Ohara Koson gives us the perfect inspiration for October. It speaks to the fall, the growing darkness of the nights, the crisp clear star-studded sky, the mysterious sounds in the woods.…
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October Monthly Challenge
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This month’s challenge painting is a study is subtle shading, and uses what I call an accented neutral color palette. The majority of the colors are going to be shades of…
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Owl on Gingko Branch (Scops Owl Under Crescent Moon) 1915 Ohara Koson Woodblock Print on Paper (Please note this art is copyrighted and is to be used only as inspiration.) About…
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I had never heard of Kurt Schwitters before I started looking for suitable art for the upcoming challenges. I wanted to do something different, something sculptural, something outside our norm. When…
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This month, we’ve got a really interesting piece of assemblage art for our monthly challenge – Revolving by Kurt Schwitters. What catches me most about Revolving is the warmth of all the…
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Revolving by Kirt Schwitters 1919 Assemblage-Wood, metal, cord, cardboard, wool, wire, leather, and oil on canvas 48 3/8″ x 35″ (122.7 x 88.7 cm) Museum of Modern Art, New York About…
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Congratulations to this Months winners! We have 2 winners chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants. Janet Bocciardi/Biehive is our first winner this month. She has won products (shown below) from Marsha Neal Studio worth…
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“The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Did you know that hedgehogs did tricks? Apparently, as pets…
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Such a charming painting, don’t you agree? I got so inspired I made up three treasuries on Etsy. Who knew that there were so many hedgehog items out there? And what…
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A Hedgehog in a Landscape, 1643-51 9¼ x 15 in. 23.5 x 38 cm. bodycolor on vellum by Giovanna Garzoni About the Art Garzoni’s paintings depict plants with their roots and…