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Challenge 75 – Female Millard Duck

Posted by: , in Category: , Posted on: August 19, 2018, Number of Views: 542 - No Comments

Welcome to challenge 75. I hope you are staying cool, and having a very nice and enjoyable summer. With vacations being an understandable priority I really appreciate you were taking your precious time and posting in our last challenge. Your participation, sharing and comments motivate me and each of us…

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Carrying my House Just in Case it Rains

Posted by: , in Category: , Posted on: August 19, 2018, Number of Views: 330 - 3 Comments
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Artist: Lela Stankovic
Medium: watercolor
Size: 5" x 7"

My story It was a gloomy, rainy morning. The whole nature was immersed into a layer of grayness and cold breeze with occasional random water drops falling down as if they are carefully choosing on which leaf or flower to fall. I was outside, enjoying a walk, surrounded by wild…

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Surprise Caterpillar

Posted by: , in Category: , Posted on: August 15, 2018, Number of Views: 916 - 5 Comments
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Artist: Shirley Bond
Medium: watercolor
Size: 6" x 6"

I am calling this a surprise as I went into my garden to see how my plants were doing only to see that they were being eaten by a beautiful Caterpillar which I am sure will turn into a beautiful butterfly. My watercolor technique is still being dominated by the use of my process…

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Challenge 74 – Celebrate Small Things that Make You Happy

Posted by: , in Category: , , Posted on: July 10, 2018, Number of Views: 444 - 4 Comments
PADT (Paint and Draw Together) Artist Challenge 74

Hello and welcome to challenge 74 🙂 I hope you will enjoy the new challenge. And many many thanks to everybody who participated in the previous challenge. Your participation, sharing and comments motivate me and each of us so much. Thank you! About the composition Very often we aim for…

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Bright Side of the Morning

Posted by: , in Category: , Posted on: June 23, 2018, Number of Views: 220 - 7 Comments
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Artist: Lela Stankovic
Medium: watercolor
Size: 12x16 inches

My initial idea was to keep the painting with a white background. And then, as it sometimes happen, a few unplanned colored water drops found their way from my water jar to the pristine white background, and the stain could not be removed. Obviously, I had to introduce background. And…

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Posted by: , in Category: , Posted on: June 8, 2018, Number of Views: 86 - 6 Comments
Pear on a Branch
Artist: Solange Turcotte
Medium: acrylic
Size: 5 x 5

There is only one fact that I would like to mention.  I intended to paint this pear with oil, I first painted with acrylic, having the intention to give the final couch with oil.  But when I took out the Liquin, I realized that I had prepared everything for another…

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