Showing posts with label Diana Moses Botkin Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diana Moses Botkin Challenge. Show all posts

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Malibu Blue - Moses Botkin Challenge - Ruth Andre



Each month one artist from the Moses Botkin Challenge chooses a subject for the group to paint.  This month the Challenge was "Blue".  Just BLUE and we could paint what ever struck our fancy.  I chose a gorgeous view of the ocean along the Malibu coastline.  Visiting Malibu reawakens my love of the sea.  I doubt one could tire of its beauty.  Looking out to sea made for, "A Painting Day".  

Take a look at the other "Blue" Challenge paintings listed below.  I am sure you will find them delightful.  I love them all!

"Malibu Blue" 4x8.75 inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre


"Holiday Blue"
oil on hardboard 5x7 inches ©2011
Diana Moses Botkin


"Blues"
4x4-inches, silverpoint & oil on gesso board ©2011
Vicki Ross


"Windy Beach"
12x9 inches oil on panel
Robin Cheers


"Blue Ice"
16x20 inches, oil on canvas 
Suzanne Berry

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Morning Watch & Moses Botkin Challenge


The Moses Botkin Challenge caught each of the 6 members wishing for more time to complete our paintings.  We all seem to be busy!  There are a lot of shows going and work being painted and shipped.  I too have my share of busy work that goes along with painting.  Have I said enough to give me a good excuse for not finishing my Challenge painting?  The image above is the beginning of my painting.  The rest is still to come so this is indeed a Work-In-Progress painting.  The Challenged title is "Wisdom" and I chose the hawk to symbolize the Innate Wisdom of Animals.  I do look forward to finishing this piece and once it is completed I will post another photo.  Thinking about wisdom has made for, "A Painting Day".  The Challenge group paintings are shown below.

"Morning Watch"  Work in Progress, 6x6 inches soon to be 6x12 inches





"Helping Hands"
10x8 inches, oil on panel ©2011
Robin Cheers


"Seek and You Will Find"
Original oil on hardboard 8x6 inches ©2011
Diana Moses Botkin


"Wisdom"
 pastel on paper 3x4 inches ©2011
Vicki Ross


"Wisdom"
16x20-inches, oil on canvas ©2011

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Monday, August 15, 2011

Just Working & Moses Botkin Challenge for August


The August Moses Botkin Challenge was a true Challenge for me this month.  We were asked to paint something inside or outside of our car.  I do have a car but my true affection goes to our work horse F250 Diesel Ford Truck.  This baby has gotten my husband and me to and from our home in Missouri to California several times.  It has also pulled heavy horses, hay and equipment.  Before owning a diesel truck we had an almost very bad situation pulling a horse trailer with two very heavy horses.  We had just picked up our two mares from a wonderful horse farm, Valley Springs Foxtrotters , in Black, MO and were headed home and started up a steep grade and about 3/4 of the way up the hill the truck started to sputter and complain about the load.  At one point we thought we would be headed back down the mountain backwards and who knows at what speed?  It was a scary situation and right then and there we decided we had to have more pulling power and a diesel truck.  We did make it  home okay that day but adventures like that one I did not want to do again.  So this little Ford is a working girl and we love her.  Thinking about our Missouri adventure made for "A Painting Day".  Scroll down and take a look at the other artist entries for August Challenge.

"Just Working" 6x8 inches, oil on canvas 2011 © By Ruth Andre



"Rocket Girl"
7x5 on hard board © 2011
Diana Moses Botkin


"Aereodynamics"
5x7 oil on panel ©
Robin Cheers
http://robincheers.blogspot.com


"Old Mobile"
6x6 oil on board ©
Sharmon Owings
http://sharmonowingspaintings.blogspot.com


"Cherry"
5x5 oil on panel ©
Vicki Ross
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Friday, July 15, 2011

Just Thinking About You & Moses Botkin Challenge


This month Diana Moses Botkin of the Moses Botkin Challenge Group chose for each artist in the challenge to paint a human eye or eyes.  I must say there are some very nice paintings in this challenge.  There are paintings that go way beyond the singular eye and they are so lovely.  As you know I have been away from the studio and it is so good to be back painting.  My painting, "Just Thinking of You",  is a study for a larger work if I ever get the courage to tackle the human form in the future.  The Challenge made for "A Painting Day".

