Gallery of Friends – June 2020

Title: “wild things”
Artist: Crystal James
Other Links: Website
Backstory: Some of my favorite things jellyfish and colored hair.

Title: “One should listen when old dogs bark.”
Artist: Jonathan Wiltshire
Backstory: Oil painting exercise rendering metal, 11×14, photo source.

Title: Sereia
Artist: Sylvia Strijk
Other Links: Society 6
Backstory:
I imagine that mermaids don’t age the same way other none magical creatures do. Instead of growing old they are slowly consumed by the sea. Returning to the ocean not leaving a trace…⠀

Title: MELANIN QUEEN
Artist: Kristina Howitt
Other Links: Etsy
Backstory:
Yesterday I was silent. I was reading, listening, trying to understand the BLM movement. I guess I have been living as a privileged white woman my whole life. Yes, I’m descended from Indigenous peoples, but I am viewed as Caucasian. One video really struck a chord. It was demonstrating all the precautions a young black man needs to take on a daily basis to avoid discrimination. And no, not just in the U.S, but here in Canada too. My 2 half-brothers are half-black. They experience this same discrimination. We need change. Today I want to take action in my own way. “Melanine Queen” 5×7″, gouache, $80, 100% proceeds donated to NIA Center for Arts

Title: In front of closed doors
Artist: Sketchpad on tour
Backstory:
This is the outside of a beautiful house and doorway. Let’s our mind think about the type of people who might be inside during lock-down.

Title: Hidden
Artist: Ekaterina Vitkovskaya
Backstory:
Inspired by some stealth games (I love this genre in video games) 😉 hope you like it

Title: Faries Dance at Dusk
Artist: Ian Bristow
Backstory:
This is a piece I painted as part of a ‘telling a story through characters and composition’ course I’m creating. The course will be available some time later this year I hope. Characters names are Axel (fennec fox) and Kai (forest sprite).

Title: “Colorado Wildflowers”
Artist: Casey Bini
Backstory:
I tend to paint places of where I have been and where I want to go. Nature is my ultimate inspiration.

Title: Four in the Apothecary
Artist: Julie Peterson-Shea
Other Links: website
Backstory:
My cat, Four, modeled for this drawing. When I look at him I am reminded of the cats of Theophile Alexandre Steinlen. When unsure of what to draw next I turn to my fur babies.
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece” Leonardo Da Vinci

Title: Macareux
Artist: Emmanuelle Bru
Backstory:
I did this one for the #wildlifewednesdaychallenge but I finished it too late to participate. The technical pens are my favorite medium and I like to mix it with silver or gold ink to have some “light” in my drawings.

Title: Flamingo in gouache
Artist: Valerie de Rozarieux
Backstory:
OK, so another experiment with gouache but with watercolour and without bigger slabs of paint ( as in my recent chameleon)..bit of a different look for me..perhaps more tentative use of paint as I am not comfortable with gouache..still pondering, bit dull? 🤷‍♀️ I shall continue to experiment but that drying different tones really throws me ..😳…⠀

Title: The colours of nature
Artist: Daniela Tsvetkova
Backstory:
I was captured by an exquisitely beautiful photograph of this gorgeous Toucan and couldn’t resist the impulse to play with all these rainbow colours ☺️🌞

Title: HYPNOTIZED
Artist: Pigi Glarou
Backstory:
When I showed this drawing to my cat, he stared for a few minutes at it, having a strange look in his eyes and that was my happiest moment, for that meant he recognized another cat and my struggle to make the eyes look realistic gave a decent result. Used colorpencils and white marker.

Title: Scotney Castle ‘Happy memories for friends’
Artist: Lynda Bridges
Backstory:
I really hoped I could bring a smile to a group of friends during lockdown and as we are unable to travel and explore this beautiful planet, I asked them to send me a photo of their favourite place or holiday so I could paint a watercolour as a memory of a precious moment in time.

This beautiful view looks out over the lake and ruins of the stunning estate at Scotney Castle, Kent, UK. A beautiful landscape, part of an old ruin and reflections are really the perfect combination for me! Really can’t wait to visit this beautiful place once more!

Title: Disappearing
Artist: Kris Kou
Backstory:
There is no difference between all creatures after the end of their life. We will all become the part of nature. No matter who you were, how strong power you got, or how rich you became. So every life should be respected.

Title: Waking up from hibernation
Artist: Anna Martinková
Backstory:
My first walks in nature after a long winter, flowers and animals are waking up

Title: (No title)
Artist: Elsie
Backstory:
There isn’t really a backstory to this piece 🙂 I’ve simply been working on improving with colored pencils.

