August Challenge: It's Golden!

For our August challenge we were to work gold into a painting or collage.

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Carmen Beecher's Gold Challenge Painting

Golden Earrings

I did my painting in oil on gold gesso, which is a very nice surface to work on.

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Denette Schweikert's Gold Challenge

I used a piece of Carmen's gold gesso that I have had forever to make this painting. When I finished this piece, I realized that make it distinctive I needed to put navy blue around it.   

GOLD

Denette Schweikert 

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Donna Vines Gold Challenge

This challenge was great for me because it gave me a chance to use some of my beautiful papers.   Using the orange and gold and the blue and gold added  just that bit of highlight the collage needed. 

Cupcake Collage 

16X20

This close up shows the gold in the papers.

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Kathy Garvey's Gold Challenge

 

During this month's challenge, I bought a small can of anchovies to add to a pizza I was making for my brothers who both love them. The can was adorable - and gold inside! It inspired this King Oscar golden anchovy and his fellow can-mates. I debated making them with a variety of materials but settled on the easiest, polymer clay. Wish I had taken more time with it, but I was having fun with the idea itself. Next can will get a more distinct looking crew!

For my painting, I had in mind a scarab for this gold challenge so studied some images of how their wings worked open and closed and then did this closed wing version in watercolor using some gold acrylic ink for accents.

Green Scarab Study, 6"x7" Watercolor on 140 lb Cold Press Paper

Tried an open winged version on an acrylic board. This version uses gold leaf, gold paint and gold powder for accents.

Green Scarab in Flight, 8x10 Acrylic on Canvas Board

More Paintings by Kathy Garvey on  www.snailflower.etsy.com.

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Mary Warnick's Gold Challenge

The picture title is Gilding the Lilies. It’s watercolor on watercolor board. The gold is Holbein antique metallic gold watercolor paint. I applied it after the rest of the painting was done.

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A Gold Sketch using Procreate by Jean Thomas

This was inspired by Klimt's "Women in Gold", which now resides in NYC. I am still learning Procreate. It is an amazing app, especially with the Apple pencil. 

Wolf Family Illustrations from New Book, Country Music's Greatest Lines

 

What in the world is this about? This illustration is in a book about country music? We decided not every drawing had to have people, sometimes animals get the idea across just as well. To find out what the song is, you might want to buy the book, Country Music's Greatest Lines, which is available at arcadiapublishing.com, amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and bookstores (See the cover in the righthand column). I really enjoyed drawing this illustration of a wolf family with the proud dad overlooking the scene.

Carmen

ADI'S FEATHER

by Denette Schweikert 

My granddaughter found this feather in walking with the family and my daughter-in-law took a picture of it.  My son asked me to paint it. Six year old Adi is become quite an art critic about this painting.  I have made several changes to meet her expectations.  I am sending it to her new home in Seattle.  I hope she will like it. 

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