Animal and Wildlife Challenge, February 2024

[Jo Castillo]

Vivien, great job on the cat. You captured the softness of the fur. I like animals in pastel, too.

EP, great sketches, love the bubbles or rocks and the bright color accents.

Sanlynn, the squirrel is great with and without color.

Applause to you all.

 

[eyepaint]

Vivien, Sanlynn, and joe1lt - thank you.
Sanlynn - what a fun squiggly pen! Well done!

 

[Joy]

I am still finishing up mine and hope to post soon!

Vivien, I was thinking of doing this, but I am glad you picked it. Very nice "washy" look achieving softness.
EP, enjoyable, as usual
Sandra, these are wonderful! Great line and perfect amount of color.

 

[joe1It]

Draws Digital

 

[Joy]

Joe, the dog is excellent! Wow! I especially like the mouth area, with which I had a lot of problems.

This is a watercolor on Hahnemühle Agave 140CP paper, 10 x 7. Another paper that I did not like, as it lifted too easily and tore readily.

 

[Sanlynn]

Thanks for your comments on my squirrel Joe, EP, Vivien, Jo and Joy.
Joe your sketches are great. I love the dog.
Joy, WOW, that is amazing! Nicer than the photo.

 

[joe1It]

Sanlynn ,Joy, thanks very much.
Joy,this is a formidable Dalmata.

 

[Christel]

Vivien - love your version in wc
EP - cool!
Sanlynn - great little squirrel!
Joe - cool sketches of cat and dog!
Joy - beautiful!
My version of the cat, A4, ac
The bird is pen & ink

 

[Joy]

Christel, bird is wonderful! Fur on cat excellent.

 

[Sanlynn]

Two beautiful works, Christel!

 

[Christel]

Thanks Joy and Sanlynn!

 

[joe1It]

Christel,both are formidable

 

[Joy]

Joe, how wonderful! It is amazing, especially the mouth and teeth. I had a lot of problems with that area.

 

[Christel]

Joe - love it!

 

[Sanlynn]

Joe, so well done with the colour. Is this digital?

 

[pcj]

Urgent.
We have run out of monthly hosts.
Would anyone like to volunteer for March or any other month this year ?
Patricia

 

[ams]

I'm late to the party! I have been involved with some of my other hobbies and I haven't done much art for the past few weeks.

First of all, comments on all of you who posted:
Vivien, lovely kittly.
Eyepaint, good collection. My favorite is the jellyfish.
Sanlynn, adorable squirrel. I like both versions.
Joe, nice sketches, especially the dog.
Joy, I love your dalmation. I like your touches of color and the sparkle in his eye.
Christel, what a gorgeous cat. I love the value contrasts and color in the fur. Nice work on the bird as well.
Joe, nice addition of color.

Here's mine. The bluebird in ink and watercolor, about 5"x7" in XL Mixed Media sketchbook.

Thanks for hosting Patricia.

 

[pcj]

Anne - Kay hosted this month - not me.

I posted to let everyone know that we have run out of monthly hosts.
No one has volunteered to host March or any other month this year.

There are only 4 days left until March - would anyone like to host .

Patricia

 

[ams]

Anne - Kay hosted this month - not me.

I posted to let everyone know that we have run out of monthly hosts.
No one has volunteered to host March or any other month this year.

There are only 4 days left until March - would anyone like to host .

Patricia

I just realized that when I went back into the thread.

I'm involved in some other projects right now so I can't host next month but I'll keep you in mind.

 

[Joy]

Anne, that is lovely. Very fresh.