Title: Daisies by the rainy window
Artist: Jelena Josipovic
Backstory:
I love challenges and painted this piece for #sundaypaintingchallengebymichelle. Really loved how this piece turned out especially the reflections on the metal pot and wet window. Was really enjoyable to paint this

Title: Journey continues
Artist: Johnathan Sek
Other Links: Artstation
Backstory:
The bunny knight continues his journey through the fantasy world.

Title: “Spring Lady”
Artist: Sara Mena
Other Links: DTIYS Source
Backstory:
DTIYS for #lizzy_2k. This is a mixed media picture where I wanted to include both the Spring theme and the Pandemic theme. I thought about spring showers and how we can show them by spraying water over ink and from there I got the idea of spraying desinfectant instead. That experiment was very interesting and you can see parts of the process if you scroll left.
I love these crazy experiments with art 🙂

Title: Salisbury Pub
Artist: Rufina Blackwell
Backstory:
I love drawing with ink and this one was an experiment with sepia ink and my first urban sketch – The Salisbury pub in Manchester, a lively rock pub with great music and friendly people.

Title: Purple eyes
Artist: Cheniva C
Backstory:
Hi guys! This was a birthday post! Turned 20 that day. I used the gansai tambi watercolors  @jimmy_dej got me. For the Dutchies, he bought it from @splendith ♥️♥️

Title: Daphne and Apollo, watercolour and gouache on cold press paper.
Artist: Rebecca Jane Stockburn
Backstory:
‘Apollo loves this form too and with a right hand placed on the
trunk feels that her heart still trembles under the new bark….The god said to her, since you can’t be my bride, at least
you will certainly be my tree! My hair will always have you,
my lyres [will have you], my quivers [will have you], o Laurel; …. and as my head is worn with unshorn hair,
you also, bear always the everlasting praise of your foliage!”
Apollo had finished: The Laurel nodded with her made branches
and the treetop, as if it were her head, seems to have shaken.’ Ovid

Title: The Beetle Princes and Attack Rat
Artist: John Ramsey
Other Links: Artist Website
Backstory:
Here we have a warrior fairy and her rat companion. When the blood of his foes isn’t available, he’ll instead quench his thirst with fresh stream water. This is the kind of resourcefulness that rats the world over are known for.

Title: We balance us.
Artist: Kindel Page
Backstory:
I love drawing tree people. This One is about balance and finding where that balance point is and relying on each other for that balance.

Title: The Mushroom Orchestra
Artist: Louise Watts
Other Links: Artist Website Shop
Backstory:
I had a lot of fun with this one which I worked on while travelling around Scotland. The idea came to me while watching mushrooms grow and I imagined animals jumping between each one like stepping stones.

Title: Self-portrait
Artist: Terangpi K
Backstory:
With everything going on in the world, I am not being exactly at my creative best but I managed a self portrait..

Title: Schabeutz 2019
Artist: Janine
Backstory:
A little memory of my vacation in October 2019. It was the first time I traveled completely alone, so I was afraid how everything will work out and if I will feel lonely. But I had a wonderful time! For the destination I went to a place, my parents and sister had already visited – Scharbeutz. A small city on the Baltic sea. So I already knew the place wouldn’t be bad.

Title: Cockerel
Artist: Lily
Backstory:
First time drawing cockerels!!

Title: Memories
Artist: Ilona
Backstory:
A fanart of Erwin Smith and Levi Ackerman ( from Attack on Titan).
I imagined them somewhere in vacation, I was inspired by Benjikiti park in Bangkok in Thailand. Eating together on a restaurant’s terrace, on a beautiful spring day.

Title: Spring Bouquet
Artist: Thu Ha Kueng
Backstory:
I enjoyed making my artwork into cards. They are printed at home on 300gsm recycled cardboard. Am certainly pleased with how they turned out. Hope you like them.😊

Title: Blueberry dragon
Artist: Lizzy
Other Links: Patreon
Backstory:
“Blueberry dragons are very very small and live in blueberry shrubs. They tend to the little berries and open their wings at noon above them. This protects the blueberries from the harsh sun light.” – The book of dragons!
A dragon for the prompt “Blue” of Inktober 52

Title: Tennessee Pass
Artist: Maria Gehrke
Other Links: Artist Website
Backstory:
A landscape I did as a birthday present for a good friend and avid hiker. I painted this off of one of her photos from her 2019 hike along the #coloradotrail This is on the #tennesseepass
I hope this will bring her good memories and excitement for future adventures.

Title: A walk along the water
Artist: Sofia Larsson
Backstory:
This landscape is inspired from one of my walks around a beautiful canal located nearby of where I live. In all of its simplicity, it reminds me of an especially sunny summer day.