"An Unmade Bed" the August Moses-Botkin Challenge

"The Boys" ©2009 Vicki Ross

9x9" Oil on Canvas

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I think I'm playing with some sadists! Last month a self-portrait, this month an unmade bed...what th'...? (and all my partners know I'm teasing!)

I could not come up with anything about an unmade bed that remotely sounded interesting...for me to paint or for anyone else to look at. And therein lies the value of these challenges...IT'S A CHALLENGE!

Finally went upstairs to the guest bedroom (because of the light). Messed up the bed and got set up with the camera (yeah, should be from life, but sometimes it is just not convenient to set up in a bedroom)...when lo and behold, bitty ittle BJ popped up to see what I was doing. OK, a cute painting with him was a gift from the art gods! Light was all wrong in the photos, needed to 'bracket' so the flag was visible in the window and the bedding was recognizable...

Went back up another day and did the same thing, and BJ AND Beemer (his dad) both came up on 'their' bed to watch landscapers remove a tree. Too perfect! Except for the patterned sheets...

"Asleep in the Window Seat"
Oil on Canvas, 18" x 24"
Marie Fox

"Unmade Bed", 9x12 o/c

Silvina Day

"Expedition on an Unmade Bed"

8"x10" Oil on board

©2009  Diana Moses Botkin

The Old Brass Bed

10x8 oil on panel

(c) 2009 Robin Cheers

"Wine Night" 

8x8 Oil on board, Michael Naples