February 2022 Animal & Wildlife Challenge - all welcome!

[Christel]

Penny, Ricki, Fed, Vivien, Sanlynn, Anne,EP - wonderful!!
Here is the cow

 

[JSparrow]

Awesome works, everyone! I love seeing these in all the different mediums and interpretations. Here's my Whimbrel. Oil on 12x16 canvas.

 

[ams]

Sanlynn, I love your sleeping dog. It is so expressive.

Christel, good work on the cow. Interesting canvas.

JSparrow, your Whimbrel is beautifully painted.

 

[Rainowl2]

Here is my picture of this month . It was with graphite tints paints in a sketch book. It was done very quickly Friday evening. Will comment later on the pictures.

Lesley.

 

[Schuee]

Vivien - yahoo - I wait for you to post (first time zone) then I feel I can post mine (last time zone). Hooray green and white moth.
Penny - awww sleepy doggie
ricky - wonderful digi animals
Federico - awww little mouse

Here's my contribution, 8x11" across the two page spread. Ink and marker.
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Cheers,

Thank you, E.P.

Lovely to see your unique take on the challenge.

 

[Schuee]

Vivien – lovely soft look to the Moth.

Penny – Oh, he looks so comfy. Well done on the little splashes of colour.

Federico – This little mouse and his surroundings are very well done. I really like the way you did the background.

EP – Nice assortment of characters. I like the little babies in the bottom left.

Anne – Really well done on both. Your handling of the wooden fence is amazing.

Here is my sleeping dog. Chalk in my black paper sketchbook, image 4 1/2 X 9 1/2".

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Thank you, Sanlynn.

i love your sketch. Such a sweetie.

 

[Schuee]

View attachment 19166Here is my picture of this month . It was with graphite tints paints in a sketch book. It was done very quickly Friday evening. Will comment later on the pictures.

Lesley.

An excellent sketch, Lesley. I love the colouring, too.

 

[Schuee]

Viv, lovely moth. The pan pastels work well for getting those soft transitions of color on the wings.

Penny, I love your sleeping dog. You captured the pose so well. I like your use of color in the fur too.

Ricky, good job with the painting. You are getting better and better with the iArtBook and iPencil.

Federico, I love your little mouse. He is so adorable climbing over the fence.

EP, delightful sketches. I like your little touches of green in each one, it pulls them all together. My favorite is the sleeping dog.

It's not the 20th here yet but since others are posting...I'll borrow someone else's time zone.

Mouse in ink and water-soluble graphite in 6"x8" Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook.

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Moth, ink, water-soluble graphite and watercolor in my sketchbook. Viv, I agree with you that this was harder than it looked.

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Triduana, thanks for hosting this month.

Excellent work, Anne.

 

[Schuee]

Viv, lovely moth. The pan pastels work well for getting those soft transitions of color on the wings.

Penny, I love your sleeping dog. You captured the pose so well. I like your use of color in the fur too.

Ricky, good job with the painting. You are getting better and better with the iArtBook and iPencil.

Federico, I love your little mouse. He is so adorable climbing over the fence.

EP, delightful sketches. I like your little touches of green in each one, it pulls them all together. My favorite is the sleeping dog.

It's not the 20th here yet but since others are posting...I'll borrow someone else's time zone.

Mouse in ink and water-soluble graphite in 6"x8" Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook.

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Moth, ink, water-soluble graphite and watercolor in my sketchbook. Viv, I agree with you that this was harder than it looked.

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Triduana, thanks for hosting this month.

Thank you.

 

[Schuee]

Penny, Ricki, Fed, Vivien, Sanlynn, Anne,EP - wonderful!!
Here is the cow
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Love your cow, Christel.

 

[Schuee]

Awesome works, everyone! I love seeing these in all the different mediums and interpretations. Here's my Whimbrel. Oil on 12x16 canvas.
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I love your whimbrel, JSparrow.

 

[chaffee2]

First shot at a challenge here,...WOW y'all filled these pages up quick!
Vivien, Super, love that texture on the moth!
Penny, Definitely caught that peaceful slumber look, beauty!
Ricky, so productive, they're all great!
Federico, Fantastic bokeh, and those colors so vibrant!
Eyepaint, Love this,...true to your style!
Anne, Water soluble graphite sounds very interesting and I like your touch here!
Sanlynn, Great work with that chalk and nice soft texture goin' on!
Christel, BAD PUN ALERT...yours ROCKS,...Great job!
Jsparrow, Love this one!
Lesley, maybe a quickie but it's great, love seeing the work lines,...nice!

