Magical Mystery Garden Tea Tablecloth

I LOVE the different mug art challenges one group hosts on Mondays… I’m newer to the group but have painted some old ones and I recreate many of the new ones… I really liked this one and decided to film the WHOLE process (mistakes and all) in my sketchbook: from blank page to pencil to ink to color application…

The filming of my sketchbook entry… 

The photo prompt…

Of course, I would rather drink cafe creme from those cups but the tablecloth has tea pots or kettles… soooo I gave this artwork a tea reference title… giggles! 

Green Sofa Vegetable Fabric

Another two in one challenge… interior design… I kind of followed the rules and then painted things that captured my attention… things aren’t exactly where they are supposed be and a lot is missing…

This next one is actually the first side I painted in my sketchbook…

Anddddd… How far I got in 20 minutes…

Photo prompts…

Day 11 of 20… only 9 days to go!

NEVER FORGET

 Every year I post my same painting… I NEVER FORGET… the day is NOT forgotten…

Nasturtiums Strawberries

Am I a sketchbook painter now? I can’t seem to stop turning to it when creating art. Art challenges seem to be my thing too… since finding them on Instagram, they have taken over my brain… lol… this another two for one challenge…

This is how far I got in 20 minutes… got the base down…

This the photo prompt…

I have been doing this particular art challenge since it started: 11 weeks of photo prompts and I haven’t missed one… FUN!

Day 10 of 20–halfway through the 20 for 20 Fall Challenge!!!

Lazy Evening Crossword

I LOVE doing crossword puzzles! Used to do them on paper and now I use an app since I no longer have a newspaper subscription… when I saw a paint challenge with a crossword… yes, that looks FUN…

I chose to use this challenge for my 20 minute for 20 days too… and this is how far I got in 20 minutes…

This is the art challenge photo prompt…

Day 9 of 20 complete!

Sketchbook: Flowers and More

Filling and editing pages… I just can’t allow pages to be blank… they just look to sad… my art is all about being happy… being whimsical… FUN…

and the before… artwork bleeding through the page before and pink smudges of flowers from the right page… the chair didn’t have background color…

the sketchbook has thin paper—not meant for wet media—but I like to break rules…

this before sketch, again, shows the outline of artwork on the page before and I potted the flowers (may give them a blue sky tomorrow… and the color wasn’t as vibrant on the bistro/Arc de Triomphe scene…

I had fun experimenting with watercolor pencils… first time using them this week… only had four, so I bought a set and they arrive tomorrow… EXCITED to try them… I worked with all four in this sketch…

this before was not easy to cover up but I did my best… you can see a lot of the Paris scene through the page so I did bolder color… and the flowers were not planted nor had a sky—now they do!

ONLY one more page is blank opposite a drawing… I will conquer it tomorrow and share… then onward with new entries!

FUN Colored Pencils

Colored pencils used to color colored pencils in a jar… hahaha… watercolor used for the background… this was another 20 minute challenge: colored pencils make it easy to stay within the timeframe…

Not only did I do this for 20minsfor20days… but this was actually an older challenge I had stored on my phone to be painted at another time… here is the photo prompt…

Day 8 of 20 penciled in… complete!

 

Lemons Pottery Cocktail

When I saw an art challenge with lemons… I thought of a thumbnail sketch I had done the other day… they could work together… yes… combine them… AND this is NOT an advertisement… I’m not being paid by Bombay Gin… it would be GREAT… but I just LOVE the BLUE bottle and the way they style their ads with lemons…

The art photo prompt and my version with the addition of a beverage… maybe a mocktail…

The advertisement and my thumbnail of it…

Still having FUN in my (MOCA) sketchbook… hard to get back to actual paintings on watercolor paper… I do need to FILM… maybe I will film one of my sketchbook entries… hmmmm

Balcony Rail Still Life

A study of balcony railing… selecting the most common one I use… I added a table and vase of flowers on top of it… a drapery panel to the side of it and indoor and outdoor flooring… easy, fun, appealing… 20 minute artwork challenge complete…

Sketches of balcony rails…

Together in my sketchbook…

Day 7 of 20… having fun… learning to create within a timeframe WITHOUT feeling pressured… always a lesson in everything we do… keep learning… good for the brain!