This month's challenge is to paint something with wild colors that totally do not sync with the subject. Examples: Landscapes, a furry animal, a face - in vibrant unrealistic colors.
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Cindy's Purple Cows
This is acrylic with oil on cradled board. Using unexpected colors made me really pay attention to the shadows and shapes, it had to read “cow”....
Cindy Michaud
cindymichaudart.blogspot.com
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from Carmen
This little pleinaire painting was dull as a dormouse. I painted over it with brighter colors to meet the challenge, red over dark green, orange over light green, yellow over blue, purple over gray and blue over light brown.
Mary Warnick
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I really had fun with this one. I have always been fascinated with the beautiful Henna drawings that Indian brides have done so I traced by hand and tried one with colors to see how it would look.
I also wanted to paint an animal a different color so I decided on a rooster. It is amazing how color changes everything.
Donna Vines
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from Carmen
About ten years ago I painted a giraffe triptych (see below), and I used that image to do my wild and crazy giraffe above on the computer. That was fun.
I also had fun doing a tiny painting of a bird in a mask, using brush pens.
This is so much fun I can't stop. This one is oil on canvas. I took a painting I had and reworked it with wild colors.
Carmen Beecher
carmenbeecher.com
carmensart.etsy.com
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This little pleinaire painting was dull as a dormouse. I painted over it with brighter colors to meet the challenge, red over dark green, orange over light green, yellow over blue, purple over gray and blue over light brown.
Mary Warnick
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I really had fun with this one. I have always been fascinated with the beautiful Henna drawings that Indian brides have done so I traced by hand and tried one with colors to see how it would look.
I also wanted to paint an animal a different color so I decided on a rooster. It is amazing how color changes everything.
Donna Vines
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I have cheated a bit. This is the picture I am painting for my granddaughter for her room in her new house in Seattle. I am a fan of Photoshop Elements that changed the colors to purple and green. You will see the real one next week.
by Denette Schweikert
http://denette.net
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Since we have all been affected by having to “stay in,” I have been taking some courses online. I do much better when I have a deadline. This is one of the course exercises. My goal was to be colorful and paint more loosely. It was fun to try and get my mind off all of the unusual goings-on. What is our new normal? Don’t know yet. Painting is still my happy place.
by Jean Thomas
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Kathy's challenge painting:
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"Color Does Not Define Us"
22"x30" Acrylic on Heavy Textured Rice Paper
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I love this heavy textured rice paper from Ralph's Art Supply. It's a little hard to paint on, but the lines and textures influence and inspire some of my designs and I enjoy that. Since the paper is quite large, and split leaf Philodendron's are so complex, this took me almost two weeks to draw and paint the basic shapes. I then spent another five days adding small designs in a variety of fun colors.
It's most likely not finished as I need a place to rest my eyes. I'll probably put in some solid background shapes eventually. Despite the major reds and oranges, this split leaf philodendron is still completely recognizable. Thus the title "Color Does Not Define Us" (which I applies to the human race way more than this painting).
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