May Challenge Continued...

Sunflowers by Chris Sherry

Chris says, "Sunflowers are easy to paint after the third go 'round'."

Pink Azaleas by Louise George

Louise says, " I see these often along a fence in the neighborhood  where I walk my dog . They are isolated, not near a yard...may have been native to the area years ago." 
Two different approaches:  The lower one is a straight watercolor done in one session. The white is from the paper only. The top one has been developed further in more than one session. Some Chinese white was used for highlights.

Autumn Hydrangeas by Gunda Perry

Mixed media watercolor and tissue paper.

White Roses by Nancy Rounsaville

 Nancy painted on an oil primed linen pad from Centurion.

 Happy Summer by Donna Varn

Donna painted on an easel for the first time. She says, "I've always painted at a drafting table - flat - level - no slope."

Maggie's Mother's Day Rose by Jane Springfield

Jane used gesso-textured watercolor paper.

May Challenge...

By Patsy Cannon
Patsy put the flowers in an interior setting rather than just painting the flowers by themselves.

By Jerry Solomon
Painting flowers as a subject was new to Jerry.

May Challenge

The Painting Challenge for May is Flowers. The Challenge is to try something you have not done before. This can be a new technique, a new medium, a new palette or (as in Leon's case) a larger brush.

Bring in your painting to share with the group or send a photo for our blog. We can take a picture for you. Tell what it is you did differently in your painting.

You can see our blog if you go to the AAC Website and look under Education. We are with sketch groups as an open studio. 

We will not meet on Friday, May 17. Instead, we will paint on Wednesday, May 15.

Luscious Foliage by Clyde Draughon
Clyde used Yupo paper.

Congrats to the Friday Painter who were accepted in the AAC Horizons and Vistas show judged by Nikki Davidson. The full list is posted on the AAC website.

Our WINNERS include:

  Cool Morning by Maryann Rachelson

The Blue Vase by Wanda Walston

Crazy Coffeehouse by Charles Woodbery

Mickey McConnell, Kathy Butler, Clyde Draughon, Betsy Cozine, Alle Craig, Pat Hahn, Kathy Rennel Forbes, Sherry Hardage, Tom Quinn, Loretta Locanto, Margot Longreen and Jane Springfield.