TAG, Your it. A Fun Game for All!

Amazing work Chris and Linda, that sillouette design is simply awesome!
Happy Painting,
Susan

Linda, that's beautiful!

That's amazing guys!! Great job!

wow on the silhouettes painting! and I Loooove the Pete's dragon one! It so looks like Elliot!

The is so great!

OK. I felt bad about the deletes so we won't do it. I think the praise is part of the fun. We'll just have fun seeing how long the thread can get!

What about starting a new thread ever month or so for the tag game?

Oh, it's beautiful Linda!

Gorgeous!

Linda that is stunning! I want to know how you got the tree branches/leaves to look so...real (for lack of a better descriptor).

I did it by accident......

I was going to make the trees without leaves, but my tree to the right didn't come out right, so I started adding leaves to the bare branches by making dots randomly. Then the larger tree to the left looked bad without leaves so I started adding leaves on it.
BUT..........
my brush was almost out of paint and was really dry and it made the dots start to appear as scratchy lines. I was using a #4 round and Kryolan dark dark purple. I liked the look and would make dots on a dry baby wipe until my brush was almost out of paint, then I would paint more "scratchy" leaves.
I probably couldn't re-create it if I tried.......HAHAHA!~

Of course you can, anytime! Just wipe out most of the paint and wala great shadows and all sorts of things ; ) Its called a dry brushing technique, which made the leaves look great!
I use it often on my wildlife and landscape underpaintings.
Susan

You can also take an old brush and "scruff" it up even more by mashing the bristles down onto a flat surface and creating a permanent "scruffy" brush. Scruffy brushes are great for whisker effects, leafy effects (like what you did), as well as starburst effects, etc.

The vivid colour is terrific, so bold and beautiful, both of you

Ta Dah! Here is mine : )



Thanks for tagging me Linda! I found out I can't paint on the side of my face w/o my glasses to save my life!

I tag Metina to paint something inspired by cooking or food : )

~Michelle Heffner

really cool, i love the different elements of the story used in one design

I just bought a head because there is no way I am going to be able to paint my own face without my glasses on!

Michele that is awesome! What did you do to those lips? They look like red chrome!

and I accept the challenge. Food! My favorite subject!

Michelle......awesome job girlie! Thiose lips are kickin'!!
I knew you would rock that design after coming back from a convention!!!

I can't paint on my face w/o my glasses either, I started painting on my own face for my challenge. Blending the the base was not too hard, but the rabbit in the middle got placed wrong, and it looked like I was eating him! HAHA!~

Metina wrote:Michele that is awesome! What did you do to those lips? They look like red chrome!

Thanks : )

I used Wolfe red and then covered it with red Liquid Bling. I don't recommend ever doing that for anything but pictures though! The Bling is messy if you talk or smile and then when it dries it gets cracked and peely. It looks good on camera though!

~Michelle Heffner

Beautiful Michelle! I love the way the rainbow fades into the clouds. Lovely design.
Linda, your trees and colors are amazing!

So pretty!
I'm now singing
"You're outta the woods, you're outta the dark, you're outta the night.
Step in to the sun, step into the light.
March up to the gate and bid it.... open.... open"

So here is a funny banana to cover the "food" tag. Great job to everyone so far for tagging someone new. We want to give everyone a chance to squirm!



I tag GlendaOneil to paint something Egyptian!

Metina,
You rocked that out girl! That banana is adorable!

I am so envious of people who can paint in a "cartoony" style!!
I haven't mastered it at all!

That banana reminds me of the old fashioned "dancing" popcorn and sodas that they used to have at the drive in movies intermission!!! Lots of personality!