About a month ago, I got an email from Chris Beck, asking me to participate in a Halloween painting challenge along with her, Pablo Villicana Lara, and other artists from around the blogosphere. As Chris is one of my painting crushes, I immediately said yes, and then started freaking out, because holy jack-o-lanterns, people - Chris and Pablo can PAINT. I've seen some of their challenges before, and have loved them.
But - what the heck? I thought I'd give it a go. This image immediately popped into my mind, and as I didn't have a spare skull or a trained crow to help me out, I dug around at the WetCanvas reference library and found a few images that I could put together to come up with this...
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Janet Belich: http://janetbelich.blogspot.com/
Debbie Cannatella: http://www.dcannatella.blogspot.com/
R. Garriott: http://www.rgarriott.blogspot.com/
Jeanette Jobson: http://illustratedlife.blogspot.com/
Ron Morrison: http://watercolourproductions.blogspot.com/
Suzy Pal Powell: http://www.suzypal.blogspot.com/
Terry Rafferty: http://terryrafferty.blogspot.com/
Kay Smith: http://kaysmithbrushworks.blogspot.com/
Deb Ward: http://debwardart.blogspot.com/
Brenda York: http://brendayork.blogspot.com/
9 comments:
Love this -- it's inspired!! Thanks for being part of the fun!!
Love this piece. That crow is amazing in patterns and colours.
Looks like the skeleton was into the candy for a few years by the state of his teeth... :)
Diahn,..funny..i thought the same thing! and WOW can they paint!
and i was a 'little' worried about it.but enjoyed it once i got going on it. great bird and skull!
fun to become acquainted with another artist!
Diahn ! Great to meet you and your art! I DO love your piece here very much ! Nothing to be intimidated about as far as I can see... only on this end !
Diahn, yes they can paint, but so can you! Yours is so unique and downright horror-story fabulous! You have a lovely blog.
Wonderful rendering on the crow... love that rich yellow in the background, too. Nice job. And I always love a punny title!
Hands down, my favorite of the group. Witty, fun and just the right amount of scarey. Great to meet you!
Hurray for skulls! wonderful Diahn!
A very scary and chilling image. Really cool and awesome. Beautiful and unforgettable art.
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