"Just Thinking of You" © 4x4-inches, oil on canvas board by Ruth Andre

"My Daughter's Eyes" 5x7-inches ©

"Eye of the Storm" 3x3.5-inches ©                  
Diana Moses Botkin                                          



"Helen's Eyes" 12x12-inches ©
Suzanne Berry


                                                          
 "Brothers" 8x10-inches © (2 works)
                                                                     Vicki Ross 

                                                    "Lashing Out" 5x5-inches ©
                                                             Sharman Owings

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

"Spring" & Moses Botkin Challenge





Each month the Moses Botkin Challenge group picks a subject or a technique for the group to paint.  This month Robin Cheers chose the Challenge.  She asked each artist to make a painting using only 15 brushstrokes.  I have to say I dragged my feet on this challenge but once I got started, what fun I had.  The little landscape above is very close to 15 strokes and I learned it is hard to count and paint at the same time.  I used a palette knife since it seemed to be what was needed to get the paint to go where I wanted it to go.  The paint was moving fast and made for, "A Painting Day".  The other paintings for the Moses Botkin Challenge are shown below.  Enjoy!

"Spring" © $70.00
6x4-inches
oil on board





www.ruthandre.com
andre@ruthandre.com
Sale Day Paintings







"7 Stroke Apple"
4"x 4.5" Oil on canvas
©2011 Diana Moses Botkin


  
Robin Cheers                                                                                      
"Gardening" © 12X6 inches
Contemporary Life Painter


http://robincheers.blogspot.com                                                                                                               











"7-stroke to Place"
13x9" oil on canvas
                               
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Megan Noir & Moses Botkin Challenge


This is my third Challenge month with the Moses Botkin Challenge group.  It was also my turn to choose the March Challenge.  This may sound funny but I had never painted an image using a black background so I decided to Challenge myself by asking the group to paint an image on a black background and making it a must do for a new painting.  I chose to paint a little filly, Megan, that lives down the road.  Megan is older now and has been trained to ride and her owner says she is the best little mare.  So with true joy I painted Megan making for, "A Painting Day".

The Challenge member's paintings are below so please enjoy the show.

"Megan Noir"-4x6-inches, oil/canvas by Ruth Andre © 2011
www.ruthandre.com
andre@ruthandre.com
Commission A Painting
Sale Day Paintings




"Sweet Reflections"
Oil on hardboard, 4"x6"
©2011 Diana Moses Botkin 



"Blue and Pink"
9x12 pastel - All Rights Reserved © 2011


"Glass Artists"
5x7 oil on clayboard
“Not So Crystal Ball” oil on canvas 20x24” - All Rights Reserved © 2011
http://robincheers.blogspot.com
www.robincheers.com










“Not So Crystal Ball” oil on canvas 20x24”  - All Rights Reserved © 2011
Sharman Owings
http://sharmanowingspaintings.blogspot.com



SUNNY SIDE UP ©
16x20" oil on board
http://suzanneberry.blogspot.com/











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Monday, February 14, 2011

Converse Reds & Moses Botkin February Challenge


Hope you are having a wonderful Valentine's Day with the special ones in your life.  I am sending a Valentine painting with a bit of "Red" for the day and it is also time to post the Moses Botkin Challenge paintings.  The Challenge for February was chosen by Diana Moses Botkin.  We were supposed to paint a pair of Converse Shoes.  Diana says she has fond memories of these rather fun canvas high tops.  The Challenge paintings from the other five artists are shown below. To tell you the truth this is a subject I never thought I would be painting and it made for a fun challenge.  It definitely made for, "A Painting Day".

"Converse Reds" 6x6-inches, oil/canvas by Ruth Andre SOLD

www.ruthandre.com
andre@ruthandre.com
Purchase "Converse Reds"


"Well Worn"
Oil on hardboard, 5"x7"
©2011 Diana Moses Botkin
http://dianamosesbotkin.blogspot.com/ 


"Just Hanging Out"
6x6 hardboard
©2011 Sharman Owings



"Satin Chucks"


Always Untied
6x6 oil on panel


Big Red
24x24" oil on canvas
Suzanne Berry
http://suzanneberry.blogspot.com/

The Moses Botkin Challenge group is already working on the new Challenge for March.  Check back to see what the group has to show.  Enjoy!
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