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Welcome to the results of this weekend’s art challenge – Macro. Some fantastic results from our students this week. We think everyone enjoyed looking at objects up close. We love the Dragonfruit painting by Lisa Emls below, very bold, bright, colourful – and dynamic too!
Our feature images is shared this week by two students. Mila Zinzen created the artwork of the tomato and Lisa Ainslie painted the close up of the shoe. Wonderful artwork and you can see them in full in the mix of artwork below. Also welcome to the challenges Lisa!
We hope that you have all enjoyed this macro challenge and stay tuned for a new challenge coming tomorrow!
Close up of a dragonfruit Lisa ElmsWeekend challenge….. ‘……….and then I ate it.’ (Savoy cabbage) Norman TharbyI love macro photography. Yet to try painting, next on my list. Have a great week. Skipper MarshallI thought I would draw a close up of a pencil sharpener for this week’s challenge! Pauline BurkeIryna LabunskaMy week-end challenge with a foto of a rose I took in my garden last summer. I tried to realize a watercolor from it but it was not so easy! Rose-Marie BiehligMacro photography entry, this was fun! Andrea WilliamsI never thought this week’s challenge would have opened a new perspective in my art life.Look at the beautiful colours in a moth’s wing. Latha Bhaduri PrabakarI have recently started the Coloured Pencils Course with Monika. Rosalind Spilling.This is a frog my cat caught 18 months ago, photographed on my phone. I did it in pencil, with the slight green colour of its body added in pencil too. Then I drew a close up of its eye. Lindsey ReptonWeekend Challenge – Abstract zoom in of water Kirstie BakerHere is my macro tomato. I macro-love tomatoes! They remind me of sunny summer days. Pastels on coloured paper. It’s been a macro challenge! Mila ZinzenMacro challenge. Dylan F JeskyeHazelnut for the weekend challenge. I liked the stripes on the shell of the nut and thought it would be good to try out. Coloured pencils on paper. Ruth StirtonAnother nut for the weekend macro challenge. This is a walnut. Acrylic on compressed board. 12″ x 12″ Ruth StirtonFor the weekend challenge in watercolour Jackie GrovesA figurine just four centimetres high which I’ve had for years. Thanks to our ‘macro’ Challenge it has revealed startling detail – who knew? So, true to form, this inch-and-a-half of Laughing Buddha (along with Polychromos colour pencils) DID bring me much joy. Julie SmalleyClose up of an iris in acrylic. Rachel PesterfieldExperimenting with pencils – macro flower. Photo taken some months ago. Kathleen MillerHere’s my entry for macro Marc DavisI’ve just signed up for the Drawing and Painting course and this is my first weekend challenge. A tough challenge for me as I have no patience when it comes to painting details. A close up of one of my daughter’s first shoes. Lisa AinslieAnother hot day here 39°c. So thought a nectarine would be great choice for weekend challenge. Coloursoft pencils on 225gsm Serena GauselCherries for the weekend’s art challenge: Macro (based on a reference photos of the blog). Acrylics on canvas Véra JaouadiClose up dung beetle studies for the weekend art challenge. Fascinating little creatures. Emma PhillipsMacro painting of Pansy. Acrylic on paper Vruti MistryMacro challenge Helen AcostaWorking on light reflection in graphite. Yhink my understanding may be improving. Lou Addison-BrownBut this is my photographic submission for this week. Its a candle! Pete WoolgarI have taken a photo of a shell and then drawn it. I tried to add in as much fine detail as possible. I used watercolour colour pencils. A mix of wet and dry affect. Nina PhillipsInk and coloured pencils Judy FeilderMacro – loved trying this with ink and coloured pencils Judy Feilderpainting of fresh juicy grapes in the grapes field and close up view of it. Shailaja RathinavelPainting: water colour orange and ice cube inside the glass with water spilling effect. Bhawna SinhaMacro. I really enjoyed this and learnt so much doing it. Tracey MoldBeen working on my Macro photography Charlotte DraperMy weekend art challenge – TOPIC: Macro. Photography Shreya RachapudiThe macro photography part is fun but not so sure I can draw it! Eve Warren10.5”-14” Watercolor Maria Ei ZarSian PerryPastel pencils on velour. Dorothy RobinsonAnisha DilipClose up cat eyes. Elizabeth RobinsonWeekend challenge horse eye on pastel mat and pastel pencil Gwen ReavleyAnisha DilipMacro photo challenge. Anthea PostI love Macro photography, it is my favourite. Dóra Birgis
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