Monthly Art Prompts - April 2023

[Terri]

Thanks. They were taken a lot of different places over the years. The first butterfly, the mailbox and the dogwood blossoms were taken in my Mother-in-Law's yard in Georgia. The second one in my yard when I lived in Warner Robins, Georgia and the third one in the butterfly house at Calloway Gardens in Georgia. The daffodils and the landscape with the bridge and azaleas were Calloway Gardens. The one with tulips was taken at a flower show in Atlanta, Georgia. The two flowering trees Macon, Georgia. The peach orchard with house Warner Robins, Georgia. The last two were taken at a place called Max Patch in South Carolina.

Lovely photos, Queen! I had forgotten we both lived in Georgia for many years. These shots will take you back there! Calloway Gardens is a special place.

 

[Terri]

Zen! You've packed a visual wallop here! Beautiful job, wonderfully trippy.

 

[ZenDruid]

Thanks Terri! I wasn't tripping, but it could look that way

 

[Jo Castillo]

SPRING - The first flowers are usually Daffodils. In my zone, they're poking up now through melting snow and dead leaves. These two, from last year, were celebrating too hard...

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Digital photo and Photoshop 7.

This is so eye-popping. Love the color and design....

 

[Queen Bee]

Lovely photos, Queen! I had forgotten we both lived in Georgia for many years. These shots will take you back there! Calloway Gardens is a special place.

I need to visit Calloway Gardens. I haven't been there in many years. It is beautiful this time of the year.

 

[ZenDruid]

This is so eye-popping. Love the color and design

Thank you Jo!

 

[CaliAnn]

Wow Zen! That is just so friggin' beautiful!

 

[ZenDruid]

Wow Zen! That is just so friggin' beautiful!

Thank you CaliAnn!

 

[Mississippi Hippie]

Path and Spring… first time using watercolor. On sketchbook paper..
“Yellow Brick Road”

 

[ams]

Nice and colorful Alabama. Definately feel of Spring.

 

[CaliAnn]

AJ: I love your Yellow Brick Road - colors are really popping!

 

[Mississippi Hippie]

Nice and colorful Alabama. Definately feel of Spring.

AJ: I love your Yellow Brick Road - colors are really popping!

thankyou!!! i think i will enjoy using this watercolor set i meant to give my spouse who never used them

 

[Joy]

This was done this week with watercolor in a Canson XL 140 CP sketchbook, 11 x 7. Limited palette colors of Raw Sienna, Cobalt Blue, and Alizarin Crimson. The spring rain theme fit. I haven't really painted figures before, and am quite rubbish with reflections. Originally they were longer and it was just a mess.

 

[ams]

This was done this week with watercolor in a Canson XL 140 CP sketchbook, 11 x 7. Limited palette colors of Raw Sienna, Cobalt Blue, and Alizarin Crimson. The spring rain theme fit. I haven't really painted figures before, and am quite rubbish with reflections. Originally they were longer and it was just a mess.

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Actually, I think this came out quite well and you did a great job on the reflections. The surface definately reads as wet and reflective. Good job on the figures too.

 

[Joy]

Anne, thanks for the encouragement! It looks better to me today than it did yesterday when I was fiddling with it too much.

 

[CaliAnn]

Joy: Great job on the spring rain painting. You did a great job on getting that "wet" feeling. I think your reflections in the water look good

 

[Terri]

Spring (butterfly wing abstract, oil pastels, including some reflective metallic ones):

 

[Terri]

This was done this week with watercolor in a Canson XL 140 CP sketchbook, 11 x 7. Limited palette colors of Raw Sienna, Cobalt Blue, and Alizarin Crimson. The spring rain theme fit. I haven't really painted figures before, and am quite rubbish with reflections. Originally they were longer and it was just a mess.

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I think you nailed these reflections, Joy! I'm glad it looks better to you today - no doubt you just had reached that "special stage" where you just can't look at it anymore. The figures, the reflections, and the umbrellas all speak to a rainy spring day. It's wonderful!

 

[ams]

Terri, your butterfly wing is beautiful. The oil pastels captured the softness of the wing very nicely.

 

[Joy]

Terri, Anne, thank you!
Terri, what a clever idea to do an abstract! Lovely.