SEPTEMBER 2012 CHALLENGE, Mushrooms, Hosted by Pat Koscienski

Tomatoes and Mushrooms

8" x 10"

Acrylic

September is National Mushroom month.  Pennsylvania is the number

one producer of mushrooms making this a very appropriate subject

for September's  DPP challenge.  Mushrooms can be found  outside,

in markets, and in your kitchens.  So, if you take up the challenge, 

use your imagination and have fun. 

Rules of the Challenge:

1. This monthly Challenge is for DPP members only,

but anyone is welcome and encouraged to make comments on the posts.

2. Submit your Challenge entry just as you would a regular post - with

a picture of your entry and anything you would like to write about

your experience with this particular challenge. You are welcome to

submit more than one entry.

3. All entries must be posted no later than midnight September 30, 2012.

4. To get a larger, high-resolution version of the monthly Challenge photo, 
just click on the photo in this post.

5. Please put only your name in the label section of your post - thanks!

(Your name should appear exactly as it does on the DPP blog)

6. Please follow the spirit of this challenge - all submissions should be created

after the Challenge has been posted.

7. Have fun!

Heirloom Veggies by Rebecca Jennings

Three of these veggies grew in my garden.... the tomato is a figment of my imagination :) The tomatoes in my garden are a Roma variey, but I have been hungry for a sandwich made from

these big ol' tomatoes!!

This 8" x 16" oil is painted on prepared natural luan with the background

left as is, a different exercise for me.

Echinacea's growing in my garden by Linda Young

There are also black eyed Susans in my garden which keeps pushing these pretty little echinacea flowers around every year.  Every year I've had them, they have found a new place to grow away from the "susans".  You'd think the susans would get the hint:  The Echinacea don't like to be near you, so leave them alone!

Linda Young watercolors

P O Box 941 Carlisle, Pa.

Tomatoes on the Vine - Acrylic representational impressionistic palette knife still life painting by Pennsylvania Painter Pat Koscienski

"Tomatoes on the Vine"
8" x 10"
Acrylic on canvas

This painting was done initially for  Lela Stankovic's paint and draw together blogspot challenge.  However, I feel it, also,  meets the requirements of this challenge. It was done using a palette knife and acrylic paint with modelling compound. If you have any questions, or wish to purchase, contact PAT. To see more of my work, both representational and abstract, please visit my website  and blogspot at:

 

www.patkoscienski.com

www.patkoscienski.blogspot.com

Salsa! by Christine Marx

Well, this WOULD be growing in my garden this month if I hadn't broken my shoulder....had to buy these at the store. But next year these will be growing in my garden!

August 2012 Challenge by Jane Albin

                                                    "Two Pointy Tomatoes and a Roma"
                                                    5"x7" Watercolor on 140# cold press

August 2012 Challenge
I picked and painted these yesterday.  I never had pointy tomatoes before.  They are good sized so I put the 'Roma" tomato in to show scale.  Actually, the smaller 'Roma' one is a variety is called Amish Paste.  I planted all new-to-me plants this year.   Thanks for the challenge Claire.

SUE MARRAZZO DPP August 2012 Challenge

Sue Marrazzo submits an entry for:
 AUGUST 2012 DPP BLOG CHALLENGE...
WHAT'S IN YOUR GARDEN?

Summer Collective
by Sue Marrazzo
Mixed Media on Canvas
8" x 8"
Copyright artwork created and owned by Sue Marrazzo

The above art is mixed media painting. I used acrylic paint, found papers, ink, image transfers, gel medium, matte medium, glass beads and more to create the Summer Collective.
The colors remind me of late summer...
like an Indian Summer!
***ENJOY THIS SUMMER COLLECTIVE***

AUGUST 2012 CHALLENGE "What's Growing in Your Garden?" Challenge Hosted By Claire Beadon Carnell

'Heirloom'

by Claire Beadon Carnell

"What's Growing in Your Garden?"

The Challenge for this month...

Summer is flying by, and most gardens have an abundance

of veggies, fruits and flowers to eat and to PAINT!

What's growing in your garden this summer?  Hope you'll

paint something from your garden (or a friend's garden)

 and submit it to this month's DPP Challenge.

Rules of the Challenge:

1. This monthly Challenge is for DPP members only,

but anyone is welcome and encouraged to make comments on the posts.

2. Submit your Challenge entry just as you would a regular post - with

a picture of your entry and anything you would like to write about

your experience with this particular challenge. You are welcome to

submit more than one entry.

3. All entries must be posted no later than midnight August 31, 2012.

4. To get a larger, high-resolution version of the monthly Challenge photo, just click on

the photo in this post.

5. Please put only your name in the label section of your post - thanks!

(Your name should appear exactly as it does on the DPP blog)

6.  Please follow the spirit of this challenge - all submissions should be created

after the Challenge has been posted.

7. Have fun!