Here's mine from the far side, lol, took a detour somewhere and ended up with this thing.
I'll call it Whimbrel w/Egg.
Done in Inkscape, on my desktop, with a mouse...

Tim

 

[Schuee]

First shot at a challenge here,...WOW y'all filled these pages up quick!
Vivien, Super, love that texture on the moth!
Penny, Definitely caught that peaceful slumber look, beauty!
Ricky, so productive, they're all great!
Federico, Fantastic bokeh, and those colors so vibrant!
Eyepaint, Love this,...true to your style!
Anne, Water soluble graphite sounds very interesting and I like your touch here!
Sanlynn, Great work with that chalk and nice soft texture goin' on!
Christel, BAD PUN ALERT...yours ROCKS,...Great job!
Jsparrow, Love this one!
Lesley, maybe a quickie but it's great, love seeing the work lines,...nice!

Here's mine from the far side, lol, took a detour somewhere and ended up with this thing.
I'll call it Whimbrel w/Egg.
Done in Inkscape, on my desktop, with a mouse...

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Tim

Thank you, Tim.

i really like your ”Picasso-esk work (symbolism?) with its shadows. The tree is very well done.

 

[pcj]

Viv - I like the soft effect of your moth.

Penny - Lovely doggie - what kind of coloured pencils did you use ?

Ricky - Really nice paintings. They are all very good but my favourite is the snoozing doggie.

Federico - Lovely mouse. I agree with penny, you are very good with acrylics.

Eyepaint - Lovely collection of drawings .

Anne - Both of these are beautifully done. I like the little mouse's expression
and you've achieved a really nice effect with the ink on the hawkmoth.

Sanlyn - Beautiful doggie - lovely effect with the chalk.

Christel - Very nice cow. You're inspiring me to try painting on rocks.

JSparrow - Fantastic whimbrel ! - I really like the background too.

Lesley - Lovely doggie. What are graphite tints paints ? I don't think I've heard of them.

chaffee2 - Great interpretation of the whimbrel.


I haven't quite finished mine yet - but I'll finish it this afternoon and post it later tonight
along with the work in progress photo's that I've been taking.

If anyone else has work in progress photo's that they've taken - please
feel free to post them as well as details of the medium that you used
and any other comments and general chit-chat.

Cheers,
Patricia

 

[Schuee]

Viv - I like the soft effect of your moth.

Penny - Lovely doggie - what kind of coloured pencils did you use ?

Ricky - Really nice paintings. They are all very good but my favourite is the snoozing doggie.

Federico - Lovely mouse. I agree with penny, you are very good with acrylics.

Eyepaint - Lovely collection of drawings .

Anne - Both of these are beautifully done. I like the little mouse's expression
and you've achieved a really nice effect with the ink on the hawkmoth.

Sanlyn - Beautiful doggie - lovely effect with the chalk.

Christel - Very nice cow. You're inspiring me to try painting on rocks.

JSparrow - Fantastic whimbrel ! - I really like the background too.

Lesley - Lovely doggie. What are graphite tints paints ? I don't think I've heard of them.

chaffee2 - Great interpretation of the whimbrel.


I haven't quite finished mine yet - but I'll finish it this afternoon and post it later tonight
along with the work in progress photo's that I've been taking.

If anyone else has work in progress photo's that they've taken - please
feel free to post them as well as details of the medium that you used
and any other comments and general chit-chat.

Cheers,
Patricia

Thank you very much, Patricia. I used mostly Polychromos as I have a lot of those, along with a couple of Luminance.

 

[KreativeK]

Here are the cute swallows, 6x9 watercolor and Brusho for the mud nest on Canson 140 lb cold press paper. A #1 rigger brush was used for the entire piece.
Everyone's paintings, sketches, and digi works are all superior!

 

[ams]

Nicely done Kay.

 

[pcj]

Kay - Really nice swallow chicks - lovely expressions.
Cheers,
Patricia

 

[pcj]

Here's mine - the snoozing doggie.

I used Derwent Tinted Charcoal Pencils - I bought them recently out
of curiosity - never seen them before - has anyone else used them ?
I found them to be slightly greasy but quite nice to use.
Paper is Canson's pastel paper -white.
Cheers,
Patricia

Here's the Derwent Tinted Charcoal Pencils and some sample strips that I did to see
what the colours were like on white paper

- and here's some of the 'work in progress' photo's that I took while doing
the drawing.

 

[Schuee]

Here are the cute swallows, 6x9 watercolor and Brusho for the mud nest on Canson 140 lb cold press paper. A #1 rigger brush was used for the entire piece.
Everyone's paintings, sketches, and digi works are all superior!

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So sweet, Kay. Well done!