difficult to remember who posted what. An alternative would be to create a signature line that will automatically appear on each one of your posts. (If anyone needs instructions on how to do that, let me know and I will send instructions to you.)

The theme for the month of May is Fun and Games and the Human Figure. With the arrival of spring you will undoubtedly have many opportunities to observe fun and games both indoors and out. The additional theme of the human figure may be challenging but many of you are advanced enough to handle it.

I tried to select something for everyone with different levels of difficulty. A few photos are of very challenging subjects but many of you are up to the challenge.

These three portrait photos are of my family:

My great grandson, Lucas, after playing with sidewalk chalk.

My great granddaughter, Kaetlyn, honing her artistic skills.

Daughter-in-law, Joni, clowning around.

These four animal photos are all from Public Domain:

This ostrich is just fun to look at.

We all have memories of fun on this guy or a similar one.

These flamingos could very well be discussing fun and games!!!

You can make them more colorful, of course.

This bull and rider is very challenging but can be simplified.

Three landscapes (after a fashion):

My great grandson, Clayton, learning kayaking.

A lot of hot air. Public Domain

The Hunt (Public Domain) I can see bears in this one.

These four still lifes are from Public Domain.

You can create interesting still lifes using your art supplies.

A fun game with beautiful colors and great reflections.

Another fun game.

Going incognito.

These three human figures are from Public Domain:

Fishing

At the beach. I couldn't decide between these two photos since there are things I like about both of them. So I included both of them. They would make great companion paintings.

And, of course, we must have a flower. This beautiful orchid photo is from Public Domain. We could say that flowers are fun to paint and to look at.

Happy painting, everybody. Have fun. Enjoy.

charcoal drawing- critique pls

Rekha06 — Sun, 26 May 2013 02:35:22 GMT

Hi all,

Thanks for stopping by

I m just a beginner with no training in drawing or painting but have a great passion and have been on the net trying to learn whatever I find and wherever possible.

Kindly feel free to comment and critique so that I could better my skills

Illustration

acillustrations — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:54:55 GMT

It'd be great if I could get some feedback on this. I'm just starting out and want someone's opinion.

Early Spring

jaydub — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:24:40 GMT

Digital landscape, done from heart, no photo reference.

Bob Marley - Critique?

SarahMclaughlan — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:22:06 GMT

I'd love some critique / feedback on this recent drawing of mine.

Bob Marley ~

Hello All! I need help with an art project.

tvas03 — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:39:44 GMT

Hello all and I am glad to be able to post to this forum. I am currently a senior in college and want to do an art project based on peoples wishes; whether they be negative or positive. I would greatly appreciate it if people could tell me some of their wishes so I could get started, or point me in a direction that would allow me to get as many as possible.

Sincerely,

Tvas03

Recent Portrait

KenyonStudios — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:20:09 GMT

Hi All! First time user here. Wanted to share a recent portrait I finished of a young lady. Taken with an iPhone unfortunately but all I have at this point. Thanks for looking!

Andy

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CarterMarie — Sat, 25 May 2013 08:47:16 GMT

new welcome messages

CarterMarie — Sat, 25 May 2013 08:45:46 GMT

Problems stretching canvas...

jabbason — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:39:44 GMT

Hello!

I would like to start by saying I’m not new to stretching canvas and have been stretching my own canvases for a number of years. However, recently I have encountered a problem that has been causing me some frustration!

The problem concerns sagging. I previously used a fairly heavy weight cotton canvas, I would stretch it and staple it to the stretcher pulling on opposite sides and pulling towards the corners. I was always taught to paint the unprimed canvas with water to get it tight and remove any wrinkles in the surface. With the heavy weight cotton canvas it would go as tight as a drum, become perfectly smooth and then once dried would still be tight enough to paint on.

I’m now using a far lighter canvas (as I could not afford the heavy any longer!). I stretched it in exactly the same way and applied a little water to get the canvas taut, but when it had dried it was very saggy. For the last ten or so canvases I have stretched I have had to then go back and re-stretch; on an A3 sized canvas I take in as much as 0.5cm in each direction.

My question is, why is this happening? And is there a way of stretching lighter weight canvas without having to re-stretch? Am I doing something terribly wrong!?

Thank you!

John

Artist Returning to Painting and all things Artistic

Gyspy Mary — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:30:09 GMT

I am new Here, I have a Place to Paint now. After 20 years of Beading Art, I am returning to Painting, Drawing Pastels, Acrylics etc.

