Challenge for October, Small 10x3 Inch Artwork

It is a lot of fun to completely change the usual format for a painting. Our challenge this month was to create 10x3-inch art.

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Donna Vines Collage

Just after we got our challenge for October I received a special card.  As soon as I saw it I knew it would be my 10x3 collage for this month.  I loved the muted colors and simple design. 

Black Vase 10x3

mixed media college

donnavinesart@Etsy.com

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Carmen Beecher's Painting

Alaska Landscape

It was a magical time when my cousins took us on a tour around their state, beautiful Alaska. This particular day was cloudy but a break in the clouds created a beautiful path of light in the valley. Just the kind of drama I like in a painting.

carmenbeecher.com

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 Very Horizontal and fun!

Just trying to capture some beautiful fall colors. Driving in the neighborhood, the trees are turning more vivid by the day! Here are the colors applied to some Thanksgiving pumpkins that I imagined via Procreate... Jean Thomas

Kathy Garvey

A 10x3 format works well for a single line doodle. The shape this one took, the long time it took me to fill it in, and the randomness of it made me think it had something to do with the times!

"Doodling in the Time of Covid"
10x3 inch Watercolor on 140 lb Cold Press Paper

The 10x3" format also lent itself to one of my favorite inspirations, Liguus Tree Snails. 

"Hide and Seek"
10x3 inch Watercolor on 140 lb Cold Press Paper
www.snailflower.etsy.com

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I Like Dreaming

My inspiration for this challenge is a charming oil on wood landscape of the Bay of Naples. I definitely don't have the talent or the patience to replicate something as well executed as this little gem, but I was inspired to start reminiscing about this and other favorite views from my travels.

Dreamin'

by 

Fay Picardi

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From Mary Warnick

This is a 10x3 Watercolor of the beach view from my window.

Florida Road, Original Oil Landscape Painting 10x8 Oil on Canvas Panel

This is one of my favorite places, North Captiva Island. It represents Peace. Relaxation. Beauty. Seclusion. Exquisite Beaches. Expensive Food (nothing's perfect). 

Carmen

Draw the Fall

by Kathy Garvey

I'm just back from a trip to Maryland and Virginia where the leaves were just starting to change colors and fall to the ground. It's one of my favorite times of year. And I love leaf shapes. I gathered some pretty ones on my many walks. 

Later,  I slid them into the pages of my sketchbook to flatten them. 

And when I had time to draw, I gathered them up and played with arranging them on my pages. 

But I didn't sketch. I took the easy way out and just traced around my leaves. 
Next, I drew some of the veins in, and then filled in the sections with designs.
Easy, fun, satisfying. 

(Note that some people refer to this type of art as a "Zentangle".
Way before that word existed, it was just called doodling!)

Find some leaves and give it a try for yourself!

Talkeetna Cafe, Alaska Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Panel by Carmen Beecher

                                 

This is an out-of-the-way spot in Alaska, Talkeetna, a little town at the base of North America's tallest peak, Denali. This cafe was rustic, beautiful, and served delicious food. 

Carmen

 

Coq au Vain

by Fay Picardi

Here he is, the rooster that incorporates three challenges; the gold, the crazy color and the chicken one. Just check out the strut, not to mention the eye, and you will see why I have called him the Coq au Vain. The collage looks simple, but paraphrasing Dolly Parton, "It takes a lot of time to look this easy." 

(This is a repost. The one posted with the rest of the challenges was somehow erased.)

Bwauk!! Late chickens and some other fun, by Jean Thomas

 I was working on these chickens, really I was. Lately though, I'm not good at drawing in the car, which is where I've been lately. The chickens in hats were inspired by my old "chickens in underwear and high heels" sketch. (don't ask where that idea came from!) I saw a picture of some women in big hats and that was the inspiration for the three. Hope to make you smile. 

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Chickens in Pants

Bonus Sketch
This guy was inspired by a new ink pen I received.

Happy Fall!