Original oil painting
on hardboard, 4"x6"
©2013 Diana Moses Botkin
Suzanne chose our subject this month and I must admit: I was not pleased. This turned out to be rather fun, however, and it definitely was not something I would have chosen to paint, otherwise.
The tropical color combination in this little painting was especially enjoyable to work with. The pink shrimp reminded me of a flower, set against those green lettuce leaves and that bright cobalt blue plate.
Which was a lot more pleasant to think about than a headless crustacean with a few salad greens.Did you know shellfish are not fish at all? They are actually more closely related to insects.
(left) "Moody"
Oil on linen, 16"x16"
©2013 Suzanne Berry
None of us reveal our plan for our Challenge painting ahead of time, although we all know what the subject is. It's quite fun to see what each of us has created, month by month, to meet the goal of the particular puzzler.
(left)
"Pick Me...Not!"
Encaustic, 7.5" x 7.5"
©2013 V. N. Ross
6 comments:
Not an easy challenge - you all did a great job!
Thanks, Jane. It turned out to be a lot more fun than I first thought it would be. It did take me awhile to figure out WHICH shellfish I might do, find some to get as models and then figure out an interesting set up.
Your painting makes me hungry! The entire time I worked on this I kept being reminded of how spidery cheek fish are! Sure tast good, tho.
LOVE your morsel Diana! beautifully done!
Vicki and Suzanne, thanks so much for dropping by here after our hard work on this one. I'm so glad we're in this together!
Very nice painting, Diana...It does look like a fun challenge!
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