The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. ~ Pablo Picasso Our painting for this month is a portrait of Olga, one of…
July monthly challenge
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I was supposed to be creating an Etsy Treasury inspired by this month’s challenge, but Etsy is playing tricks on me and will not allow me to create one. 🙁 So…
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This month, we’ve got a gorgeous work from Pablo Picasso to inspire us! The challenge with this painting is that the colors are wildly different depending on the source – this…
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Our wonderful sponsors for the July Monthly Challenge. We will have 2 lucky winners this month. Humblebeads Heather Powers of Humblebeads creates beautiful beads that reflect the natural beauty surrounding her. Heather’s greatest…
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Portrait of Olga in the Armchair, 1917 Pablo Picasso Oil on Canvas 130 × 88.8 cm (Please note this art is copyrighted and is to be used only as inspiration.) About…
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With the emphasis on blue this month, I created two treasuries to show some options to consider for your creations this month. Can we get to 200 bracelets? Will there be…
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Anyone who ever wondered if color really plays a role in art need only look to the work of Pablo Picasso to see that yes, it most certainly does. July’s challenge…
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“My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view.” ~H. Fred Dale I have a black…
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“It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.”…
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Morning in the Garden at Vaucresson, by Edouard Vuillard 1923 reworked 1938 distemper on canvas, 59 ½ by 43 5/8 inches Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1952 About the Art With…