Themed Art Challenge

[snowbear113 45]

The best kind of distraction!
Pen and ink, 8.5" x 5.5".

Zoe by Snowbear Photography, on Flickr

 

[terri32 3]

Theme: Distraction.

I made this graphite sketch shortly after @snowbear announced the theme, but didn't get around to starting it until a few days ago.

I changed the ceiling and exaggerated the drafting table to make everything seem off-kilter. Since this theme is about distraction during shelter-in-place confinement for a global pandemic, I figured the more wacky it looked the better.

 

[terri32 3]

Do you have a new theme for June, @snowbear?

 

[terri32 3]

Thanks for that!

 

[snowbear113 45]

Sorry - been busy.

How about a June + July - SUMMER!!!

 

[snowbear113 45]

And we can start with this one. Pastel on "Mixed Media" paper, 8.5" X 5.5"

 

[terri32 3]

Perfect watermelon color!

A new theme, thanks. Summah!

 

[snowbear113 45]

Perfect watermelon color!

A new theme, thanks. Summah!

You sound like a New Englandah!

 

[terri32 3]

I should be so lucky. *sniffle*

 

[terri32 3]

June + July - SUMMER!!!

Here is my effort. I took one of the photos I found for those graphite drawings, and used it as a reference for this one, too.

Just a cell phone photo of me on my back deck - this is the open area off the screened in porch, which is behind me in the picture:

So that's my ref photo for the painting. I changed quite a bit: from vertical to horizontal, from sitting outside to inside, from white wine to red, since that's my usual adult beverage. And I couldn't be bothered to mess with the railings.

"Summer!"

The best thing for me about this one is that it's given me other ideas.

 

[snowbear113 45]

Well, we missed most of August but let's go through September with 'scapes: landscapes, seascapes, or cityscapes.

 

[terri32 3]

ooo! Okay, that gives a wide range. How about escape, too? From general madness.

 

[SquarePeg35 6]

I have just the landscape in mind!

 

[snowbear113 45]

I'm looking through my photos - I have a couple possibilities.

 

[terri32 3]

Here's my landscape effort for this theme. I haven't done one in months. My focus on this one was trying to get a long, deep distance. Not crazy about the foreground, but am satisfied with the distance effort. I feel a bit rusty with landscapes now, after all my recent focus on portraits.