Week 7 Challenge

Hello, it's Tor here with this week's challenge - to interpret this painting by Felix Vallotton.

Gabrielle Vallotton at the piano, 1904

Results Week 6!

Hi, it's Tor here with my Elizabeth I - I didn't stray too far from the original (I mean I didn't make her a cat or anything!!) and I really enjoyed this, thanks Els!

Week 6 Challenge

Hello! It is Ella here with my very belated challenge for this week. I am keeping it short and sweet: I challenge us to re-create this painting of Queen Elizabeth I. Best of luck to us!

Week Five Results

Hello! It's Ella here, checking in for week 5!

Q. What did you think when you saw the week's task?

A. Excited, it looked fun!

Q. How do you feel about your results?

A.I feel pretty happy with them. There's loads I would do differently, but it was a good exercise for me, as on my MA, I am about to start producing illustrations, and as I'm still not sure how I want to make the art that I do, so this was a good chance for me to try out some methods.

Q. What was the part of the challenge you enjoyed least?

A. Drawing the woman's mouth!

Q. And the most?

A. I enjoyed the execution in colour. I used masking fluid on the type and the main characters, and did the background first, and challenged myself to use just three colours of acylic ink, red, yellow and blue. And then I went over it, firstly filling in the characters with ink, then using Tombow brush pens, and then finally with pastel pencils. It was fun to make it mixed media like that!

Q. Did you learn anything?

A. Yes, I am too heavy handed with masking tape, and it turn out, masking fluid, as I tore the paper removing both (I used masking tape on the edge of the image, to keep the edges neat!)

Q. Any final thoughts?

A. It was fun, thanks Tor!

Hello! It's Tor here with my results!

Q. How do you feel about your results?

A. Pleased. I didn't go with the pastiche I'd imagined drawing at first but this was a fun exercise.

Q. What was the part of the challenge you enjoyed least?

A. Boring cars and backgrounds! Man, I've got to get more patient/better at drawing backgrounds...!

Q. And the most?

A. I liked drawing the woman in a style totally different from my own.

Q. Did you learn anything?

A. I'm happy with how the shading came out and might do more of that!

Q. Any final thoughts?

A. MORE B-MOVIE POSTER PARODIESSSS!!