I started the Daily Painters of Northwest Ohio at the end of 2011 after daily painting for the past year. After following other blogs of daily painters I noticed that many of them are part of a local group of artists who create art on a regular basis and host monthly challenge meetings about it, so I decided to try it here myself! Painting every day alone in my studio can sometimes feel like solitary confinement so I thought getting together once a month might help. Our first meeting and challenge was a rousing success! There were 7 attendees for the first challenge, and one from KY who sent hers electronically! I was impressed! Here are the challenges submitted, in no particular order ;) The challenge was to paint or draw in the style of an artist you admire.
Sorry about the photo qualiy folks, next month I will use a real camera not my phone. I also forget to write down the names of the artist the were trying to emulate, oops. We all had a great time and please let me know if you wish to join us for next month's challenge.
Fred Lewallen
(sorry about the shadow on your drawing, and the poor quality, it truly doesn't do his drawing justice, we were all in AWE by his drawings.) His artist was Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring and he did a fantastic job!
Food Break
I think someone took a pic of me holding my artwork, but this is actually a photo of me sharing Patricia Lyons' submission thru email. The Landscape on the left however is mine. My artist was two fold, Van Gogh and a contemporary artist I just discovered, Ken Faulks. His work is incredible, I hope to afford a small one someday!
Patricia Lyons (in abstentium electroniculium)
Trish's artist was Ingres, and the idea was to only draw in the shadow area. I like this idea for a challenge, I'm going to try it with paint first and see how it works......
hmmmm, that face looks vaguely familiar........
Whitney's Dude
not a participating artist but avid notetaker....I wonder if we should be worried.....;)
