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Monday, August 8, 2011

The Summer of Colour! ~Show & Tell~

What a colourful summer this has been, thank you so much to Kristin for hosting such an amazingly inspiring challenge! I've *met* so many wonderful & talented people through this challenge & am looking forward to continue following you all on you artsy ventures!!

Here's a snapshot of all my works this summer...I have to admit, I'm sorry to see it come to an end... at the start I was so apprehensive because, well working with colour just has never been my strong suit, so I'm quite pleased that I was able to complete each weekly challenge!

Summer of colour!_edited-1

Week one ~blue~ is a perfect example, here is an old drawing that I coloured using photoshop...(not quite ready to tackle colouring quite yet....week two ~green~ well, here I used some water colour pencils to fill in the leaves & flowers on my *Wall Flower*.  By week three ~pink~ I went on a limb and bought a set of coloured pencils & created *All Dressed Up & no Where to Go.*  Wow, yellow, I thought for sure I'd be skipping since this was the week we took our yearly vacation to Busch Gardens VA.  Well, sure enough I stumbled upon a pic of Maddie w/ her face painting...& was able to pull off my *Little Tiger* :)  Week five ~Brown~ well, right away when I heard this colour I knew it just had to be *Brown Eyed Girl*  really, for the first time working with water colours... Water colours once again with my purple Unicorn.  *Lady in Red* was the obvious choice for me, using coloured pencils....& last but not least my *Little Fairy* once again being inspired by my Maddie...what a better way to end the summer than to make her into the little fairy that I know she already is ;)

What a wonderful way to celebrate summer, than to celebrate it with colour!!!

Thanks again Kristin...I'll be sure to continue you on your journey full of colour & art!!

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15 comments:

  1. somewhere on the avenueAugust 8, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    Lady in red is the best of the bunch, I completely love it xx

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  2. DianeAugust 8, 2011 at 7:26 AM

    When you put them all together like this--it's magic!

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  3. WrightStuffAugust 8, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    They are so amazing. I seem to have missed a few of these over the weeks (somehow I never quite had the time to visit all 90 or so every week). It's great to catch up like this and see them in all their glory.

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  4. NettyAugust 8, 2011 at 7:38 AM

    They are all wonderful pieces of art, loved every one of them. x

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  5. linda (dots n doodles)August 8, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    They are all so beautiful together. I think Kristin's idea of show and tell has been so interesting. This is probably the only time that we will have looked back over all our weeks and see how we have all progressed.

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  6. KristinAugust 8, 2011 at 1:36 PM

    Well this is just an amazing line up! WHAT a beautiful talent you are - and I love that you went out on a limb and bought those colors! AND it has been fun to see you get bolder and bolder. Although there is such an elegance to your pieces devoid of color as well ;) They are all so beautiful and are obviously created with such heart. THANK you for sharing all of this with us! xo

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  7. scrapwordsmomAugust 8, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    Fantastic drawings!!!

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  8. JennyAugust 8, 2011 at 3:35 PM

    Gorgeous drawings... they really do look wonderful together...

    Jenny x

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  9. LesleyAugust 8, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    Wow what a lovely collection.
    Lesley

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  10. KathyAugust 8, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    So gorgeous all together.. and love how the color has evolved.. can't pick a fav.. this was a fun idea to see everything all together..
    xx

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  11. Lesley EdmondsAugust 9, 2011 at 1:11 AM

    Seeing your wonderful work all together like this is such a pleasure. Wonderful summer of colour from you.
    x

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  12. MandyAugust 9, 2011 at 4:43 AM

    seriously...someone in the publishing world needs to snap you up for illustrations in childrens books...you have kept me in awe this whole summer gig...thankyou so much...xxx

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  13. JaN's ArTy JouRneYAugust 10, 2011 at 8:39 AM

    Your Summer of Colour collection looks amazing together!.. and I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing your art work and talent throughout this Challenge.
    Jan x

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  14. UnknownAugust 10, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    Your art is all beautiful, with and with out color. This summer collection is gorgeous. I will definitely keep up with your art.

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  15. EllaAugust 10, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    I love how you lined them up; they all are amazing!
    Just wonderful...I so agree you should be an illustrator! How serene and engaging your work is!
    So happy we met during this challenge! xXx

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