Animal & Wildlife Challenge, August 2024

[Joy]

Kay, lovely "washiness". I meant to crop this before it was posted. Amazing that was such lightweight paper! That would never work for me with the buckets of water l use.

 

[moscatel]

Kay, breathtaking beautiful!!

 

[ams]

Love it Kay.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Anne, just beautiful birdie.

Kay, You got the "ah ha!" look of the gull. Nice work.

 

[Sanlynn]

You said “see how colourful you can make your subject “! I used my recently purchased Sharpie Creative Markers, basic set of five.

They did work in my black paper sketchbook. I should have drawn it out first but just went right at it starting with the eyes. It was fun to do. Thanks for the challenge and the photos, Joy!

 

[Joy]

Sandra, that is so creative! The other participants will be in awe! I am not familiar with these markers, and surprised they work on black paper. They must be opaque.

 

[PaintBoss]

It is so unique and creative, those markers show up beautifully. It’s like a wonderful Light-bright piece, that game we used to play with when we were young.

 

[Sanlynn]

Thanks so much, Joy and PB. I hope to experiment more with these markers. I hope they make some with smaller tips.

 

[moscatel]

Sanlynn, wow .. great idea and looks interesting!

 

[Joy]

It is so unique and creative, those markers show up beautifully. It’s like a wonderful Light-bright piece, that game we used to play with when we were young.

Wow, I remember Lite-Brite! How clever of you to note the similarity, as I would never have thought of that.

 

[Joy]

Here is my watercolor rhino, done with a limited palette of Naples Yellow, Indian Red, and Ultramarine Blue. Size is 8 x 11, on Baohong Academy 140CP. First two pix are WIPs.

 

[moscatel]

Joy, Amazing work on your cute rhino! Lovely colors!

 

[Sanlynn]

Joy, this is wonderful. Love the colours and shadows. You have just the right amount of detail. He does look sad though.

 

[Queen Bee]

Sanlynn, you nailed the challenge. Great job with the kitty.

 

[Queen Bee]

Joy, love the rhino. He does look sad, but that's ok. He may be going through a rough time.

 

[Joy]

Joy, love the rhino. He does look sad, but that's ok. He may be going through a rough time.

Yeah, I noticed that, also. Apparently he is reflecting my mood for working on him so long.

 

[PaintBoss]

Joy it’s absolutely fabulous. I love how you built him up. It’s like he’s coming out of the dust on Serengeti! Beautiful observation, and great control of the medium! It’s a beautiful painting.
Re the “sad” look. I mean these creatures don’t have to tap dance to anybody so I imagine he’s just very chill. Maybe even a bit bored. Lol But if you want to, you can do what I did with my kangaroo, and you can bedazzle him! Kidding…

 

[Vivien]

Joy - Beautiful, wet, watercolor washes! Love all that watery look! Well done on a super watercolor painting!

 

[Joy]

Thanks ever so much to everyone that participated this month!

 

[PaintBoss]

Thanks Joy, it was a good challenge!