Art Challenge 2k15

My artsy friends and I decided to embark on a fabulous artistic adventure this summer on a thirty day journey to better our creative ways.  Each day is has a prompt and an artist inspiration, although, most of my pieces are very loosely inspired by the artists.  If you want to see my friends art, check out #artchallenge2k15 on Instagram to see the art in it's fabulous glory!

If you'd like to join us:

Day 1: Yourself or Persona [Your style]

Day 2: Something experiencing flight [Georges Seurat]

Day 3: One, some, or all of your friends [Pierre-Auguste Renoir]

Day 4: Animals [Pablo Picasso]

Day 5: Favorite Outfit [Marc Chagall]

Day 6: Monster [Wassily Kadinsky]

Day 7: Liquid in Motion [Jackson Polluck]

Day 8: Outlandish House [Henri Rousseau]

Day 9: Favorite Cartoon Character [Vincent van Gogh]

Day 10: Words as Graffiti [M.C. Escher]

Day 11: Favorite _____ after the zombie apocalypse [Favorite Artist]

Day 12: Inanimate object [Salvador Dali]

Day 13: Something you couldn’t live without [Andy Warhol]

Day 14: Favorite Book Character [Favorite Artist]

Day 15: Super powers! [Henri Matisse]

Day 16: Favorite Song or Quote [Each other]

Day 17: Dystopia or Utopia [Rembrandt]

Day 18: A Couple [Mary Cassatt]

Day 19: Something you’re afraid of [Edvard Munch]

Day 20: An unlikely pair [Each other]

Day 21: Fire and its consequences [Harvey Dunn]

Day 22: A Famous individual as a veggie [Eric Carle]

Day 23: Something Happy [Winslow Homer]

Day 24: History personified [Edgar Degas]

Day 25: Broken [Leonardo da Vinci]

Day 26: Mythology [Dr. Seuss]

Day 27: Weather [Georgia O’Keefe]

Day 28: Fairytales [Claude Monet]

Day 29: A Secret [Paul Cezanne]

Day 30: Yourself (as a new fancy artist) (or a quote) [Your style]

So, I'm sorry, I've been a terrible blogger.  I have already completed several of the art challenges.  I guess I should probably share them with you now:

Day 1:  Yourself or Persona in your own style

Day 2: Something experiencing flight in the style of Georges Seurat.  He was the pointillism dude. 

Day 3: One, some, or all of your friends in the style of Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Day 4: Animals in the style of Pablo Picasso. You'll notice that this is not really his style, but rather the vibrant colors of most of his art.

Day 5: Favorite Outfit very loosely inspired by Marc Chagall

Day 6: Monster in the style of Wassily Kadinsky

Day 7: Liquid in Motion in the style of Jackson Polluck; he basically threw paint at canvases, so this was fun.

Day 8: A house in the style of Henri Rousseau

Junk Journal

I've decided I should start practicing techniques in a junk journal, so I have begun to do just that.  For this first page I used metallic paint for the first time.  I also tried my luck at painting a face.

Mixed Media Canvases

Now, I don't always make canvas art, because I'm to cheap to buy canvas, but their was an art fair this summer, and these are three canvases I sold.

Let's Catch up on Journaling

So, I apologize, but I have not posted in a long time, but I don't think that many people actually read this, it's more for my own amusement.  I have been busy with art journaling so here are some pictures:

This is not my favorite page by any means, I did however like how the eye's tears are watering the flower.

This page used a lot more paint than I normally use.

I was having a rough day when I made this.  I doodled my feelings and then covered it in paint.  It was a very therapeutic process.

This page is one of my favorites.  I used a credit card to make the shelves, and I cut the door out of a catalog.

For this page, I used some candy wrappers, they were a pain in the butt to stick down.

As you know, I really like the Hero's of Olympus series by Rick Riordon.  After the book came out I created this art journal and a series of icads to go with it.

Journal Page 14

This time I experimented with water-soluble oil pastels for the face and smudged circles.

Journal Page 13

I created this one with the idea of painting the images I wanted instead of stamping or paper cutouts.  I also added tissue paper which I don't do often.

Journal Page 12

I created this page for my birthday.  I used gesso for the first time on this piece as well.