February 2011 Moses Botkin Challenge

This was Diana's idea...Converse Tennis Shoes.


And, yes, there are really mine and I wear them alot (I can do that since I'm a funky painter :). Except mine are chinese embroidered purple satin! Was in a major hurry...had real good reason to bail this month, but since I've never missed a month...well you get the picture.


ended up with a pretty good shoe on a great big panel. Randy suggested the basketball (not that my Satin Chucks have ever been close to anything resembling sports!





“Satin Chucks”
9x12” oil on panel
© Vicki Ross

“Well Worn”
Oil on hardboard, 5”x7”
©2011 Diana Moses Botkin

“Always Untied”
6x6 oil on panel
© 2011 Robin Cheers

“Converse Reds”
6x6”  oil on canvas
©2011 Ruth Andre

“Just Hanging Out” 
oil on hardboard, 6x6”
©2011 Sharman Owings

"Big Red" 
24"x24" Oil on canvas 
©2011 Suzanne Berry 

Moses Botkin Challenge 1/2011

I'm managing to blog once a month...hardly up to speed! This month's challenge was to paint whatever we could think of beginning with the letters 'pi'. Thanks Sharman for a good one!

"Apples for Pie"

© Vicki Ross

11x14" pastel on pastelbord

I had just finished writing a new 'Soft Pastel…an exploration' ebook+ for MyArtTutor and had done a demo showing 4 different techniques for the back cover. 'PI' fit right in! Two pigs, a pickup, pineapple, pilsner and pie...Let's see...we robbed the piggy bank, a pickup took us to the farm for pork, it was roasted with pineapple, washed down with pilsner and finished dinner with PIE! Great job guys... :) Vicki

“Pilsner” 
oil on panel, 6x6”
©2011 Sharman Owings

“Pineapple on the Snow”  
Oil on hardboard 8x10”
©2011 Diana Moses Botkin

"PIGGY"
10" x 10" oil on linen

© Suzanne Berry

“Old Pickup Truck”
6x8” oil on panel
© 2011 Robin Cheers

“Pink Piglet”
6x6”  oil on canvas
©2011 Ruth Andre