Weekend Art Challenge Results

Welcome to our latest Weekend Art Challenge results post, where we set our students the wonderful task of creating artwork using only yellow and blue. Working with a limited colour palette is such a rewarding challenge, as it encourages you to think carefully about tone, contrast and composition, letting colour do all the talking. We were so pleased to see the range of subjects and approaches our students chose, from landscapes and still life to more abstract explorations of these two beautiful colours. The results are, as ever, an absolute joy to share. A huge well done to everyone who took part!

What struck us most about this collection is just how much variety a two-colour palette can produce. We have watercolours, pastels, gouache, sumi painting, pan pastels, watercolour pencils, mixed media and even the beautiful Turkish art of Ebru paper marbling, all united by those same two colours yet each feeling completely different in mood and character.

Ni Ni has been busy, treating us to not one but three stunning pieces, painted all the way from New Zealand, 13 hours ahead of us here in the UK. Her seaside sketches from Petone, Wellington, made with pen and watercolour, capture the light and space of the Pacific coastline beautifully, and her lilies, inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe, are soft and luminous. Her peacock, painted with three yellows and three blues, is a real showstopper and perhaps our favourite piece this week, with its rich layering of colour and gorgeous sense of movement.

Catherine gave us two delightful tree frog paintings in watercolour, and it is lovely to see her reflect on her own progress between the two pieces. Karen W painted a quick but atmospheric rendering of a Dorset lake while on holiday in France, which shows just how useful a limited palette can be when you are travelling light. Dinah B contributed two expressive pieces, including one on rice paper, which she tells us was trickier to work with but the results are wonderful. Ozlem brought something truly unique to the collection with her Ebru marbling piece, a centuries-old Turkish tradition, and it is a joy to see such a traditional art form represented in the challenge.

Aubrey’s folk design is cheerful and full of personality. Wendy’s parrot in pan pastels and pastel pencil on Canson Mi-Teintes is beautifully observed, with a lovely softness to the feathers. Sally H’s watercolour pencil piece, “End of the Day,” has a quiet, reflective quality that really suits the palette. Judith F.T’s piece is bold and confident, and Nina P’s mixed media dolphin, complete with a sprinkling of glitter, brings a real sense of fun and joy to the collection.

Thank you so much to everyone who took part this week. It has been a truly inspiring set of submissions and a wonderful reminder of just how much you can achieve with only two colours. We hope you enjoyed the challenge as much as we enjoyed seeing your work!

Stay tuned for a new Weekend Art Challenge posted here tomorrow.

I have been doing sketches at seaside this morning in my sketchbook(I am 13 hours ahead of UK). This is seaside view in Petone, Wellington, New Zealand. This water is connected with Pacific Ocean in the east and Tasman sea in the west. Black pen sketches and now added watercolour with limited palette. Colours used are cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, cerulean blue and ultramarine blue.
Ni Ni

WC An artwork I made with Ebru. In short, Ebru is the Turkish art of paper marbling, a centuries-old tradition that uses natural dyes and brushes made of horsehair to create mesmerizing designs on water
Ozlem

Had a go at this while on holiday in France. Used Cobalt Blue and Cadmium Yellow to give a quick rendering of a Dorset lake.
Karen W

Here are some blue and yellow tree frogs among the leaves for this weekend’s challenge. It is painted in watercolour.
Catherine

Here’s another tree frog for the blue and yellow challenge. I took more time drawing this one out, so think it’s better than my previous effort! Made using watercolour and pencil.
Catherine

Weekend Challenge. Yellow and blue. Sumi painting watercolour and gouache.
DInah B

Please find attached my contribution to the Weekend Art Challenge using a blue and yellow folk design.
Happy Easter!
Aubrey

Parrot (yellow and blue challange), Panpastels and pastel pencil on Carson Mi-Teintes.
Wendy

2 lilies after Georgia O’Keeffe with watercolour on Bockingford watercolour paper A5 size. Limited palette: Cadmium yellow, Ultramarine blue and small amount of Cadmium Orange. Green is mixing with cadmium yellow and ultramarine blue.
Ni Ni

‘End of the day ‘ in water colour pencils
Sall H

Mixed medium was used for this challenge. Children’s and acrylic paint used along with a sprinkling of glitter. I love dolphins so this is the animal I chose to fit in with the weekend challenge.
Nina P

Getting a bit carried away with my yellow and blue! On rice paper, bit trickier!
Dinah B

Peacock with watercolour. I used 3 yellows and 3 blues.
Cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, lemon yellow
Cerulean blue, Ultramarine blue and cobalt blue
Ni Ni

We hope that everyone enjoyed this challenge. Stay tuned for a new Weekend Art Challenge posted here tomorrow.

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Weekend Art Challenge Results – Yellow and Blue!

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