Monthly Art Prompts - December 2022

[Triduana]

Hello and welcome to December

Create some art that is inspired by any of this month's prompts. Let your imagination soar. Turn on your creative juices.

All media and styles are welcome (drawing, painting, digital, photography, sculpture, multi-media, representational, abstract, etc.). It can be something done quickly, a finished work of art or anything in between. It can be created from your imagination, from life or a photo reference. If you use a photo reference, please make sure it has no applicable copyright restrictions.

Here are the prompts for December. Have fun interpreting them.

Sparkle
Bounce
Mended


Post your finished (or unfinished) art in this thread. Post any time during the month, as many times as you would like.
Tell us a little about the work if you so desire. For example, you could include the medium you used, where you got your inspiration or how long it took. When you post, it's always nice to "like" or comment on posts made earlier in the thread by other artists. We all like acknowledgement of our work!

Let the prompts spark your creativity. The most important thing is to have fun.

For help in finding reference images online, click on the link: Tutorial: How to Find Copyright-Free Reference Images.
If you have copyright-free images that go along with the prompts that you would like to share, you can post them in this thread for others to use.

If you would like to provide prompts for a month, sign up here.

 

[ams]

Good ones. The wheels are turning in my head. I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.

Thanks for hosting this month.

 

[ZenDruid]

Sparkle - wind surfer on Lake Champlain, New York.

The sail wing looks like this:

 

[ams]

Wow, you were quick. What a perfect choice for sparkle.

 

[Triduana]

Thanks for starting us off Zendruid! Good sparkle on the water there.

 

[CaliAnn]

Thanks for hosting Kay - great prompts!

 

[CaliAnn]

Zen - I LOVE the sparkles of the water - fantastic!!!!!

 

[ErikRak]

I was inspired by the word 'mended' that I didn't know ... Here is a sketch (pencil, A5 sketchbook, + digital) :
House and Men mended together. Have a great day.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Zendruid, very nice. Love the sparkly water.

ErikRak, clever and made me smile.

 

[CaliAnn]

Eric, super cool and super creative!

 

[brianvds]

Sparkle: Saw this shiny, metallic-looking beetle munching a flower:

Here's a closeup:

They are known as fruit chafers, and as the name implies, they eat fruit and other soft plant material, and can cause quite a bit of damage in orchards and gardens. There are a number of different species of fruit chafers, and they are often big and colorful. Not so apparent in this particular photo, but these ones (they're pretty huge; about the size of a matchbox!) also sparkle in the the sun:

We have had good early rains this summer, and perhaps that is why I have been seeing lots and lots of these beetles around.

 

[CaliAnn]

Brian: Super pics of that beetle - I think he's beautiful and "yikes" at the same time!

 

[Triduana]

Erik - this is really creative! I really like how you've used the prompt. Thanks for joining in.

Brian - the beetle is beautiful. Huge too! Your photos really show off the colours and sparkle nicely.

 

[brianvds]

Got a neat one for mended, taken in the same nature area where I got the beetles:

It's a termite mound. The darker part of it is a recent repair. The mound probably got damaged due to good rains we have had.

 

[JennieJo]

Hello and welcome to December

Create some art that is inspired by any of this month's prompts. Let your imagination soar. Turn on your creative juices.

All media and styles are welcome (drawing, painting, digital, photography, sculpture, multi-media, representational, abstract, etc.). It can be something done quickly, a finished work of art or anything in between. It can be created from your imagination, from life or a photo reference. If you use a photo reference, please make sure it has no applicable copyright restrictions.

Here are the prompts for December. Have fun interpreting them.

Sparkle
Bounce
Mended

Post your finished (or unfinished) art in this thread. Post any time during the month, as many times as you would like.
Tell us a little about the work if you so desire. For example, you could include the medium you used, where you got your inspiration or how long it took. When you post, it's always nice to "like" or comment on posts made earlier in the thread by other artists. We all like acknowledgement of our work!

Let the prompts spark your creativity. The most important thing is to have fun.

For help in finding reference images online, click on the link: Tutorial: How to Find Copyright-Free Reference Images.
If you have copyright-free images that go along with the prompts that you would like to share, you can post them in this thread for others to use.

If you would like to provide prompts for a month, sign up here.

The only current piece that future in in any way
Sparkle .. sunlight streaming through windows Making stars in my eyes
Mended ... mended work. I T's been 'revisioned' dozens of times.


A3ish size, canvas, acrylic

 

[ErikRak]

Got a neat one for mended, taken in the same nature area where I got the beetles:

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It's a termite mound. The darker part of it is a recent repair. The mound probably got damaged due to good rains we have had.

Brian, it seems that you live in a very beautiful nature ... Thanks for these nice photos.

 

[brianvds]

Brian, it seems that you live in a very beautiful nature ... Thanks for these nice photos.

Actually I live in the city, but there is a nice bit of open space not far from me, which has been developed (if that is the right word!) into a mini nature reserve. I often go stroll around there to recharge the batteries.

 

[CaliAnn]

Brian: I love the "mended" termite mound!
JennieJo: Beautiful painting- those colors sing to me!

 

[Jo Castillo]

JennieJo your piece does sparkle. Lovely.

 

[ams]

Nice work everyone.

Brian, your choice for "mended" was very clever.

This is one I did for the water media challenge that works well here for sparkle. I'm thinking of the bright bits of reflection on the chrome.

Ink and watercolor in XL Mix Media sketchbook, about 5"x7".