Scavenger Hunt from Life #6: Dec 20 - 28

[AiArts]

Anne: Lovely works, soft gentle bow, tree, and nice quarter.

Ned: Welcome back ... Lovely mistle toe tree and the super quater... I did not know of the Idaho pattern ... and the word "river of no return" and the fishing man and boat ...Wow... Beautiful boot and persimmon.

Joe1: Lovely happy holiday eeore, and the crib center piece.

Ntl: Love your gingerman holiday piece... It perfectly captures holiday spirit

Joan: What a wonderful drink bottle, and Xmas decoration pieces. Beautifully done.

Jo: Beautiful cranberry drink bottle.

Robin & other: Happy Holiday.

 

[joe1It]

I had forgotten that last night I had made another drawing for the hunt.
4 open book, mini sketchbook -a5

I saw part of a documentary about Botticelli, and I remembered the paperback book about him last night I leafed through it and chose a page as an open book.

 

[E.J.H.]

It's an "other veggie". My wife was going to throw it away, but I stopped her, I wanna paint it! So here it is, in watercolor, an artichoke beyond its "best before" date...
Happy Christmas everybody!

 

[AiArts]

Inspiring works, you guys.

Joe1: Your enthusiasm in Botticelli shines thru your sketch.

EJH: Great save !!! Beautiful results ... the soft bleed shadow is marvelous.

 

[Robin Gillis]

Alcohol
berries
chocolate
dice game to sub for dominos
egg+Mexican oregano plant
footwear
gingerbread man recipe card holder
holiday ornament
jingle bracelet
knotted stool pad ties
locked cooking tongs
an improvised mistletoe next to a toe

 

[Robin Gillis]

Joe1–nice feeling to your sketches, good portrayal of nervous dispare. Interesting community building clump
ep—fun holiday ingredients. I like all those white highlights...what did you make em with?..
nedL glad to have you along. Winters mistletoe is solitary stuff...maybe that’s how is engenders a kiss?..
joan— lovely work...your poinsettia makes me wanna watercolor dabble, yeah, next hunt I hope..thanks for the happy ornaments
joe Fl —hi happy holidays To our resident American Indian enthusiast
ntl—the gingerbread guy is ready to jump Up and partaaay
joC super Dooper cranberry digie....NICE
ams — nice sketches, clearly read and simple
nedL. Nice persimmon, Bravo shoe!!!
Ai— love your meal composition, great card idea
Ejh-glad you rescued the artichoke for ART....nice looks stiff like artichokes are




has

 

[ams]

Thanks for your comments everyone.

Joe1, nice work on the crib, holiday face and open book. I like both the pen and pencil. I know what you mean about ink, love the look but it's a little scary to be so permanent so quickly.

Ned, nice work on the work boot. Ink and wash is one of my favorite mediums. It worked very well here to capture the texture of the leather.

Ai, you were busy! You packed a lot of items in that single drawing. Merry Christmas to you as well!

EJH, very nice artichoke. Too bad it got too old to eat. At least it was able to be your model.

Robin, your drawings are great. Love the fuzzy slippers and the bells.

 

[joe1It]

thanks a lot to everyone.
EJH, very nice painting.
Robin, they are all beautiful

 

[eyepaint]

Quick pop in here - RobinSue I used white gel ink pen, like this one on amazon dot ca.

 

[AiArts]

Robin: Thanks.. Wow... so many great sketches... love them all but the alcohol, tea, fluffy footwear, and the jingle bell band are enchanting to me.

 

[Sue]

Gosh, so many great sketches. Sorry I can't stop and comment on them all but I've really enjoyed my trip through the seasonal offerings - food, drink, decorations, flowers, what more could a person need.

Manageed a couple of quickies - tried the graphitint again on some watercolour paper scraps. Both 5 x 7 ish, 20 minutes or so
1. Holly berries - sub for mistletoe which I haven't got in my garden
2, Variegated Ivy - sub for poinsettia

 

[jmfletch]

WISHING ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HEALTHY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Joe

 

[NedL]

WISHING ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HEALTHY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Joe

Thanks Joe I hope you are having a nice Christmas day.

Merry Christmas to all "hunters" and truly heartfelt best wishes for the new year to everyone.

 

[eyepaint]

Merry Christmas, everyone!

 

[ams]

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.

Sue, I like your holly and ivy. They make me think of the Christmas Carol "The Holly and the Ivy."

I did a few sketches over the past couple of days. All done in my Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook (6"x8")

#5 Lock (it's a special lock for our power generator, ink + water-soluble graphite)
#6 Umbrella (ink + neocolor II with water)
#7 Chocolate (ink + watercolor wash)
#8 Berry (blueberries from my morning cereal, ink + watercolor wash)
#9 Veggies (Broccoli and carrots subbed for eggplant, ink + watercolor wash)
#10 Knot (This was a scarf I tied to get a knot and then sketched the whole thing. It was all about values so I used ink + water-soluble graphite. I had a lot of fun with this one. I love to do fabric.)
#11 Open book. (ink + water-soluble graphite)

 

[Joan T]

Merry Christmas to all of you who are celebrating. Sorry I didn't get back to express my wishes earlier, but I was doing a lot of cooking and baking and then we were off visiting. Here is my Christmas card which was done from a painting I did on location at a local flower shop.

 

[Joan T]

Many thanks to everyone for your comments.

Nti, nice sketches. Love the gingerbread man!

Ned, nice depiction of the scene on the quarter. It is hard to see all the details on something so small and silver on silver. lol Nice job on the persimmon. The paper probably made it harder to get the orange color. Your boot shows it's age and use nicely. I like the spots that show it is a little worn in places. Nice!

Joe 1, as always I love the sketch of Eeyore. I like your two sketches of the crib. The one in pencil has a nice softness to it.

Jo, nice digital of the cranberry juice bottle. I experienced making tamales for Christmas many years ago when my sister's friend came over to her house in San Diego. Rosie got all of us involved in a massive tamale making party. I remember quite a bit of alcohol being involved too. lol

Anne, lovely drawings. My fav is the tree with the bonus bird feeder. Interesting lock. I like your umbrella tucked in the corner. My favorite of this last group is the knot...so well done on the fabric shading. Nice group in all!

Ai, I hope you are feeling better now from your booster shot. Your plate of food is making me hungry. I haven't had my breakfast yet.

I did a few sketches over the last few days but never got to post them.
6 - veggie - watercolor
7 - ornament (substitute for a game piece) - watercolors and ink
8 - berries - Elegant Writer pen and watercolors

 

[jmfletch]

I had forgotten that last night I had made another drawing for the hunt.
4 open book, mini sketchbook -a5

I saw part of a documentary about Botticelli, and I remembered the paperback book about him last night I leafed through it and chose a page as an open book.

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The birth of Venus? Excellent. A friend, no longer with us, use to draw copies of a master each day as his ‘warmup’.

Keep sketching
Joe

 

[jmfletch]

It's an "other veggie". My wife was going to throw it away, but I stopped her, I wanna paint it! So here it is, in watercolor, an artichoke beyond its "best before" date...
Happy Christmas everybody!
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Well it did not go to waste! Love all the shades of green. Nicely done.

Keep sketching
Joe

 

[joe1It]

Sue, they're both beautiful.
Ams, this series of draws is wonderful too.
Joan, it's a wonderful greeting card.
I like it a lot

Happy holidays to all.
I drew a work that my mother made,
crochet angel

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holiday item