I am happy to find this site,

GyspyMary

Getting back into the swing of things. Help!

BeFoxy21 — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:50:15 GMT

Hello! I've been out of the game for a while, being busy with life and all. I'm going to start back at school in the fall, and I'm looking for ways to start art back up again. Does anyone have any ideas of daily projects or schedules that you would recommend to get the ball rolling? I want to make a schedule everyday to do a piece of art, doesn't matter what medium, just something to do. I'm open to any advice! Let me know! Thank you!

Please help? Can fast-air drying clay be put over card/cardboard?

Steady Art Student Owl — Mon, 20 May 2013 21:33:06 GMT

Hi all!

I'm not sure how many people are checking these forums lately, I've just joined anyway. But worth a shot:

Can I sculpt fast air drying modeling clay over cardboard? I've done it before, but only with damp mod-roc/plaster cloth. And I've sculpted with this clay alone quite well before - only I made birds. I've just desperately attempted to sculpt a human head in detail with the same 'Daz' clay, and it went horribly wrong. It just keeps looking circle and abstract, when I try to mold the face into the detailed sketch of the face I designed, I end up deforming the 'skull' structure altogether. And so the tedious cycle continues!

Modroc is a very wet medium like clay, so I think it might be possible. But the non-artists I've been having this conversation with keep saying they think it might be too wet to stick. I'm just hoping you guys can tell me what you think before I start attempting to build a cardboard human structure for me to put the clay over.

Thank you for any word of wisdom :-)

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AllenCayla — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:59:35 GMT

My Drawings

Ichigo007 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:27:05 GMT

My drawings and some are incomplete and been doing art for half a year now

Problems with Arches Watercolor Paper

Paul Sullivan — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:02:55 GMT

I have used Arches 300 lb. cold press watercolor paper for many years. However, over the last couple of years I have encountered very serious problems with it.

As best I can tell, there is a drastic inconsistency in the sizing on the paper. On some sheets the paper seems to be resisting the paint. As a simple wash of transparent color dries, the color fades drastically and tiny pin holes of white occur. A second or third wash does not solve the problem, rather the condition continues. The general effect is that both the color intensity and value disappear before your eyes. I have talked to many other artists who have encountered the very same problems and are not happy at all. I've tried to email Arches through Canson and as of now, the messages bounce back. Obviously there is a gross lack of quality control with Arches watercolor paper. I have been a professional artist for 44 years. I know how to handle watercolor and watercolor paper and know what to expect. I am not interested in simply venting my frustrations. I want to see this problem corrected. I've soaked sheets, scrubbed them down and prayed over them. I am not interested in changing papers unless I have no other choice. I consider Arches almost as an old friend. However, as of late, Arches has been a friend I have not been abel to rely on.

Paul Sullivan

http://www.paulsullivanstudio.com

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villaroo1 — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:41:57 GMT

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arttizt — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:55:15 GMT

CALGARY SKY, REPOSTED - ACRYLIC 36 X 12

valeriemalley — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:29:58 GMT

Thanks Jay for cleaning up the edges in photoshop for me.

Call for Art - Theme “CityScapes” Online Art Competition

johnrmath — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:46:12 GMT

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces an art call for the gallery’s 3rd Annual “CityScapes” Juried Art Competition for the month of June 2013. The gallery invites all 2D artists (including photography) from around the world to make online submissions for inclusion in to the Gallery’s July 2013 online group art exhibition.

Light Space & Time encourages entries from artists regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field to send us your best interpretation of the theme “CityScapes" by submitting your best interpretation of the theme “CityScapes". Cityscape subjects would be considered to be any 2D art depicting cities, towns, urban scenes and any related metropolitan subjects for this art competition. The deadline to apply to this art competition is June 26, 2013.

Winners of the "CityScapes" Art Exhibition will receive extensive worldwide publicity in the form of email marketing, 70+ press release announcements, 75+ event announcement posts, extensive social media marketing and distribution, in order to make the art world aware of the art exhibition and in particular, the artist’s accomplishments. There will also be links back to the artist’s website included as part of this award package.

Interested artists should provide to us with your best cityscape art now or before the deadline. Apply Online Here: http://www.lightspacetime.com

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Wilchergarret — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:42:49 GMT

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Wilchergarret — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:41:58 GMT