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Welcome to this months Alphabet Challenge for the letter B. You can see how much fun our students have had this weekend and what great challenges these are turning out to B! 🙂
Our feature image is shared by Sarah Hogan with her ‘Its Berry cold out there!’ and Eve Warren who knitted a bee this week. We love them both, so very creative and fun, they certainly make us all smile in this very cold spell of February!
We also have to give a shout out to Pete Woolgar’s very colourful Bee painting and Barbara Schunk’s Bug watercolour. We love it, even the shadow behind the bug is very delicate and beautifully painted, the antenna are stunning!
There are so many amazing paintings below, you just have to scroll through to see how much time and care our students have spent on their artwork this weekend. It is all helping to improve their creativity, observational skills, knowledge about the materials used and also being able to start and finish a piece within a short space of time. Not to mention the courage to post and share work with us. Keep up the amazing work everyone, another challenge to follow!
Here comes my contribution for the weekend challenge. “B is for bug“ – I’m not sure what kind of bug it is, but it’s certainly up to something! Barbara SchunkLou Addison-BrownB for Ballerina. I’ve used watercolour pencils for the background and used a damp tissue to create a bloted/ smudged effect. The tutu is again watercolour pencils. The top half of the tutu is again smudged and the skirt part was left dry. I found some metallic shapes to decorate the background and every premier ballerina needs a crown. Nina Phillips Weekend – challenge. It is “B“ for “Ben“. I drew this dog portait in pastel in remembrance of my dog. AnnetteThe best way to spend a very snowy Sunday is painting for the week-end challenge. Watercolor and collage. Rose-Marie BiehligA quick oil painting…. Boat…..beached, broken, barren, barnacled! From Norfolk Coast Path near Blakeney. Norman TharbyHere is my piece of the Weekend Challenge – the alphabet challenge for the letter B. I am currently a student for the watercolour diploma course and this piece is called Boats Beneath Bridge. Anisha DesaiI attach some Bees for the letter B! ‘Busy Bee’s and Honey’! Pauline BurkeBlue bicycle with a basket filled with flowers for weekend challenge of Alphabet ‘’B’’ I use water colour. Bhawna SinhaFor the weekend challenge…. doing big aquarium wall painting in my living room, have so much to finish still, will take some days to finish… this week we have alphabet B challenge, I have painted bat ray too in my beautiful aquarium wall painting, so B for bat ray. Shailaja RathinavelB for Bicycle Anisha DilipBaby Cat – 2021 She recently turned 1. Justin RobinsonB is for Bear! Becky HarpurAudrey QuintonJust a reference 2B 4B 6B 8B 10B Totally 30 B Latha Bhaduri PrabakarB is for Big Brother’s Watching You! Jenny JeffreysB is for BANG! I needed to paint something dramatic, and this was the result. Acrylic on paper. Ruth StirtonBlue whale for the weekend challenge. Elrita RoosA slightly tongue in cheek B, birthday cards. Just a simple linocut based on passionflower drawings. Rita FrostAudrey QuintonWeekend challenge. B is for Baby Bear. Dinah BarkerBee Rachel FellowsBald Eagle Emily Fellows‘Beach’, for the B weekend challenge. A little study in oils of my Grandchildren on holiday. Experimenting with a looser ‘style’ Dorothy RobinsonAlphabet challenge – B B is for bunny! Denise Harvey‘B’roccoli Watercolour on watercolour paper Vruti MistryWeekend challenge: B for Begonia Véra JaouadiB for Bird in the Bushes. Impressionist style drawing in ink Judy FeilderBella Michelle MosleyB is for Bear … pastel of my grandson’s favourite teddy bear Susan CardozoA bee for the B challenge Sian PerryI went very literal with the letter “B” Acrylic, marker and ink on canvas. Pete WoolgarKnitted this week Eve WarrenMy B for this weekend’s challenge. Vicki WatkinsB is for baby. My second ever portrait in colour. Pastel pencils used. Sam WrightB is for Barbarian (inks on paper) Annette Pfifferling MartiThese “Boots” are made for walking. Coloured pencils. Rosalind Spilling‘There was a baboon, who one afternoon, said I think I will fly to the sun…’ One of my favourite poems when I was little. So for me, the letter B for this month’s challenge, could only be Baboon – and here is my effort, created over a lovely few hours of tranquility this morning. Sarah EgertonIts Berry cold out there !!! Small little fun doodle for the B challenge!!! Sarah HoganB: Bing cherries in oils. Not sure if these meet the brief. Sorry if not, I just wanted to take part as I just started the oil painting course. Not painted stills before but thought I’d have a first attempt…. Lisa’s Kitchen Alphabet “B” weekend challenge a bee on blossom in pastel pencils Gwen ReavleyB is for Blue Moonlit Mountains Hannah QuantickB for ballerina. Oil pastel on coloured paper. Mila ZinzenB is for Boxer! Watercolour on gessoed paper. Karan McKelvie‘B’ my guest! To February’s pastiche I invite! (Art history fan here, as I’m sure you can see.) So, romantically giving double delight a ‘Bellini’ it just has to B. July SmalleyBlue girl… Inspiration from “Mucha”…… 1890’s Serena GauselB for Beatles Dóra BirgisB for Beatles Dóra BirgisB for Beatles Dóra BirgisB for Beatles Dóra BirgisBeech tree. Ink on paper. A nice, calming bit of Friday evening sketching after another long week. Lisa Ainslie
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