2024 Monthly Slideshow Challenge

January: Winter Scenes

Winter Blues

Jill Foster

Shadows on the Snow

Shirley Vogelsong

Quiet Morning in Tokyo

Eileen Rivoir

Winter Blues

Jill Foster

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February: Light and Shadow

Ringo

Shirley Vogelsong He was our last senior adopted golden receiver and I always enjoyed sketching or painting him. This photo I had showered him with sunlight.

Sunset Floating

Susan Nicholas Gephart

Golden Days of Autumn

Susan Nicholas Gephart

Ringo

Shirley Vogelsong He was our last senior adopted golden receiver and I always enjoyed sketching or painting him. This photo I had showered him with sunlight.

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March Challenge: Birds

Three Hot Chicks

Susan Nicholas Gephart Pastel with acrylic underpainting

Meadowlark

Denise Wagner I created the bird in pastel pencil and pastel on Clairefontaine Pastelmat.

Indigo Bunting

Jeanne McKinney On a walk along Spring Creek a few years ago, I glanced up into the trees and was lucky enough to spot a beautiful blue Indigo Bunting - his vivid blue color bright against the green leaves.

Three Hot Chicks

Susan Nicholas Gephart Pastel with acrylic underpainting

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Congratulations to the First Quarter Prize Winner: Eileen Rivoir

April Challenge: Atmospheric Effects

After the Hurricane

Jeanne McKinney This painting of dramatic clouds above Monhegan Island, Maine, was inspired by the aftermath of a hurricane that moved up the coast and out to sea.

Sudden Storm

Denise Wagner 9 x 6 Painted in soft pastels and pastel pencils on Clairefontaine Pastelmat. I just love red for danger and blue for dark and misty.

Rainy Day

Shirley Vogelsong I never tried to paint rain before so this was a challenge. Having no photos of rain I had to resort to the Internet to find something. This is a very simple expression of rain and I hope it gives you a feeling of a wet day.

After the Hurricane

Jeanne McKinney This painting of dramatic clouds above Monhegan Island, Maine, was inspired by the aftermath of a hurricane that moved up the coast and out to sea.

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May Challenge: Fungi

Sheltered

Jill Foster 5x7 pastelbord photo ref: Amanda Black I liked the shape of these mushrooms and had fun painting them. They are supposed to have white spots on the tops, but I chose to leave those off for this painting. I think these might be ones to avoid because of the 'skirt' on the stems, but I'm really not sure as I'm not a mycophile.

Mushrooms

Shirley Vogelsong I had to get my idea from the Internet and it was fun painting them. A fascinating subject.

Eileen Rivoir I am in the high desert area of Colorado for most of the month, so no mushrooms growing here, just lots of red sand, dust, and rocks; I am also limited by a small box of cheap hashi soft pastels. I see so many western pastellists' paintings of red cliffs and sage brush, but find myself craving babbling brooks, ferns, moss and hemlocks.

Sheltered

Jill Foster 5x7 pastelbord photo ref: Amanda Black I liked the shape of these mushrooms and had fun painting them. They are supposed to have white spots on the tops, but I chose to leave those off for this painting. I think these might be ones to avoid because of the 'skirt' on the stems, but I'm really not sure as I'm not a mycophile.

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