Monthly Art Prompts October 2022

[ZenDruid]

Next, Unwholesome Threesome. Acrylics on 9x12 inch canvas board, knife and brush, finished today. Referenced from my photograph below...

Original 8-year-old digital photo...

And two photoshopped versions...

Cross posted in Contemporary and Abstract Art

 

[laika]

I love the acrylic version, Zen! Great title too

Beautiful drawings of Puck, Joe! The individual marks that you make are sometimes as interesting as the whole!

 

[ZenDruid]

I love the acrylic version, Zen! Great title too

Thanks Lamar! I agree, while I like the photos, I think the painting better captures the rustic atmosphere of Halloween.

 

[laika]

...I think the painting better captures the rustic atmosphere of Halloween.

Absolutely! You nailed it.

 

[CaliAnn]

Zen: Super pumpkins - that painting is outstanding! I LOVE LOVE LOVE how they turned out!

 

[ZenDruid]

Zen: Super pumpkins - that painting is outstanding! I LOVE LOVE LOVE how they turned out!

Thanks Cali! Looks like I have a pumpkin fetish.

 

[joe1It]

Wonderful job,Zen

 

[ZenDruid]

Vampir Elle....

An eye drawing exercise that took on her own life. Graphite pencil, ball point pen, red and blue Berol Prismacolor pencils, 6x9 inch sketch page.

 

[CaliAnn]

Zen: Awesome drawing! I LOVE IT!

 

[ZenDruid]

Zen: Awesome drawing! I LOVE IT!

Thanks Cali!

 

[ams]

Sorry I haven't been around lately. My husband fell and broke his ankle badly enough to need surgery. He's home now but everything takes 3 times as long as normal and all my time has been taken up just keeping up with what needs to be done.

I finally had time to take a look at what's been happening here and enjoyed all of the postings for October. CaliAnn, I loved your watercolor cat and Zen, all your pumpkins were delightful.

Anne

 

[Joy]

Wish I could take time to comment on all!

CaliAnn - The cat is phenomenal! The fur is so soft and realistic.
Joe - Excellent portraits. They are very difficult to do.
Don - Outstanding pumpkins and art you produced from these. The pumpkins are works of art themselves. I always enjoy the pumpkin carving shows on TV.

 

[CaliAnn]

Anne: I was wondering about you. Sorry to hear about your husband - hope he gets better soon! Thank you for your comments
Joy: Thank you for your comments

 

[Terri]

You all are bringing some big smiles my way here! Love this thread!

I'll do my darndest to get something in here. October is a special month.

Anne: glad your husband is on the mend: sounds like a nasty break. You take care of yourself, too!

 

[Terri]

Here we go - kind of a scary alien Halloween monster!

And I tried a seated self portrait. Only partially finished. Started to mess with a little colored pencil after the graphite and got too intense around the eyes, I think.

 

[CaliAnn]

Glad you joined us Terri - these are fantastic - I LOVE your scary Halloween monster (at first, I thought he was giving me the finger! ). I love the self portrait - the pose says so much! Beautiful work!

 

[Terri]

Why thank you, CaliAnn! I saw later that the alien monster does indeed look like he has figured out the universal finger point. Ha!

Hopefully the pose shows a person wiped out from moving and unpacking. I think I was having a "What next?" moment.

 

[CaliAnn]

Hopefully the pose shows a person wiped out from moving and unpacking. I think I was having a "What next?" moment

I think you captured that feeling perfectly - it's excellent as is!

 

[Sylwia J-D]

Superb interpretations of the October's prompts. I would like to contribute my two cents on this topic as well.

Portrait—pencil drawing, A5 sketchbook

 

[CaliAnn]

Sylwia: Welcome to the October prompts! Glad you joined us. Your portrait is beautiful - a very sensitive piece - excellent work!