Animal And Wildlife Challenge September 2023

[pcj]

UPDATED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE NEW, IMPROVED ANIMAL AND WILDLIFE CHALLENGE [starting sept 2023]

Hello, and welcome to our monthly ANIMAL & WILDLIFE CHALLENGE.

Now there are more ways to take part !

On the first day of each month various photos and a reference subject
will be provided,

Please choose from the photos or the reference subject provided or both
to create an artwork in any medium.

You can use the photo’s or reference subject to create any kind of artwork that you like .

Please use only the photo’s or the reference subject provided or both.



Please post your artwork on the 20th day of the month

- AND , if you wish, any WIP [works in progress] photo’s that you might have
taken while you were doing your artwork.
- AND, if you wish, any comments about it.

Please don’t post your artwork until the 20th day of the month [this is the ‘reveal’ day]

Please don't tell us whether you chose a photo or reference subject before the 20th !!

You can continue to post your artwork from the 20th until the end of the month.


We hope you enjoy the challenge, we're looking forward to seeing you !

I am the host for this month.
Cheers,
Patricia


The reference subject for September is : SOMETHING JUMPING

and here are the photo's for for September:

Cheers,
Patricia

 

[pcj]

and here's another 10 photo's to choose from.
Cheers,
Patricia

 

[Vivien]

Beautiful photos, and interesting new reference! Thanks for Hosting Patricia.

 

[pcj]

Thanks Vivien, I'm glad you like them. This month was a joint effort - I provided the
photo's and Kay [Triduana] provided the subject reference.
Cheers,
Patricia

 

[ams]

Wonder images this month.

Thanks Patricia and Kay.

 

[Sanlynn]

Fantastic photos, thank you!
Things should start to be less busy this month and I hope to join in.

 

[KreativeK]

Great photos! Some animals I'm not familiar with.

 

[pcj]

Hello everyone - Glad you like this month's photo's and subject ref'.
Kay - I wasn't familiar with some of the animals either -particularly photo # 16 [ 2 Pampas Rabbits]
and photo # 8 [Red Panda ] - which animals were you not familiar with ?
Cheers,
Patricia

 

[Vivien]

The only animal I didn't know was the Hare with the long legs? Did you say "Pampas Rabbits"? What country are they indigenous too?

 

[eyepaint]

Whee so good! I'm so late to the party

 

[pcj]

The only animal I didn't know was the Hare with the long legs? Did you say "Pampas Rabbits"? What country are they indigenous too?

Patagonian Steppes in Argentina , I think - but can also be found elsewhere . ie: IF Patagonian Mara are the same animal as Pampas Rabbits !!
Cheers,
Patricia

 

[Vivien]

I'm finished! Most unusual for me to be actually finished in time. It is the 20th September tomorrow in NZ so I'll be posting tomorrow. Anyone else ready to post?

 

[pcj]

That's great Vivien - looking forward to seeing it !
Cheers,
Patricia

 

[Vivien]

Good morning everyone - it is Wed 20th September here in NZ today so here's my challenge entries.
Ive done 2 this month both in Watercolor & Inktense pencil in my 20cm x 15cm Sketchbook
The first is for the reference "Jumping"

My next is the little bright colored bird

Looking forward to seeing more entries.

 

[Vivien]

Thank you for hosting Patricia. I enjoyed the challenge of thinking of something "jumping" for the new reference.

 

[pcj]

These are lovely Vivien. The little bird is really well done and the kangaroo BG is almost misty and ethereal.
Cheers,
Patricia

 

[Joy]

Vivien, I just love the gorget on the bird and the highlight in the eye. Really well done! Good jumping pose, also.

 

[Joy]

These watercolor elephants were an experiment on Fluid Easy Block, 140CP. They are each 8 x 5, using limited colors as noted next to each. It was based on color suggestions from The Art of the Limited Palette, by Hazel Soan. The supposedly quick studies were rather belabored.

 

[eyepaint]

Viv - check out your hopping roo and red bird
Joy - stunning work on the 'phant with all the different limited palettes! Cool beans!

I'll post my work now even though I'm in the last time zone (there's a few more hours of the 19th here... but Viv posted so I'll proceed) - ink on 1/8 sheet of watermedia paper.

Cheers,

 

[Christel]

Great work Vivien!
Joy - love your experiments!
EP - love those splashes of color. Well done!
Thanks for your selection, Pat. I didn't stop at 1 though