CPM Challenge for July 14 "Blue Dasher"

This was the Colored Pencil Magazine Challenge for July 2014. It was lot of fun and pushed me to think about how to sequence the colors to get to the transparency of the wings. I have been busy working on different techniques lately and even just finished a three day class in oils portraits from John Willer who is a well known and prolific artist here in the Eureka Springs area. Talk about pushing my envelope having never done any oil painting it was pretty daunting but I survived and learned a lot. Especially that I don't want to be a commissioned portrait painter!!!!!  :-)

CPM - June 17, 2014 Boy's Stories

This was the June challenge for the Colored Pencil Mag web site. The picture was a color photo of a selection of memorabilia from the past with a lean towards Father's Day. I decided to do selected parts of the photo and to do it in sepia. Turned out fair should have had a more greenish tint to the photo I think.

Boat on Water - CPM April 2014

Have found a new drawing competition at Colored Pencil Magazine site. Each month they will post a photo and using colored pencils draw and then submit your rendition of the photo. This is a lot of fun. You get feedback and there are even prizes, discounts on supplies etc etc. Check them out. This is my take on this months photo titled "Boat on the Water". You do have to join Flicker in order to play but it is another place to get your art out to the public.

www.flickr.com/groups/cpmchallenge/ 

IF - Prehistoric 02/07/14

Finally Ugg got the ending correct.

IF - Disguise 01/24/14

Yes I know I have been off the site for a long time. But with the holidays I was just too busy to get anything else done. So, New Years resolution: I will post at least once a month.

A big deal here in Eureka Springs this month was the first annual Independent Film Festival. It was a great success, lots of entries, a wide variety of subjects and film makers. Looks like it will be a fine addition to things going on the ES. This is the FB page for the festival. www.facebook.com/eurekaspringsfilm.

IF - Underwater Oct 4, 2013

OK, so I was feeling a little weird today and with the IF word being "underwater" I just went for it. Looks like this fellow has been underwater too long.

IF-Onomatopoeia - Clickety Clack

OK. I was pretty sure I knew the word but looked it up to make sure before I committed to this. Anyway, if you have ever ridden on a train you know the clickety clack sound of the wheels running on the rails. This is caused by the shifting of the rails at the junction point of two rails meeting. Not very romantic but the whole train travel experience must be taken as a whole for it to work at all. After ridding the rails in Europe for a number of years I'm sorry to say that the system in the US is barely ride-able and needs a Major overhaul.