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

December 2010 Moses Botkin Challenge

Well, Suzanne threw a curve with this month's challenge..."paint our favorite cliché, phrase, game... e.g.: rock, paper, scissors or a bird in the hand..."

Since I am 'RED' (with hair about this color), and these identical twins caught my interest in Paris...see slideshow below. Remember 'double your pleasure, double your fun?'

"DoubleMint Twins at the Paris Metro"

12x16" oil on panel

© Vicki Ross

"Why Not 'Queen Me'"? 

Oil on masonite, 6x6"

© Sharman Owens

"You Can Lead a Horse to Water"

10x8 oil on panel

© Robin Cheers

good, bad and indifferent

10x30" oil on canvas
© Suzanne Berry

"No Time Like the Present"
Oil on hardboard, 6"x8"
©2010 Diana Moses Botkin

Below is a quick slideshow of my process: