Buddha and Hydrangeas

The Buddha 5x5 watercolor
Another Painting for the different strokes for different folk’s site hosted by Karin Jurick. I loved the way the light backlit the hydrangeas. There are so many talented artists on this site and sometimes my work looks so puny next to theirs but I figure at some point mine will look as accomplished. The subject for the next two weeks is more to my taste, so I hope to do better. I really like these challenges as they push me to try new subject matter.

The upside down painting

Acrylic 5x7 $30.00

Karin had a real winner this week and another great challenge. I have painted more people in the last few weeks than I have ever painted in years. This is good as it forces me to give it a go. In fact, I was surprised at how this turned out. I tried to just look at the shapes and not be caught up in my one hair detail mode. It also helped that I did it upside down. It was hard not to take the canvas and turn it around. When I had finished and did turn it around, I was pleasantly surprised. It looks a lot looser than my other stuff and it really looks like a person walking down a street. True she looks like she is walking in boats but you can tell it is a woman and not a stick.

Check out the Different Strokes for Different Folks link is on the side. There is some great artist there.

Shadows

4x6 hot press watercolor
Another fun challenge for me and getting me out of my comfort zone and trying something new. This week’s challenge was of people at a busy crossing with long shadows. I chose to crop the picture. Check out the site different strokes for different people a link is here on my page and see all the beautiful ideas the other talented artist come up with.

Different strokes image

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This is the image for this week. Another first for me

Alabama Cow 4x6 pastel

I missed the last weekley drawing as I had so much going on but I did this one in pastel.

Cloud Gate from DSFDF

$40.00

Here is my latest picture from Karin Jurick site, Different Strokes for different folks. I have to admit when I saw it was OMG as this is defiantly something I most likely would never have chosen to paint. But this is what is great about the site. Moreover, for some reason I kept seeing a whale so I might do another one and turn it into a whale.