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Welcome to our latest Weekend Art Challenge, where we set our students the task of creating artwork inspired by the colours turquoise and sand<\/strong>. It’s a beautiful pairing, the cool, jewel-like blue-green of turquoise against warm, golden sand and it instantly conjures up sunlit shores, shallow seas and long summer days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, our students took the theme in wonderfully different directions. We had serene watercolour churches and quick studies on khadi paper, a sunbathing mermaid brought to life as a digital illustration, a rather splendid turquoise hippo under a golden sky, na\u00efve mixed-media pieces inspired by everything from gallery windows to Cousteau, and even an adventurous linograph print. It’s always a joy to see how one simple colour brief can spark so many different ideas, styles and techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grab a cup of tea, scroll down and enjoy this gorgeous gallery of turquoise and sand creations. A huge well done and thank you to everyone who took part! Another challenge will be posted tomorrow! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A small quick watercolour on khadi paper.
Karin F<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is my second one for turquoise and sand colour challenge. A church in blue sky!
Watercolour in Winsor and Newton visual journal. I only used turquoise and yellow ochre. Mixed those 2 in various ratios made different tones of green.
Ni Ni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Turquoise & Sand – Mixed Media – Naive Art Inspired by an artwork seen in a gallery window.
Ozlem E<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here’s my drawing for the turquoise and sand challenge.\u00a0Sunbathing mermaid, digital illustration.
Amanda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Turquoise and Sand- Mixed Media – inspired by Cousteau
Ozlem E<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Watercolour: colours used- turquoise and yellow ochre with white gouache.
Ni Ni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019ve drawn a hippo which I\u2019ve painted turquoise and the sky I\u2019ve painted a golden sand colour. I\u2019ve used mixed medium, so using acrylic paints and pens alongside with children\u2019s paint (there are obviously other colours though emphasis on the hippo and sky)
Nina P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Turquoise and Sand.
The Founder
Linograph on paper
3.5\u00d75 inches
So I went way out of the usual wheel-house and tried Linograph Print-Making with a silk screen. Each step was ultimately fun, and felt like I was using a different section of my brain to be attentive in the designing, cutting and layering. Recognizing the details are bleeding through the silk screen, I decided to roll with it…and thus this came about.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cobalt, turquoise and sand (ish)!
Modelling paste and acrylic on canvas.
Dinah B<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cobalt Turquoise and Sand (Quin Gold) Watercolour.
Phil H<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We hope that everyone enjoyed this challenge. Stay tuned for a new Weekend Art Challenge posted here tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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